Saad Kandhlavi
Indian Muslim scholar (born 1965)
Muhammad Saad Kandhlavi (born 10 May 1965) is an Indian Muslim scholar and preacher. He is the great-grandson of the Tablighi Jamat founder Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlavi. He heads the Nizamuddin faction of the Tablighi Jamat.
Early life
Saad Kandhlavi was born on 10 May 1965 (1385 AH) in Western Uttar Pradesh's Kandhla town in Shamli District. He is the great-grandson of the founder of Tablighi Jamaat, Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlavi, through former ameer of the Tablighi Jamaat Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlavi.
He completed his Dars-e-Nizami studies from Madrasa Kashiful Uloom at Nizamuddin Markaz, Nizamuddin West, South Delhi in 1987.
Career
The former head of the Tablighi Jamaat Inamul Hasan Kandhlavi had formed a 10-member legislation before his death in 1995 to look after the jamaat affairs. Most of the scholars in this group died in between 1995 and 2015, including Zubairul Hasan Kandhlavi. On 16 November 2015, a meeting was held in Raiwind Markaz facilitate the development of the shura legislation and to fill in the vacant spaces. This resulted in the formation of a new group consisting of 13 members including Muhammad Abdul Wahhab.
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