Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri | |
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| 5th Head Mufti ofDarul Uloom Deoband | |
| In office 1355AH – 1357 AH | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Shafi |
| Succeeded by | Kifayatullah Gangohi |
| Died | 1948 (23Rajab 1367AH) |
| Resting place | Pureni,Bhagalpur |
| Notable work(s) | Fatāwa Suhūliya |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Muslim leader | |
Students | |
Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri (died 1948) was anIndian Muslim scholar and jurist who served as the fifthHead Mufti ofDarul Uloom Deoband.
Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri was born in Puraini,Bhagalpur,[1] in a Muslim family that claimed descent fromUthman.[2]
Sahool acquired his primary education at home and then studied with Ashraf Alam. He moved to Madrasa Jām'i al-UlūmKanpur where he studied withAshraf Ali Thanwi and Muhammad Ishāq Burdwāni.[3] He then studied with Muhammad Farooq Chiryakoti at Madrasa Faiz-e-Aam.[3] He went toHyderabad where he studied logic, philosophy, astronomy, literature andfiqh with Lutfullah Aligarhi and Abd al-Wahhāb Bihāri. From Hyderabad, he moved toDelhi and attended lectures of Nazīr Hussain, and then joinedDarul Uloom Deoband where he studiedahadith withMahmud Hasan Deobandi and graduated from there.[3][4]
Sahool was appointed a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband after his graduation. He taught at the seminary for over eight years.[4] He then servedMadrasa Azizia,Calcutta Alia Madrasah andSylhet Government Alia Madrasah as a senior professor ofhadith and Head Teacher.[3] In 1920, he was appointed a principal at the Madrasa Alia Shamsul Huda inPatna.[4] SucceedingMuhammad Shafi, he served as the fifth Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband from 1355AH to 1357 AH and issued 15,185fatawa during his tenure.[3]
Sahool died in 1948 (27Rajab 1367 AH) and was buried in Pureni.[3]
Dār al-Suhūl, inNorth Nazimabad, published his book of religious edictsMahmūd al-Fatāwa, better known asFatāwa Suhūliya. The old copy of fatawa was given to Muhibbullah, a teacher ofJamia Uloom-ul-Islamia by Sahool's grandson Muhammad Saadullah Usmani. Muhibullah worked on this, and got the fatawa composed and published.[5]
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| Preceded by | Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband 1355AH - 1357 AH | Succeeded by Kifayatullah Gangohi |