Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani | |
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Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam | |
In office 1945–1949 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Zafar Ahmad Usmani |
Member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 11 August 1947 – 13 December 1949 | |
Member of the Constituent Assembly of India | |
In office November 1946 – 11 August 1947 | |
Personal | |
Born | 11 October 1887 Deobandi |
Political party | All-India Muslim League Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
Notable work(s) | Fath al-Mulhim bi-Sharh Sahih al-Imam Muslim, Tafseer-e-Usmani |
Relatives | Usmani family of Deoband |
Founder of | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
Muslim leader | |
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani[a] (11 October 1887 – 13 December 1949) was an Islamic scholar and an activist of the Pakistan Movement, who served as the Shaykh al-Islām of Pakistan in 1949.
He was the first to demand that Pakistan become an Islamic state.[2] He was a religious scholar, writer, orator, politician, and an expert in Tafsir and Hadith.[3][4]
Born in 1887 in
Early life
He was born on 11 October 1887 in
Education and career
He was educated at Darul Uloom Deoband, where he became a disciple of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi,[4] and graduated in 1908. After his graduation, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband.[4]
In 1915, when Mahmud Hasan went into self-exile in
In 1926, he moved to
Political career
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was one of the founding members of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi as he was a member of the Foundation Committee of the Jamia (University) that met on Friday, 29 October 1920. In 1944, he became a member of the All-India Muslim League and led a small group of Deobandis who supported the creation of Pakistan.[3][4]
As a leader of this pro-Pakistan faction of Deobandis of the old
When Pakistan became independent, its first flag hoisting was also done (in West Pakistan) by him in the presence of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Liaqat Ali Khan (while in East Pakistan, his fellow, Allama Zafar Ahamd Usmani, did the flag hoisting in the presence of Khwaja Nazimuddin).[6]
After the Partition of India, Usmani became a member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, and remained a member until his death in 1949.[7]
He is best remembered for having spearheaded the Qarardad-i-Maqasid Objectives Resolution for Pakistan, which was passed by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on March 12, 1949.[4][7][8]
In 1946 Usmani furnished the Quranic basis for the establishment of Pakistan by citing the distinction between momin (believer) and kafir (non-believer).[9]
Death and legacy
Usmani died at Baghdadul Jadid in
Books
Title | Description |
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Tafsir-e-Usmani[4]
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an Mahmud ul Hasan
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Fath al-Mulhim bi-Sharh Sahih al-Imam Muslim | a commentary on Sahih Muslim |
Al-‘Aql wan-Naql | a philosophical study on the relation between faith and reason from an Islamic perspective |
I’jaz ul-Qur’an | on the miraculous nature of the Qur’an |
Mas’alah-yi taqdir | on predestination in Islam |
Notes
- ^ شبیر احمد عثمانی
References
- ISBN 978-984-92106-4-1.)
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- ^ a b c Qasim A. Moini (4 July 2017). "Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam at One Hundred (actually old Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind party's 100th anniversary in 2019)". Dawn (newspaper). Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani's profile". storyofpakistan.com website. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ From Dawn's Archives: The Father of the Nation laid to rest Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 September 2017, Retrieved 2 March 2020
- ^ Talhah, Sayyid (22 November 2018). "Asia Bibi case: Pakistanis need to bridge the 'mister-mulla' divide". Musings of a Muslim Doctor. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ a b First Constitute Assembly From 1947–1954 at Pakistan National Assembly, Former members
- ^ Constituent Assembly adopts Objectives Resolution (1949)[permanent dead link] in The Friday Times newspaper, Published August 26, 2011, Retrieved 8 Jan 2017
- ISBN 9789354354526.
- ^ Commemorative postage stamp in honor of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani issued by the Pakistan Postal Services in 1990 in its 'Pioneers of Freedom' series, Retrieved 29 August 2019
Sources
- Jackson, William (2013). A Subcontinent's Sunni Schism: The Deobandi-Barelvi Rivalry and the Creation of Modern South Asia (PhD thesis). Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University. pp. 262–291.
- فتح الملہم از مولانا شبیر احمد عثمانیؒ اور منتہ المنعم از مولانا صفی الرحمن مبارکپوریؒ کے مناہج کا تقابلی مطالعہ
- Allama Sahabbir Ahmed Uthmani's Efforts for Islamization in Pakistan
- Hassan, Hafiz Muhammad
- Ghouri, Syed Abdul Majid (2011). "Al-muhaddith Shabbeer Ahmed Al-Usmani & His Contribution In The Field Of Hadis". Hadis Jurnal Ilmiah Berwasit (in Arabic): 97–123. ISSN 2550-1585.
- ارشد, علی (2000). علامہ شبیر احمد عثمانیؑ کا تحریک آزادی مین کردار (Thesis thesis) (in Urdu). University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
- Rizwan Hussain. Pakistan and the emergence of Islamic militancy in Afghanistan. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2005