Zafar Ahmad Usmani

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Zafar Ahmad Usmani
(
Arabic: ظفر أحمد العثماني)
Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
In office
1949–Unknown
Preceded byShabbir Ahmad Usmani
Succeeded byAbdullah Darkhawasti
Personal
Born4 October 1892 [13th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, 1310 AH]
Deoband, India
Died1974
Pakistan
ReligionIslam
EraModern
RegionIndian subcontinent
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Main interest(s)Jurisprudence
Pakistan Movement activist
Notable work(s)I'la al-Sunan
Muslim leader
TeacherAshraf Ali Thanwi
Students
Influenced by
Influenced
  • Deobandi
    movement
Part of a series on the
Deobandi movement
Ideology and influences
Founders and key figures
Notable institutions
Darul ulooms and madrasas
Centres (markaz) of Tablighi Jamaat
Associated organizations

Zafar Ahmad Usmani (also known as Zafar Ahmad Thanwi) (

Deobandi Movement. He also was a prominent Pakistan Movement activist.[1][2]

He is most famous for having written I'la Al-Sunan, a 20 volume Hadith encyclopedia of Hanafi proofs, written as a refutation by the Hanafi school against the objections raised by the growing Ahl-i Hadith movement, as per the request of his uncle Ashraf Ali Thanwi.[3]

Birth

Further information: Usmani family of Deoband § Karamat Hussain

Zafar Ahmad Usmani was born on 4 October 1892 in

nasab (patronymic) is: Zafar Ahmad ibn Lateef Ahmad ibn Nehal Ahmad ibn Karamat Hussain ibn Nabi Bakhsh ibn Hayātullah ibn Ināyatullah ibn Laqā'ullāh ibn Ihsānullāh ibn Nasīrullah ibn Dīwān Lutfullah ibn Owais ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Razzāq ibn Muhammad Hasan ibn Habībullah ibn Usmān ibn Ali ibn Shaykh Muhammad ibn Fazlullāh ibn Abu al-Wafā Usmāni.[4]

Education and career

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 with more religious scholars.[5]

In Pakistan, he became a close associate of Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and an active member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam founded by him. After the death of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani in 1949, he and Maulana Ehteshamul Haq Thanvi became key leaders of this party.[1][6]

Works

Usmani's most famous work is I’la’ al-Sunan, which is a Hadith Commentary that connects the opinions of this Hanafi's book with direct evidence from the Hadiths.[7] The reason for this was that the Ahl-i Hadith movement was growing and bringing their objections, and Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi asked his nephew to respond. The book was first printed in 1923.[8] It consists of 21 volumes.[3]

Honored by Jinnah

At the

Abdul Rashid.[2][11]

References

  1. ^ a b 1969: Fifty Years Ago: Islamic socialism Dawn (newspaper), Published 9 September 2019, Retrieved 2 March 2020
  2. ^ a b Nazaria Pakistan Trust (NPT) sitting on Usmani The Nation (newspaper), Published 9 December 2014, Retrieved 2 March 2020
  3. ^ a b Zaman, Muhammad Qasim. Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi: Islam in Modern South Asia. Oneworld, 2008. pg. 54-60
  4. ^ Ubaid, Iqbal Asim (2001), Mawlāna Zafar Ahmad: Hayāt-o-Khidmāt, pp. 51–52
  5. ^ "Shaykh Zafar Ahmad Uthmani - White Thread Press".
  6. ^ Naazir Mahmood (26 February 2019). "Books on the highway". The News International. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. ^ Hefner, Robert W., and Muhammad Qasim. Zaman. Schooling Islam: the Culture and Politics of Modern Education. Princenton University Press, 2007. Pg. 64-65
  8. ^ "I'la al Sunan, ARABIC by Maulana Zafar Ahmad al-Uthmani".
  9. OCLC 47964786
    .
  10. hdl:10603/364028. Archived
    from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  11. ^ Syed Talha Shah (20 November 2018). "Aasia Bibi: Pakistanis need to bridge the mister-mulla divide". Daily Times. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

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