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{{Short description|Sunni Islamic scholar}}
{{distinguish|Abdul Haq Azmi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| region = [[Islamic philosophy]]
| era =
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| name = ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dehlawī
| birth_date = 1551
| birth_place = [[Delhi]]
| death_date = 1642
| death_place = Delhi
| religion = [[Sunni Orthodox Islam]]
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
| Sufi_order = [[Chishti]] [[Qadri]]
| main_interests = [[Hadith]]
| influences = {{hlist|[[Abu Hanifa]]|[[Mu'in al-Din Chishti]]}}
| influenced = [[Islam in South Asia]]
| notable_ideas =
| resting_place = [[Hauz-i-Shamsi]]
| creed = [[Maturidi]]
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}}

<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urdu Books of Abdul Haq Mohaddis Dehlavi |url=https://www.rekhta.org/authors/abdul-haq-mohaddis-dehlavi/ebooks |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Rekhta |language=en}}</ref>ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dehlawī (1551–1642) was one of the most influential Islamic scholars of Mughal India, renowned primarily as a muhaddith who laid the foundations of hadith scholarship in the Indian subcontinent. Born in Delhi, he travelled to the Hijaz, where he studied hadith extensively in Mecca and Medina before returning to India to revive rigorous hadith studies. He was affiliated with the Qadiriyya Sufi order, yet firmly grounded in Sunni orthodoxy. Al-Dehlawī authored numerous works in Arabic and Persian, including commentaries on hadith, biographies of scholars, and treatises that integrated fiqh, hadith, and tasawwuf without diluting doctrinal discipline.

==Biography==
He was born in 1551 (958 [[Hijra (Islam)|AH]]) in [[Delhi]], hence the suffix ''[[Dehlavi (name)|Dehlavi]]'' to his name. In 1587 (996 AH), he made the pilgrimage to [[Mecca]], where he remained for the next three years studying hadith and [[Sufism]] under various scholars. Upon his return to Delhi, he taught for half a century, and authored more than 100 works, including a history of Medina, and a work on the lives of saints.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newageislam.com/islamic-personalities/ghulam-rasool-dehlvi-new-age-islam/shah-abdul-haque-muhaddith-dehlvi-a-sunni-sufi-scholar-of-india--glimpses-of-his-reflections-on-the-mystical-practices-in-islam/d/100778|title = Shah Abdul Haque Muhaddith Dehlvi, a Sunni Sufi Scholar of India: Glimpses of His Reflections on the Mystical Practices in Islam | Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi, New Age Islam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/abd-al-haqq-dehlavi|title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica}}</ref>

==Death==
He died in Delhi, in 1642 (1052 [[Hijri year|AH]]).<ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/bio?anum=0004 ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq "Ḥaqqī" Dihlavī Buḫārī d. 1052/1642 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603152510/http://persian.packhum.org/persian/bio?anum=0004|date=3 June 2008}} [[Packard Humanities Institute]]</ref><ref name=bo>{{cite web|title=Perfection of Faith|url=https://www.darul-ishaat.co.uk/store/Perfection-of-Faith.html|access-date=28 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722120422/https://www.darul-ishaat.co.uk/store/Perfection-of-Faith.html|archive-date=22 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
His [[mausoleum]] is located at the edge of [[Hauz-i-Shamsi]] near [[Qutub Minar]], [[Mehrauli]], [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Tomb of Shaikh 'Abdul Haq Dihlavi|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/t/019addor0005475u00078vrb.html|year=1843|work=Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi|publisher=[[British Library]]|access-date=28 July 2009|archive-date=12 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812191140/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/t/019addor0005475u00078vrb.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''[[Akhbar ul-Akhyar|Akhbar al Akhyar]]'', 16th Century. Urdu Edition 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.islam786.org/makhdoomashraf.htm|title=SHAYKH AL ISLAM{{!}}JANASHEEN - MUHADDITH AL A'ZAM AL HIND|access-date=3 December 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109113858/http://www.islam786.org/makhdoomashraf.htm|archive-date=9 January 2007}}</ref>
*''Sharh Mishkat Shareef'', known as Ashatul Lam'at <ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/AshatulLumatFiSharahAlMishkatVol1
|title=Ashatul Lumat Fi Sharah al Mishkat Vol 1|date=2013-09-15}}</ref>
* ''Perfection of Faith'' (Translation), Adam Publishers.<ref name=bo/>
* ''[[Madarij-ul-Nabuwwah]]''
* ''Tārīh-i Haqqī'' (The History by Haqq). General history of South Asia from the time of the Ğūrids to the 42nd year of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]]’s reign (1005/1596-7).
* ''Takmeel-Ul-Iman'' (Farsi) - Book regarding beliefs of Suni Muslims.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/00491TakmeelUlImanFarsi|title=Takmeel ul Iman Farsi|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
* ''Aashoora'' - A book containing 16-17 pages written on the day of Aashoora
* ''Taeede Hanafi Mazhab'' - book written on Hanafi Madhab
* ''Taaruf Fiqh o Tasawwuff''
* ''Zubdat-ul-Aasaar Talkhees Bahjat-ul-Asraar''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelibrarypk.com/zubdat-ul-asar-urdu/|title=Zubdat Ul Asar Urdu By Shaikh Abdul Haq Dehlvi Pdf - The Library PK|date=5 January 2017|work=The Library PK|access-date=14 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Sharah Fatooh Ul Ghaib''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelibrarypk.com/sharah-fatooh-ul-ghaib-urdu/|title=Sharah Fatooh Ul Ghaib Urdu By Shaikh Abdul Haq Pdf - The Library PK|date=5 January 2017|work=The Library PK|access-date=14 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Milad e Rasool e Azam''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelibrarypk.com/milad-e-rasool-e-azam-urdu/|title=Milad e Rasool e Azam Urdu By Shaikh Abdul Haq Pdf - The Library PK|date=5 January 2017|work=The Library PK|access-date=14 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Tareekh e Madina''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelibrarypk.com/tareekh-e-madina-sheikh-abdul-haq-pdf/|title=Tareekh e Madina By Sheikh Abdul Haq Pdf - The Library PK|date=16 April 2016|work=The Library PK|access-date=14 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Islamic scholars]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite thesis |last=Mohd |first=Aqeel |date= 2008 |title=Shaikh Abdul Haque's Contribution to the Science of Hadith |type=PhD |publisher=[[Aligarh Muslim University]] |url=http://ir.amu.ac.in/7745/ |access-date=7 February 2021}}

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