Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama is an Islamic seminary in Lucknow,India. It was established by the Nadwatul Ulama,a council of Muslim scholars,on 26 September 1898.
Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi was an Indian Sunni Hanafi Maturidi Islamic Scholar,theologian and a Sufi who was one of the main founders of the Deobandi Movement,starting from the Darul Uloom Deoband.
Kifayatullah Dehlawi,was an Indian Islamic scholar and a Hanafi jurist,who served as the first president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind,and the second rector of the Madrasa Aminia. He was regarded as the Grand Mufti of India.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali,Kifayatullah Dehlawi,Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti and Sanaullah Amritsari.
Nizāmuddīn Asīr Adrawi was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar,biographer,historian and author in the Urdu language. He established Madrassa Darus Salam in Adari and served as Officer In Charge of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind in Lucknow from 1974 to 1978.
Madrassa Shahi is an Islamic seminary in Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1879 by the poor Muslims of Moradabad under the supervision of Islamic scholar,Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi,who also established the Darul Uloom Deoband. This started as Madrasatul Ghuraba,but gained recognition as Madrasa Shahi. Its first principal was Ahmad Hasan Amrohi.
Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and an activist of the Indian independence movement,who served as the fourth general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He fought against British rule for 25 years (1922-1947) and spent eight years in jail. As a politician,he opposed the partition of India,and served as a member of the Indian Parliament for the Indian National Congress from Amroha from 1952 to 1962.
Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi (1910–1991) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and historian and head of the Islamic studies department of Jamia Millia Islamia. His book Tarikh-e-Millat is required reading in the syllabus of Darul Uloom Deoband and in madrasas affiliated with it.
Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi is a Kashmiri Islamic scholar,founder and rector of Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah,one of the largest Islamic seminaries in Kashmir. He is a senior member of the managing committee of Darul Uloom Deoband,founding member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and a member of the working body of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.
Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri,was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author who served as Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. A number of his books are required readings in Darul Uloom Deoband.
Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as first Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband. He is best known for his Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband. His brother was Shabbir Ahmad Usmani.
Mufti Zar Wali Khan,was a Pakistani Islamic scholar,writer and Friday sermon preacher. He was the founder and the principal of Jamia Ahsan Ul Uloom.
Minnatullah Rahmani was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the first General Secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and Darul Uloom Deoband,and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He also served as the General Secretary of the Jamiat Ulama Bihar. His father Muhammad Ali Mungeri was the founder of Nadwatul Ulama and his son Wali Rahmani established the Rahmani30 institute.
Wali Hasan Tonki was a Pakistani Mufti,Islamic scholar,judge and writer.
Habībur Rahmān Khairābadi is an Indian Muslim scholar and jurist who serves as a Mufti at the Darul Uloom Deoband. He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Mau,Mazahir Uloom and the Aligarh Muslim University. He has authored books including The Rules of Slaughter and The Importance of Zakat. He signed the Darul Uloom Deoband's first ever religious edict against terrorism in 2008.
Ahmad Hasan Amrohi was an Indian Muslim scholar and freedom struggle activist who served as the first principal of Madrasa Shahi in Moradabad. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband and among the founding members of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's Thamratut-Tarbiyat. He was an authorized disciple of Imdadullah Muhajir Makki.
