Khalid Saifullah Rahmani

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Khalid Saifullah Rahmani


Rahmani in 2018

Office President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board
Office General Secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board
Office General Secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy, India



Term start 3 June 2023


Predecessor Rabey Hasani Nadwi


Predecessor Wali Rahmani
Successor Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi















Khalid Saifullah Rahmani (born November 1956) is an Indian Muslim scholar, author and jurist who serves as the fifth president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.[1][2][3][4] He is the general secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy of India. He has authored books including The Islamic Jurisprudence: Introduction and Codification and Kitāb-ul-Fatāwa.

Biography

Khalid Saifullah Rahmani was born in November 1956.Template:Sfn He is the nephew of Islamic scholar and jurist, Mujahidul Islam Qasmi.Template:Sfn He received his primary education at home and studied at Madrasa Qasimul Uloom Hussainia for two years. He graduated from Jamia Rahmani in Munger and studied "dawra-e-hadith" (the hadith class of Dars-e-Nizami) again at Darul Uloom Deoband, and graduated from there in 1395 AH.Template:Sfn He later specialized in Islamic law and jurisprudence at Amarat-e-Sharia, Patna. His teachers include Sharif Hasan Deobandi, Mahmood Hasan Gangohi, Naseer Ahmad Khan, Nizamuddin Azami, Anzar Shah Kashmiri, and Muhammad Salim Qasmi. Rahmani also benefitted from his uncle Mujahidul Islam Qasmi.Template:Sfn

In 1398 AH, Rahmani started to teach at Madrasa Sabeelus-Salam, where he was appointed head teacher in 1399 AH. He taught there for 22 years and went on to establish Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad.Template:Sfn[5] He has also helped to found institutions such as Sabilul Falaah and Madrasa al-Falihat in Darbhanga; Madrasa Nurul Uloom, in Andhra Pradesh and Madrasa Talimul Quran lil-Banat in Karnataka.Template:Sfn

Rahmani is a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board's Legal Council[6]Template:Sfn and the general secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy.Template:Sfn He is a regular columnist of the Friday edition of Munsif, and editor of Three Monthly Behs-o-Nazar, an Islamic juristic journal that Mujahidul Islam Qasmi had started.Template:Sfn In 2021, he was appointed interim, and subsequently prominent, general secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board following Wali Rahmani's death,[7][8][9] after having served as a secretary of the Board.[10] On 3 June 2023, he was elected as the fifth president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board following the demise of Rabey Hasani Nadwi.[11][12][13][14][15]

Literary works

Rahmani's works include:Template:Sfn

  • Aasaan Tafsir-e-Quran Majid (A commentary on the Quran)
  • Fiqh-e-Islāmi: Tadwīn-o-Ta'āruf (The Islamic Jurisprudence: Introduction and Codification)
  • Islām ka Nizām Ushr-o-Zakāt
  • Khawātīn ke Māli Huqūq: Shariat-e-Islāmi ki Nazar mai
  • Kitāb al-Fatāwa (The Book of the Fatāwa)
  • Qāmus al-Fiqh
  • Qur'ān: Ek Ilhāmi Kitāb
  • Asan Usul-e Hadith[16]
  • Prophet for the World (English translation of his Urdu book Paighambar-e-Aalam)[17][18]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Naidu and Nitish to Oppose Waqf Bill in Parliament, Says Muslim Personal Law Board, Dasgupta, Sravasti. The Wire(22 August 2024). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  2. ↑ Naidu, Nitish assured they will oppose Waqf Bill, says AIMPLB chief. 'Nationwide stir if it's passed', Fatima, Heena. ThePrint(2024-08-23). Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  3. ↑ Gyanvapi mosque row: Varanasi court ruled in 'haste', says All India Muslim Personal Law Board. Live Mint(2 February 2024). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Muslim Personal Law Board president, AIMIM chief meet CM Revanth over Waqf Bill. The Hindu(2024-08-24). Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  5. ↑ Seminary with a modern outlook. The Hindu(2012-05-18). Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  6. ↑ Nadvi expelled from AIMPLB for meeting Sri Sri without permission. The Statesman(2018-02-11). Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  7. ↑ Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani is the new acting general secretary of Muslim Board. Muslim Mirror(7 April 2021). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Muslims going through more difficult situation than in 1857, 1947: AIMPLB official. The Economic Times(2022-04-04). Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  9. ↑ AIMPLB slams BJP, says action against madrassas "unconstitutional", ANI. ThePrint(2022-09-02). Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  10. ↑ AIMPLB accepts Salman Nadvi's 'disassociation'. Business Standard(11 February 2018). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani elected fifth president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. ANI(4 June 2023).
  12. ↑ Fight against Uniform Civil Code a key challenge, says AIMPLB president. The Hindu(2023-06-08). Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  13. ↑ "A meeting against UCC": Akhilesh Yadav meets All India Muslim Personal Law Board chief. The Economic Times(2023-07-17). Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  14. ↑ Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani elected fifth president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. ThePrint(2023-06-04). Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  15. ↑ ऑल इंडिया मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड को नया अध्यक्ष मिला, मौलाना खालिद सैफुल्लाह रहमानी AIMPLB के अध्यक्ष. Navbharat Times(4 June 2023). Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  16. ↑ Template:Cite thesis
  17. ↑ Telangana CM releases book 'Prophet for the World'. ThePrint(2024-09-14). Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  18. ↑ Revanth terms Asad Owaisi as the voice of poor. The Hindu(2024-09-15). Retrieved 2024-09-17.

Bibliography

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  • Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmat{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Kutub Khana Naimia(February 2011)

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