Allama Kashmiri “The Matchless Scholar”

When Allama Muhaddis Ali Hanbali al Misri, the world famous scholar and the Hafiz of the Sahihayn(Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim) visited Deoband, he attended the lectures that were delivered by Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri on Sahih al-Bukhari. During the course of the lectures he sought explanations from Allama Kashmiri on many issues. Allama Kashmiri promptly answered his questions in the Arabic language. After the lesson was over, he remarked that he had travelled widely throughout the Arab world and in Egypt and he himself has taught Sahih al-Bukhari for ten years, but he had not met any scholar of Hadis of the caliber of Allama Kashmiri. He further remarked that he tried to test Allama Kashmiri’s knowledge by asking him some most difficult questions but was amazed that Allama Kashmiri possessed vast knowledge.