Husain Ahmad Madani

Category: Personality

Title: Husain Ahmad Madani

Date of Issue: 29-Aug-2012

Denomination: 500(Ps)

Maulana Husain Ahmad madani (1879-1957) who later earned the title of shaikh-ul-islam was born at bangarmau (Uttar Pradesh). His father, syed habibullah, was a headmaster and Husain Ahmad was the third of his five sons. In the year 1898, habibullah decided to migrate to medina with his family. Thereafter, except for intermittent travels to India, Husain Ahmad spent the next few years of his life in medina. It is said that he was known as “maulana Hindi” in medina and reciprocally in India he was addressed as “madani”, to indicate his ties to medina. Beginning in the 1920s, he was also called the “shaikh-ul-islam”. Madani’s release from Malta and arrival in Bombay in 1920 with his mentor marked a new era in the history of freedom struggle. Husain Ahmad madani also took an active part in the civil disobedience movement in 1932 and in quit India movement in 1942 and was imprisoned on many occasions. Husain ahmad madani was elected president of jamiat ulama-i-hind at its jaunpur session in 1940, a post he held until his death in 1957. Later he was also appointed as dean of studies and head of the department of hadith at darul uloom, deoband.