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{{Short description|Indian Muslim scholar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox academic
|honorific_prefix = [[Mawlānā]]
|name = Muḥammad Ijteba Nadwi
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|09|29|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Majhawwa Meer, Basti, [[British India]]
|death_place = [[New Delhi]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2008|06|20|1933|09|29}}
|image = Ijteba Nadwi.jpg
|alma_mater = {{bulleted list|[[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]]| [[Damascus University]] |[[Aligarh Muslim University]]}}
|discipline = Arabic Language and Literature
|work_institution = [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], [[Kashmir University]], [[Allahabad University]]
|awards = Presidential Certificate of Honor, 1991
|notable_works = ''Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: al-Daaiya al-Hakeem wa al-murabbi al-Jaleel'', ''Tārīkh Fikr-e-Islāmi''
|module =
{{Infobox religious biography | embed = yes
|religion= [[Islam]]
|resting_place = Jamia Millia Islamia cemetery }}
}}
'''Muḥammad Ijteba Nadwi''' (29 September 1933 – 20 June 2008) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Islamic scholar, who formerly headed the Arabic departments of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], [[Kashmir University]] and the [[Allahabad University]].

Nadwi was an alumnus of [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]], [[Damascus University]] and the [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. He was an author of [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and authored books such as ''Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: al-Daaiya al-Hakeem wa al-murabbi al-Jaleel'' and ''Islam aur Huquq-e-Insani''.

==Early life and education==
Ijteba Nadwi's grandfather Sayyid Jafar Ali was a disciple of [[Syed Ahmad Barelvi|Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed]].{{Sfn|Nadwi|2008|pp=31}} He had participated in the [[Battle of Balakot]] in 1831 and later relocated to [[Basti, Uttar Pradesh]].{{Sfn|Nadwi|2008|pp=31}}

Nadwi was born on 29 September 1933 in Majhawwa Meer, a village located in the [[Basti district]].<ref name="tabeer">{{Citation |title=Al-Tabeer wal Muhadatha|language=Arabic |chapter=Life Sketch of Syed Ijteba Nadwi}}</ref> He began studying at the [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]] and graduated in the traditional "[[dars-e-nizami]]" in 1955.He received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]] degree in Arabic literature from the [[Damascus University]] in 1960,{{Sfn|Nadwi|2008|pp=31}}<ref name="tabeer"/> and an [[Master of Arts|M.A]] (1964) and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] (1976) from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref name="tabeer"/> His teachers included [[Mustafa al-Siba'i]], Hasan Habanaka, Ali al-Tantawi, [[Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi]] and [[Rabey Hasani Nadwi]].{{Sfn|Nadwi|2008|pp=30}}<ref name="rabey">{{cite book |last1=AHMED |first1=MOBAROK |title=A study on Arabic prose writers in India with special reference to Maulana Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi |publisher=[[Gauhati University]] |pages=150–151 |url=http://14.139.13.47:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/115224/12/12_chapter%205.pdf |chapter=Disciples of Rabey Hasani Nadwi }}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Career==
Nadwi was appointed as a teacher of Arabic language, literature and Islamic jurisprudence at the [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]] in 1960.<ref name="tabeer"/> In 1965, he joined the then Department of Arabic, Iranian and Islamic Studies{{efn|According to the official website of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], these departments were trifurcated to "The Department of Arabic",<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Arabic of JMI |url=https://www.jmi.ac.in/Arabic |publisher=Jamia Millia Islamia |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref> "The Department of Islamic Studies"<ref>{{cite web |title=The department of Islamic Studies of JMI |url=https://www.jmi.ac.in/islamicstudies |publisher=Jamia Millia Islamia |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref> and "The Department of Persian"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Persian department of JMI |url=https://www.jmi.ac.in/persian |publisher=Jamia Millia Islamia |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref> in 1988.}} of Jamia Millia Islamia as a faculty member and later became an associate professor and then the head professor.<ref name="tabeer"/>

In 1979, Nadwi was appointed as an associate professor at the [[Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University]]. He taught at the [[Islamic University of Madinah]] until 1987 and returned to India in 1987.<ref name="tabeer"/> He served as the rector of Jamiat ul-Hidaya in [[Jaipur]] for a short while before joining the Arabic department of [[University of Kashmir]] as Head professor in 1988.<ref name="tabeer"/> He later became the Head professor in the Arabic department of the [[University of Allahabad]] in March 1990, from where he retired on 30 June 1994.<ref name="tabeer"/>

Nadwi was among the founding members of World League of Islamic Literature (''Rābtah Adab-e-Islāmi'') and served as the president of its branch in India. He was also a member of the executive council of Nadwatul Ulama. Aiming to aid in research and translation of Arabic language, literature and Islamic teachings, he founded "Markaz Ilmi" in [[New Delhi]]. He received the Certificate of Honor from the [[President of India]] in 1991.<ref name="tabeer"/>

==Literary works==
Nadwi wrote books including ''al-Ameer Syed Siddiq Hasan Khan: Hayatuhu wa Aasaruhu'' ({{translation|Life and works of [[Siddiq Hasan Khan]]}}), ''Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: al-Daaiya al-Hakeem wa al-murabbi al-Jaleel'' ({{translation|Life and works of [[Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi]]}}), ''al-Imam Ahmad ibn Abdul Rahim: al-maroof bih al-Shah WaliUllah al-Dehlawi'' ({{translation|Biography of [[Shah Waliullah Dehlawi]]}}), ''Al-Tabeer wal Muhadatha'', ''Aurat Islam Ki Nazar Mai'' ({{translation|Woman: Islamic perspective}}), ''Islam aur Huquq-e-Insani'' ({{translation|Islam and human rights}}), ''Nuqush-e-Tabinda'' and ''Tarikh Fikr-e-Islami''.{{Sfn|Amini|2017|pp=820–821}}

==Death and legacy==
Nadwi died on 20 June 2008 in New Delhi, after having a heart surgery. He was buried in the Jamia Millia Islamia cemetery.<ref name="tabeer"/> Muhammad Idrees wrote ''Contribution of Dr Muhammad Ijteba Nadwi to Arabic Literature'' <ref>{{cite web |author1=[[National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language]] |title=NCPUL SANCTION ORDER |url=https://www.urducouncil.nic.in/sites/default/files/gia16.pdf |website=urducouncil.nic.in |access-date=3 April 2020 |page=54}}</ref> Qasim Adil wrote ''Dr. Ijteba Nadwi: A Great Scholar of 20th Century in India''. <ref>{{cite web |title=Revised Self study Report, May-2016 |url=http://www.zakirhusaindelhicollege.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Revised-SSR-ZHDC.pdf |website=zakirhusaindelhicollege.ac.in |publisher=[[Zakir Husain Delhi College]] |access-date=3 April 2020 |page=224 |archive-date=13 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713224457/http://www.zakirhusaindelhicollege.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Revised-SSR-ZHDC.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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===Citations===
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===General bibliography===
* {{cite book |last1=Amini |first1=Noor Alam Khalil |author-link=Noor Alam Khalil Amini |title=Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah |publisher=Idara Ilm-o-Adab |location=Deoband |pages=820–826 |edition=5th |date=February 2017 |language=ur |chapter=Professor Dr Mawlānā Sayyid Muḥammad Ijteba Nadwi}}
* {{cite journal |title=Mawlānā Sayyid Muhammad Ijteba Nadwi |journal=[[Tameer-e-Hayat]] |editor-last=Nadwi |editor-first=Shamsul Haq|location= Lucknow |url=http://tameerehayat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/June-2008-2.pdf|date=25 June 2008|volume=45 |pages=14–15, 30–32 |issue=15|language=ur}}
** ''Āh,! Birādar Azīz Dr Sayyid Muḥammad Ijteba Nadwi'', by [[Rabey Hasani Nadwi]], pp. 14–15
** ''The demise of Mawlana Sayyid Muhammad Ijteba Nadwi'', p. 30
** ''Condolence ceremony held at [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]] after Ijteba Nadwi's death'', p. 31
** ''Condolence ceremony held in [[Raebareli]] after Ijteba Nadwi's death'', p. 32
* {{cite book |title=Al-Tabeer wal Muhadatha |publisher=Univision Books |location=New Delhi |edition=2nd |language=Arabic |chapter=Life Sketch of Syed Ijteba Nadwi}}

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