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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
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| name = Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi<br />
| image = Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi.jpg<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| termstart1 = 1952<br />
| termend1 = 2 August 1962<br />
| predecessor1 = ''Office established''<br />
| successor1 = [[J. B. Kripalani]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Amroha Lok Sabha constituency|Amroha]]<br />
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|office2 = 4th General Secretary of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]]<br />
|term_start2 = 1942<br />
|term_end2 = 2 August 1962<br />
|predecessor2 = Abdul Haleem Siddiqi<br />
|successor2 = [[Muhammad Miyan Deobandi]]<br />
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| module2 = {{Infobox religious biography<br />
|embed= yes<br />
| birth_date = 1900<br />
| birth_place = [[Seohara]], [[Bijnor district]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1962|08|02|1900}}<br />
| resting_place = [[Munhadiyan]], [[New Delhi]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|notable_works= ''Tehreek-e-Pakistan Par Ek Nazar'' <ref>{{Cite news|last=Pathak|first=Vikas|date=2018-06-23|title=Century not out, Jamiat still bats for an India with a composite culture|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/century-not-out-jamiat-still-bats-for-an-india-with-a-composite-culture/article24242019.ece|access-date=2021-07-07|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
| alma_mater = [[Madrasa Shahi, Moradabad]], [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]<br />
|religion = Islam<br />
|founder = [[Nadwatul Musannifeen]]<br />
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}}<br />
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'''Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi''' (1900 – 2 August 1962) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and an activist of the [[Indian independence movement]], who served as the fourth general secretary of the [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]]. He fought against British rule for 25 years (1922-1947) and spent eight years in jail.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maulana Hifzur Rahman and his Qasas-ul-Qur'an |url=http://www.arabnews.com/islam-perspective/maulana-hifzur-rahman-and-his-qasas-ul-qur%E2%80%99 |website=www.arabnews.com |accessdate=9 July 2019}}</ref> As a politician, he [[opposition to the partition of India|opposed the partition of India]],<ref name="Raghavan1999">{{cite book |last1=Raghavan |first1=G. N. S. |title=Aruna Asaf Ali: A Compassionate Radical |date=1999 |publisher=National Book Trust, India |isbn=978-81-237-2762-2 |page=91 |language=English |quote=Three nationalist Muslims were among those who opposed the resolution: Ansar Harwani, Maulana Hifzur Rahman and Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew. “This is a surrender”, Kitchlew said.}}</ref> and served as a member of the Indian Parliament for the [[Indian National Congress]] from [[Amroha Lok Sabha constituency]] from 1952 to 1962.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/can-bjp-reverse-the-trend-in-slippery-amroha/articleshow/68898129.cms|title=Can BJP reverse the trend in slippery Amroha? - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=16 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/maulana-mohammad-hifzur-rahman-member-of-parliament-mp-from-amroha-uttar-pradesh-biodata/|title=ENTRANCEINDIA &#124; Maulana Mohammad Hifzur Rahman MP biodata Amroha &#124; ENTRANCEINDIA|website=www.entranceindia.com|date=24 December 2018|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171244/https://entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/maulana-mohammad-hifzur-rahman-member-of-parliament-mp-from-amroha-uttar-pradesh-biodata/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi was born in 1900 (1318 [[Hijri year|AH]]) in a [[Zamindar]] family in [[Seohara]], a city and municipal board in the [[Bijnor district]] of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name ="mahbub">{{citation|first1=Syed Mehboob |last1=Rizwi |authorlink1 = Syed Mehboob Rizwi|translator = Murtaz Hussain F Quraishi|title=Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband|trans-title=History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband |location = [[Deoband]] |publisher = Darul Uloom Deoband | volume = 2 |page=107-109}} </ref> His father Haaji Shamsuddin was an assistant engineer in [[Bhopal State|Bhopal state]] and then in [[Bikaner State|Bikaner state]]. Seoharwi was initially home-schooled and later enrolled in [[Madrasa Shahi]] in [[Moradabad]]. He graduated in the traditional [[Dars-i Nizami|Dars-e-Nizami]] from the Madrasa Faiz-e-Aam in [[Seohara]].<ref name ="mahbub"/> He studied there under Abdul Ghafoor Seoharwi, Ahmad Chishti and Sayyid Aftab Ali. Later in 1922, he moved to [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] and specialized in ahadith under [[Anwar Shah Kashmiri]] and graduated in 1923 (1342 AH).<ref name="millat">{{cite book |author1=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Maulana Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi: Ek Siyasi Mutala |publisher=Farid Book Depot, Daryaganj, [[New Delhi]] |page=27,30,39 |language=Urdu}}</ref><ref name ="mahbub"/><br />
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In 1938, Seoharwi co-founded the [[Nadwatul Musannifeen]] along with [[Atiqur Rahman Usmani]], [[Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi]] and [[Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Nayab Hasan Qasmi |title=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] Ka Sahafati ManzarNama |publisher=Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami, [[Deoband]] |page=176, 198}}</ref> He was appointed the general secretary of the [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]] in 1942 after Abdul Haleem Siddiqi.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Salman Mansoorpuri |title=Tehreek Azadi-e-Hind Mai Muslim Ulama aur Awaam ka Kirdar |date=2014 |publisher=Deeni Kitab Ghar |location=Deoband |pages=193, 197 |language=ur}}</ref><br />
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Seoharwi died of cancer on 2 August 1962. His funeral prayer was led by [[Qari Muhammad Tayyib]], the Principal of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].<ref name="lamhaat">{{cite book |author1=Abu Muhammad Maulana Sana'ullah Saad Shuja'abadi |title=Ulama-e-Deoband Ke Aakhri Lamhaat |trans-title =Ending moments of Deobandi scholars |publisher=Maktaba Rasheediya, Saharanpur |pages=120–125 |chapter=Mujahid-e-Millat Mawlana Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi|language=Urdu}}</ref> Tributes came from Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], ministers, and dozens of other members of the Indian Parliament. His funeral prayer was witnessed by a crowd of two hundred thousand people.<ref name="lamhaat"/> His resting place is located in [[Munhadiyan]], [[New Delhi]] where [[Shah Waliullah Dehlawi]] is also buried.<ref name ="mahbub"/> Hifzur Rahman Academy in [[Jeddah]] was established in his memory.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hifzur Rahman Academy gives souvenirs to pilgrims |url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/97526/Hifzur-Rahman-Academy-gives-souvenirs-to-pilgrims |website=SaudiGazette.com |date=16 September 2014 |accessdate=19 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hifzur Rehman Academy honors new Muslims in Jeddah |url=http://www.arabnews.com/news/479786 |website=ArabNews.com |date=19 November 2013 |accessdate=19 July 2019 }}</ref><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
Seoharwi‘s books include:<br />
*''Akhlaq aur Falsafa-e-Akhlaq''<br />
*''Balagh-e-Mubeen''<br />
*''Islam ka iqtesadi Nizam''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Abdul Waris |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebook-detail/islami-uloom-mein-nadwat-ul-musannifin-ki-khidmaat-ek-mutala-abdul-waris-khan-ebooks |title=Islāmi Uloom mai Nadwatul Musannifeen ki Khidmāt: Ek mutāla |date=1999 |publisher=Islamic Book Foundation |location=New Delhi |pages=247–250 |trans-title=The contribution of Nadwatul Musannifeen in Islamic studies: A study}}</ref><br />
*''Qasas al-Quran''<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Deobandis]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*[https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/369726 Hifzur RahmanSeoharvi ki Ilmi Khidmaat ka Tejqiqi Jaiza]<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Shahjahanpuri |first1=Abu Salman |author1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Mujāhid-e-Millat Mawlānā Hifzur Rahman Seohārwi: Ek Siyāsi Mutāla |date=May 2001 |publisher=Jamiat Publications |location=Lahore |edition=1 |language=ur}}<br />
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