Mawlāna, Mufti Zafeeruddin Miftāhi | |
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| 2nd President ofIslamic Fiqh Academy | |
| In office 2002 – 31 March 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Mujahidul Islam Qasmi |
| Succeeded by | Nematullah Azami[1] |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 7 March 1926 |
| Died | 31 March 2011(2011-03-31) (aged 85) |
| Notable work(s) | Compilation of theFatāwa Darul Uloom Deoband ofAzizur Rahman Usmani,Islām Ka Nizām-e-Masājid |
| Alma mater | Jamia Miftahul Uloom |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Muslim leader | |
Students | |
Zafeeruddin Miftāhi (7 March 1926 – 31 March 2011) was anIndian Muslim scholar and jurist who served as a Mufti ofDarul Uloom Deoband and the second president ofIslamic Fiqh Academy. He compiled the religious verdicts ofAzizur Rahman Usmani, called theFatāwa Darul Uloom Deoband in twelve volumes and wrote books includingIslām Ka Nizām-e-Masājid,Islām Ka Nizām Iffat-o-Asmat andTārīkh-e-Masājid.
Miftāhi was an alumnus of Jamia Miftahul Uloom. He was a member of Board of Studies at the Sunni Theology department of Aligarh Muslim University. He served the Deoband seminary for fifty years and issued one hundred thousand religious edicts.
Zafeeruddin Miftāhi was born on 7 March 1926 (22Sha'ban 1344AH) inDarbhanga.[2] He received his primary education at home and was schooled at Madrasa Mahmudiya, inTerai,Nepal. He studied intermediate classes of Arabic and Persian at Madrasa Wāris al-Ulūm inChhapra from 1933 to 1940. He graduated from the Jamia Miftahul Uloom where he studied from 1940 to 1944 withHabib al-Rahman al-'Azmi and Abdul Lateef Nomani.[3] His other teachers includeHussain Ahmad Madani,Sulaiman Nadwi,Minatullah Rahmani,Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi andMuhammad Tayyib Qasmi.[4]
After his graduation in 1944, Miftāhi taught at the Jamia Miftahul Uloom for one year and then moved to Ma'dan al-Ulūm inLucknow where he taught for three years between September 1945 and January 1948.[3] From January 1948 to 1956, he taught at Darul Uloom Muīnia inBegusarai, with a gap of one year in between; during which he taught atJamia Islamia Talimuddin.[3] InShawwal 1364AH, Miftāhi went to study at theDarul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow atSulaiman Nadwi's suggestion and studied there for few months.[3]
Miftāhi was first appointed in theDarul Uloom Deoband to compilefatawa.[5] Between 1962 and 1972, he compiled the fatawa ofAzizur Rahman Usmani in twelve volumes.[3] InSafar 1385 AH, the executive council of Deoband seminary appointed him to write theeditorial forMonthly Darul Uloom, which he continuously wrote for seventeen years.[6][7] In 1993, he was appointed a Mufti in the Darul Ifta ofDarul Uloom Deoband; a post he served till 21 August 2008.[6] He served in the Deoband seminary for fifty years and wrote onelakhfatawa.[8] He retired from Deoband on 22 August 2008 at a monthly pension of 2000INR which he received throughout his life.[6]
Miftāhi was a founding figure of theIslamic Fiqh Academy and became its president afterMujahidul Islam Qasmi.[9] He was a member of Board of Studies at the Sunni Theology department ofAligarh Muslim University.[10]
Miftāhi died on 31 March 2011. His funeral prayer was led by Saud Alam Qasmi, the former dean of the Faculty of Theology atAligarh Muslim University on 1 April 2011.[11]
Miftāhi compiled the religious verdicts ofAzizur Rahman Usmani, commonly known asFatāwa Darul Uloom Deoband in twelve volumes between 1962 and 1972.[3][12] His discourses on the Quran, entitledDars-e-Qur'ān, were published in ten volumes. He wrote biographical works aboutMuhammad Qasim Nanautawi,Manazir Ahsan Gilani andMuhammad Tayyib Qasmi.[7] His other books include:[7]
