Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996) was an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

Mufti A Mufti (; ar, مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion ('' fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatwas'' played an important rol ...

and Islamic scholar and former Grand Mufti of

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

Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur Mazahir Uloom ( ur, ) is an Islamic seminary located in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Started in November 1866 by Sa'ādat Ali Faqīh, and developed further by Mazhar Nanautawi and Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri; it is regarded as the second most influen ...

. He was the most senior disciple of

Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá Ṣiddīqī Kāndhlawī Sahāranpūrī Muhājir Madanī (''Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá aṣ-Ṣiddīqī al-Kāndahlawī as-Sahāranfūrī al-Madanī''; 2 February 189824 May 1982) ...

. Among his notable disciples are

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, Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi and Ebrahim Desai.

Early life and career

He was born in Gangoh (India) in July 1907 and studied in

and

. Later he taught in Saharanpur and in Deoband along with the service of issuing Fatwas (Islamic Verdicts). His Fatwa collection entitled 'Fataawa Mahmoodiyah' comprises 32 volumes and is copious reference book on Hanafi Fiqh Verdicts. Gangohi was an authorized disciple of

Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá Ṣiddīqī Kāndhlawī Sahāranpūrī Muhājir Madanī (''Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá aṣ-Ṣiddīqī al-Kāndahlawī as-Sahāranfūrī al-Madanī''; 2 February 189824 May 1982) ...

. Gangohi remained Principal of Jami ul Uloom in Kanpur for about 14 years, and served as Head Mufti of

during the last phase of his life.

Literary works

* The

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

Al-Tabari ( ar, أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير بن يزيد الطبري), more commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (), was a Muslim historian and scholar from Amol, Tabaristan. Among the most prominent figures of the Islamic Golden Age, al-Tabari ...

* Faharisi-l-Haawee li-Haashiyatu-t-Tahtawee * Manaazilu-l-'Ilm (The Stages of Acquiring Knowledge) * Malfoozaat-e-Faqeehu-l-Ummah (2 volumes) (The Statements & Anecdotes of the Jurist of the Ummah) * Khutabaat/Mawaa'iz-e-Faqeehu-l-Ummah (5 volumes) (The Discourses of the Jurist of the Ummah) (only 2 out of the 5 volumes has been translated as of 2018) * Fataawaa-e-Mahmoodiyah (32 volumes) * Boundaries of Differences

Disciples

His disciples included

, Ebrahim Desai and Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi.

Death

He died in South Africa where he was touring on 2 September 1996, At the invitation of Maulana Ibrahim Pandor and was buried in Elsburg about 4 km away from Hazeldene.

References

{{Hanafi scholars 1907 births 1996 deaths Deobandis Indian Islamists 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Indian muftis People from Saharanpur district Darul Uloom Deoband alumni Mazahir Uloom alumni