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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Abdul Khaliq Madrasi<br />
| image =<br />
| honorific_prefix = Mawlana<br />
| office1 = Deputy Vice Chancellor of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1997<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Habibur Rahman Khairabadi]]<br />
| module = {{Infobox religious biography|embed = yes|religion=Islam<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|03|10}}<br />
|birth_place = Jadwal, [[Arcot, Tamil Nadu|Arcot]], [[Madras State]], India {{small|(now Arcot, [[Ranipet district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India)}}<br />
|alma_mater = {{bulleted list|[[Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College|Madrasa Baqiyat Salihat]]|Darul Uloom Sabilur Rashad, Benglore|[[Darul Uloom Deoband]]}}<br />
|teachers = {{bulleted list|[[Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad]]|[[Naseer Ahmad Khan (scholar)|Naseer Ahmad Khan]]|[[Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi]]}}<br />
|denomination = [[Sunni Islam]]<br />
|movement = [[Deobandi]]<br />
|Madh'hab = [[Hanafi]]<br />
|creed = [[Maturidi]]<br />
|occupation = [[Islamic scholar]]<br />
|main_interests = [[Arabic literature]]<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Abdul Khaliq Madrasi''' (born 10 March 1953) is an Indian Islamic scholar. He is a professor of Hadith and deputy vice chancellor of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2022-04-29 |title=Darul Uloom admission: Police verification mandatory before enrolment |url=https://theprint.in/india/darul-uloom-admission-police-verification-mandatory-before-enrolment/935745/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=[[ThePrint]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2015 |title=Mobile phones adversely affecting edu standard: Darul Uloom |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/mobile-phones-adversely-affecting-edu-standard-darul-uloom-115101000782_1.html |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> He has also been doing teaching, administrative, and construction services there for almost half a century.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Abdul Khaliq Madrasi was born on 10 March 1953 in Jadwal, [[Arcot, Tamil Nadu|Arcot]], [[Madras State]], India.<ref name=:"Khalili">{{Cite book |last=Qasmi |first=Muhammadullah Khalili|author-link=Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi|url=https://archive.org/details/darul-uloom-deob-ki-jamey-wa-mukhtasar-tareekh-edition-2|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh |publisher=Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy |edition=3rd|date= October 2020 |location=India |page=684|language=ur|oclc=1345466013}}</ref><ref name=:"Qafla">{{cite book |last=Burney|first=Khalilur Rahman|title=Qafla-e-Ilmo-o-Kamāl|publisher=Idara-e-Ilmi Markaz|location=Bangalore|pages=404–407|year=2016|language=ur}}</ref><br />
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He received his primary education in the Quran, Urdu, mathematics, and theology at Madrasa Imdad al-Muslimeen, Jadwal, and English, mathematics, geography, and other modern sciences at Lillah Madrasa, Virinchipuram, Tamil Nadu.<ref name=:"Azmi">{{cite book|last1=Azmi|first1=Abul Hasan|title= Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi: Ek Dil-Āwez Shakhsiyyat|trans-title=Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi: A charming personality|edition=1st|date= November 2004|pages=7–10| location =[[Deoband]]|publisher =Maktaba Saut-ul-Quran|language=ur}}</ref><br />
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After that, he studied Persian in 1961 at [[Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College|Madrasa Baqiyat Salihat]],<ref name=:"Qafla"></ref> and in 1963 he started his Arabic studies at Darul Uloom Sabīl al Rashad, Bangalore.<ref name=:"Mausoo'ah">{{cite book |last=Mubarakpuri|first=Arif Jameel|author-link=Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri|title=Mausoo'a Ulama-u- Deoband|trans-title=The Encyclopedia of Deobandi Scholars|date=2021|edition=1st|publisher=Shaikhul Hind Academy|location=Deoband|pages=183–184|language=ar}}</ref><ref name=:"Qafla"></ref> In Darul Uloom Sabīl al-Rashad, he also studied [[Seven readers|seven]] and [[Ten recitations|ten qira'ates]] from Azhar Hasan Amrohvi.{{Sfn|Azmi|2004|p=8}}<br />
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In 1969, he was enrolled at Darul Uloom Deoband and graduated from there in 1970.{{Sfn|Azmi|2004|p=10}}{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=684}} He studied [[Sahih al-Bukhari]] with [[Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad]].<ref name=:"Diary">{{cite book|last1=Qasmi|first1=Muhammad Tayyib|title=Darul Uloom Diary: Faizān-e-Fakhr-ul-Muhaddithīn Number|publisher=Idara Paigham-e-Mahmood|location=Deoband |page=57|year=2017|language=ur}}</ref> His other teachers in Darul Uloom Deoband also include [[Naseer Ahmad Khan (scholar)|Naseer Ahmad Khan]].<ref name=:"Nuqoosh2">{{cite book |last=Burney|first=Khalilur Rahman Qasmi|title=Nuqoosh-e-Hayāt|url=https://archive.org/details/265_20200405|publisher=Khalilur Rahman Qasmi|location=Deoband|pages=168–226|year=2012|edition=1st|language=ur}}</ref><br />
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After graduation, he completed Arabic literature in 1970, logic in 1971, and graduated from there in 1972–73.<ref name=:"Qafla"></ref> From 1970 until 1974, he worked hard and practiced with [[Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi]] in Arabic literature.{{Sfn|Azmi|2004|p=11}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
In August 1973, Madrasi was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|pp=684, 767}} He has taught books such as ''[[Tafsir al-Jalalayn]]'', ''[[Mishkat al-Masabih]]'', ''Al-Qira‘at al-Wāzihah'', ''Tareekh-ul-Adab Al-Arabi'' (of [[Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat|al-Zayyat]]), [[Al-Mutanabbi]]'s ''Dīwān'' and [[Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya]], and the teaching of the latter two is still relevant to him.{{Sfn|Azmi|2004|pp=12–13}}<ref name=:"Mausoo'ah"></ref><br />
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Since 1987, he has been the director of the construction department of Darul Uloom Deoband.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=684}} His architectural prowess and creative flair can be seen in the stunning Mosque [[Masjid-e-Rasheed|Jami' Rashid]] at Darul Uloom, the tall Sheikh-ul-Hind Library, and other contemporary structures.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=684}}{{Sfn|Azmi|2004|pp=22–28}}<ref name=:"Mausoo'ah"></ref><br />
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Since 1997 (1418 AH), he has been serving as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Dar Uloom Deoband.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|pp=684, 751}}<br />
== Views ==<br />
===Yoga ===<br />
Madrasi believes that Muslims who practice [[yoga]] are getting a good form of exercise. If some words, which are supposed to be chanted while performing them, have religious connotations, then Muslims need not utter those. They can instead recite verses from the Quran, praise Allah, or remain silent.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-27 |title=Deoband intervenes: Muslims can do yoga |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/deoband-intervenes-muslims-can-do-yoga/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Abdul-Samad |first=Dr M. Amin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAmKNGDHcXMC&dq=abdul+khaliq+madrasi&pg=PA69 |title=Memahami Shalat Khusyu': Buku Relaksasi, Bukan Meditasi |date=2009-06-01 |publisher=Pustaka Alvabet |isbn=978-979-99803-4-2 |language=id}}</ref><br />
=== Homosexuality ===<br />
Madrasi considers homosexuality an offense under Shari‘a law, and thus haram [prohibited] in Islam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Religious groups resist India ruling on gays: Decision decriminalizing homosexuality |url=https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2009-08/religious-groups-resist-india-ruling-gays |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=[[The Christian Century]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2009-08-11 |title=Religious groups resist India ruling on gays |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=43617294&site=eds-live&scope=site |journal=Christian Century |volume=126 |issue=16 |pages=19}}</ref> He criticised the Delhi High Court decision of de-criminalising homosexuality and observed that it would corrupt Indian boys and girls.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jain |first=Andrea R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbryDwAAQBAJ&dq=abdul+khaliq+madrasi&pg=PA141 |title=Peace Love Yoga: The Politics of Global Spirituality |date=2020-07-28 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-088864-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhan |first=Indu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b75ODwAAQBAJ&dq=abdul+khaliq+madrasi&pg=PT209 |title=The Dramatic Decade – Landmark Cases of Modern India: Landmark Cases of Modern India |date=2017-12-13 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-87625-37-2 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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===Politics===<br />
Madrasi issued a statement on behalf of Darul Uloom Deoband regarding the harm done to places of worship as a result of roads or construction, stating that if any place of worship, regardless of religion, is disturbed, Darul Uloom will take the problem seriously.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-09-23 |title='Darul-Uloom against damage to any place of worship' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/%E2%80%98Darul-Uloom-against-damage-to-any-place-of-worship%E2%80%99/article10388117.ece |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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In his perspective, the [[Uniform Civil Code]] will be divisive and cause societal upheaval. It violates the spirit of the Constitution, which guarantees every citizen the right to exercise his or her religion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-16 |title=UCC will lead to social unrest, says Deoband |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ucc-will-lead-to-social-unrest-says-deoband/articleshow/101791282.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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