Darul uloom, also spelled Darul ulum, is an Arabic term which literally means "house of knowledge". The term generally means an Islamic seminary or educational institution—similar to or often the same as a madrassa or Islamic school—although a Darul uloom often indicates a more advanced level of study. In a Darul uloom, Islamic subjects are studied by students, who are known as Tulahb or Ṭālib.
Muhammad Taqi Usmani is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and former judge who is Vice President and Shaykh al-Hadith at Darul Uloom Karachi. An intellectual leader of the Deobandi movement, he has written and lectured extensively on hadith, fiqh, tasawwuf, and Islamic finance, a subject on which he is considered an authority. He chairs the Shariah Board of the Bahrain-based Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), and has held advisory positions on the shariah supervisory boards of over a dozen financial institutions pursuing Islamic banking or finance. He is also a permanent member of the Jeddah-based International Islamic Fiqh Academy – an organ of the OIC – as well as a member of the Islamic Fiqh Council of the Muslim World League.
Jamia Binoria is an international Deobandi Islamic educational institute in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is regarded as one of the most modern madrassas. It should not be confused with the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia madrassa in Binori Town, Karachi.
The Sultan ul Madaris Urdu: سُلطان المدارس; is a Shia Islamic Madrasa for higher religious education in Lucknow, India. Major course of studies include Jurisprudence, Theology and Islamic Literature.
Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi is an Islamic seminary in Karachi, Pakistan. It continues the tradition of the Darul uloom system initiated by Darul Uloom Deoband.
Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama translated to English as House of Knowledge & Assembly of Scholars University is an Islamic institution at Lucknow, India, which draws large number of Muslim students from all over the world. Nadwatul Ulama fosters a diverse range of both scholars and students including Hanafis, Shafi'is and Ahl al-Hadith. Additionally it is one of very few institutes in the region to teach the Islamic Sciences completely in Arabic.
Madrassas of Pakistan are Islamic seminaries in Pakistan, known as Madaris-e-Deeniya in Urdu. Most Madrasas teach mostly Islamic subjects such as Tafseer, Hadith, Fiqh, Arabic Language; but include some non-Islamic subjects, that enable students to understand the religious ones. The number of madrassas grew dramatically during and after the reign of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, and are especially popular among Pakistan’s poorest families in part because they feed and house their students. Estimates of the number of madrasas vary between 12,000 and 40,000. In some areas of Pakistan they outnumber the underfunded public schools.
Jamia Darul-uloom Siddiqia is an Islamic seminary located in the North Karachi area of Karachi, Pakistan. It is considered as one of the successful Islamic seminary which is dealing in traditional studies of the Quran, Sunnah and Fiqha with modern techniques.
Jamia Uloom-e-Islamia is an Islamic School situated in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The school continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system initiated by Darul Uloom Deoband. As of 2007, there are about twelve thousand students in different departments of the Jamiah and its branches, including a number of foreign students from over sixty countries all over the world.
Syed Shuja’at Ali Qadri was judge of Federal Shariat Court, a member of the Pakistani Council of Islamic Ideology and a scholar of Islamic Sciences and modern science. He was influenced by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvin and worked for the Barelvi movement.
Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan is the largest and highest seat of Deobandis in Iran. Maulana Abdolazeez, son of Mojahid Sheikh Abdollah, founded the Jamiah.
Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn ‘Us̱mānī Deobandī, often referred to as Mufti Muhammad Shafi, was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school of Islamic thought. A Hanafi jurist and mufti, he was also an authority on shari'ah, hadith, tafsir, and tasawwuf (Sufism). Born in Deoband, British India, he graduated in 1917 from Darul Uloom Deoband, where he later taught hadith and held the post of Chief Mufti. He resigned from the school in 1943 to devote his time to the Pakistan Movement. After the independence he moved to Pakistan, where he established Darul Uloom Karachi in 1951. Of his written works, his best-known is Ma'ariful Qur'an, a tafsir of the Qur'an.
Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh is the largest Qawmi madrasa education board in Bangladesh. it was founded in April, 1978 after a seminar of Islamic scholars. This organization of Qawmi Madrasahs of Bangladesh is also known as the "Befaqul Madaris". It is an extension of the process that formed the Wafaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan in 1957. "Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board" is the largest federation of Islamic seminaries in Bangladesh. Qawmi educational system practices originate from the traditional Muslim educational system of Bangladesh. At present, there are more than 65,000 Qawmi Madrasahs in Bangladesh. As of 2013, more than 20,000 Seminaries across the People's Republic of Bangladesh are affiliated with "Befaqul Madaris". It controls all the seminaries which are run by Deobandi School of thought. Deobandi School of thought is supposed to be the most powerful and dominated school of thought in Bangladesh.
Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel, popularly known as Dabhel Jamiah Islamiah or Jamiah Islamiah Dabhel, is one of the historical institutions of higher Islamic education in the sub-continent. Maulana Ahmed Hasan Bham, student of Maulana Ahmad Miya Lajpuri established the Jamia in 1908 A.D. It is situated at Dabhel, surat, India.
Jamiah Farooqia, Karachi is one of the notable Islamic institutions of Pakistan. The Jamiah was established in 1967. At present, there are 2300 students enrolled in the different educational sections. Jamiah Farooqia provides its students, tuition, books, food, lodging, medical care, and other facilities without charging a single unit of currency for them. All expenses are met through donations and charitable gifts from Muslim Ummah.
Darul Uloom Jamia Nizamia Ghousia is the Islamic seminary of /sunni Muslims. It was established by Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi, Where he served as the Mohatmim and Grand Mufti. Later on his son Mufti Abdul Shakoor Hazarvi took over as Mohatmim till April 2010. The Jamia has prominently known for the great Ulama and Huffaz of Quran and Hadith it produced. It continues the tradition of the Darul uloom system initiated by Darul Uloom Bareily.
Muḥammad Idrīs ibn Muḥammad Ismā‘īl Ṣiddīqī Kāndhlawī was a Deobandi Islamic scholar particularly known as a scholar of hadith and tafsir. He held the post of Shaykh at-Tafsir at Darul Uloom Deoband in India and later migrated to Pakistan where he served as Shaykh al-Hadith wat-Tafsir at Jamia Ashrafia Lahore. Notable among his written works are Ma'ariful Qur'an, a tafsir of the Qur'an, Siratul Mustafa, a sirah (biography) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and at-Ta'liq as-Sabih, an Arabic sharh (commentary) on the hadith collection Mishkat al-Masabih. A graduate of both Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur and Darul Uloom Deoband, he studied under scholars including Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri, Anwar Shah Kashmiri, and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani.
Darul oloom, also spelled darul ulum, dar al-ulum etc., may refer to:
