1.is prophet mohammad(s.a.w)last prophet? then wat about jesus christ pbuh) bcoz in hadis its said that he will come? 2.will he hav status of prohet or follower or both? [12 Oct, 2009]
1. What is the ruling of Kufer in Hanafi if a muslim miss obligatory prayer: a. Non-Deliberately b. Deliberayely 2. I heard that if a muslim miss three juma prayer than he is out of islam.[14 Sep, 2009]
Assalam o alaykum, Salam o alaykum, What is the ruling on those who believe that Holy Prophet knew the Quran even before his birth (Qabal wiladat hi arif-i-Quran thay). But He Nabi didn't propagate it until it was revelaved to him through Jibrail? JazakAllah. [18 Aug, 2009]
assalualekum my question is if i am interested in doing buisness and i got an opurtunity by ALLAH,S grace but i didnt work out on it with full dedication and time passes by and i missed the chance. 1.tell me now is it right to say that it was ALLAHS wish that i missed the opurtunity?2. and is it right to always blame mu fortune and put my mistakes and delaness in the shadow of ...it was ALLAH"s wish?[11 May, 2009]
Kya agar kisi wali ya auliyaki mazar pe jakar yeh kahena ki ya shaikh, ya gauth aap meri duva allah ki bargah me pahocha dijiye, aap mere liye duva kare, allah aapki duva bahoot jald kabool karte hai, kya aisa aqida rakhna durast hai ya nahi. Aur dusra kya ek muslman ko barelvi bhi nahi hai aur deobandi bhi nahi to kya woh muslman hoga, matlabt woh ahle sunnatval jamat par kayam rahega ya nahi.[03 May, 2009]
Assalamualikum.. Ye daroode taj aaya kahase , koi hadith me hai ya phir aaise hi kisi ne banaya hai? kya sahi hai?[20 Apr, 2009]
Is it permisible to chant "BANDE MATARAM" and also sing "BHARAT O BHAGYA BIDHATA" which are our national anthem and national song? [07 Apr, 2009]
we can use KHUDA for ALLAH?[16 Feb, 2009]
Assalam-o-alaikum, Respected Sir, We learn and recite six Kalimas(Tayyab, Shahadat, Tamjeed, Tauheed, Astaghfar, Raddi-kuffr) right from our childhood. All the mosques and Ulamas recommend these 6 Kalimas. I want to know the origin of these 6 Kalimas? Are these found in Qur'an or Hadith and where are they mentioned. Please tell me the reference. Jazak ALLAH[28 Feb, 2009]
jab hum ye kehte hai k aankh phadaak rahi hai , kuch bura hoga , ra billi rasta kaat gayi , yaa kisi k chaakker mat kato etc....bura hoga, kya hum shirk kr rahe hai pls gaide us, hum iasse kaise bach gea hai[17 Feb, 2009]
as salam alequm mera naam imran hai or main delhi se hu main ye jannana chahta hu ki haatho ki lakiro se hamare takdir se kuch taaluk hai ki nahi.jab ki quran kehta hai ki allah ne sab ki takdir pehle se lleekh di hai or mera pura bharoosa quran par allah par or uske rasool par. bahut sr log kehte hai ki jiske kaan bare hote hai woh bhi bahut lucky hota hai kaya yeh sach hai.mollan sahab main ye sab bate soch kar bahut paresaan rehta hu jaldi se iske mutalik javab dijiye. kuuda hafiz.[17 Feb, 2009]
salam is it a ayat in the quran about a person who dosent have iman on muhammad S.A.W. he is a kafar jazakallah[16 Feb, 2009]
assalamu alaikum, can you describe the arrival about imam mahdi(as)im being told that he has already come and buzurge deen or searching for him, can you describe what should we do if we come to know about the arrival of mahdi(as)do we have to go to makkah to join with him wassalam[17 Feb, 2009]
Dear Mufti Saheb, Assalamu alaikum, I would like to know if Waseela through Auliyas [dead or alive] and through Prophets like Muhammad Sallalahu alaihi was sallam is permissible. If YES then what is the procedure to do Waseela. Jazakallah khir![27 Jan, 2009]
1.What is Tawassul? 2.Is it permissible to say Ya Rasoolallah?[16 Feb, 2009]
Dear Mufti Saheb, Salam, Mene ek bar ek taqrir me suna tha ke, jis ke dil me rai ke dane ke bara bar ka iman ho ga allah use bhi jannat ada karega, is hadish ke bare me baray maherbani muje tafsil se batayen. [03 Jan, 2009]
Mufti Sahab, Assalam Alekum First of all sorry for asking too many Question within a week. Mufti Sahab I want to ask you that in tablighi Jamaat everybody is telling that 'Jo Raee ke dane ke baraabar bhi Imaan leke jayega usko Allah paak Duniya se 10 guni badi jannat dega.' Mufti sahab every body in jamaat who is old or new use this hadith, but i think 99% people dont know the quantity of 'Raee ke dane ke baraabar Imaan kitna hota hai'. Even I dont know. I want to know that either Imaam Gajhali or Mullah Ali Qari has explained this hadith i.e. 'How will that person who will have Raee ke dane ke baraabar imaan'. In Fatwa Id 9421 as I told One of my friend Dr. Warsi (done PHD in Fiqa from Al-Azahar Egypt). He is Mureed of Imaam Ghajali R.A. He told me that Imaam Ghajali has explained this in his book. I asked this to one Mufit has also but he told that he has only 1 book of Imaam Ghajali[03 Jan, 2009]
Aslam-o-alekum, The 1st. November.08 I have a question please answer me at an earliest. My friend says Mohammad(pbuh) got Noor through Jabreel on earth after announcing Resalat, whereas I say that He (pbuh) got Noor from beginning and He (pbuh) is by birth Noori. Please answer with references of Quran and Hadith. Thanking and anticipating the same. Allah Hafiz![01 Dec, 2008]
Assalam-u-Aliekum, Some Biblical prophets are not mentioned in Qur?an for e.g. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, etc. What Islam says about those who are not mentioned in Qur?an? [05 Nov, 2008]
1. Sir, To day A punjabi asked ," we worship the idols in a standing position ( Murti Puja ) and you are praying at a Mazar , yours people are also going to Mazar for worship .It is also a mazar Prasti . yet Dr. Zakir Naik told Mazarparasti is totally Haraam even Naozibillah the mazarsharif of our Huzur Sallah. Pls guid us . 2. Pls Clearify the Neyat of all Sunnat Nemaz, & its importance . I heared the Sunnat Nemaz is not compulsory in Indonesia & Malaysia .I have been confused in Neyat of Sunnat before performing ( In Urdu) Plz guid me ,also mentioned the A/c No. so that I may send some donation. ( Zakat & others ) Thanking you![12 Jan, 2009]
jab taqdeer me pahele se hi sab kuch likh rakha hai to hame mahenat karne ki kya jaroorat hai.pls repl early.[05 Nov, 2008]
Dear Mufti Sahib, Ashlamualaiykum, I would like to know it is allow to ask our requirement to peer/wali/auliya who is in blessed grave, are they able to help us, if yes please dalil, if they are not able to help us why maulana qasim nanotvi saheb came two time from his grave and helped to deobandi people, one time maulana nanotvi saheb came to darul uloom deoband to help maulana rafiuddin saheb who has dispute with other ulemas of deoband and second time he was came in punjab (india) when deobandi alim was doing munazara (debating with barelvi alim) then maulana nanotiv saheb came with his body (not only rooh), kindly note that above two incidence is noted from Arwahe Salasha it is composed by well-known deobandi school, as barelvi accused on deobandi. Please clarify, this is not for insult of anyone, i am barelvi but I respect some of deobandi idea which is really good and according to sunnah and quran. Please sir don't take it otherwise. Thanks [25 Nov, 2008]
I want to ask that from many days im having problems i am MashahALLAH a Muslim girl and during prayers im having very deviating thoughts like i was reciting SURAT IQHLAS and i got a kufriya thought in mind i asked for forgiveness from ALLAH and i said toba ashtagfar and kalma again and again i want to ask that if these kufriya beliefs come in ones heart does they make a person kafir my intention ws not to think anything like that but such kufriya thing came in my heart does it effect my iman does i have to renew my nikah.[06 Nov, 2008]
I have a query which i need to confirm from u..as per our belief hazrat mohammed (sallallahualaihiwasallam)is alive in his grave where he offers prayers and respond to salaam and durood send to him by any of the ummati..it was told to me at an early stage of my life that one can ask for prayers to a pious person who is alive,as he is much closer to allah in comparison to us..can we ask for prayers(dua)from fakhre alam(p.b.u.h) as he is alive in his grave,and allah never ignores him.plz throw some light on this matter.[08 Sep, 2008]
I Recently came across a question from my friend, he asked me the following. Here (some ppl) invite for food, for the food which is cooked on some one else name i.e GairulAllah. My Question is that ppl who go and eat do they lose their Imaan due to eating? such Haram food? and also ppl who cooked and served such food lose their Imaan? Spme ppl knowing that the food is cooked on some one else name go and eat. what is the Islamic Ruling on This Could you please Explain. Thank you very much for helping the Ummah understand Shariah. [05 Sep, 2008]
My sister's husband is in foreign country away for some reason.my sister is getting thought in her mind why ALLAH has kept her away from her husband while other couples are living together.she later felt guilty over her thoughts and repented to ALLAH.she told her husband about her thought also.does my sister get out of eiman by having this thought and telling her husband tat she got this thought.does she have to renew her eiman and nikah.[03 Sep, 2008]
It has been said that by wearig certain stones it gives good luck to a person, is it permissible to wear a silver ring with a specific stone on it with the intention that because of the specific stone on the ring Allah will give good luck? 2-0r is it Shirk? please provide refrence.[06 Sep, 2008]
I am a sunni i want to know what is the difference between a sunni and mehdi. what we believe about mehdevi alaisalaam, will be comming and not yet came is it correct information in sunni about mehdevi alaisallam. what akheeda shoul a sunni should have in mehdevi alaisallam.[23 Sep, 2008]
Is it allow to seek sadak of Rasul-allah (SAW) and other auliya in dua? Generally in dua we use word like "Allah give me so and so as sadaka of so and so (Rasul or auliya)". Is it allow?[03 Sep, 2008]
Is there any differencnce between ISAA & MEHDI (A.S).I hav came across a hadith that (LAISAA
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Darul IFTA, Darul Uloom,INDIA
In The Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Darul Ifta It is one of the most significant departments of Darul Uloom from which people all across the world question in their religious and social matters. Darul Uloom has issued fatwas from its inception but when questions started coming in bulks and it was hard for the teachers to reply them in their part time, Darul Uloom set up this department in 1310 H (1892). Darul Ifta has always been center of attraction and held great respect and trust in public and court circles. So far more than 7 Lakh fatwas have been issued from this department. The present Darul Ifta was built in 1368 H (1949) while the adjoining hall has been recently added.
Darul Ifta has always been centre of attraction and held great respect and trust in public and court circles. Darul Ifta, besides guiding in religio-social matters is also a very forceful means of rapport between Darul Uloom Deoband, and the common run of Muslims. The Fatwas of Darul Uloom have been highly esteemed in and outside the country; besides, the masses the law court in the country also honour them and consider them decisive.
The Eminent Muftis of Darul Uloom[+]Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Azizur Rahman (1859 - 1928)
He was born in A H 1275 (1859). His father was Maulana Fazlur Rahman. In late A H 1284 when the class for reading the Holy Quran was started in Darul Uloom, he was admitted to this class for memorizing the Quran. In A H 1287 he memorized the entire Quran. The teacher of his class was Hafiz Namdar Khan. In A H 1295 he graduated from Darul Uloom. The teachers of Darul Uloom then were Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi, Hadhrat Maulana Syed Ahmed Dehlawi, Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind and Maulana Abdul Ali (Allah's mercy be on all of them!). In the commencement function (Jalsa Dastar Bandi) of A H. 1298, he was awarded the Sanad at the hands of Hadhrat Maulana Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi.
After graduation he worked for some time as an assistant teacher in Darul Uloom, rendering at the same time the services of fatwa-writing under the supervision of the principal, Maulana Muhammad Yaqub. Then he was sent to Meerut, where, at Madrasah Islamia, Inderkot, he remained engaged in teaching for several years. In A H 1309 the elders of Darul Uloom selected him for the post of the pro-vice-chancellor, and after one year he was also appointed as mufti and teacher. Apart from writing fatwas he was assigned to take some classes of Hadith, Tafsir and Fiqh.
Mufti Sahib used to write the answers to very important and vexed questions (istifta) off-hand and spontaneously. For nearly forty years he rendered this great service of writing fatwas in Darul Ifta on behalf of Darul Uloom. In this long period, he wrote many difficult fatwas, which are not, merely fatwas but are of the nature of judgment in controversial cases. Even during journeys, he used to write fatwas informally through sheer acumen, expertise and ability. The explicit texts of Fiqh he mostly remembered by heart. A great peculiarity of his fatwas is that they are easily intelligible; the language of the fatwas is easy and fluent, a feature which is not to be found in the fatwas of this era.
Among the religio-Iegal sciences, fatwa-writing is a very difficult task. The knowledgeable alone can appreciate the delicate points that crop up in this task due to change of circumstances. Ordinarily, fatwas have been written in every period but the consummate expertise possessed by Mufti Sahib has been shared by very few Ulama of Deoband. It is regrettable that the record of those fatwas Mufti Sahib had written between 1310 and 1329 is not extant. A great peculiarity of his fatwa-writing was also this that he never overlooked the zeitgeist and the demands of the time of which he used to have a profound knowledge. If there could be two decidable aspects of a proposition (mas'ala), he would on such occasions always adopt the easy aspect and issue the fatwa on it only, never adopting that aspect which would create difficulties for the masses. Examples of this feature are present everywhere in his fatwas. The fatwas issued between A H 1330 and A H 1346 number 37,561. But among these also the record of some years has been lost. The afore¬said number is that of the recorded fatwas only. According to a cursory estimate of Maulana Muhammad Tayyib, vice-chancellor, Darul Uloom Deoband, the number of Mufti Sahib's fatwas comes to the huge figure of nearly 1,18,000. This prodigious output and achievement of Mufti Sahib is a great and glorious religious service. This characteristic feature of his fatwas also commands a great importance that, in and outside India, these fatwas were being considered decisive. The fatwas written between A H 1330 to A H 1346, arranged in jurisprudential order, are being published by Darul Uloom under the title Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband. 12 volumes of which have been published so far.
Mufti Sahib was not only a religious divine and mufti but also a Sufi and one of the great masters of the esoteric science. He was awarded Khilafah by Hazrat Maulana Rafiuddin Sahib. The practice of accepting allegiance and giving spiritual guidance was also a part of his life. Thousands of Muslims benefited from him and rectified their inner selves.
Mufti Sahib had also resigned from Darul Uloom along with Hadhrat Anwar Shah Kashmiri. In 1347 when he was returning ed to Deoband, en route he was feeling indisposed. Treatment began when he reached Deoband but the condition did not improve. The "promised hour" had come. At last, on the night of 17th Jamadius-Sani, A H 1347 (1928), he expired. He was laid to rest in the graveyard of the Darul Uloom.
He was a high-ranking personality amongst the matchless personalities possessing knowledge and practice, good morals and habits, gnosis and insight, and jurisprudential knowledge and understanding, appointed to grace the Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom Deoband.
[+]Hadhrat Maulana Izaz Ali (1902 - 1955)
He was one of the most distinguished graduates of Darul Uloom. After his graduation from it in A H 1321, Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind selected him for Madrasah Naumania Pureni, District Bhagalpur (Bihar). Accord¬ingly, he taught there for nearly seven years. Then he came to Shahjahanpur and established a Madrasah under the name 'Afzalul Madaris' in a mosque where he taught for the sake of Allah (i.e. without charging any fees or taking any remuneration). For nearly three years he taught very successfully in this Madrasah. In A H. 1330 he was appointed as a teacher in Darul Uloom Deoband, and in the first year he was assigned elementary books of Arabic like 'Ilmus Sigha, Nurul ¬Ezah, etc. In the report for that period it has been stated about this Professor of Literature as under: ¬ "He (Maulawi Izaz Ali) has been a teacher at some places. He is a young, talented, righteous and pious scholar. In complexion and character he is a relic of his ancestors. He has complete proficiency in different sciences and great expertise particularly in the science of literature. He teaches in the middle classes of Darul Uloom. He handles most of the lessons of the science of literature. He also exercises the students in writing Arabic articles. He is an eloquent lecturer; the students are very familiar with him".
In A H 1340, when Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Ahmed, vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, was selected for the post of the Chief Mufti of the erstwhile Hyderabad State, so he on account of his old age, took Maulana Izaz Ali with him. There he stayed one year and came back with Hafiz Sahib to Deoband. In the vacancy of the Chief Mufti Maulana Azizur Rahman, he was appointed as Chief Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband, on which post he stayed in Darul Uloom till his demise. Religious jurisprudence (Fiqh) and literature were his special fields. Initially when he came to Darul Uloom Deoband, he had been assigned elementary books of Arabic, but at last his teaching attained such popularity that he became famous by the title of "Shaikhul Adab wal-Fiqh" (Professor of Literature & Jurisprudence). In the last phase of his life he also taught for several years the second volume of the Tirmizi and also higher books of Tafsir. In Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani's absence, he also had several times the chance of teaching the Bukhari Sharif also. Along with teaching he had also had a special penchant for training and looking after the students; a quality from which the students benefited very. His punctuality was proverbial and in his punctual engagement of his classes he was sui generis.
From the very inception of teaching till his last breath he was meticulously punctual in his work. He was a paragon of selflessness and humility. He would never feel ashamed of teaching the most elementary books along with the highest books; teaching Tirmizi and Bukhari (to higher classes), he would gladly teach Mizanus Sarf, Ilmus Sigha, Nurul Ezah, etc. to small children also. The most beloved student in his eyes would be one who devoted himself to studies with singleness of purpose and the most hated would be one who engaging in pastimes, showed carelessness in studies, though such a student be his own son.
Even as this professor of literature had great mastery in writing Arabic prose and poetry, he was equally highly proficient in composing Urdu prose and poetry also. He had a special style in Urdu prose. Though his hand was not quite legible, the style of writing was such that it looked pleasing to the eye. In Arabic literature, he had compiled a book entitled Nafahatul Arab comprising historical anecdotes, fables and moral themes. This book became very popular in Arabic schools and as such was included in the syllabi of Darul Uloom and many other Madrasas. Besides this, he has written many useful notes on many books of Fiqh and Arabic Literature, which are highly appreciated in the circle of scholars.
His ability in administrative matters too was acknowledged on all hands and his administrative know-how was often utilized in the manage¬ment office also. In short, he was an incomparable teacher, an erudite religious divine and a versatile personality. The period of his academic services in Darul Uloom extended over 44 years.
He was entrusted with the post of Ifta twice: first time from 1347 to 1348, and second time from 1364 to 1366. During his period, 24,855 fatwas were written. He passed away in 1374 (1955).
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Riyazuddin (1902 - 1943)
He was one of the most distinguished gradHe was one of the disciples of Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind; he graduated from Darul Uloom in A H 1330. He was a resident of Afzalgarh, Dist. Bijnor. After Mufti Azizur Rahman's resigning, he was entrusted with the services of the Darul Ifta in the late 1347 on which post he served till the early 1350. During this period of more or less two years nearly seven thousand queries (Istiftas) were answered from Darul Ifta. In Safar 1350, he was transferred to the teaching department. He was a very virtuous and accommodating man. He died on 22nd Zil Hijja, 1362 (1943), and lies buried in the Qasmi graveyard.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Shafee (1896 - 1943)
He was born in 1314 (1896). Hadhrat Gangohi proposed the name Muhammad Shafee for him. Originally he belonged to Deoband. He prosecuted his studies in Darul Uloom and graduated in 1336 at the age of 22 years. Thereafter, in 1337, he was appointed teacher in the primary class in Darul Uloom but covering the stages of teaching quickly, he soon joined the cadre of the teachers of the higher classes. He had from the very beginning a natural affinity with Fiqh and Literature. In 1350 (1932), he was appointed as Mufti. In 1368 (1948), he migrated to Pakistan, where, as a member of the Board of Islamic Teachings in the Constituent Assembly, he helped in compiling the Islamic constitution. In 1951, he established a seminary under the name Darul Uloom at Karachi, which is now an important and great centre of Islamic learning in Pakistan.
Mufti Sahib's knowledge was vast and profound and he possessed excellent ability in almost all the current scholastic disciplines. He is an author of many religious books: a stock of very useful books on Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh and polemics has emanated from his pen. All his big and small books total up to nearly one hundred fifty. Hundreds of his pupils and disciples are rendering religious services, besides the subcontinent, in various foreign countries. Initially he vowed allegiance to Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind; after the latter's demise, he resorted to Hadhrat Thanwi and obtained khilafah from him. Simultaneously with the work of teaching religi¬ous sciences and writing books on them, throughout his life he remained occupied in spiritual beneficence also. Also, he had a taste for poetry; a collection of his Arabic, Persian and Urdu panegyrics, elegies and a number of poems has already been published. In Pakistan he held the position of the Chief Mufti.
Mufti Muhammad Shafee discharged duties of Darul Ifta twice: at first from 1350 to 1354 and then from 1359 to. 1361. During his tenure of office nearly 26,000 fatwas were written.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Sahool (1896 - 1943)
His native-place was Pureni, Dist. Bhagalpur (Bihar). Having taken primary education at home, he joined Maulana Ashraf Alam's teaching circle in Bhagalpur. From there he came to Kanpur and studied under Hadhrat Thanwi and Maulana Muhammad Ishaq Burdwani at Madrasah Jamiul Uloom, and then at Madrasah Faiz-e Aam under Maulana Muhammad Farooq Chiryakoti. The zest for the acquisition of knowledge then took him from Kanpur to Hyderabad; this journey he covered in two months on foot. During his stay in Hyderabad he acquired the knowledge of logic, philosophy, astronomy, literature and principles of Fiqh from Mufti Lutfullah Aligarhi and Maulana Abdul Wahhab Bihari. Reaching Delhi from Hyderabad, he attended lectures of Maulana Nazeer Husain; in the end he took admission in Darul Uloom and completed the study of Hadith under the instruction of Shaikhul Hind. After graduation he served as a teacher in Darul Uloom for 7-8 years, and then as head teacher and Shaikhul Hadith at Madrasah Azizia, Bihar Sharif, Madrasah Aaliya Calcutta; and Madrasah Aaliya Sylhet (Assam). In 1920 he was appointed as principal in Madrasah Aaliya Shamsul Huda Patna. In short, he taught for as many as 46 years in the great Madrasas of U.P., Bihar, Bengal and Assam. From 1350 to 1362 he was a member of the Majlis-e Shura of Darul Uloom. He passed away on 27th Rajab 1367 (1948). His grave is in Pureni.
Maulana Muhammad Sahool discharged the duties of the Chief Mufti in Darul Ifta for nearly three years from 1355 to 1357. During his tenure, 15,185 fatwas were dispatched from Darul Ifta.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Kifayatullah Gangohi (1292 - 1943)
He was born in 1292 (1875). He graduated from Darul Uloom in 1323 and rendered teaching services in various Madrasas. In the late 1356, he was selected for Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom. Thereafter, in early 1359, he was trans¬ferred to the teaching department. In 1363 he resigned from Darul Uloom and went to Meerut, where he remained occupied in teaching. During his office, 5,840 fatwas were issued from Darul Ifta.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Farooq Ahmed (1896 - 1943)
He is the son of the famous divine and saintly person of Deoband group, viz. Hadhrat Maulana Siddiq Ahmed Anbehtawi. For a long time he rendered services of teaching and fatwa-writing in Jamia Abbasia Bhawalpur. In the late 1362, he was appointed Chief Mufti in the Darul Ifta, where he served in this capacity for more or less one year. In 1363, pressure was brought upon Maulana Farouq Ahmed from the Ministry of Education of the Bhawalpur State to return to his previous position at Bhawalpur. So he went there and was appointed Shaikhul ¬Hadith in the aforesaid Jamia Abbasia. Then he became principal in Madrasah Qasimul Uloom Faqirwali, Dist. Bhawalpur. In 1380, due to old age and weakness, he retired to his home. During his one ¬year tenure as many as 8,427 fatwas were written in Darul Uloom.
[+]Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Mahdi Hasan (1301 - 1396)
His native-place is Shahjahanpur. He was born in 1301. He graduated from Madrasah Aminja Delhi in 1326, and was one of the distinguished pupils of Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Kifayatullah Dehelwi. He had also been awarded the "turban of proficiency" in the convocation held at Darul Uloom Deoband, in 1328. After his graduation, Mufti Sahib sent him to Madrasah Ashrafiya Rander, Dist. Surat (Gujrat) where he spent a very long time in teaching and fatwa-writing. The people of Gujarat were highly impressed by his knowledge and learning. Besides having matchless expertise in the Hanafite jurisprudence, he had a profound insight in Hadith and Asmaur Rijal (the art determining the authenticity of the narrators of the prophetic Hadith). In 1367, he was appointed Chief Mufti of Darul Ifta at Darul Uloom. Retiring in 1387 due to his long illness, old age and debility, from Darul Uloom, he returned to his hometown, Shahjahanpur.
During his presiding over the Darul Ifta, as many as 75,324 fatwas were issued from Darul Uloom. Mufti Mahdi Hasan was an abstinent and pi¬ous man, hospitable and generous, but at the same time he was very candid and fearless in speaking the truth. He had also had a taste for the art of poetry. His nom de plume was Azad. He was under allegiance to Hadhrat Gangohi but received 'permission' and khilafah from Hadhrat Gangohi's spiritual successor Maulana Shafiuddin Makki.
Mufti Mahdi Hasan has been the author and compiler of many important books amongst which the Arabic commentary entitled Qala'idul Azhaar on Ma'aniul Athaar of Tahawi runs into six volumes. Two of these six volumes have been published. The first two volumes of Imam Muhammad's Kitabul Hujja which is on Fiqh and is in four volumes, has been published by the Da'iratul Ma'arif with his emendation and notes. It is a very rare book of which one manuscript was extant in Istanbul. It is one of the basic books of the Fiqh Hanafi. Mufti Sahib spent twenty years in the editing and marginal notes of this manuscript. His notes on Imam Muhammad's Kitabul Athaar are a valuable academic wealth. He had also written the commentary on Nukhbatul Fikr but it has not been published so far. All these books are in Arabic language. Besides, he wrote more than two-dozen treatises in Urdu but they also could not be published.
Mufti Mahdi Hasan died in his native Shahjahanpur, on 28th Rabius Sani 1396 (1976), after a long illness.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Mahmud Hasan Gangohi (1325 - 1417)
He was born in Jamadius Sani 1325 (1907) at Gangoh. He prosecuted his studies at Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur, and Darul Uloom Deoband. In 1351 he completed his study of Hadith in Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur, and there itself for nearly twenty years, he continued to render the services of fatwa-writing and teaching. Then, for nearly fourteen years, from 1371 to 1384, he graced the post of principal and fatwa-writing in Madrasah Jamiul Uloom, Kanpur, where there was a great impact of his knowledge and learning, abstinence and piety and saintliness upon the people.
In 1385 he was selected for the post of Mufti in the Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom Deoband. Besides fatwa-writing, he also taught the second volume of the Sahih Bukhari to the students. He has not produced any independent book but his important fatwas have were published in different journals. Now, his fatwas were collected and published in 20 volumes. The style of writing in the fatwas is concise.
Mufti Sahib received khilafah and 'permission' from Hadhrat Shaikhul Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariya. He was very unassuming and hospitable; a man of vast reading, a regular Zaakir¸ generous and august man. An important peculiarity of his is also this that whatever salary he received from Darul Uloom, he not only returned it to Darul Uloom every month but also used to add something to it from his own pocket.
During his presiding over the Darul Ifta, a big number of fatwas were issued from Darul Uloom. His Fatwas has been published in 20 volumes. In 1996, he went on a trip to South Africa, where he died in Johannesburg on 18th Rabius Sani, 1417 (2 Sep 1996) and was buried there.
[+]Maulana Mufti Nizamuddin (1328 - 142
Darul Ifta It is one of the most significant departments of Darul Uloom from which people all across the world question in their religious and social matters. Darul Uloom has issued fatwas from its inception but when questions started coming in bulks and it was hard for the teachers to reply them in their part time, Darul Uloom set up this department in 1310 H (1892). Darul Ifta has always been center of attraction and held great respect and trust in public and court circles. So far more than 7 Lakh fatwas have been issued from this department. The present Darul Ifta was built in 1368 H (1949) while the adjoining hall has been recently added.
Darul Ifta has always been centre of attraction and held great respect and trust in public and court circles. Darul Ifta, besides guiding in religio-social matters is also a very forceful means of rapport between Darul Uloom Deoband, and the common run of Muslims. The Fatwas of Darul Uloom have been highly esteemed in and outside the country; besides, the masses the law court in the country also honour them and consider them decisive.
The Eminent Muftis of Darul Uloom[+]Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Azizur Rahman (1859 - 1928)
He was born in A H 1275 (1859). His father was Maulana Fazlur Rahman. In late A H 1284 when the class for reading the Holy Quran was started in Darul Uloom, he was admitted to this class for memorizing the Quran. In A H 1287 he memorized the entire Quran. The teacher of his class was Hafiz Namdar Khan. In A H 1295 he graduated from Darul Uloom. The teachers of Darul Uloom then were Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi, Hadhrat Maulana Syed Ahmed Dehlawi, Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind and Maulana Abdul Ali (Allah's mercy be on all of them!). In the commencement function (Jalsa Dastar Bandi) of A H. 1298, he was awarded the Sanad at the hands of Hadhrat Maulana Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi.
After graduation he worked for some time as an assistant teacher in Darul Uloom, rendering at the same time the services of fatwa-writing under the supervision of the principal, Maulana Muhammad Yaqub. Then he was sent to Meerut, where, at Madrasah Islamia, Inderkot, he remained engaged in teaching for several years. In A H 1309 the elders of Darul Uloom selected him for the post of the pro-vice-chancellor, and after one year he was also appointed as mufti and teacher. Apart from writing fatwas he was assigned to take some classes of Hadith, Tafsir and Fiqh.
Mufti Sahib used to write the answers to very important and vexed questions (istifta) off-hand and spontaneously. For nearly forty years he rendered this great service of writing fatwas in Darul Ifta on behalf of Darul Uloom. In this long period, he wrote many difficult fatwas, which are not, merely fatwas but are of the nature of judgment in controversial cases. Even during journeys, he used to write fatwas informally through sheer acumen, expertise and ability. The explicit texts of Fiqh he mostly remembered by heart. A great peculiarity of his fatwas is that they are easily intelligible; the language of the fatwas is easy and fluent, a feature which is not to be found in the fatwas of this era.
Among the religio-Iegal sciences, fatwa-writing is a very difficult task. The knowledgeable alone can appreciate the delicate points that crop up in this task due to change of circumstances. Ordinarily, fatwas have been written in every period but the consummate expertise possessed by Mufti Sahib has been shared by very few Ulama of Deoband. It is regrettable that the record of those fatwas Mufti Sahib had written between 1310 and 1329 is not extant. A great peculiarity of his fatwa-writing was also this that he never overlooked the zeitgeist and the demands of the time of which he used to have a profound knowledge. If there could be two decidable aspects of a proposition (mas'ala), he would on such occasions always adopt the easy aspect and issue the fatwa on it only, never adopting that aspect which would create difficulties for the masses. Examples of this feature are present everywhere in his fatwas. The fatwas issued between A H 1330 and A H 1346 number 37,561. But among these also the record of some years has been lost. The afore¬said number is that of the recorded fatwas only. According to a cursory estimate of Maulana Muhammad Tayyib, vice-chancellor, Darul Uloom Deoband, the number of Mufti Sahib's fatwas comes to the huge figure of nearly 1,18,000. This prodigious output and achievement of Mufti Sahib is a great and glorious religious service. This characteristic feature of his fatwas also commands a great importance that, in and outside India, these fatwas were being considered decisive. The fatwas written between A H 1330 to A H 1346, arranged in jurisprudential order, are being published by Darul Uloom under the title Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband. 12 volumes of which have been published so far.
Mufti Sahib was not only a religious divine and mufti but also a Sufi and one of the great masters of the esoteric science. He was awarded Khilafah by Hazrat Maulana Rafiuddin Sahib. The practice of accepting allegiance and giving spiritual guidance was also a part of his life. Thousands of Muslims benefited from him and rectified their inner selves.
Mufti Sahib had also resigned from Darul Uloom along with Hadhrat Anwar Shah Kashmiri. In 1347 when he was returning ed to Deoband, en route he was feeling indisposed. Treatment began when he reached Deoband but the condition did not improve. The "promised hour" had come. At last, on the night of 17th Jamadius-Sani, A H 1347 (1928), he expired. He was laid to rest in the graveyard of the Darul Uloom.
He was a high-ranking personality amongst the matchless personalities possessing knowledge and practice, good morals and habits, gnosis and insight, and jurisprudential knowledge and understanding, appointed to grace the Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom Deoband.
[+]Hadhrat Maulana Izaz Ali (1902 - 1955)
He was one of the most distinguished graduates of Darul Uloom. After his graduation from it in A H 1321, Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind selected him for Madrasah Naumania Pureni, District Bhagalpur (Bihar). Accord¬ingly, he taught there for nearly seven years. Then he came to Shahjahanpur and established a Madrasah under the name 'Afzalul Madaris' in a mosque where he taught for the sake of Allah (i.e. without charging any fees or taking any remuneration). For nearly three years he taught very successfully in this Madrasah. In A H. 1330 he was appointed as a teacher in Darul Uloom Deoband, and in the first year he was assigned elementary books of Arabic like 'Ilmus Sigha, Nurul ¬Ezah, etc. In the report for that period it has been stated about this Professor of Literature as under: ¬ "He (Maulawi Izaz Ali) has been a teacher at some places. He is a young, talented, righteous and pious scholar. In complexion and character he is a relic of his ancestors. He has complete proficiency in different sciences and great expertise particularly in the science of literature. He teaches in the middle classes of Darul Uloom. He handles most of the lessons of the science of literature. He also exercises the students in writing Arabic articles. He is an eloquent lecturer; the students are very familiar with him".
In A H 1340, when Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Ahmed, vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, was selected for the post of the Chief Mufti of the erstwhile Hyderabad State, so he on account of his old age, took Maulana Izaz Ali with him. There he stayed one year and came back with Hafiz Sahib to Deoband. In the vacancy of the Chief Mufti Maulana Azizur Rahman, he was appointed as Chief Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband, on which post he stayed in Darul Uloom till his demise. Religious jurisprudence (Fiqh) and literature were his special fields. Initially when he came to Darul Uloom Deoband, he had been assigned elementary books of Arabic, but at last his teaching attained such popularity that he became famous by the title of "Shaikhul Adab wal-Fiqh" (Professor of Literature & Jurisprudence). In the last phase of his life he also taught for several years the second volume of the Tirmizi and also higher books of Tafsir. In Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani's absence, he also had several times the chance of teaching the Bukhari Sharif also. Along with teaching he had also had a special penchant for training and looking after the students; a quality from which the students benefited very. His punctuality was proverbial and in his punctual engagement of his classes he was sui generis.
From the very inception of teaching till his last breath he was meticulously punctual in his work. He was a paragon of selflessness and humility. He would never feel ashamed of teaching the most elementary books along with the highest books; teaching Tirmizi and Bukhari (to higher classes), he would gladly teach Mizanus Sarf, Ilmus Sigha, Nurul Ezah, etc. to small children also. The most beloved student in his eyes would be one who devoted himself to studies with singleness of purpose and the most hated would be one who engaging in pastimes, showed carelessness in studies, though such a student be his own son.
Even as this professor of literature had great mastery in writing Arabic prose and poetry, he was equally highly proficient in composing Urdu prose and poetry also. He had a special style in Urdu prose. Though his hand was not quite legible, the style of writing was such that it looked pleasing to the eye. In Arabic literature, he had compiled a book entitled Nafahatul Arab comprising historical anecdotes, fables and moral themes. This book became very popular in Arabic schools and as such was included in the syllabi of Darul Uloom and many other Madrasas. Besides this, he has written many useful notes on many books of Fiqh and Arabic Literature, which are highly appreciated in the circle of scholars.
His ability in administrative matters too was acknowledged on all hands and his administrative know-how was often utilized in the manage¬ment office also. In short, he was an incomparable teacher, an erudite religious divine and a versatile personality. The period of his academic services in Darul Uloom extended over 44 years.
He was entrusted with the post of Ifta twice: first time from 1347 to 1348, and second time from 1364 to 1366. During his period, 24,855 fatwas were written. He passed away in 1374 (1955).
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Riyazuddin (1902 - 1943)
He was one of the most distinguished gradHe was one of the disciples of Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind; he graduated from Darul Uloom in A H 1330. He was a resident of Afzalgarh, Dist. Bijnor. After Mufti Azizur Rahman's resigning, he was entrusted with the services of the Darul Ifta in the late 1347 on which post he served till the early 1350. During this period of more or less two years nearly seven thousand queries (Istiftas) were answered from Darul Ifta. In Safar 1350, he was transferred to the teaching department. He was a very virtuous and accommodating man. He died on 22nd Zil Hijja, 1362 (1943), and lies buried in the Qasmi graveyard.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Shafee (1896 - 1943)
He was born in 1314 (1896). Hadhrat Gangohi proposed the name Muhammad Shafee for him. Originally he belonged to Deoband. He prosecuted his studies in Darul Uloom and graduated in 1336 at the age of 22 years. Thereafter, in 1337, he was appointed teacher in the primary class in Darul Uloom but covering the stages of teaching quickly, he soon joined the cadre of the teachers of the higher classes. He had from the very beginning a natural affinity with Fiqh and Literature. In 1350 (1932), he was appointed as Mufti. In 1368 (1948), he migrated to Pakistan, where, as a member of the Board of Islamic Teachings in the Constituent Assembly, he helped in compiling the Islamic constitution. In 1951, he established a seminary under the name Darul Uloom at Karachi, which is now an important and great centre of Islamic learning in Pakistan.
Mufti Sahib's knowledge was vast and profound and he possessed excellent ability in almost all the current scholastic disciplines. He is an author of many religious books: a stock of very useful books on Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh and polemics has emanated from his pen. All his big and small books total up to nearly one hundred fifty. Hundreds of his pupils and disciples are rendering religious services, besides the subcontinent, in various foreign countries. Initially he vowed allegiance to Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind; after the latter's demise, he resorted to Hadhrat Thanwi and obtained khilafah from him. Simultaneously with the work of teaching religi¬ous sciences and writing books on them, throughout his life he remained occupied in spiritual beneficence also. Also, he had a taste for poetry; a collection of his Arabic, Persian and Urdu panegyrics, elegies and a number of poems has already been published. In Pakistan he held the position of the Chief Mufti.
Mufti Muhammad Shafee discharged duties of Darul Ifta twice: at first from 1350 to 1354 and then from 1359 to. 1361. During his tenure of office nearly 26,000 fatwas were written.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Sahool (1896 - 1943)
His native-place was Pureni, Dist. Bhagalpur (Bihar). Having taken primary education at home, he joined Maulana Ashraf Alam's teaching circle in Bhagalpur. From there he came to Kanpur and studied under Hadhrat Thanwi and Maulana Muhammad Ishaq Burdwani at Madrasah Jamiul Uloom, and then at Madrasah Faiz-e Aam under Maulana Muhammad Farooq Chiryakoti. The zest for the acquisition of knowledge then took him from Kanpur to Hyderabad; this journey he covered in two months on foot. During his stay in Hyderabad he acquired the knowledge of logic, philosophy, astronomy, literature and principles of Fiqh from Mufti Lutfullah Aligarhi and Maulana Abdul Wahhab Bihari. Reaching Delhi from Hyderabad, he attended lectures of Maulana Nazeer Husain; in the end he took admission in Darul Uloom and completed the study of Hadith under the instruction of Shaikhul Hind. After graduation he served as a teacher in Darul Uloom for 7-8 years, and then as head teacher and Shaikhul Hadith at Madrasah Azizia, Bihar Sharif, Madrasah Aaliya Calcutta; and Madrasah Aaliya Sylhet (Assam). In 1920 he was appointed as principal in Madrasah Aaliya Shamsul Huda Patna. In short, he taught for as many as 46 years in the great Madrasas of U.P., Bihar, Bengal and Assam. From 1350 to 1362 he was a member of the Majlis-e Shura of Darul Uloom. He passed away on 27th Rajab 1367 (1948). His grave is in Pureni.
Maulana Muhammad Sahool discharged the duties of the Chief Mufti in Darul Ifta for nearly three years from 1355 to 1357. During his tenure, 15,185 fatwas were dispatched from Darul Ifta.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Kifayatullah Gangohi (1292 - 1943)
He was born in 1292 (1875). He graduated from Darul Uloom in 1323 and rendered teaching services in various Madrasas. In the late 1356, he was selected for Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom. Thereafter, in early 1359, he was trans¬ferred to the teaching department. In 1363 he resigned from Darul Uloom and went to Meerut, where he remained occupied in teaching. During his office, 5,840 fatwas were issued from Darul Ifta.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Farooq Ahmed (1896 - 1943)
He is the son of the famous divine and saintly person of Deoband group, viz. Hadhrat Maulana Siddiq Ahmed Anbehtawi. For a long time he rendered services of teaching and fatwa-writing in Jamia Abbasia Bhawalpur. In the late 1362, he was appointed Chief Mufti in the Darul Ifta, where he served in this capacity for more or less one year. In 1363, pressure was brought upon Maulana Farouq Ahmed from the Ministry of Education of the Bhawalpur State to return to his previous position at Bhawalpur. So he went there and was appointed Shaikhul ¬Hadith in the aforesaid Jamia Abbasia. Then he became principal in Madrasah Qasimul Uloom Faqirwali, Dist. Bhawalpur. In 1380, due to old age and weakness, he retired to his home. During his one ¬year tenure as many as 8,427 fatwas were written in Darul Uloom.
[+]Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Mahdi Hasan (1301 - 1396)
His native-place is Shahjahanpur. He was born in 1301. He graduated from Madrasah Aminja Delhi in 1326, and was one of the distinguished pupils of Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Kifayatullah Dehelwi. He had also been awarded the "turban of proficiency" in the convocation held at Darul Uloom Deoband, in 1328. After his graduation, Mufti Sahib sent him to Madrasah Ashrafiya Rander, Dist. Surat (Gujrat) where he spent a very long time in teaching and fatwa-writing. The people of Gujarat were highly impressed by his knowledge and learning. Besides having matchless expertise in the Hanafite jurisprudence, he had a profound insight in Hadith and Asmaur Rijal (the art determining the authenticity of the narrators of the prophetic Hadith). In 1367, he was appointed Chief Mufti of Darul Ifta at Darul Uloom. Retiring in 1387 due to his long illness, old age and debility, from Darul Uloom, he returned to his hometown, Shahjahanpur.
During his presiding over the Darul Ifta, as many as 75,324 fatwas were issued from Darul Uloom. Mufti Mahdi Hasan was an abstinent and pi¬ous man, hospitable and generous, but at the same time he was very candid and fearless in speaking the truth. He had also had a taste for the art of poetry. His nom de plume was Azad. He was under allegiance to Hadhrat Gangohi but received 'permission' and khilafah from Hadhrat Gangohi's spiritual successor Maulana Shafiuddin Makki.
Mufti Mahdi Hasan has been the author and compiler of many important books amongst which the Arabic commentary entitled Qala'idul Azhaar on Ma'aniul Athaar of Tahawi runs into six volumes. Two of these six volumes have been published. The first two volumes of Imam Muhammad's Kitabul Hujja which is on Fiqh and is in four volumes, has been published by the Da'iratul Ma'arif with his emendation and notes. It is a very rare book of which one manuscript was extant in Istanbul. It is one of the basic books of the Fiqh Hanafi. Mufti Sahib spent twenty years in the editing and marginal notes of this manuscript. His notes on Imam Muhammad's Kitabul Athaar are a valuable academic wealth. He had also written the commentary on Nukhbatul Fikr but it has not been published so far. All these books are in Arabic language. Besides, he wrote more than two-dozen treatises in Urdu but they also could not be published.
Mufti Mahdi Hasan died in his native Shahjahanpur, on 28th Rabius Sani 1396 (1976), after a long illness.
[+]Hadhrat Mufti Mahmud Hasan Gangohi (1325 - 1417)
He was born in Jamadius Sani 1325 (1907) at Gangoh. He prosecuted his studies at Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur, and Darul Uloom Deoband. In 1351 he completed his study of Hadith in Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur, and there itself for nearly twenty years, he continued to render the services of fatwa-writing and teaching. Then, for nearly fourteen years, from 1371 to 1384, he graced the post of principal and fatwa-writing in Madrasah Jamiul Uloom, Kanpur, where there was a great impact of his knowledge and learning, abstinence and piety and saintliness upon the people.
In 1385 he was selected for the post of Mufti in the Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom Deoband. Besides fatwa-writing, he also taught the second volume of the Sahih Bukhari to the students. He has not produced any independent book but his important fatwas have were published in different journals. Now, his fatwas were collected and published in 20 volumes. The style of writing in the fatwas is concise.
Mufti Sahib received khilafah and 'permission' from Hadhrat Shaikhul Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariya. He was very unassuming and hospitable; a man of vast reading, a regular Zaakir¸ generous and august man. An important peculiarity of his is also this that whatever salary he received from Darul Uloom, he not only returned it to Darul Uloom every month but also used to add something to it from his own pocket.
During his presiding over the Darul Ifta, a big number of fatwas were issued from Darul Uloom. His Fatwas has been published in 20 volumes. In 1996, he went on a trip to South Africa, where he died in Johannesburg on 18th Rabius Sani, 1417 (2 Sep 1996) and was buried there.
[+]Maulana Mufti Nizamuddin (1328 - 142
Rain ended Napier test in draw
NAPIER: Rain brought a halt to play on the fifth and the final day of the third Test between New Zealand and Pakistan in Napier on Tuesday (December 15th), which led to the two sides drawing the match, and the series remained 1-1 for each team.
New Zealand were 118 runs off their required target with ten wickets in hand before the weather conditions prematurely curtailed their run chase.
Pakistan headed into Tuesday's fifth day of the third Test at McLean Park on 347 for 4, leading New Zealand by 99 runs.
The tourists had only added 14 to their overnight total when New Zealand claimed their first wicket of the day.
Misbah-ul-Haq played a rash shot to Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum claimed a stumping.
After Misbah's departure, the two Akmal brothers got together and looked comfortable at the crease.
Umar continued his good work in the series, raising his 60 in no time, but he wouldn't have it all his own way after 'Black Caps' captain Vettori took the new ball.
The younger Akmal sibling nicked a Tim Southee delivery to McCullum and Pakistan were reduced to 397 for 6.
Kamran Akmal continued to rack up runs at the other end - sending Chris Martin to the boundary.
However, he was in danger of running out of partners as Mohammad Aamer went for seven - caught by Martin off Vettori.
Then, after the lunch break, Umar Gul went for a duck, with Daniel Flynn taking a tricky low catch off the bowling of Iain O'Brien.
Kamran Akmal went on to reach his half-century with a single off O'Brien, taking Pakistan to 445 for 8.
But only four more runs were added before Danish Kaneria went for 11 off the bowling of Southee.
Mohammad Asif then went for a duck, trapped Leg Before Wicket by Martin Guptil, as Pakistan were bowled out for 455.
Kamran Akmal's unbeaten 56 helped Pakistan set New Zealand a total of 208 runs for victory.
The chase got off to an aggressive start with BJ Watling pulling Mohammad Aamer to the boundary for four.
Mohammad was struck for four more runs by Watling as New Zealand reached 43 for no loss.
Watling then got stuck into Umar Gul, finding the boundary to bring up New Zealand's 50.
Gul was steered to the boundary four times by Watling, who hit nine fours and a six on the way to 60 off 62 balls.
Fellow opener Tim McIntosh chipped in with 23 runs off 54 balls, but just as the 'Black Caps' looked to be closing in on a series win, the elements halted their charge.
A light downpour was soon followed by heavier rain and the covers came on with New Zealand on 90 for no loss - 118 runs shy of their target.
The conditions showed few signs of improving in the next hour and proceedings were eventually called to a halt.
That meant that both the match and the series ended in a draw - New Zealand and Pakistan sharing the honours after winning the first and second Test respectively.AGENCIES
33 dead in blast in Dera Ghazi Khan.....
DERA GHAZI KHAN: The suicide car bomb blast near the house of the Provincial Minister for Local Government Dost Mohammad Khosa in Khosa market of the city which has caused 33 people dead and 91 injured on Tuesday.
The hospital sources confirmed that 33 dead bodies and 91 injured have been brought to the hosital. The hospital sources also said that 30 out of 91 injured are in a critical condition. The 13 dead bodies have been identified yet.
The police sources claim that the car bomb blast was a suspected suicide attack and the suicuide bomber was in a white couloured car. There was 1000 kg explosive material used in suspected suicide car bomb blast, poice sources added.
The explosion took place near the house of the Provincial Minister for Local Government Dost Mohammad Khosa in Khosa market of the city which has caused 20 people dead and 45 injured, Rescue sources confirmed SAMAA Tuesday.
The rescue sources confirmed that they have shifted 20 dead bodies to the hospital and 45 injured have also been shifted to the hospital.
A suspected car bomb in a market near the home of a Pakistani provincial government minister killed 16 people on Tuesday in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan, a town official said. "It was apparently a car bomb. Sixteen people have been killed and about 30 wounded," town commissioner Hasan Iqbal told Reuters.
Earlier, The explosion adjacent to the house of the Provincial Minister for Local Government Dost Mohammad Khosa and Khosa market in Dera Ghazi Khan has caused 4 people dead and 30 to 35 injured while 30 to 40 people are susected to be still under the debris, Dera Ghazi Khan district administration confirmed SAMAA.
|Earlier, Commissioner Dera Ghazi Khan Hassan Iqbal told SAMAA that the car bomb blast has hit the city. It was a very loud explosion. The relief work is on its way. About ten buildings have collapsed due to the car bomb blast. The efforts are being made to save the lives of the people under the debris. There is no confirmation of the suicide attack, he added.
There are still 20 to 25 people under the debris of the seven shops. The blast has caused 10 to 15 feet crater in the land. The bomb disposal squad has confirmed that the explosive material of 300 kg has been used in the blast. The police have arrested eight suspects including six Afghan nationals.
The hospital sources confirmed that 30 to 35 people have been brought to the hospital. One suspect has been arrested from the place of the blast.
The government officials suspect that the blast could be a suicide attack and death toll can be increase. The police, army, Edhi and Resue 1122 are indulging in the rescue works. The teams of civil defense have also reached the place of the incident. The emergency has been imposed in the hospitals of Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan. The bomb disposal squad has also reached the place of the incident.
The explosion has caused the damage to 30 to 40 buildings near the place of the blast. The mosque has also been damaged in the suspected car bomb blast. The windopanes of the near by buildings have been broken with the severity of the blast. Half of the shops of the Khosa market have been damaged in the explosion. The casualties are feared in the explosion. Many people have also been injured in the explosion. Many vehicles have also been damaged in the explosion. The police and relief workers have reached the place of the incident. About thirty to forty ambulances are taking injured people to the hospitals.The emergency have been imposed in the hospitals of the city. The injured are being taken to the district headquarters hospital Dera Ghazi Khan.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Yousuf helps Pakistan claim lead.....
This chameleon game changed character yet again late on the fourth day. Mohammad Yousuf was serenely moving towards what seemed an inevitable hundred when he fell to crack open the game to several thrilling possibilities. New Zealand hold the advantage and are the frontrunners to pull off something special in Napier, but with its frail batting line-up pitted against the mercurial Pakistan bowling, who knows what can happen if the target is around 200.
On a stop-start day, interrupted constantly by rain, Pakistan had threatened to shoot themselves in the foot by gifting wickets to Martin Guptill, before they rallied through a 128-run stand between Yousuf and Faisal Iqbal. The sun kept peeping in and out of the clouds, Faisal alternated between nervous edginess and flamboyance, but Yousuf draped an elegantly solid hue on proceedings. His innings appeared to have seemingly pushed Pakistan towards safety when he fell to make matters more interesting.
Though the morning's play was filled with drama it was freakish in nature, and it was in the afternoon that the real contest between bat and ball began. Iain O'Brien and Daniel Vettori bowled as well as they could on a flat pitch but Yousuf stood firm. The caressed square-drives on a stretched front foot, the stylish flicks and the authoritative punches off the back foot were all showcased against the seamers but it was his battle with Vettori that stood out.
There was one piece of action which perfectly caught the spirit of the contest between the two: Yousuf came down the track but Vettori cleverly slowed the pace and shortened the length. However, Yousuf waited to adjust to the lack of pace, and though he couldn't reach the pitch of the ball, he didn't panic or lunge out; instead he almost nonchalantly wafted through the line and found enough power and timing to lift it over long-on. Vettori used the crease well, varied his pace and utilised the arm-ball intelligently but Yousuf handled him with aplomb. He moved forward or back as the length demanded and picked the arm ball on most occasions.
Faisal was nowhere near as solid as Yousuf but he fought on to score a valuable fifty. His iffy footwork meant he was caught on the crease a few times and was forward when he should have been back, but he soldiered on. He was even dropped on 48 when he edged O'Brien straight to Ross Taylor, but he punctuated his nervy shots with a few extravagant cover drives. It was an innings in which he delighted and frustrated equally before he fell, guiding Martin to Taylor, who held on this time.
Umar Akmal walked in and played a breezy innings filled with cuts, pulls and a few plays and misses.It also contained the most audacious shot of the day - a delightfully flamboyant and whippy bottom-hand-powered six over long-on off Darryl Tuffey. The afternoon, though, was a calm affair when compared with the events that preceded it.
If the English fast bowler Fred Trueman were alive and commentating on the game this morning, we would surely have heard his legendary phrase: "I just don't know what's going off out there". Nothing Pakistan do shocks anyone any more but even their die-hard followers would have raised their eyebrows when Guptill, who had not bowled a ball before this game in Test cricket and has just a solitary first-class wicket, removed the openers in quick succession to leave Pakistan wobbling.
It was a bizarre and fascinating little first session of play. What made Vettori open the bowling with Guptill? More importantly, what were Pakistan's openers thinking? Not much, if you go on the available evidence. When Guptill tossed the third delivery of the day outside off stump, there wasn't anything deceptive in its trajectory. It was a gentle, perhaps a bit loopy, delivery that floated harmlessly outside off but Salman Butt scooped it back to the bowler. The bottom-hand had kicked in too much and he couldn't keep the off drive down.
Batsmen do make mistakes and irregular bowlers do pick up lucky wickets, but surely Guptill couldn't do it again? Wrong. He flighted, nay floated, a full toss in the seventh over of the day. Farhat, who seemed muddled after Butt's dismissal, moved down the track to try to snap out of the nightmarish start to the day but ended up patting the full toss straight back to Guptill. Surprisingly, there was no visible reaction from Guptill when he took the catch. Perhaps he was too shocked to be merely surprised.
It was a day that had everything: a comically manic start from the most unlikely source, a calm hand from a veteran, an edgy attempt to save a career, a cocky kid, and a lingering suspense about what tomorrow might bring.
Pakistan 223 and 347 for 4 (Yousuf 89, Faisal 67, Butt 66, Farhat 61) lead New Zealand 471 by 99 runs
PML-N leader becomes party in NRO cases ....
The Supreme Court has accepted Nawaz Sharif's petition to become a party in NRO cases. The chief Justice has said that the hearing will be completed today (Monday).
Larger bench of the Supreme Court chaired by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chouhdry is hearing NRO petitions after three days gap. So far, lawyers of petitioners Dr Mubasshar Hassan, Roedad Khan, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Tariq Asad, and Fazal Ahmed have presented their arguments. Lawyer of Feroz Shah Gilani A K Dogar will present his arguments today. Lawyer of petitioner Mubasshar Hussain, Abdul Hafeez Pirzada will present his views on the new petition filed by the federal government.
On Dec 11, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz filed a petition in the Supreme Court to become party in the cases against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). Lawyer Ashtar Ausaf Ali filed the plea to restore an earlier petition moved by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in 2007, challenging the National Reconciliation Ordinance. However, then chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar rejected the petition in February 2008.
Gunmen kill 16 policemen in Afghan ambushes ...
KABUL: Islamist gunmen and renegade police stormed two posts in Afghanistan on Monday, killing 16 policemen in attacks that underscored the vulnerability of fledgling local security forces.
Recruiting and training Afghan forces is central to a US strategy to end the eight-year war against Taliban-led insurgents and start withdrawing American soldiers, but Afghan police struggle with insufficient resources and personnel.
In near simultaneous ambushes in the early hours of Monday, gunmen stormed two police posts in the northwest and south, the main heartland of the Taliban insurgency, killing 16 policemen, the interior ministry said.
Related article: Obama's tough decisionRelated article: Air strike havoc in Germany "Eight police were martyred in a terrorist attack in the province of Baghlan... eight police were martyred in another terrorist attack in the province of Helmand," it said in a statement.
But a local official blamed the attack in the southern province of Helmand on three renegade policemen, who turned their guns on colleagues -- the latest in a string of similar attacks.
"Three of them were involved in the plot. They fired at their police colleagues killing seven. One of the three grabbed weapons and a police vehicle and managed to escape to the Taliban," provincial spokesman Daud Ahmadi said.
"Two others were hiding in nearby areas and were detained during a search operation in the morning," he added.
The possibility of Afghan police involvement raised fresh questions about loyalty in the force, which observers say is poorly paid, badly equipped and suffers from high levels of corruption and drug addiction.
Last month, a policeman on a shooting spree killed four of his colleagues before being shot dead by soldiers in southwestern Afghanistan.
In early November, a "rogue" Afghan policeman shot dead five British soldiers at a checkpoint in the Nad Ali district of Helmand -- where the vast majority of Britain's nearly 9,000 troops are based -- before fleeing.
The other attack Monday saw Islamist militants ambush a police post on a highway bisecting northeast Afghanistan from Kabul through Baghlan province, which is a main NATO supply route for troops fighting the Taliban insurgency.
Baghlan governor Mohammad Akbar Barakzai blamed the attack on Hezb-e-Islami, an Islamist militant group strong in parts of the northeast, where violence has steadily increased over the past two years.
A man claiming to speak for Hezb-e-Islami told AFP in a telephone call that his group had carried out the attack.
He said one of the group's fighters also died.
Hezb-e-Islami is led by former Afghan prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is on the US most-wanted list of terror suspects.
Barakzai said the post had been set up recently to protect NATO supply convoys, which are increasingly coming into landlocked Afghanistan from the north owing to frequent attacks on the principal route through Pakistan.
The NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Monday announced the arrests of two insurgent "facilitators" wanted for supplying weapons to militants in eastern province of Khost and Kandahar in the south.
Afghanistan's insurgency, led by the Taliban but joined by other nebulous groups, is at its most virulent since the 2001 US-led invasion ousted the militia from power despite the deployment of 113,000 US and NATO troops.
US President Barack Obama this month ordered an extra 30,000 American troops into the war in a bid to reverse the Taliban momentum, deny Al-Qaeda a safe heaven and train Afghan forces.
President Hamid Karzai has vowed to assume full responsibility for security in the next five years, but says Afghanistan needs aid to help fund its security forces for up to 20 more years.
A senior NATO commander has put the number of police at 68,000, covering a vast, rural country with an estimated population of between 26 and 30 million.
The United States hopes to increase the number of Afghan soldiers and police to 287,000 by July 2011 -- its target date to start withdrawing US soldiers -- but commanders have warned of the challenges involved in recruiting forces. AGENCIES
Obama opposes drone attacks in Quetta !!!!!
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has opposed extending drone strikes to Quetta, saying that a surge in strikes in this region would only result in huge mass causalities, a US magazine has reported.
Presidnet Obama has opposed the drone attacks in Quetta during the discussion over the extension of drone strikes from the tribal areas of Pakistan to Balochistan’s Quetta city in the advisory committee meeting. He fears that drone attacks in heavily populated areas of Quetta will cause huge mass casualties.
According to a report published in the US magazine Newsweek, President Obama is of the view that such attacks will also cause strong reactions from political and military leadership.
The magazine reported that President Obama favored the opinion that the decision to extend drone attacks will be folly, unwise and will jeopardize civilian lives.
The report referring to sources stated that the meeting mulled over the surge in drone strike on Pakistan but no final decision could be reached and the meeting agreed further discussion over the issue. SAMAA
Ulema call suicide bombings as un-Islamic .....
Ulema approved a unanimous resolution, prescribing suicide bombing as un-Islamic.
In a joint meeting of Ittehad-e-Bain-ul-Muslimeen committee and the Ulema Board presided over by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, they said Ulema want to see the country on the road to peace and prosperity and they will support the government in its efforts against terrorism. Muttahida Ulema Board Chairman Sahibzada Fazal Karim tabled this resolution.
Addressing the Ittehad-e-Bain-ul-Muslimeen committee at the Chief Minister’s secretariat on Sunday, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said Ulema have always worked for promotion of peace and religious harmony, and the present situation demands their further role for this purpose.
Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Senior Adviser Zulfiqar Khosa, Punjab Auqaf Minister Ehsanuddin Qureshi, Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, Adviser Jehanzeb Burki, chief secretary, Auqaf secretary and other officials were present on this occasion.
Shahbaz said there is a need for forging unity in the ranks for countering internal and external threats, extremism and militancy. He said the government fully appreciates cooperation of Ulema, sectarian harmony and rooting out terrorism. He said the government had succeeded in overcoming sectarian violence during its last tenure with the cooperation of Ulema and 70 books containing provocative material were destroyed during this period.
He said Ulema had played a historic role in the creation of Pakistan and there is a need for similar efforts on their part for coping with the present critical situation. He said Ulema are fully cognizant of the sensitiveness of the prevalent situation and should make collective efforts for countering the threat of sectarianism, terrorism and militancy by sinking their petty differences. He said Islam is the religion of tolerance and accommodation, and there are a number of shining examples in the Islamic history of respecting each other’s views and beliefs. He said the existing situation calls for unity. Shahbaz asked Ulema to expose extremists and black sheep in the society.
He said, “We should rise above sectarian, religious and mutual differences and strive for national solidarity during Muharram.” He said the country’s enemies want to destabilise our country which is a matter of pondering for us.
Ulema paid rich tributes to the Punjab chief minister for unanimous approval of NFC award and vowed to extend full cooperation to the Punjab government for maintaining peaceful atmosphere during Muharram. The meeting issued joint declaration in which Ulema made their commitment to maintain religious harmony and brotherhood during Muharram.
Agencies add: During a quick chat with journalists, Shahbaz made it clear there is no danger/threat of terrorism in South Punjab. Shahbaz said standpoint of the Punjab was that the provinces should be given a larger share of financial resources as strengthening of the provinces would strengthen the federation. SAMAA/AGENCIES
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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