Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani

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Kafīlur Rahmān Nishāt Usmāni (5 March 1942 – 1 August 2006) was an Indian Muslim scholar, jurist, and a poet who served as a Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was the grandson of Azizur Rahman Usmani. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband and the Aligarh Muslim University. He translated Fatawa 'Alamgiri into the Urdu language and issued more than fifty thousand religious edicts.

Name and lineage

Template:Further His ism (given name) was Kafilur Rahman. His nasab (patronymic) is: Kafilur Rahman ibn Jalilur Rahmān ibn Azizur Rahman Usmani ibn Fazlur Rahman Usmani.Template:Sfn

Biography

Usmāni was born into the Usmani family of Deoband on 5 March 1942.Template:Sfn His father was Jalilur Rahmān Usmāni, one of the sons of Azizur Rahman Usmani and a teacher of "tajwid" and "qirat" in the Darul Uloom Deoband.Template:Sfn

Usmāni graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1961 and received an M.A in Arabic from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1975.Template:Sfn His teachers include Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad and Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi.Template:Sfn In 1392 AH, Usmāni was appointed as a Mufti in the Darul Uloom Deoband.Template:Sfn He served in this role for 32 years, during which time he issued more than fifty thousand religious edicts. He was also a poet and wrote in the ghazal, hamd, naat, nazm, marsiya, and qasīda genres of Urdu poetry.Template:Sfn

Usmāni died on 1 August 2006 and was buried in Qasmi cemetery next to the grave of his grandfather Azizur Rahman Usmani.Template:Sfn His funeral prayer was led by his elder brother Fuzailur Rahman Hilal Usmani.Template:Sfn

Literary works

As an author, Usmāni wrote books including his poetic collection, Shanāsa (Template:Translation), Ziyārat-e-Quboor (Template:Translation), Hayāt Ibn Abbās (Template:Translation), Hayāt Salmān Fārsi (Template:Translation), Hayāt Abu Hurairah (Template:Translation), Sirāj al-Īdāh (Urdu commentary to Hasan Shurunbulali's Nur ul Idāh) and Ā'īna-e-Bid'at (Template:Translation).Template:Sfn

Usmāni translated and annotated number of books concerning "dars-e-nizami" from Arabic and Persian into the Urdu language. The Arabic-Urdu translations include Sirāj al-Ma'āni, Sirāj al-Wiqāya (Urdu translation and commentary to Sharh-ul-Wiqāya), Sirāj al-Matālib, Tafhīm al-Muslim (Urdu translation and commentary to Shabbir Ahmad Usmani's Fath al-Mulhim), and Fatawa 'Alamgiri.Template:Sfn The Persian-Urdu translations include Gulzār-e-Dabistān, Tuhfat al-Muwahhidīn, Masā'il Arba'īn, and Rubāʿiyāt of Baha' al-Din Naqshband.Template:Sfn

Bibliography

• Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Idara Ilm-o-Adab(February 2017)
• Ulama-e-Deoband Ki Urdu Shāyri{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Creative Star Publications(2017). ISBN 978-81-935109-1-9