Zafeeruddin Miftahi was an Indian Muslim scholar and jurist who served as a Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and the second president of Islamic Fiqh Academy.
16 Facts About Zafeeruddin Miftahi
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi compiled the religious verdicts of Azizur Rahman Usmani, called the Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband in twelve volumes and wrote books including Islam Ka Nizam-e-Masajid, Islam Ka Nizam Iffat-o-Asmat and Tarikh-e-Masajid.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi was a member of Board of Studies at the Sunni Theology department of Aligarh Muslim University.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi served the Deoband seminary for fifty years and issued one hundred thousand religious edicts.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi was born on 7 March 1926 in Darbhanga.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi received his primary education at home and was schooled at Madrasa Mahmudiya, in Terai, Nepal.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi studied intermediate classes of Arabic and Persian at Madrasa Waris al-Ulum in Chhapra from 1933 to 1940.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi graduated from the Jamia Miftahul Uloom where he studied from 1940 to 1944 with Habib al-Rahman al-'Azmi and Abdul Lateef Nomani.
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In Shawwal 1364 AH, Zafeeruddin Miftahi went to study at the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow at Sulaiman Nadwi's suggestion and studied there for few months.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi was first appointed in the Darul Uloom Deoband to compile fatawa.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi served in the Deoband seminary for fifty years and wrote one lakh fatawa.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi retired from Deoband on 22 August 2008 at a monthly pension of 2000 INR which he received throughout his life.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi was a founding figure of the Islamic Fiqh Academy and became its president after Mujahidul Islam Qasmi.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi was a member of Board of Studies at the Sunni Theology department of Aligarh Muslim University.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi compiled the religious verdicts of Azizur Rahman Usmani, commonly known as Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband in twelve volumes between 1962 and 1972.
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Zafeeruddin Miftahi wrote biographical works about Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Manazir Ahsan Gilani and Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi.