He is Rashid Ahmad b. Ml. Muhammad Salim b. Ml. Muhammad Azim Ludhyanwi. He was born into a family that had a rich history of services to Islam and known for their piety and Islamic scholarship in Ludhyana. His father, Ml. Muhammad Salim, was an adherent of Hakim al-Ummat Tahnwi and named his son in honour of the venerable shaykh, Mufti Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. He would take him to the gatherings of the pious such as that of Hakim al-Ummat Tahnwi.
Mufti Rashid Ahmad Ludhyanwi was one of four brothers all of whom were students of Islam and he himself had three sons and two daughters who followed suit. He was born 3 Safar 1341 in the village of Cot Ashraf, Multan. He died on 1422 (2002), aged 81 years, in Karachi, Sindh. He is called Ludhyanwi in reference to his ancestral home of Ludhyana, which his father left prior to his birth. He spent his early years in Multan but in 1357 AH he moved along with his family to Khayrpur, Sindh. He spent much of his time between 1353 and 1361 away from home in boarding; the last two years being in Deoband.
Following his graduation, he would spend seven years in Haydrabad, Sindh and further six in Tehri. In 1376 AH, he relocated to Karachi, Sindh and remained there until the end. Throughout his life, he travelled internationally all over the world including countries such as Britain, America, and Canada amongst many others.He started learning Quran at the age of five at home. His father, in 1353 AH sent him to acquire din in Multan where his other brothers were studying. In that year, all four brothers went to Jahangir Abad to study from Ml. Sultan Mahmud and Ml. Muhammad Jamil.
In 1357 AH transferred his education to Sindh where he had the company of Ml. Ubaid Allah Sindhi although he did not formally study under him. Thereafter, in 1359, he moved to Dargah under the tutelage of his brother Ml. Muhammad Khalil for a short time before moving to boarding in Gujrat, Punjab. In 1360 AH, he enrolled in Darul Uloom Deoband to complete his final two years.
There, he studied Bukhari and Tirmidhi from Shaykh al-Islam Hussayn Ahmad Madani and Ml. Muhammad Izaz Ali Amrohi as well as Shama’il Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud from the latter. He studied Muslim, Nasa’i, Mu’attah Imam Malik, Ibn Majah, Tahawi and Mu’attah Imam Muhammad from Ml. Muhammad Ibrahim Bilyawi, Ml. Muhammad Idris Kandhalwi, Ml. Abdul Haq Nafi’, Mft. Riyadh al-Din, Mft. Muhammad Shafi Usmani and Ml Zahur Ahmad respectively; all men of great stature, knowledge and piety, may Allah have mercy upon them all. He also studied Fawa’id Makkiyah and al-Jazri under Qari Aziz al-Rahman and Khulasat al-Bayan from Qari Hifz al-Rahman.
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