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This study deals with the role of al-Madāris in the Indian subcontinent in serving the Sunnah. It has been proven from research in historical sources that Islam and Muslims entered this region in the Prophet's life due to the trade links between Arabs and Indians in that era. This region was honoured to receive the Companions and Successors, who settled in different cities of the Indian subcontinent. They built mosques and set up learning circles to teach them their new religion and its primary sources until some regions of the Indian subcontinent such as Karachi, Qasdar and Mansoura became centres of hadith in the third quarter of the fourth century AH. After the expansion of the Islamic conquests and the interest of Indians in the Islamic sciences, al-Madāris took the place of learning circles after the seventh century AH. Those al-Madāris played an important role in spreading the Islamic sciences in general and Ulūm al-Hadith in particular. However, some of them gain fame, such as al-Madrasa al-Rahimia, Dār al-Ulūm Deoband, Mazāhiru’l -Ulūm Sahāranfur, and Nadwatu'l-Ulama. The scholars and graduates of these al-Madāris served the Prophet's Sunnah in teaching, compilation, explanation, and editing. They left scientific works which are indispensable in understanding the Sunnah that Arabs and non-Arabs have prised its status, usefulness and importance in their books and articles. In this article, we discussed Islam's history, al-Madāris, their role, and their scholars and graduates contributions to the Sunnah in the Indian subcontinent.

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