Khalid Saifullah Rahmani (born November 1956) is an Indian Muslim scholar, author and jurist who serves as the general secretary of the

All India Muslim Personal Law Board The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is a non-government organisation constituted in 1973 by that time Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi to adopt suitable strategies for the protection and continued applicability of Muslim Personal ...

. He is the general secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy of India. He has authored books including ''The Islamic Jurisprudence: Introduction and Codification'' and ''The Book of Fatāwa''.

Biography

Khalid Saifullah Rahmani was born in November 1956. He is the nephew of Islamic scholar and jurist, Mujahidul Islam Qasmi. He received his primary education at home and studied at Madrasa Qasimul Uloom Hussainia for two years. He graduated from Jamia Rahmani in

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and studied "dawra-e-hadith" (the

hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

class of

Dars-e-Nizami Dars-i Nizami is a study curriculum or system used in many Islamic institutions (madrassas) and Dar Ul Ulooms, which originated in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century and can now also be found in parts of South Africa, Canada, the United S ...

) again at

Darul Uloom Deoband The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary (darul uloom) in India at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. It is located in Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The seminary was established by Muhammad Qasim ...

, and graduated from there in 1395 AH. He later specialized in Islamic law and jurisprudence at Amarat-e-Sharia,

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. His teachers include

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Mahmud Hasan Gangohi Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996) was an Indian Mufti and Islamic scholar and former Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur. He was the most senior disciple of Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi. Among his notable disc ...

and

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. Rahmani also benefitted from his uncle Mujahidul Islam Qasmi. In 1398 AH, Rahmani started to teach at Madrasa Sabeelus-Salam, where he was appointed head teacher in 1399 AH. He taught there for 22 years and went on to establish Al-Mahd al-Aali al-Islami, in

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. He has also helped to found institutions such as Sabilul Falaah and Madrasa al-Falihat in

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; Madrasa Nurul Uloom, in

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and Madrasa Talimul Quran lil-Banat in Karnataka. Rahmani is a member of the

's Legal Council and the general secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy. He is a regular columnist of the Friday edition of ''Munsif'', and editor of ''Three Monthly Behs-o-Nazar'', an Islamic juristic journal that Mujahidul Islam Qasmi had started. In 2021, he was appointed interim general secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board following

Wali Rahmani Wali Rahmani (5 June 1943 – 3 April 2021) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and academician who founded Rahmani30. He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Council from 1974 to 1996. He served as the general secretary of the All India Muslim ...

's death.

Literary works

Rahmani's works include: * ''Aasaan Tafsir-e-Quran Majid'' (A commentary on the

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...

) * ''Fiqh-e-Islāmi: Tadwīn-o-Ta'āruf'' (The Islamic Jurisprudence: Introduction and Codification) * ''Islām ka Nizām Ushr-o-Zakāt'' * ''Khawātīn ke Māli Huqūq: Shariat-e-Islāmi ki Nazar mai'' * ''Kitāb al-Fatāwa'' (The Book of the Fatāwa) * ''Qāmus al-Fiqh'' * ''Qur'ān: Ek Ilhāmi Kitāb''

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Seminary with a modern outlook
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