Zafar Ahmad Usmani
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Zafar Ahmad Al-Uthmani (Template:Lang-ar) | |
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| Born | 4 October 1892 [13th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, 1310 AH] India |
| Died | 1974 Indian Subcontinent |
| Era | Modern |
| Region | Indian Subcontinent |
| Main interest(s) | Jurisprudence |
| Notable work(s) | I’la’ al-Sunan |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
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Zafar Ahmad Al-Uthmani (Template:Lang-ar) (4 October 1892 – 1974), was a 20th Century Sunni Muslim Jurist who became an influential figure of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence's Deobandi Movement. He also was a Pakistan Movement activist.[1]
He is most famous for having written I'la Al-Sunan, written as a refutation against the objections against the Hanafi school raised by the growing Ahl-i-hadith movement, as per the request of his Uncle Ashraf Ali Thanwi.[2]
Life
Al-Uthmani was born in 1892. After the death of his mother when he was 3, he was raised by his grandmother, considered to be a religious woman. He started studying and memorizing the Quran at the age of 5. At age 7, he studied Mathematics, Urdu, and Persian under Mawlana Muhammad Yasin. His uncle, Ashraf Ali Thanwi guided him as he studied under more scholars.[3]
Works
Al-Uthmani's most famous work is I’la’ al-Sunan, which is a Hadith Commentary that connects the opinions of the Hanafi s hook with direct evidence from the Hadiths.[4] The reason for this was that the Ahl-i-hadith movement was growing and bringing their objections, and Ashraf Ali Thanwi asked his nephew to respond. The book was first printed in 1923.[5] It consists of 21 volumes.[6]
Honored by Jinnah
At the independence of Pakistan ceremony in 1947, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah asked the renowned religious scholar Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani to hoist the Pakistani flag in Karachi and Zafar Ahmad Usmani was asked by Jinnah to hoist it in Dhaka. Also, since Zafar Ahmad Usmani was a jurist, he was selected to take oath from the first Chief Justice of Pakistan, Abdul Rashid.[1]
References
- ^ a b Nazaria Pakistan Trust (NPT) sitting on Usmani The Nation (newspaper), Published 9 December 2014, Retrieved 2 March 2020
- ^ Zaman, Muhammad Qasim. Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi: Islam in Modern South Asia. Oneworld, 2008. pg. 54-60
- ^ https://www.whitethreadpress.com/imam-zafar-ahmad-uthmani/
- ^ Hefner, Robert W., and Muhammad Qasim. Zaman. Schooling Islam: the Culture and Politics of Modern Education. Princenton University Press, 2007. Pg. 64-65
- ^ https://kitaabun.com/shopping3/sunan-arabic-maulana-zafar-ahmad-uthmani-p-5506.html
- ^ Zaman, Muhammad Qasim. Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi: Islam in Modern South Asia. Oneworld, 2008. pg. 54-60