Izaz Ali Amrohi

Izaz Ali Amrohi (d. 1955) (Urdu: مولانا اعزاز علی امروہوی) was an Indian Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school from Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.[1][2] He served the Darul Uloom Deoband as Chief Mufti twice: from 1927 to 1928 and then from 1944 to 1946.[3][4] His book Nafahtul Arab is taught in the syllabus of madrassas including the Darul Uloom Deoband.[4]

Shaykh al-Adab wal Fiqh

Izaz Ali Amrohi
2nd Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband
In office
1928 to 1929
Preceded byAziz-ul-Rahman Usmani
Succeeded byRiyazuddin Bijnori
9th Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband
In office
1944 to 1946
Preceded byFarooq Ahmad
Succeeded byMehdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri
Personal
Died1955
Resting placeQasmi graveyard, Deoband
ReligionIslam
RegionIndia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Main interest(s)Arabic literature, Fiqh
Notable work(s)Nafhat al-Arab, al-Ahadith al-mawdu’ah
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
OccupationJurist
Muslim leader

Education

Izaz Ali studied Quran from Qutbuddin, and memorized Quran under the supervison of Hafiz Sharfuddin. He learnt Persian from his father. He studied early books of Dars-e-Nizami in Madrasa Arbi Gulshan Faiz, Tilhar, Uttar Pradesh from Maqsood Ali Khan. He then moved to Madrasa Ayn-ul-Ilm, where he studied most books including Mulla Jami and Kanzud Daqaiq from Qari Basheer Ahmad and Persian and Fiqh books like Sharah Wiqayah from Kifayatullah Dihlawi.[4]
At the request of Qari Basheer Ahmad and Kifayatullah Dihlawi, Amrohi moved to the Darul Uloom Deoband where he studied under Muhammad Ahmad Nanotawi, the then mohtamim of Darul Uloom Deoband and Maulana Sahool Bhagalpuri. [4]
Amrohi was about to complete one year in Deoband, that he travelled to Meerut, where he met Aashiq Elahi Meerthi. At Meerthi's request, Izaz Ali Amrohi stayed at Meerut and studied the books of aruuz and usool from Meerthi, while books of logic, philosophy, and all books of Kutub al-Sittah, except Bukhari from Abdul Momin Deobandi.[4]
He moved to Deoband again and studied books like Sahih Bukhari, Tirmidhi, Sunan Abu Dawud and Baydawi from Shaykhul Hind. Amrohi studied fatwa from Mufti Azizur Rahman and literature from Maulana Muizuddin Ahmad.[4] He graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1903.[3]

Career

After his graduation from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1903, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi sent him to Madrassa Nomaniyah, Pureni, Bhagalpur where he taught for over seven years. Then he moved to Shahjahanpur and established Afzal al-Madaris in a mosque where he used to teach. He taught in this madrassa nearly three years without taking any fees. Amrohi was appointed as a teacher in the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1911, he taught elementary books of Arabic like Ilm al-Sigha, Nur al-Izah in the first year. His academic career in the Darul Uloom lasted for over 44 years.

Amrohi served the post of Ifta (Grand Muft) twice: first time from 1928 to 1929 and second time from 1944 to 1946 and about 24,855 fatawas were written under his authority. He used to teach Sahih al-Bukhari in the absence of Hussain Ahmad Madani and in the last phase of his life, he also taught the second volume of Tirmidhi for several years.[3]His notable students include Muhammad Shafi Deobandi[5][6], Anzar Shah Kashmiri,[7] Muhammad Salim Qasmi[8] and Rasheed Ahmad Ludhianvi.[9]

Literary works
  • Nafhat al-Arab[3]
  • al-Ahadith al-mawdu’ah [10]

Death and legacy

Amrohi died in 1955 and was buried in Qasmi graveyard of the Darul Uloom Deoband.[3] Anzar Shah Kashmiri has written his biography Tadhkiratul Izaz.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Other Great Ulama of Deoband". Dud.edu.in. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. "مولانا محمد اعزاز علی امروہیؒ صاحبِ نفحۃ العرب کی اردو شاعری". AlGazali.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. Maulana Mehboob Rizwi. History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband (Volume 2). Translated by Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi (1981 ed.). Idara-e-Ehtemam, Dar al-Ulum Deoband. p. 63-65, 66, 187-189.
  4. Muhammad Haneef Gangohi. "Sahib-e-Nafhatul Arab". Halaat Musannifeen Dars e Nizami (PDF) (in Urdu) (March 2000 ed.). Karachi, Darul Ishaat. pp. 246–251. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. Muhammad Taqi Usmani. Akabir-e-Deoband Kya Thy (in Urdu) (May 1995 ed.). Zamzam Book Depot, Deoband. p. 71.
  6. Muhammad Rafi Usmani (May 2005) [First published 1994]. حیات مفتی اعظم / Ḥayāt-i Muftī-yi A'ẓam (in Urdu). Karachi: ادارة المعارف / Idāratul-Ma‘ārif.
  7. Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi. "Mawlana Anzar Shah Kashmiri: A Tribute to His Life and Services". IlmGate.org. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  8. "Obituary: Maulana Muhammad Salim Qasmi, an ocean of knowledge". TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  9. Nawhami, Muhammad Saifur Rahman. "Ludhyanwi, Rashid Ahmad - d. 1422". Uloom.com. London: Uloom. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  10. "Ta'aruf-o-Tabsirah al-Ahadith al-mawdu'ah". darululoom-deoband.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  11. Halaat Musannifeen Dars e Nizami (PDF). Karachi, Darul Ishaat. p. 4.
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