Shabbir Ahmad Usmani | |
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Born | 11 October, 1887 Bijnor, Bijnor District, now Moradabad division, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Died | 13 December, 1949 (aged 62) Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur (princely state), now Bahawalpur District, Punjab, Pakistan |
Resting place | Funeral: 14 December, 1949, Islamia Science College (Karachi), Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
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Shabbir Ahmad Usmani شبير أحمد عثماني |
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Born |
Bijnor, British India |
October 11, 1887
Died | December 13, 1949 Baghdad al-Jadid, Bahawalpur State |
(aged 62)
Resting place |
Islamia Science College Karachi, Pakistan |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Region | South Asia |
Occupation | Islamic scholar, Teacher, Politician |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni Islam |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Movement | Deobandi |
Main interest(s) | Tafsir, Hadith, Shari'a |
Notable idea(s) | Objectives Resolution |
Notable work(s) | Tafsir-e-Usmani |
Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
Sufi order | Chishtiya-Sabiriya-Imdadiya |
Disciple of | Mahmud al-Hasan |
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Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (Urdu: شبیر احمد عثمانی, Shabbīr Aḥmad ‘Usmānī; October 11, 1887 – December 13, 1949) was an Islamic scholar who supported the Pakistan Movement in the 1940s. He was a theologian, writer, orator, politician, and expert in tafsir and Hadith.
Born on October 11, 1887 in Bijnor, a city in Uttar Pradesh, British India. His father, Fadhlur Rahman, was a deputy inspector of schools and had been sent on assignment to Bareilly, when his son Shabbir was born. He was educated at Darul Ulum Deoband, where he became a disciple of Mahmud ul Hasan, and graduated in 1908. After his graduation, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband.
In 1915, when Mahmud ul Hasan travelled to Hijaz, Usmani filled his position as the teacher of Sahih Muslim, a book of teachings of prophet Muhammad. In 1925, Sultan Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia scheduled a conference for prominent ulama from all over the world. A deputation of a number of 'ulama from India participated in this conference, with Usmani among them. In 1926, he moved to Dabhel, a small predominantly Deobandi town in the Indian state of Gujarat, and became a teacher at Jami'a Islamiyyah Dabhel. In 1933, when Anwar Shah Kashmiri died, Usmani became the teacher of Sahih al-Bukhari, a book of teachings by prophet Muhammad.