Great Islamic Scholar

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Here is intruduction of Great Islamic Scholor I want to discuss his personality with those who know about this great personality. "Mawlana Ahmad Rida Khan was born at Brailly (India) in 1272/1886. His father Mawlana Naqi Ali Khan(d.1297/1880 and grandfather Mawlana Rida Ali Khan (d.1282/1866)were celebrated theologians recognized as such by academic circles of the entire subcontinent. Mawlana Ahmad Rida Khan completed his educational career under his father as well under famous scholars like:- Shaykh Ahmad bin Zayn Dahlan Makki (d.1299/1881). Shah Al-i-Rasul (d.1297/1879). Shaykh Abd Al Rahman Makki (d. 1301/1883). Shaykh Husayn bin Saleh (d. 1302/1884). Shah Abu al Hassan Ahmad (d. 1324/1906). Mawlana Ahmad Rida Khan was astonishingly well versed in more than fifty branches of learning pertaining to ancient sciences and oriental learning and left contributions in all academic disciplines. His caliph Mawlana Muhammad Zaffar al-Din (d. 1382/1962) had completed his chronological biography al-Mudjmal al-Murddid in 13427/1909 i.e 12 years before the death of Ahmad Rida Khan. In this biography he has mentioned about 350 books and treatises on more than fifty branches of knowledge. His knowledge was indeed encyclopedic. In 1294/1827 he went with his father to visit Shdh Al-Rasul (d. 1297/1879). He was admitted to the Quadiriyya Order and was permitted to enroll and train neophytes. He has similar authority in thirteen other orders. In 1295/1878 he went with his father for the first pilgrimage and got diplomas from famous Arab scholars at Mecca. In 1323/1905 he proceeded for his second pilgrimage. During his stay at Mecca and Madina he won the respect of noted scholars who visited him and received from him diplomas and Fatawa." "