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{{Short description|Indian Deobandi scholar (1866–1923)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox religious biography
|religion = [[Islam]]
|honorific_prefix = Maulana
|name = Abd-al-Ghaffar Mauvi 
|image= 
|birth_date = 1866
|birth_place =  [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]],[[Mau district|Uttar Pradesh]]
|death_date = 1923 (aged 58)
|death_place =[[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]],[[Mau district|Uttar Pradesh]]
|alma_mater = Khanqah [[Gangoh]]
|main_interests = [[Hadith]]
|jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
|denomination = [[Sunni]]
|creed = [[Maturidi]]
|movement = [[Deobandi]]
|occupation = [[Islamic scholar]], [[Muhaddith]]
|notable_works = 
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}}
'''Abd-al-Ghaffar Mauvi''' or '''Abdul Ghaffar Mauwi''' (1866–1923) was an Indian Deobandi scholar.<ref>Ulama e Deoband{{cite web|title=Other Great Ulama of Deoband|url=https://dud.edu.in/index.php/en?id=18|access-date= 6 January 2024}}</ref> He served as a local Islamic teacher in Mau and Ballia districts, [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mufti Atiqur Rahman Azmi |title=Biography_Akabir:ShaykhAl-hadithFazlurRahmanAzmi|url=https://archive.org/details/akabir/ShaykhAl-hadithFazlurRahmanAzmiByMuftiAtiqurRahmanAzmi/mode/2up|access-date=2014-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The World's First Critical Edition of Sahih al-Bukhari |url=https://www.deoband.org/2022/01/biographical-notes/worlds-first-critical-edition-sahih-albukhari/}} retrieved 15 March 2025</ref><ref name="our publication1">{{cite web|title=Epitome of Humility: Shaykh Muhammad Ayyub A'zimi (Part…|url=https://www.deoband.org/2009/12/biographical-notes/epitome-of-humility-shaykh-muhammad-ayyub-azimi-part-one/|access-date=Jan 3, 2021}}</ref> He obtained certificates, in particular, in the field of [[hadith]] from the illustrious Maulana [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]] in 1889.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rizwi |first1= Syed Mehboob|author1-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi|translator=Murtaz hussain F Qureshi|volume=2|title=The History Of Dar al Ulum Deoband 1981 Part 2 of 2|url=https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfDarAlUlumDeoband1981VolumeTwo/page/n101/mode/2up|publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam |location=Darul Uloom Deoband |page=88}}</ref>  His famous students, among others, were Allama [[Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi]] and Maulana [[Habibur Rahman Azami|Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami]].<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Irfan Ullah|author2=Sajid Mehmood|title=Maulana Habib ur Rahman A l- Aazmi: Life and works (Biography)|journal=Burjis|volume=1|issue=1|year=2014|url=https://www.ustb.edu.pk/burjis/images/Articles_pdf/English_Article_1.pdf}}</ref> Maulana Abd al-Ghaffar Mauvi wrote approximately forty books including a few of them published.<ref name="our publication1"/><ref>Mawlana Abd al-Ghaffar Iraqi{{cite web|title=Books Catalogue November 2016|year =2016|page=6,9|url=https://www.yumpu.com/xx/document/view/56282367/books-catalogue-november-2016}}retrieved 21 Feb 2024</ref>

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[[Category:Hanafis]]
[[Category:Maturidis]]
[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:Hadith scholars]]
[[Category:19th-century Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:People from Mau]]
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