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Usmani family of Deoband
The Usmani family of Deoband are a prominent family based primarily in the town of Deoband in India. The notable people of this family include Fazlur Rahman Usmani,
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi,
Azizur
Rahman Usmani and
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani.
Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Nehal Ahmad, Mehtab Ali and Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi from the family were co-founders of
Darul Uloom Deoband.
Atiqur Rahman Usmani, a member of this family, co-founded
Nadwatul Musannifeen and
All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat.
History
Ubaid Iqbal Asim in his work Mawlāna Zafar Ahmad: Life and works, discussing the background of
Usmanis in
Deoband, mentions that "one of the famous saintly figures that lived in Deoband is Khwajah
Abul Wafā Usmāni, who was a cousin brother of Jalāluddīn Kabīr al-Awliya Pānipati".
He had settled in Deoband in the eighth Hijri century. successors of Abul Wafā Usmāni.
hijri century. Asim asserts that most of the Usmanis in Deoband are the
Ten generations later, Lutfullah was born in the family of Abul Wafā Usmāni. He held the position of
treasurer in the court of
Shah Jahan.
Lineage
The lineage of Abu al-Wafā Usmāni is, Abu al-Wafā ibn Ubayd Allāh ibn Husayn ibn Abd al-Razzāq ibn
Abd al-Hakīm ibn Hasan ibn Abd Allāh ibn Ya'qub ibn Īsa ibn Ismā'īl ibn Muḥammad ibn Abu Bakr ibn
Ali ibn Usman ibn Abd Allāh Hirmāni ibn Abd al-Allāh Gārzūni ibn Abd al-Azīz III ibn Khālid ibn Walīd
ibn Abd al-Azīz II ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Akbar ibn Abd Allāh II ibn Abd al-Azīz ibn Abd Allāh ibn
ibn
Uthman.
Amr
[2] This lineage is in accordance with what Arab genealogists have recorded in works
regarding the descendants of Amr ibn Uthman. For instance, in the Kitab Nasb Quraysh by Mus'ab ibn
'Abd Allah al-Zubayri, Amr ibn Uthman is recorded as having a great-grandson named Abd al-Aziz and a
great-great grandson named Abd Allah, thus reinforcing the authenticity of the lineage of the family.
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People
Fazlur Rahman Usmani
Fazlur Rahman Usmani lived between 1831 and 15 June 1907.
Uloom Deoband.
[7] His
nasab (
[6] He was one of the co-founders of
Darul
patronymic) is: Fazlur Rahmān ibn Murād Bakhsh ibn Ghulām
Muḥammad ibn Ghulām Nabī ibn Lutfullāh ibn Muḥammad Ashiq ibn Farīd Usmāni ibn Abu
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Hāfiz ibn Muḥammad ibn Abd al-Mālik ibn Abd al-Azīz ibn Abd al-Hakīm
ibn Sa'īd ibn Muḥammad ibn Fazlullāh ibn Abul Wafā Usmāni.[2]
His sons include Azizur Rahman Usmani, Habibur Rahman Usmani, and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani. Atiqur
Rahman Usmani, the co-founder of Nadwatul Musannifeen and All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat
was his grandson.[8][7][9] Shams Naved Usmani is another grandson of Usmāni.[10] Kafilur Rahman
Nishat Usmani, who was the grandson of Azizur Rahman Usmani, translated Fatawa 'Alamgiri into Urdu
language.[11]
After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani hoisted its flag in Karachi in the presence
of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other All India Muslim League leaders.[12]
Fateh Ali was the grandfather of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.[13] He had three sons, Mahtab Ali Deobandi,
Masood Ali and Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi.[13] Mehtab Ali and Zulfiqar Ali were also among the co-founders
of Darul Uloom Deoband.[14] Zulfiqar Ali's son Mahmud Hasan Deobandi became the first student who
studied in Darul Uloom Deoband.[15]
Karamat Hussain is known to have established a madrassa at his home in Deoband.[16] The teacher in this
madrassa was Mahtab Ali Deobandi, the uncle of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.[16] This madrassa remained
functioning until the foundation of Darul Uloom Deoband. Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi studied there
under the supervision of Mehtab Ali.[16]
Nehal Ahmad, the son of Karamat Hussain, was one of co-founders of Darul Uloom Deoband.[17] He was
the brother-in-law of Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi.[16] Nehal had a son, Lateef Ahmad, who was
married to the sister of Ashraf Ali Thanwi.[16] Zafar Ahmad Usmani was the son of Lateef Ahmad, and a
nephew of Thanwi.[18]
Zafar Ahmad Usmani hoisted the flag of Pakistan in Dhaka in 1947 in the presence of Muhammad Ali
Jinnah and other All India Muslim League leaders.[12]
Shukrullah was among the fore-fathers of Muhammad Shafi. The family also claims the Usmani descent,
however they do not possess the complete lineage.[19] Rafi Usmani and Taqi Usmani are both sons of
Muhammad Shafi, who was one of active members of Pakistan Movement.[20]
Rafi Usmani has mentioned the incomplete lineage in the biography of his father entitled Hayāt Mufti
Azam as, "Muhammad Shafi ibn Muhammad Yasīn ibn Khalīfa Tehseen Ali ibn Imām Ali ibn Karīmullāh
ibn Khayrullāh ibn Shukrullah".[19] According to Rafi Usmani, Karīmullāh had moved to Deoband in
1183 AH.[21] Shafi Usmani's father, Muhammad Yasīn Usmāni was among the earliest students of Darul
Uloom Deoband.[22] Yasīn's students include Asghar Hussain Deobandi, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and
Sanaullah Amritsari.[23
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