Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani

Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani (also written as Azizur Rahman Usmani) (died 1928) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as first Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband.[1] He is best known for his Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband. His brother was Shabbir Ahmad Usmani.[2]

Mufti-e-Azam

Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani
1st Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband.
In office
1890–1927
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byIzaz Ali Amrohi
Personal details
Born1275 AH
Died1928
Deoband, British India
ChildrenAtiqur Rahman Usmani
FatherFazlur Rahman Usmani
RelativesUsmani family of Deoband
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband

Biography

Usmani was born in 1275 AH and graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1295. His teachers included Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi,[3] Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi.[4] He was an authorized disciple of Muhammad Rafi-ud-Din.[5]

Usmani was appointed as the Grand Mufti of the Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom Deoband after its inception and he headed it until 1927 after which he moved to Dabhel. His juristic rulings were compiled in twelve volumes by Zafeeruddin Miftahi and were published between 1962 and 1972 as Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband. [6][7] Muhammad Shafi Deobandi also compiled selected fatawa of Usmani and published them as Aziz al-Fatawa. [8] According to Syed Mehboob Rizwi, Usmani issued 37,561 fatawa between 1330 and 1346 AH.[4]

Usmani resigned from Darul Uloom Deoband along with Anwar Shah Kashmiri in 1927 and moved to Jamia Islamia Talimuddin (Dabhel) and taught Sahih al-Bukhari there.[4] In Dabhel, his health deteriorated and he returned to Deoband, where he died in 1928. His funeral prayer was led by Sayyid Asghar Hussain Deobandi and he was buried in the Qasmi cemetery of Darul Uloom.[3]

Usmani issued verdicts with the title of Grand Mufti of India, along with the title of Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband.[3]

References
  1. Adrawi, Asir. "Mufti Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani". Tazkirah Mashaheer-e-Hind: Karwan-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. pp. 197–198.
  2. Usmani, Mufti Taqi. "Hadhrat Mufti Aziz-ul-Rahman Saheb". Akabir-e-Deoband Kya They [The Great Scholars of the Deoband Islamic Seminary] (in Urdu) (May 1995 ed.). Deoband: Zamzam Book Depot. pp. 63–68.
  3. Muhammad Tayyib, Qari. Bukhari, Akbar Shah (ed.). 50 Misaali Shaksiyaat [50 Exemplar personalities] (in Urdu) (July 1999 ed.). Deoband: Maktaba Faiz-ul-Qur'an. p. 110-113.
  4. Rizwi, Syed Mehboob, History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband, 2, translated by Murtaz Hussain F Quraishi, p. 183-197
  5. Deobandi, Syed Muhammad Miyan. "Hadhrat Allama Ustadh Mawlana Aziz al-Rahman Mufti-e-Azam Darul Uloom Deoband". Ulama-e-Haq awr Unke Mujahidana Karname (in Urdu). Deoband: Faisal International. p. 181. ISBN 81-86971-94-7.
  6. Nur Alam Khalil Amini. Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah (in Urdu). Deoband: Idara Ilm-o-Adab. pp. 930–931.
  7. Stephens, Julia (21 June 2018). Governing Islam: Law, Empire, and Secularism in Modern South Asia. ISBN 9781107173910. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  8. Aftab Ghazi Qasmi; Abdul Haseeb Qasmi. Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmat (Fiqhi Services of the Graduates of Deoband) (in Urdu) (February 2011 ed.). Deoband: Kutub Khana Naimia. pp. 117–118.

Bibliography
Religious titles
Preceded by
"office established"		 First Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband
1890/1892 - 1927		 Succeeded by
Izaz Ali Amrohi
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