Education
Thanwi graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1884.
Thanwi graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1884.
After his graduation, Thanwi taught religious sciences in Kanpur for fourteen years. His teaching attracted numerous students, and his research and publications became well known in Islamic institutions. During these years, he traveled to various cities and villages, delivering lectures in the hope of reforming people.
Printed versions of his lectures and discourses would usually become available shortly after these tours.
Until then, few Islamic scholars had had their lectures printed and widely circulated in their own lifetimes. The desire to reform the masses intensified in him during his stay at Kanpur.
Eventually, Thanwi retired from teaching and devoted himself to reestablishing the spiritual centre (khānqāh) of his shaikh in Thāna Bhāwan. The fatwa was also signed by other scholars including from Hijaz.
The scholars of Deoband wrote The Sword on the Disproved (First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Muhannad ‘ala al-Mufannad) in reply, seeking to refute Reza Khan"s allegations.