Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri | |
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5th Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband | |
In office 1355 AH –1357 AH | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Shafi |
Succeeded by | Kifayatullah Gangohi |
Died | 1948 (23 Rajab 1367 AH) |
Resting place | Pureni,Bhagalpur |
Notable work(s) | Fatāwa Suhūliya |
Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
Religious life | |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni Hanafi |
Movement | Deobandi |
Muslim leader | |
Students | |
Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri (died 1948) was an Indian Muslim scholar and jurist who served as the fifth Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband.
Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri was born in Puraini,Bhagalpur, [1] in a Muslim family that claimed descent from Uthman. [2]
Sahool acquired his primary education at home and then studied with Ashraf Alam. He moved to Madrasa Jām'i al-Ulūm Kanpur where he studied with Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Muhammad Ishāq Burdwāni. [3] He then studied with Muhammad Farooq Chiryakoti at Madrasa Faiz-e-Aam. [3] He went to Hyderabad where he studied logic,philosophy,astronomy,literature and fiqh with Lutfullah Aligarhi and Abd al-Wahhāb Bihāri. From Hyderabad,he moved to Delhi and attended lectures of Nazīr Hussain,and then joined Darul Uloom Deoband where he studied ahadith with Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and graduated from there. [3] [4]
Sahool was appointed a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband after his graduation. He taught at the seminary for over eight years. [4] He then served Madrasa Azizia,Calcutta Alia Madrasah and Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah as a senior professor of hadith and Head Teacher. [3] In 1920,he was appointed a principal at the Madrasa Alia Shamsul Huda in Patna. [4] Succeeding Muhammad Shafi,he served as the fifth Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband from 1355 AH to 1357 AH and issued 15,185 fatawa during his tenure. [3]
Sahool died in 1948 (27 Rajab 1367 AH) and was buried in Pureni. [3]
Dār al-Suhūl,in North Nazimabad,published his book of religious edicts Mahmūd al-Fatāwa,better known as Fatāwa Suhūliya. The old copy of fatawa was given to Muhibbullah,a teacher of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia by Sahool's grandson Muhammad Saadullah Usmani. Muhibullah worked on this,and got the fatawa composed and published. [5]