Abdul Qadir Raipuri

Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri (1878 – 1962) was a scholar and reformer in the Deobandi tradition of Islam in British India and then Pakistan.

[1][2] He was born in Toha Moharram Khan of Potohar of Chakwal District in British India.

His father belonged to a religious Muslim Rajput family He lived with his aunt in Dhodiyal, Sargodha.

[4] He learned Arabic grammar from Maulana Muhammad Rafiq, who was a student of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.

[citation needed] In Delhi, he studied the books of hadith in Madrasa Abdur Rabb under Maulana Abd al-A’li in Delhi, who was a student of Hujjatul Islam Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, as well as Sahih al-Tirmidhi from Anwar Shah Kashmiri.