Shaikh Abul-Hasan Ali Al-Hasani Al-Nadawi
King Faisal Prize in Service to Islam 1980 Laureate
The painful reality which the Muslim World lives in today such as renouncing Islam, denying the favor that Islam gave to the whole mankind, bid those who dedicated themselves to serve this religion to adopt various mediums to activate the Islamic work and motivate it
Abu Al-Hasan Al-Nadawi studied Hadith 1 and Tafseer 2 in addition to the Arabic, Persian, and English languages and Arabic literature. He founded the Indian Islamic Academy and dedicated his life to the teaching and propagation of Islam in India and other countries. He was a member of the Arabic language academies of Syria and Jordan, the Advisory Council of the Islamic University of Al-Madinat Al-Munawwarah (Saudi Arabia), the Association of Islamic Universities. He was also a founding member of the Islamic World League. He served as a professor of Hadith, Tafseer, Arabic Literature, and Logic in Dar Al-Ulum College in Aligarth, and traveled extensively throughout the Islamic World to promulgate the teachings of Islam. He was an invited speaker to many universities in India and the Arab world.
Al-Nadawi is regarded as one of the most significant Islamic thinkers of modern times. In addition to numerous articles and essays, he authored more than 50 books on Islam or Islamic topics in Urdu, Arabic (16 books), Persian, and English. Among his most famous books are Islam and the World, Muslims in India, Saviors of the Islamic Spirit, and Biography of Sayyid Uthman Ahmad Al-Shahid. He also wrote many books for Muslim children in India, explaining Islam and emphasizing its values.
This biography was written in the year the prize was awarded.
- He published many books including:
- Usboa’an Fi Al-Maghrib Al-Aqsa (Al-Risalah Publications), (1983).
- Bain Al-Din Wa Al-Madinah (Al-Risalah Publications), (1984).
- Suratan Mutadhadatan Linatayij Juhud Al-Rasul Al-A’azam Al-Daeawiat Wa Al-Tarbawiyah (Ehya’ Al-Turath Al-Islami), (1984).
- Waq’a Al-Alam Al-Islami (Dar Al-Kalimah), (1997).
- Tamulat Fi Al-Quran Al-Kareem (Dar Al-Qalam), (1999).
- Mukhtarat Min Adab Al-Arab (Dar Ibn Kathir), (1999).
- Dirasat Quraniyah (Dar Ibn Kathir), (2002), (Published after death).
- He received many awards and honors including:
- An honorary doctorate in literature from Kashmir University in 1981.
- The Islamic Personality of Year award in Dubai in 1999.
- Sultan Haji Hassan Bolkiah International Prize in Islamic Scholarship in 1999.
- Imam Dahlawi Prize from India award in 1999.
- The ISESCO medal of the First Order in 2000.
- He held several positions and memberships including:
- Chairman of Oxford Center for Islamic Studies in 1983.
- Member of Jordanian Al Al-Bayt Foundation for Research in Islamic Civilization in 1983.
- President of the Islamic Literature League in 1984.
- Member of the consulting commission for the Islamic Studies magazine in 1988.
- Abu Al-Hasan Al-Nadawi passed away in Bareilly on December 31,1999.