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Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (born 1958)

Mufti Hifzur Rahman হিফজুর রহমান Personal details Born (1958-04-16) 16 April 1958 (age 68) Laksam, Comilla Alma mater Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Darul Uloom Hathazari Personal life Main interests Fiqh Hadith Notable works Al-Budur al-Mudiya fi Tarajim al-Hanafiyya Al-Yawaqit wal-Jawahir Religious life Religion Islam Denomination Sunni Jurisprudence Hanafi Teachers Shah Ahmad Shafi Wali Hasan Tonki Abdul Rasheed Nomani Abdus Salam Chatgami Movement Deobandi

**Hifzur Rahman** (born 16 April 1958) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and writer, noted for his Arabic biographical works on [Hanafi scholarship](/source/Hanafi_school). He is the head of the Department of Fiqh at [Jamia Rahmania Arabia](/source/Jamia_Rahmania_Arabia) in Dhaka. He became known in the scholarly community following the publication of two major works in Egypt.[1] The first is a comprehensive biographical collection of [Hanafi scholars](/source/List_of_Hanafis), *Al-Budur al-Mudiya fi Tarajim al-Hanafiyya*, spanning from [Abu Hanifa](/source/Abu_Hanifa) to contemporary figures, published in 23 volumes after a decade of research. The second is an eight-volume biographical compilation on [Bengali](/source/Bengali_language) [ulama](/source/Ulama), *Al-Yawaqit wal-Jawahir*, containing over 2,000 entries.

## Early life

Hifzur Rahman was born on 16 April 1958 in Uttar Fenuya, located in the Uttar Haola Union of [Laksam Upazila](/source/Laksam_Upazila), [Comilla District](/source/Comilla_District),[2] to Muhibbur Rahman, an [alim](/source/Ulama), and Razia Khatun.[1] He began his early Qur'anic studies under Abdul Matin and, after completing primary education at a local school in 1971, studied up to class seven at [Feni Government Pilot High School](/source/Feni_Government_Pilot_High_School). He then spent two years at Munshir Hat Hossainia Madrasa before continuing his studies at Mekhal Madrasa, where he pursued *Sharh al-Jami*. He later enrolled at [Darul Uloom Hathazari](/source/Darul_Uloom_Hathazari) and completed the Dawra-e-Hadith program, after which he traveled to Pakistan in 1987 to study at [Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia](/source/Jamia_Uloom-ul-Islamia) in Karachi, where he completed a specialization in [Islamic jurisprudence](/source/Fiqh) (Ifta).[2] His teachers included [Shah Ahmad Shafi](/source/Shah_Ahmad_Shafi), [Wali Hasan Tonki](/source/Wali_Hasan_Tonki), [Abdul Rasheed Nomani](/source/Abdul_Rasheed_Nomani), and [Abdus Salam Chatgami](/source/Abdus_Salam_Chatgami).[3]

## Career

Rahman began his professional career in 1985 as a muhaddis (teacher of hadith) at Darul Uloom Barura in Bangladesh, where he taught for 15 years.[4] In 2000, he joined Jamia Rahmania Arabia in [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka) in the same capacity, and in 2002 he was appointed the chief mufti of the institution while also teaching the second volume of [*Sahih Muslim*](/source/Sahih_Muslim). Alongside his work at Jamia Rahmania, he served as [Sheikh al-Hadith](/source/Sheikh_al-Hadith) at Tejgaon Jamia Islamia Railway Madrasa and at Darul Uloom Masjidul Akbar Complex Madrasa, where he taught [Sahih al-Bukhari](/source/Sahih_al-Bukhari).[4]

## Publications

Rahman has written 72 books in Bengali on various subjects, as well as 20 books in Arabic, two of which were published in Egypt.[5] On 22 August 2025, he received the 'Lekhak Forum Padak 2025' from the Bangladesh Islami Writers Forum.[6] According to [*Desh Rupantor*](/source/Desh_Rupantor), perhaps he is the first Bangladeshi scholar recognized for large-scale research work in Arabic.[1] His first Arabic book, primarily related to *[Al-Hidayah](/source/Al-Hidayah)*, was published in the early 2000s under the title *Ma Yambagi Bihil Inayah Liman Yutali'ul Hidayah* and was prepared under the supervision of Abdul Rasheed Nomani during his time in Pakistan as an introduction to *Hidayah*. His first book published in Bengali was *Shebar Arale NGO-ra Ki Korche*, a title suggested by [Farid Uddin Masood](/source/Farid_Uddin_Masood).[7]

Rahman compiled a 23-volume biographical encyclopedia in Arabic after ten years of research, titled *Al-Budur al-Mudiya fi Tarajim al-Hanafiyya*, published by Darus Salih in [Cairo](/source/Cairo), Egypt.[8] The work documents the lives and works of Hanafi scholars, including imams, [mujtahids](/source/Ijtihad), jurists ([fuqaha](/source/Faq%C4%ABh)), and teachers of hadith, from Abu Hanifa to the 21st century, and includes several Bangladeshi scholars.[9] He also created another Arabic biographical encyclopedia on over two thousand Bengali-speaking scholars, published in 2020 in eight volumes under the title *Al-Yawaqit wal-Jawahir fi Tarajim Nubala-i Bangal wal Akabir*, covering 2,183 individuals across nearly 4,000 pages. This work, completed over six years, received scholarly review from Muhammad bin Jamaluddin al-Suyuti of [Al-Azhar University](/source/Al-Azhar_University), [Nematullah Azami](/source/Nematullah_Azami), and [Habibur Rahman Azami](/source/Habibur_Rahman_Azami_(scholar%2C_born_1941)).[8] According to Rahman, he wrote these works for three main reasons: to counter the perception, particularly among [Arab](/source/Arab_world) scholars, that significant scholars did not exist in the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent); to provide responses on issues relevant to the [Ahl-i Hadith](/source/Ahl-i_Hadith); and to document the lives, services, and works of scholars—particularly [Bangladeshi](/source/Bangladeshis) scholars—and their religious practices for a global audience, while historically demonstrating that the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, has long been a major center of the Hanafi school of thought.[7]

Most of his writings focus on the Hanafi school.[7] He authored a five-volume research work on legal terminology in Islamic jurisprudence titled *Yad al-Muhtaj ila al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyyah*, with each volume comprising approximately 500 pages, and it is considered a reference for advanced students of Hadith and Fiqh.[8] In a similar vein, he produced a work with the same title as [Taqi Usmani](/source/Taqi_Usmani)'s [*Usul al-Ifta*](/source/Usul_al-Ifta_wa_Adabuhu), although both appear to have been composed independently, and he later expanded his version using material from Usmani's research.[7] He also wrote a foundational work on the position of Abu Hanifa in Hadith and Fiqh, titled *Makanatu Abi Hanifata fil-Fiqh wal-Hadith*, which he later annotated with material from his teacher Abdul Rasheed Nomani's book of the same title.[7] His other scholarly works include *Fiqhu Ahlil Iraq wa Hadisuhum*, *Addurar al-Muntakat ala Muqaddimatish Shaykh*, *Fathul Wadud ala Sharh al-Uqud*, and *Al-Badrul Munir ala Fawzul Kabir*, serving primarily as instructional texts, while his lexicographical works include *Mu'jam al-Faqih wal-Mutafakkih*. Biographical works such as *Mu'jam al-Shuyukh* document the lives of notable scholars.[7] In Bengali, his published works include *Mashayekhe Comilla*, *Rahe Sunnat*, *Izahul Muslim*, *Islam e Murtaddeder Shasti*, *Narir Mulloyon*, and *Makbul Du'a*, among others.[4]

## See also

- [List of Deobandis](/source/List_of_Deobandis)

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Thattvi (1692–1761) Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703–1762) Shah Nuri Bengali (d. 1785) Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781) Murtada al-Zabidi (1732–1790) Sanaullah Panipati (1730–1810) Majduddin (d. 1813) 13th/19th Çerkes Halil Efendi (d. 1821) Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (1743–1824) Shah Abdul Aziz (1746–1824) Fatima al-Fudayliya (d. 1831) Syed Ahmad Barelvi (1786–1831) Syed Mir Nisar Ali (1782–1831) Ibn Abidin (1784–1836) Haji Shariatullah (1781–1840) Shah Muhammad Ishaq (1783–1846) Mamluk Ali Nanautawi (1789–1851) Mahmud al-Alusi (1802–1854) Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1796–1861) Dudu Miyan (1819–1862) Karamat Ali Jaunpuri (1800–1873) Al-Maydani (1807–1861) Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari (1801–1868) Mehr Ali Qadiri (1808–1868) Yusuf Ma Dexin (1794–1874) Naqi Ali Khan (1830–1880) Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832–1880) Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri (1810–1880) Yaqub Nanautawi (1833–1884) Mazhar Nanautawi (1821–1885) Ubaidullah Suhrawardy (1832–1885) Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi (1848–1886) Faizul Hasan Saharanpuri (1816–1887) Siddiq Bharchundi (1819–1890) Rafiuddin Deobandi (1836–1890) Rahmatullah Kairanawi (1818–1891) Mustafa Ruhi Efendi (1800–1891) Mahmoodullah Hussaini (d. 1894) Syed Ahmad Dehlavi (died 1894) Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817–1899) Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri (1834–1899) Muhammad Munir Nanautavi (1831–1904) Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1826–1905) Abdul Wahid Bengali (1850–1905) Syed Ahmadullah Maizbhandari (1826–1906) Fazlur Rahman Usmani (1831–1907) Abd Allah ibn Abbas ibn Siddiq (1854–1907) Muhammad Naimuddin (1832–1907) Hassan Raza Khan (1859–1908) Sayyid Muhammad Abid (1834–1912) Ahmad Hasan Amrohi (1850–1912) Kareemullah Shah (1838–1913) Shibli Nomani (1857–1914) Najib Ali Choudhury (fl. 1870s) 14th/20th Imamuddin Punjabi (died 1916) Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi (1848–1917) Abdur Rahim Raipuri (1855–1919) Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (1851–1920) Asrarullah Hussaini (1856–1920) Abdul Hamid Madarshahi (1869–1920) Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri (1867–1921) Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921) Sufi Azizur Rahman (1862–1922) Azimuddin Hanafi (1838–1922) Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri (1852–1927) Muhammad Ali Mungeri (1846–1927) Medeni Mehmet Nuri Efendi (1859–1927) Muhammad Amjad (d. 1927) Azizur Rahman Usmani (1859–1928) Muhammad Ahmad Nanautawi (1862–1930) Hamiduddin Farahi (1863–1930) Ibrahim Ali Tashna (1872–1931) Machiliwale Shah (d. 1932) Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875–1933) Sayyid Mumtaz Ali (1860–1935) Majid Ali Jaunpuri (d. 1935) Abdur Rab Jaunpuri (1875–1935) Ghulam Muhammad Dinpuri (1835–1936) Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937) Ghulamur Rahman Maizbhandari (1865–1937) Muhammad Ishaq (1883–1938) Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique (1845–1939) Abul Muhasin Sajjad (1880–1940) Zamiruddin Ahmad (1878–1940) Shukrullah Mubarakpuri (1895–1942) Qasim Sadiq (1845–1942) Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891–1942) Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863–1943) Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943) Habibullah Qurayshi (1865–1943) Hamid Raza Khan (1875–1943) Ubaidullah Sindhi (1872–1944) Ilyas Kandhlawi (1885–1944) Asghar Hussain Deobandi (1877–1945) Sahool Bhagalpuri (d. 1948) Amjad Ali Aazmi (1882–1948) Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi (1887–1948) Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (1887–1949) Abd Allah Siraj (1876–1949) Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri (1868–1951) Khwaja Yunus Ali (1886–1951) Jamaat Ali Shah (1834–1951) Kifayatullah Dehlawi (1875–1952) Nesaruddin Ahmad (1873–1952) Al-Kawthari (1879–1952) Sulaiman Nadvi (1884–1953) Mustafa Sabri (1869–1954) Masood Alam Nadwi (1910–1954) Ghousi Shah (1893–1954) Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi (1885–1954) Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954) Izaz Ali Amrohi (1882–1955) Abdul Salam Nadwi (1883–1955) Abdul Khaleque Chhaturawi (1892–1955) Saeed Ahmad Sandwipi (1882–1956) Manazir Ahsan Gilani (1892–1956) Habibur Rehman Ludhianvi (1892–1956) Hussain Ahmad Madani (1879–1957) Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (1888–1959) Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898–1959) Amin ul-Hasanat (1922–1960) Azizul Haq Chatgami (1903–1961) Maqsudullah (1883–1961) Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (1892–1961) Muhammad Hassan (1880–1961) Abdul Qadir Raipuri (1878–1962) Ahmed Ali Lahori (1887–1962) Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi (1900–1962) Sardar Ahmad Chishti (1903–1962) Muhammad Sanaullah (1905–1963) Badre Alam Merathi (1898–1965) Yusuf Kandhlawi (1917–1965) Ibrahim Raza Khan (1907–1965) Shah Ahmad Hasan (1882–1967) Wasiullah Fatehpuri (1895–1967) Tajul Islam (1896–1967) Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (1896–1969) Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (1895–1970) Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970) Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–1970) Muhammad Ali Jalandhari (1895–1971) Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (1907–1971) Abdur Rahman Kashgari (1912–1971) Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad (1889–1972) Abdul Batin Jaunpuri (1900–1973) Idris Kandhlawi (1899–1974) Deen Muhammad Khan (1900–1974) Zafar Ahmad Usmani (1892–1974) Fazlur Rahman Ansari (1914–1974) Momtazuddin Ahmad (1889–1974) Muhammad Abu Zahra (1898–1974) Amimul Ehsan Barkati (1911–1974) Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (1903–1975) Ghulam Mohiuddin Ghaznavi (1902–1975) Ghulam Mohiyuddin Gilani (1891–1974) Moinuddin Ahmad Nadwi (1903–1974) Abul Wafa Al Afghani (1893–1975) Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri (1882–1976) Ibrahim Balyawi (1887–1976) Muhammad Faizullah (1892–1976) Abdul Wahhab Pirji (1895–1976) Athar Ali (1891–1976) Muhammad Shafi (1897–1976) Abdul Majid Daryabadi (1892–1977) Yusuf Banuri (1908–1977) Syed Muhammad Ishaq (1915–1977) Sharif Hasan Deobandi (1920–1977) Mohammad al-Hasani (1935-1979) Mehboob Rizwi (1911–1979) Sahvi Shah (1923–1979) Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979) Ehtisham ul Haq Thanvi (1915–1980) Mehmood-ur-Rehman (1919–1980) Mustafa Raza Khan (1892–1981) Ziauddin Madni (1877–1981) Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi (1906–1981) Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi (1896–1981) Shah Abdul Wahhab (1894–1982) Zakariyya Kandhlawi (1898–1982) Tayyib Qasmi (1897–1983) Shamsul Haq Afghani (1901–1983) Muslehuddin Siddiqui (1918–1983) Ibrahim Chatuli (1894–1984) Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901–1984) Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984) Shafee Okarvi (1930–1984) Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985) Azhar Shah Qaiser (1920–1985) Harun Babunagari (1902–1986) Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900–1986) Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (1913–1986) Siddique Ahmad (1903–1987) Muhammadullah Hafezzi (1895–1987) Abdur Rahim Firozpuri (1918–1987) Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910–1987) Abdul Aziz Malazada (1917–1987) Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988) Abdul Haq Akorwi (1912–1988) Abdul Jalil Badarpuri (1925–1989) Muntakhib al-Haqq (fl. 1980s) Abdul Matin Fulbari (1915–1990) Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990) Ahmed Muhyuddin Nuri Shah Jilani (1915–1990) Mirajul Haq Deobandi (1910–1991) Minnatullah Rahmani (1913–1991) Sayed Moazzem Hossain (1901–1991) Taqi Amini (1926–1991) Habibur Rahman Azami (1900–1992) Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi (1909–1992) Muhammad Yunus (1906–1992) Masihullah Khan (1912–1992) Abul Hasan Jashori (1918–1993) Shams Naved Usmani (1931–1993) Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993) Waqaruddin Qadri (1915–1993) Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994) Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi (1918–1995) Ayub Ali (1919–1995) Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi (1930–1995) Abuzar Bukari (d. 1995) Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996) Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996) Mukhtar Ashraf (1916–1996) Abdul Haque Faridi (1903–1996) Shamsuddin Qasemi (1935–1996) Manzoor Nomani (1905–1997) Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri (1914–1997) Ashraf Ali Dharmandali (1920–1997) Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda (1917–1997) Habibullah Mukhtar (1944-1997) Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917–1997) Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani (1920–1997) Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi (1935–1998) Sadruddin Islahi (1917–1998) Karam Shah Azhari (1918–1998) Abdul Rasheed Nomani (1915–1999) Syed Ata-ul-Mohsin Bukhari (1939–1999) Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999) Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000) Ahmed Ali Badarpuri (1915–2000) Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001) Mujahidul Islam Qasmi (1936–2002) Ajmal Khan Lahori (1930–2002) Arshadul Qadri (1925–2002) Ibrahim Siddiqui (1930–2002) Naeem Siddiqui (1916–2002) Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003) Harun Islamabadi (1938 – 2003) Jameel Khan (1953–2004) Ismail Katki (1914–2005) Nur Uddin Gohorpuri (1924–2005) Ishaq Faridi (1957–2005) Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005) Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani (1942–2006) Syed Fazlul Karim (1935–2006) Shah Oliur Rahman (1916–2006) Abdullah Abbas Nadwi (1925–2006) Sirajussajidin Katki (1939–2006) Abrarul Haq Haqqi (1920–2006) Ubaidul Haq (1928–2007) Hasan Jan (1938–2007) Abdul Latif Fultali (1913–2008) Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008) Muhammad Abdullah (1932–2008) Obaidul Haque Wazirpuri (1934–2008) Azizur Rahman Qayed (1911–2008) Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani (1949–2009) Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009) 15th/21st Marghoobur Rahman (1914–2010) Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali (1945–2010) Naseer Ahmad Khan Bulandshahri (1918–2010) Khawaja Khan Muhammad (1916–2010) Zamiruddin Nanupuri (1936–2011) Zafeeruddin Miftahi (1926–2011) Azizul Haque (1919–2012) Abdus Sattar Akon (1929–2012) Saeed Ahmed Raipuri (1926–2012) Fazlul Haque Amini (1945–2012) Wahbi Sulayman Ghawji (1923–2013) Zainul Abideen Azmi (1932–2013) Muhammad Fazal Karim (1954–2013) Qazi Mu'tasim Billah (1933–2013) Abdullah Hasani Nadwi (1957–2013) Zubairul Hasan Kandhlawi (1950–2014) Nurul Islam Farooqi (1959–2014) Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman (1941–2014) Bahauddin Farooqi (1927–2014) Ahmad Naruyi (1963–2014) Asad Muhammad Saeed as-Sagharji (d. 2015) Abdur Rahman (scholar) (1920–2015) Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi (1935–2015) Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari (1935–2015) Sibtain Raza Khan (1927–2015) Muhiuddin Khan (1935–2016) Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi (1937–2016) Shah Turab-ul-Haq (1944–2016) Saleemullah Khan (1921–2017) Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017) Alauddin Siddiqui (1938–2017) Muhammad Abdul Wahhab (1923–2018) Salim Qasmi (1926–2018) Akhtar Raza Khan (1943–2018) Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi (1922–2019) Talha Kandhlawi (1941–2019) Yusuf Motala (1946–2019) Ghulam Nabi Kashmiri (1965–2019) Khalid Mahmud (1925–2020) Abdul Haleem Chishti (1929–2020) Tafazzul Haque Habiganji (1938–2020) Muhammad Abdus Sobhan (1936–2020) Abdul Momin Imambari (1930–2020) Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (1940–2020) Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020) Shah Ahmad Shafi (1945–2020) Adil Khan (1957–2020) Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966–2020) Nur Hossain Kasemi (1945–2020) Azizur Rahman Hazarvi (1948–2020) Yahya Alampuri (1947–2020) Zar Wali Khan (1953–2020) Muhammad Naeem (1958–2020) Nurul Islam Jihadi (1916–2021) Abdul Razzaque Khan (1925–2021) Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021) Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni (1930–2021) Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021) Wali Rahmani (1943–2021) Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943–2021) Usman Mansoorpuri (1944–2021) Syed Ata-ul-Muhaimin Bukhari (1944–2021) Abdul Khaliq Sambhali (1950–2021) Muhammad Wakkas (1952–2021) Noor Alam Khalil Amini (1952–2021) Junaid Babunagari (1953–2021) Ebrahim Desai (1963–2021) Faizul Waheed (1964–2021) AbdulWahid Rigi (d. 2022) Abdul Halim Bukhari (1945–2022) Rafi Usmani (1936–2022) Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (1940–2023) Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi (1953–2023) Shahidul Islam (1960–2023) Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri (1938–2024) Nadeem al-Wajidi (1954–2024) Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (1935–2025) Hafez Ahmadullah Chatgami (1941–2025) Mukhtaruddin Shah (1950–2025) Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi (1950–2025) Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi (1953–2025) Abu Taher Nadwi (1960–2026) Living Saifur Rahman Nizami (b. 1916) Ghulam Rasool Jamaati (b. 1923) Syed Waheed Ashraf (b. 1933) Muhammad Ishaq (b. 1935) Muhibbullah Babunagari (b. 1935) Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri (b. 1935) Nematullah Azami (b. 1936) Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı (b. 1938) Madni Miyan (b. 1938) Muhammad 'Awwamah (b. 1940) Zia Uddin (b. 1941) Arshad Madani (b. 1941) Taqi Usmani (b. 1943) Kamaluddin Zafree (b. 1945) Muneeb-ur-Rehman (b. 1945) Qamaruzzaman Azmi (b. 1946) Ahmed Khanpuri (b. 1946) Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi (b. 1946) Abul Qasim Nomani (b. 1947) Idrees Dahiri (b. 1947) Farid Uddin Chowdhury (b. 1947) Farid Uddin Masood (b. 1950) Sameeruddin Qasmi (b. 1950) Mahmudul Hasan (b. 1950) Ilyas Qadri (b. 1950) Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi (b. 1951) Tahir-ul-Qadri (b. 1951) Abul Kalam Qasmi Shamsi (b. 1951) Mustafa Cerić (b. 1952) Tariq Jamil (b. 1953) Fazal-ur-Rehman (b. 1953) Abdul Khaliq Madrasi (b. 1953) Sufyan Qasmi (b. 1954) Abdul Quddus (b. 1954) Nurul Islam Walipuri (b. 1955) Sajjad Nomani (b. 1955) Abdul Quddus Kumillai (b. 1955) Ghousavi Shah (b. 1955) Ameen Mian Quadri (b. 1955) Pir Sabir Shah (b. 1955) Abu Taher Misbah (b. 1956) Kaukab Noorani Okarvi (b. 1957) Hamid Saeed Kazmi (b. 1957) Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi (b. 1957) Hifzur Rahman (b. 1958) AFM Khalid Hossain (b. 1959) Muhammad Rashid Azmi (b. 1959) Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (b. 1959) Abdul Aziz Ghazi (b. 1960) Ruhul Amin Faridpuri (b. 1962) Siraj-ul-Haq (b. 1962) Hanif Jalandhari (b. 1963) Husein Kavazović (b. 1964) Khurshid Anwar Gayavi (b. 1964) Sajidur Rahman (b. 1964) Ibrahim Mogra (b. 1965) Saad Kandhlawi (b. 1965) Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (b. 1967) Abdullah Maroofi (b. 1967) Salman Mansoorpuri (b. 1967) Arshad Misbahi (b. 1968) Lutfur Rehman (b. 1968) Abu Reza Nadwi (b. 1968) Mahfuzul Haque (b. 1969) Ilyas Ghuman (b. 1969) Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi (b. 1969) Muhammad Abdul Malek (b. 1969) Qasim Rashid Ahmad (b. 1970) Asjad Raza Khan (b. 1970) Syed Rezaul Karim (b. 1971) Riyadh ul Haq (b. 1971) Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri (b. 1971) Obaidullah Hamzah (b. 1972) Raza Saqib Mustafai (b. 1972) Manzoor Mengal (b. 1973) Syed Faizul Karim (b. 1973) Mamunul Haque (b. 1973) Salah Abu al-Haj (b. 1974) Husamuddin Fultali (b. 1974) Abdur Rahman Mangera (b. 1974) Faraz Rabbani (b. 1974) Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi (b. 1974) Adnan Kakakhail (b. 1975) Muhammad al-Kawthari (b. 1976) Amer Jamil (b. 1977) Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (b. 1982) Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (b. 1985) Abbas Siddiqui (b. 1987) Hasheem Ahmad Siddiqui (b. 1997) Kaif Raza Khan (b. 2001) Sheikh Hissamuddin Moinuddin Ruhi Anas Madani Fayez Ullah Chatgami Abdul Malek Halim Izharul Islam Chowdhury Tawqir Raza Khan Subhan Raza Khan Amjad M. Mohammed Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani Mukarram Ahmad Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Abdul Khabeer Azad Sahibzada Hamid Raza Muzaffar Qadri Scholars of other Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence Hanbali Maliki Shafi'i Zahiri

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