Jamia Nizamia
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Jamia Nizamia, more properly, Jami'ah Nizamiyyah, is one of the oldest Islamic institutions of higher learning in India. It was founded by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad Anwarullah Khan Faruqi, honorifically known as Fadilat Jung (the title was bestowed upon him by the Nizam), in Hyderabad in 1876. It flourished under the patronage of the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan who offered impressive facilities to promote edcation in the State. The institution, therefore, contributed greatly to the advancement of the cause of education, and to thrive Islamic scholarship all over India.
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[edit] Prominence
Over the last 134 years the Jamia has endeavoured to preserve the traditional understanding of Islam and its normative sciences by the means of thoroughly recognized unbroken chains of Islamic authorization viz; the Ijazah and the Isnad, which go back to fourteen centuries to tie the institution and its scholars all the way to the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him.
As the largest Islamic university in Southern India, the Jamia is considered to be the Azhar al-Hind or Al-Azhar University of India for its quality of education as well as the educational and social services it has rendered to the community in the past century and more. It was mainly due to the scholarly works accomplished by the outstanding faculty of the Jamia Nizamia in the late 19th and 20th centuries that the State of Hyderabad served as as a hub of academic activities for the entire sub-continent. Undoubtedly, the Jamia constitutes a major part of Islamic history in the sub-contntinent, particularly, the Deccan.
[edit] Research
The scholars of Jamia Nizamia researched and published around a 1000 books including rare Arabic manuscripts which are the essential books for Islamic knowledge. The project was mainly accomplished under the auspices of another world famous research institute known as the Dairatul Ma`arif an-Nizamiyyah or Dairat al- Ma`arif al-Uthmaniyyah. Furthermore, the graduates of Jamia Nizamia also established the Lajnah Ihya al-Ma'arif an-Nu'maniyyah which facilitated them to advance research and publish many more unpublished Arabic manuscripts pertaining to the Hanafi fiqh and Islamic Legal Theories at-large.
[edit] Prominent Alumni of Jami'ah Nizamiyyah
- Fadilat Jung Hafiz Muhammad Anwarullah Khan Faruqi, Founder and first Rector of the Jami'ah, teacher of the Nizam, and former Minister of Religious Affairs under the Nizam VII of Hyderabad
- Mufti Muhamamd Ruknuddin, Esteemed schoar of Arabic and Islamic Sciences
- Shaykh al-Kabir Abdus Samad
- Muhaddith Muhammad Yaqub
- Mawlana Abdul Karim
- Mawlana Muqri Muhammad Ayyub
- Faqih Sayyid Mahmud Abul Wafa Al-Afghani, Foremost scholar of Islamic Jurisprudence and pioneer researcher
- Mawlana Abdul Wahid Owaisi ; Community Leader, President Of All India Majlis-e Ittihad al- Muslimin, and a Famous Lawyer.
- Mawlana Ghulam Ahmed ; former subedar of Warangal
- Qadi Muhamamd Shrif ad-Din, chairman of the Dairatul Ma`arif al-Uthmaniyyah
- Mawlawi Sayyid Yusuf Husaini; the secretary of the famous Dairatul Ma`arif al-Uthmaniyyah
- Mawlana Mufti Muhamamd Rahimuddin
- Shaikh al-Fiqh Mawlawi Sayyid Ghawsuddin Qadri;
- Mawlawi Ahmad Abdul Ali;
- Mawlana Hakim Muhamamd Hussain, Renowned scholar of Hadith
- Mufti Abdul Hamid, Former Shaykh al-Jami'ah (Rector) and reputed Islamic Jurist
- Mawlawii Sayyid Ibrahim Adib Rizwi, Internationally acclaimed scholar of Arabic , and poet
- Mawlana Muhammad Wajihuddin, former editor, Da'irat al-Ma'arif and acclamimed scholar of Arabic and Qur'anic sciences.
- Mawlana Haji Muniruddin, Qur'anic Scholar and former Khatib of Makkah Masjid
- Muhaddith-e Dakkan Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Haydarabadi, Foremost scholar of Islamic Jurisprudence, Erudite interpreter of the Qur'an, Expounder of the Shari'ah and a celebrated Sufi.
- Mawlawi Sayyid Tahir Rizwi, former Shaikh al-Jami'ah and scholar of Arabic linguistics
- Mawlana Mufti Khalil Ahmad, the current Shaykh al-Jami'ah (Rector)
- Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, The world famous Islamic Scientist, translator of the Qur'an and Muslim Jurist
- Mawlana Khwaja Sharif, Scholar of Hadith
- Mawlana Abdullah Quraishi al-Azhari, the current khatib of the Grand Makkah Masjid
- Mufti Ibrahim Khalil Hashimi
- Mufti Sayyid Sadiq Muhiuddin
- Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi
- Dr. Muhammad Abdul Majid, Present Director of Da'irat al-Ma'arif and former head of the Department of Arabic, Osmania University
