Syed Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi (1887–1948), also known as Sadr ul-Afazil, was an Indian jurist, scholar, mufti, Quranic exegete, and educator.
Naeemudin wrote in defense of Prophet Muhammad’s knowledge of the unseen, in addition to works attacking Wahhabism, and thereby quickly gained acceptance among Sunni Barelvi scholars.
He through JRM successfully prevented around four hundred thousand re-conversions to Hinduism specially in eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh and in Rajasthan.
An important resolution passed against the Nehru Committee Report which was described as dangerous for the interests of the Muslims and also targeted Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind leadership as “working like puppets in the hands of the Hindus.
He wrote fourteen books and numerous treatises, including Khaza'in-al-Irfan, which is the Tafsir (Exegesis) of Kanz al-Iman based on a translation of the Qur'an by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi in Urdu.
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