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'''Madrasatul Islah''' is a traditional Islamic institution of learning and a renowned center of oriental and Islamic studies at [[Sarai Mir]]<ref name="MG">{{cite web |title=Mufti Mohammad Shoeb Islahi |url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/215-mufti-mohammad-shoeb-islahi-indianmuslims |publisher=Milli Gazette |access-date=23 March 2020 |date=7 December 2010}}</ref> in the [[Azamgarh district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Azmi">{{cite book |last1=Azmi |first1=Mohd. Arshad |title=Role of Madrasatul Islah Azamgarh in the development of arabic studies |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University-Shodhganga |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/57227 |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref> It was started by Mawlana Muhammad Shafi in 1908 along with participation of prominent scholars and religious seminaries of the area.<ref name="tazkirah">{{cite book |author1=Dr. Syed Jameel Hussain |title=Tazkirah Hazrat Miyan Saheb |publisher=Madrasa Islamia Asgharia, Deoband|language=Urdu}}</ref> The madrassa was established with a different syllabus and ideology than that of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] and [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]].<ref name="zindi">{{cite web |author1=Ash'had Rafeeq Nadwi |title=دینی مدارس میں تدریس حدیث |url=http://www.zindgienau.com/Issues/2010/june2010/unicode_article6.asp |website=zindgienau.com |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref>
[[Shibli Nomani]] and [[Hamiduddin Farahi]] are regarded as chief architects of this madrasa.<ref name="seema">{{cite web |last1=Chishti |first1=Seema |title=In Azamgarh madrasa, talk revolves around TV, WhatsApp, higher studies |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/in-azamgarh-madrasa-talk-revolves-around-tv-whatsapp-higher-studies/ |website=Indian Express |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref>

==Inception==
The foundation stone of the madrassa was laid by [[Asghar Hussain Deobandi]] in 1908.<ref>{{cite web |title=Islamic Education in Modern India |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/52389/11/11_chapter%202.pdf |access-date=25 March 2020 |page=76}}</ref>[[Hamiduddin Farahi]] was its first chief administrator.<ref>{{cite web |title=A BRIEF HISTORY OF ARABIC STUDIES IN INDIA |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/92992/7/07_chapter%201.pdf |access-date=25 March 2020 |page=46}}</ref>[[Amin Ahsan Islahi]] remained teaching in the madrassa until 1943.{{Sfnp|Abdul|2009|pp=186–187}}

==Style==
The Madrasa adopted a teaching style of reading the [[Qur'an]] text directly with less reliance on commentaries.{{Sfnp|Singh|Rana|2002|p=22}} A newspaper article in 2009 indicated the madrasa has, in common with many others, introduced "modern, progressive syllabi".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianewengland.com/2017/09/indian-madrassas-go-modern-challenge-stereotype/|title=Indian madrassas go modern, challenge stereotype|date=27 September 2017}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
The madrassa has produced a number of notable Islamic scholars:
* [[Mohammad Najatuallah Siddiqi]]<ref name="finance">{{cite web |title=Islamic Banking and Finance Scholars |url=http://www.wdibf.com/scholars.html |website=wdibf.com |access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[Abdul Azim Islahi]]
* [[Amin Ahsan Islahi]] {{Sfnp|Abdul|2009|pp=186–187}}<ref name="IAhmed166">{{cite book |last1=Irfan Ahmad |title=Religion as Critique: Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the Marketplace |date=20 November 2017 |page=166 |isbn=9781469635101 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EIg_DwAAQBAJ&q=Madrasatul%20Islah&pg=PA166 |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[Wahiduddin Khan]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maulana Wahiduddin Khan |url=https://www.cpsglobal.org/mwk|access-date=2021-04-21|website=CPS International}}</ref>
* [[Ishtiyaq Ahmad Zilli]]

==Legacy==
* 2003, Role of Madrasatul Islah Azamgarh in the development of Arabic studies, PhD thesis by Arshad Azmi, [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref name="arabic">{{cite web |title=Role of Madrasatul Islah Azamgarh in the development of Arabic studies |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/57227 |website=ShodhGanga |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite journal |last=Abdul|first=Rauf|title=Life and Works of Mawlana Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904-1997)
|journal=Pakistan Journal of History and Culture |date=2009 |volume=XXX |issue=1|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325232544/http://www.nihcr.edu.pk/Latest_English_Journal/LIFE_WORKS_MAWLANA_AMIN_AHSAN_ISLAHI.pdf|archive-date=25 March 2020
|url=http://www.nihcr.edu.pk/Latest_English_Journal/LIFE_WORKS_MAWLANA_AMIN_AHSAN_ISLAHI.pdf |access-date=29 March 2020 |language=English}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Singh|first1=R. P.|last2=Rana|first2=Rana|date=2002|title=Teacher Education in Turmoil : quest for a solution
|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd|isbn=8120724313|oclc=605384073|ol=OL19164308W}}
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[[Category:Islamic universities and colleges in India]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Azamgarh district]]
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