Ghulam Rasool Jamaati
Mufti Ghulam Rasool Jamaati (Arabic: مفتي غلام رسول جمعاتي) was a Sunni Hanafi[2] Islamic scholar.[1] He is widely known and accepted as the Grand Mufti of Great Britain.
Mufti Ghulam Rasool Jamaati | |
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Born | 1923 CE |
Era | Contemporary era |
Region | Pakistani scholar |
Creed | Hanafi[2] |
Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Hadith, Kalam, Logic, Arabic Grammar, Usool |
Biography
Mufti Ghulam Rasool Jamaati was born in 1923 in the city of Gujrat, Pakistan. He received the major part of his Islamic education from the “Teacher of the Teachers” `Allāmah Sultān Ahmad whose educational transmission extends to the renowned scholar and jurist of his era `Allāmah Fadl al-Haq Khayrābādī. During his stay in Pakistan he taught the Islamic sciences as well as issuing fatwas on various issues.
In 1985 he moved to Britain and began teaching in London at the madrassa (Islamic school) of Allama Pir Syed Abdul Qādir Shah Jilani. During this period, he was also appointed honorary Mufti of The Muslim Council UK in 1990 and has since issued over 2,000 fatwas. Fluent in Arabic, Persian and Urdu, Mufti Ghulam Rasool was a master in numerous fields of Islamic scholarship including Jurisprudence, Principles of Jurisprudence, Exegeses, Principles of Exegesis, hadith, Principles of hadith, Doctrine, Logic, Scholastic Theology, Philosophy, Sufism, Moral and Ethical Philosophy, Polemics, Astronomy, Morphology, Syntax, Rhetoric, Oratory, Lexicology, Literature (including pre-Islamic), Poetry and others. As well as teaching and issuing fatwas, he has authored around 40 books on a variety of topics from the aforementioned sciences.
His command on the sacred and legal sources, and the ability to apply them to practical legal problems is the cause for his reverence among the more learned Sunni circles of the sub-continent. One of his most famous works is a compilation of fatwas written in Britain called Fatawa Britannia stretching to nearly 800 pages and includes many matters pertaining to legal issues that concern Muslims living in Britain.
References
- "Mufti Ghulam Rasool Jamaati - YaNabi.com". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2006-11-13.
- Answering-Ansar.org :: Nikah of Lady Umme Kulthum[sa]Archived 2012-07-19 at the Wayback Machine