Habibur Rahman Usmani

Habibur Rahman Usmani (c. 1858–1929), also written as Habibur Rahman Deobandi and Maulāna Habib al-Rahmān, was an Indian Islamic scholar, Arabic writer and poet, and an Islamic jurist. He served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor, then Vice-Chancellor for the VC Office of Darul Uloom Deoband, for nearly twenty-three years. He succeeded Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad as Grand Mufti of Hyderabad State for about one year.

Mawlana
Habibur Rahman Usmani
9th Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband
In office
1928  5 December 1929
Preceded byHafiz Muhammad Ahmad
Succeeded byQari Muhammad Tayyib
Deputy VC of Darul Uloom Deoband
In office
1907–1925
Succeeded byQari Muhammad Tayyib
Grand Mufti of Hyderabad State
In office
December 1925  September 1926
Personal
Bornc. 1275 AH (1858/1859 AD)
Deoband, Saharanpur district, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died6 December 1929(1929-12-06) (aged 69–70)
Deoband, Saharanpur district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
ReligionIslam
Parent
DenominationSunni Islam
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
Teachers
  • Yaqub Nanautawi
  • Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
OccupationIslamic scholar, muhaddith
Relatives
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