"Keep intellect above your habits, and Shari'ah above your intellect."
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Jurists from IndiaAuthors from IndiaIslamic scholarsSufis of Chishti OrderDarul Uloom Deoband alumni
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Ashraf Alī Thānwī, The life and teaching of Mawlānā Ashraf Alī Thānwī , p. 37
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Ashraf Ali Thanwi
1862 – 1943
Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1862–1943) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, author, jurist and a Sufi mentor of the Chishti order. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband, and authored several hundred books including Bayan Ul Quran and Bahishti Zewar.
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