Rafi Usmani

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Wifaq-ul-Madaris
In office
5 October 2017 – 16 June 2021
Personal life
Born(1936-07-21)21 July 1936
Deobandi

Rafi Usmani

Wifaq-ul-Madaris. His brother Taqi Usmani
is also a senior scholar.

Background and early life

See also: Usmani family of Deoband § Miyānji Shukrullah

Muḥammad Rafi Usmani was born on 21 July 1936 into the Usmani family of Deoband, in British India, in a town called Deoband.[2] He was named Muḥammad Rafī by Ashraf Ali Thanwi.[3] Usmāni's father Muhammad Shafi was a Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and one of the pioneer figures of Pakistan Movement.[4] Islamic scholar Taqi Usmani is his younger brother.[5]

Soviet–Afghan War

In the late 1980s, he participated in the jihad against the Soviets with the group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI).[6] From 1988 to 1991, he published his jihad memoirs in the Urdu monthly of Darul Uloom Karachi, Al-Balagh, as well in the Urdu daily Jang and the Urdu monthly al-Irshad belonging to HUJI. These jihad memoirs were later published into a book titled Ye Tere Pur-Asrār Bande (transl. These Incredible Servants of Yours).[7]

Education

Usmani memorized half of the

ifta) at Darul Uloom Karachi in 1960.[8]

Usmani studied

Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi, Muhammad Shafi Deobandi, Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Zakariyya Kandhlawi and Zafar Ahmad Usmani.[11]

Career

Usmani was a member of

Wifaq-ul-Madaris,[13] and subsequently became its patron.[14] He served as the vice-president of Wifaq-ul-Madaris between 5 October 2017 and 16 June 2021.[15] After the death of Abdul Hai Arifi in 1986, Usmani succeeded him and became the third president of Darul Uloom Karachi.[16][17]

At Darul Uloom Karachi, Usmani taught all the books related to

ifta in the seminary.[18] He gave lectures on Sahih Muslim and trained the students of Islamic jurisprudence.[8] His students included Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari.[19]

He always asked students to keep a distance from politics.[20]

Literary works

Usmani authored about 27 books in Arabic and Urdu.[21]

His Urdu translation and commentary of Inayat Ahmad's Ilm al-Sīgha is taught in the traditional

madrasas of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, England, South Africa and United States of America.[21]

His other books include:[21]

  • Ahkām-e-Zakāt (transl. Rulings Pertaining to Zakat)
  • Alāmāt-i qiyāmat aur nuzūl-i Masīḥ (transl. Signs of the End Times and the Descent of the Masih)
  • Al-Tālīqāt al-nāfi'ah alā fath al-mulhim
  • Bai al-wafā
  • Europe ke tīn mu'āshi nizām, jāgīrdāri, sarmāyadāri, ishtirākiyat awr unka tārikhi pas-e-manzar. Its English translation is published separately as The three systems of economics in Europe: feudalism, capitalism, socialism and their historical background.
  • Islām mai aurat ki hukmrāni (transl. Female leadership in Islam)
  • Ḥayāt-i Muftī-yi Aʻẓam (transl. Life of the Grand Mufti), a biography of Muhammad Shafi Deobandi.
  • Kitābat-e-Hadees ahd-e-risālat o ahd-e-sahāba mai transl. The writing of hadith in the era of the Prophet and his companions)
  • Mere murshid Ḥaẓrat-i ʻĀrifī (transl. My Mentor: Hazrat ʻĀrifī), on the life and works of Abdul Hai Aarifi.
  • Nawādir al-Fiqh

Recognition

Usmani was given the title of

Deobandi movement in 1995.[23] He was seen as a learned scholar, jurist, muhaddith, researcher and author, an excellent administrator, and a successful teacher and lecturer.[24]

Death

Usmani was suffering several health issues after surviving COVID-19 and was being treated for these complications.[25] He died after a prolonged illness in Karachi on 18 November 2022, aged 86.[25] Arif Alvi and Shehbaz Sharif expressed sorrow on his death.[26] Marriyum Aurangzeb termed the scholar's death as an irreparable loss and the Governor of Sindh, Kamran Tessori, called it a loss to the whole of the Islamic world. Murad Ali Shah, while expressing sorrow, stated that, "Mufti Sahib's death is a great tragedy for the Islamic world. His religious services are eternal".[26] Nawaz Sharif expressed that, "My heart is deeply saddened by the death of Mufti Rafi Usmani."[27] His student Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari expressed that he had no words to express the sadness. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, also offered condolences and stated that he will be remembered for his invaluable scholarship.[19]

Janazah
.

Usmani's funeral prayers were led by his brother Muhammad Taqi Usmani on 20 November 2022, and attended by Anis Kaimkhani, Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani, Fazal-ur-Rahman, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, Kamran Tessori, Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari and Syed Mustafa Kamal.[23][17][28] He was buried near his father's grave in the cemetery of Darul Uloom Karachi.[29]

Notes

  1. romanized
    : Muḥammad Rafīʿ Us̱mānī

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Grand Mufti Rafi Usmani passes away". Business Recorder (newspaper). 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ Asmatullah 2014, p. 11.
  3. ^ Samdani 2010, p. 48.
  4. ^ Syed Mehboob Rizwi. Tārīkh Dārul Uloom Deoband [History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. Translated by Murtaz Hussain F, Quraishi. Darul Uloom Deoband: Idārah Ehtemam. pp. 93–94.
  5. ^ "Mufti Taqi Usmani survives assassination attempt in Karachi". Dawn (newspaper). 22 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  6. S2CID 214002117
    .
  7. ^ Jan, Najeeb (2019). The Metacolonial State: Pakistan, Critical Ontology, and the Biopolitical Horizons of Political Islam. John Wiley & Sons. p. 208.
  8. ^ a b c d Asmatullah 2014, p. 12.
  9. ^ a b c d Samdani 2010, pp. 49–50.
  10. ^ a b Asmatullah 2014, p. 20.
  11. ^ Asmatullah 2014, pp. 20–21.
  12. ^ a b Asmatullah 2014, p. 15.
  13. ^ Asmatullah 2014, p. 13, 15.
  14. ^ "Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Rafi Usmani passes away". Daily Pakistan. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Vice-presidents of the Wifaqul Madaris". Wifaqul Madaris. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  16. ISBN 978-1-4931-6637-4
    .
  17. ^ a b "Funeral prayers of Mufti-e-Azam Rafi Usmani offered in Karachi". The News International. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  18. ^ Asmatullah 2014, pp. 1415.
  19. ^ a b Ahmed, Juber. "Condolences Pour In For Leading Pakistani Scholar, Mufti Rafi Usmani". British Muslim Magazine. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  20. ^ "مفتی رفیع عثمانی کی مدارس کے طلبہ کو سیاست سے دور رہنے کی تلقین". jang.com.pk. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  21. ^ a b c Asmatullah 2014, pp. 16–17.
  22. ^ Samar, Azeem (20 November 2022). "Thousands attend funeral prayers for Grand Mufti of Pakistan, Rafi Usmani". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  23. ^ a b "Renowned cleric Rafi Usmani laid to rest". Dawn. 21 November 2022.
  24. ^ "مفتی اعظم رفیع عثمانی محب وطن،سچے عاشق رسولؐ تھے،قاری محمد بن سعید" [Mufti Azam Rafi Usmani was a patriot, a true lover of the Prophet, Qari Muhammad bin Saeed]. Daily Pakistan (in Urdu). 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  25. ^ a b "Mufti Rafi Usmani is no more". Dawn. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  26. ^ a b "Mufti-e-Azam Pakistan Maulana Rafi Usmani dies at 86". The News International. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  27. ^ "مفتی رفیع عثمانی کی وفات پر دل بہت رنجیدہ ہے، نواز شریف". Daily Jang. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  28. ^ "Funeral prayer of Mufti Rafi Usmani offered in Karachi". Bol News. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  29. ^ "Mufti-e-Azam Pakistan Rafi Usmani laid to rest in Karachi". The Express Tribune. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

Bibliography

  • Asmatullah (25 November 2014). "Kuchh Mu'allif ke bāre mai". Nawādir al-Fiqh. By Usmani, Muhammad Rafi (in Urdu). Vol. 1. Karachi: Maktaba Darul Uloom Karachi. pp. 11–21.
  • Samdani, Aejaz Ahmad (January 2010). "Sāhib-e-fatawa ke mukhtasar hālāt-e-zindagi". Fatāwa Darul Uloom Karachi. By Usmani, Muhammad Rafi. Vol. 1. Karachi: Idāratul Ma'ārif. pp. 48–81.
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