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Imdadul Fatawa Volume-I is fatawas of Hakimul Ummah Shaykh MaulanaAshraf Ali Thanvi (R.A.) , sorted and organized by Shyakh MuftiMuhammad Shafi Sahab. A remarkable book of fatawa by Hakimul UmmahShaykh Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (R.A.) . Some issues are discussedin great detail while others are answered in a concise manner. Bothlaymen and scholars can benefit greatly from Imdadul Fatawa. Ashraf'Ali Thanwi (August 19, 1863 – July 4, 1943) (Urdu: اشرف علیتھانوی‎) was an Indian scholar of the Deobandi school whosereligious contributions are still useful to Deobandi scholars.Education Thanwi graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1884. Itis claimed that when Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, one of the founders ofthe institution, arrived for the graduation ceremony, MaulanaMehmud Hasan informed him that Thanwi, an especially intelligentstudent was about to graduate. Gangohi wanted to test this studentby asking the most difficult questions that he could think of.Thanwi's answers reportedly amazed and pleased Gangohi, who himselfconducted the Dastārbandī Jalsa, the turban-tying ceremony markinggraduation. Career After his graduation, Thanwi taught religioussciences in Kanpur for fourteen years. Over a short period of time,he acquired a reputable position as a religious scholar of Sufismamong other subjects.His teaching attracted numerous students, andhis research and publications became well known in Islamicinstitutions. During these years, he traveled to various cities andvillages, delivering lectures in the hope of reforming people.Printed versions of his lectures and discourses would usuallybecome available shortly after these tours. Until then, few Islamicscholars had had their lectures printed and widely circulated intheir own lifetimes. The desire to reform the masses intensified inhim during his stay at Kanpur. Eventually, Thanwi retired fromteaching and devoted himself to reestablishing the spiritual centre(khānqāh) of his shaikh in Thāna Bhāwan.\n\nDeath\nThanwi died inThāna Bhāwan on July 4, 1943. His funeral prayer was led by hisnephew, Zafar Ahmad Uthmānī, and he was buried in the graveyard of'Ishq-e-Bāzān.