20th-century Islamic scholar and influential figure of the Hanafi school of thought
Zafar Ahmad Usmani (Arabic: ظفر أحمد العثماني)
Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
In office 1949–Unknown
Preceded by
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Succeeded by
Abdullah Darkhawasti
Personal
Born
4 October 1892 [13th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, 1310 AH] Deoband, India
Died
1974 Pakistan
Religion
Islam
Era
Modern
Region
Indian subcontinent
Political party
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Main interest(s)
Jurisprudence Pakistan Movement activist
Notable work(s)
I'la al-Sunan
Muslim leader
Teacher
Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Students
Azizul Haque, Badre Alam Merathi
Influenced by
Abu Hanifa
Influenced
Deobandi movement
Part of a series on the
Deobandi movement
Ideology and influences
Dars-i Nizami
Maturidi theology
Hanafi fiqh
Founders and key figures
Mamluk Ali Nanautawi
Imdadullah Muhajir Makki
Rahmatullah Kairanawi
Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri
Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi
Sayyid Muhammad Abid
Mahmud Deobandi
Muhammad Ali Mungeri
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Ubaidullah Sindhi
Anwar Shah Kashmiri
Kifayatullah Dehlawi
Hussain Ahmed Madani
Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi
Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi
Notable institutions
Darul ulooms and madrasas
Deoband
Mazahir Uloom
Nadwatul Ulama
Aminia
Shahi
Dabhel
Hathazari
Ashrafia
Karachi
Banuri Town
Bury
In'aamiyyah
List of Deobandi universities
Centres (markaz) of Tablighi Jamaat
Bhopal
Dewsbury
Dhaka
Nerul
Nizamuddin
Raiwind
Associated organizations
All India Muslim Personal Law Board
Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Commission
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
Islamic Fiqh Academy, India
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
Tablighi Jamaat
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Zafar Ahmad Usmani (also known as Zafar Ahmad Thanwi) (Arabic: ظفر أحمد العثماني) (4 October 1892 – 1974), was a 20th Century Sunni Muslim Jurist who became an influential figure of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence's Deobandi Movement. He also was a prominent Pakistan Movement activist.[1][2]
He is most famous for having written I'la Al-Sunan, a 20 volume Hadith encyclopedia of Hanafi proofs, written as a refutation by the Hanafi school against the objections raised by the growing Ahl-i Hadith movement, as per the request of his uncle Ashraf Ali Thanwi.[3]
^Cite error: The named reference Dawn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Nazaria Pakistan Trust (NPT) sitting on Usmani The Nation (newspaper), Published 9 December 2014, Retrieved 2 March 2020
^Zaman, Muhammad Qasim. Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi: Islam in Modern South Asia. Oneworld, 2008. pg. 54-60
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