Mufti, Mawlāna Khalid Saifullah Rahmani | |
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![]() Rahmani in 2018 | |
President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board | |
Assumed office 3 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Rabey Hasani Nadwi |
General Secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board | |
In office 2021 –3 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Wali Rahmani |
Succeeded by | Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi |
General Secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy,India | |
Personal life | |
Born | November 1956 (age 68) |
Nationality | Indian |
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Main interest(s) | Islamic Jurisprudence |
Notable work(s) | Qamusul Fiqh,Contemporary jurisprudence |
Alma mater | Jamia Rahmani Munger,Darul Uloom Deoband |
Relatives | Mujahidul Islam Qasmi (uncle) |
Religious life | |
Religion | Islam |
Founder of | Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami,Hyderabad |
Website | khalidrahmani |
Khalid Saifullah Rahmani (born November 1956) is an Indian Muslim scholar,author and jurist who serves as the fifth president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is the general secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy of India. He has authored books including The Islamic Jurisprudence:Introduction and Codification and Kitāb-ul-Fatāwa.
Khalid Saifullah Rahmani was born in November 1956. [5] He is the nephew of Islamic scholar and jurist,Mujahidul Islam Qasmi. [5] He received his primary education at home and studied at Madrasa Qasimul Uloom Hussainia for two years. He graduated from Jamia Rahmani in Munger and studied "dawra-e-hadith" (the hadith class of Dars-e-Nizami) again at Darul Uloom Deoband,and graduated from there in 1395 AH. [6] He later specialized in Islamic law and jurisprudence at Amarat-e-Sharia,Patna. His teachers include Sharif Hasan Deobandi,Mahmood Hasan Gangohi,Naseer Ahmad Khan,Nizamuddin Azami,Anzar Shah Kashmiri,and Muhammad Salim Qasmi. Rahmani also benefitted from his uncle Mujahidul Islam Qasmi. [6]
In 1398 AH,Rahmani started to teach at Madrasa Sabeelus-Salam,where he was appointed head teacher in 1399 AH. He taught there for 22 years and went on to establish Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami,Hyderabad. [7] [8] He has also helped to found institutions such as Sabilul Falaah and Madrasa al-Falihat in Darbhanga;Madrasa Nurul Uloom,in Andhra Pradesh and Madrasa Talimul Quran lil-Banat in Karnataka. [9]
Rahmani is a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board's Legal Council [10] [9] and the general secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy. [9] He is a regular columnist of the Friday edition of Munsif,and editor of Three Monthly Behs-o-Nazar,an Islamic juristic journal that Mujahidul Islam Qasmi had started. [11] In 2021,he was appointed interim,and subsequently prominent,general secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board following Wali Rahmani's death, [12] [13] [14] after having served as a secretary of the Board. [15] On 3 June 2023,he was elected as the fifth president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board following the demise of Rabey Hasani Nadwi. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
Rahmani's works include: [21]