{{infobox person | birth_name = Sadruddin Islahi | birth_place = [[Azamgarh district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British India]] | birth_date = 1917 | image = | death_date = 13 November 1998 | occupation = Islamic scholar / author | years_active = 1944 - 1998 }} '''Sadruddin Islahi''' (1917 - 1998) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Islamic]] [[Urdu]] writer and a close companion of [[Abul A'la Maududi]]. He was one of the early members of [[Jamat e Islami]].
==Early life and education== Islahi was born in 1917 in Sidha Sultanpur, [[Azamgarh district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British India]]. After early school education, he went to an Islamic school, [[Madrasatul Islah]], to get a degree in religious education in 1937.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile of Sadruddin Islahi |url=https://www.rekhta.org/authors/sadruddin-islahi/profile |website=Rekhta |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Zindagi e Nau">{{cite web |last1=Mehdi |first1=Dr, Taabish |title=مولانا صدرالدین اصلاحی ؒ |url=http://zindgienau.com/Issues/2010/june2010/unicode_article7.asp |website=Zindagi e Nau |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>
==Membership of Jamat e Islami== Islahi joined [[Jamat-e-Islami]] in its early days and remained an active member until his death. He corresponded with [[Abul A'la Maududi]] who was mentoring him as a writer.<ref name="Zindagi e Nau" /><ref name="ifew">{{cite news |title=Maulana Sadruddin Islahi is no more |url=http://www.ifew.com/insight/13037rvt/vnobitry.htm |access-date=2 March 2022 |publisher=IFEW}}</ref>
==Writing career== After completing his education, Islahi started writing articles for different journals. He was also published in the Islamic journal, ''Tarjuman ul Quran'', [[Hyderabad]]. When [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]] asked ''Abul A'la Maududi'' to grant his permission for a condensed publication of [[Tafhim-ul-Quran]], he gave his consent only if it was to be done by Sadruddin Islahi.<ref name="Zindagi e Nau" /><ref name="afkar e nau">{{cite web |last1=Azhar |first1=Shaban Syed |title=صدرالدین اصلاحی صاحب کی کتاب فریضہ اقامتِ دین پر تبصرہ |url=https://afkarenau.com/%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B6%DB%81-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7/ |website=Afkar e Nau |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="qindeel online">{{cite web |last1=Nadvi |first1=Dr. Muhammad Razi ul Islam |title=مولانا صدر الدین اصلاحی کے افکار کا تنقیدی مطالعہ |url=https://qindeelonline.com/maulanna-sadruddin-islahi-ke-afkar-ka-tanqeedi-mutala/ |website=Qindeel Online |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>
==Books== * ''Haqiqat-e-Nifaq'' (1944) * ''Ifadat-e-hazrat shah waliullah dehlvi'' (Translation) (1944) * ''Haqeeqat-e-Ubudiyat'' (1946) * ''Islam Ek Nazar Mein'' (Islam at a Glance) (1961) * ''Asase Deen ki Tameer'' (Building up the foundations of faith) (1969) * ''Maaraka-e-islam-o-jahiliyat'' (1991)<ref>{{cite web |title=Books of Sadruddin Islahi |url=https://www.rekhta.org/authors/sadruddin-islahi/all |website=Rekhta |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> * ''Islam Aur Ijtimaiyat'' (Islam And Collectivism) * ''Quran Majeed Ka Ta'aruf'' * ''Fareeza Iqamat-e-Deen''<ref name="afkar e nau" /> * ''Tahreek-e-Islami Hind'' (Jamat-e-Islami Hind Conceptual Basis)
==Death== Islahi died on November 13, 1998, in [[Azamgarh district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Zindagi e Nau" /><ref name="ifew" />
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