Zafar Ahmad Usmani

Zafar Ahmad Usmani
(Arabic: ظفر أحمد العثماني)
Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
In office
1949–1956
Preceded byShabbir Ahmad Usmani
Succeeded byAhmed Ali Lahori
Personal
Born4 October 1892 [13th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, 1310 AH]
Deoband, India
Died1974
Pakistan
ReligionIslam
EraModern
RegionIndian subcontinent
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Main interest(s)Jurisprudence
Pakistan Movement activist
Notable work(s)I'la al-Sunan
Muslim leader
TeacherAshraf Ali Thanwi
Influenced by
Influenced

Zafar Ahmad Usmani (also known as Zafar Ahmad Thanwi) (Arabic: ظفر أحمد العثماني) (4 October 1892 – 1974), was a 20th Century Sunni Muslim Jurist who became an influential figure of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence's Deobandi Movement. He also was a prominent Pakistan Movement activist.[1][2]

He is most famous for having written I'la Al-Sunan, a 20 volume Hadith encyclopedia of Hanafi proofs, written as a refutation by the Hanafi school against the objections raised by the growing Ahl-i Hadith movement, as per the request of his uncle Ashraf Ali Thanwi.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dawn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Nazaria Pakistan Trust (NPT) sitting on Usmani The Nation (newspaper), Published 9 December 2014, Retrieved 2 March 2020
  3. ^ Zaman, Muhammad Qasim. Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi: Islam in Modern South Asia. Oneworld, 2008. pg. 54-60