Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Compilers of Fatwa-i-Alamgiriya

A team of Islamic legal experts compiled Fatwa-i-Alamgirya on orders of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Fatwa-i-Alamgirya is considered an standard collection of fatawa throughout the Islamic world. It deals with Islamic sharia as interpreted by Hanafites and to some extent civic law prevalent in Mughal India.

Members of the Committe were:

  1. Shaikh Nizam Burhanpuri (Chairman)
  2. Qazi Ali Akhtar Sadullah Khani
  3. Qazi Ghulam Mohammad Lahori
  4. Shah Abdul Rahim Dehlvi
  5. Maulana Mohammad Shafi Sirhindi
  6. Syed Nizamuddin Thattavi
  7. Syed Inayatullah Mungheri
  8. Qazi Abul Wazir Hergami
  9. Mullah Wajihur Rab
  10. Mulla Fasihuddin Jafri
  11. Mulla Mohammad Faique Bihari
  12. Amir Miran Allama Abul Farah
  13. Qazi Muhammad Ghaus
  14. Shaikh Ahmad Tyeb
  15. Qazi Muhammad Husain Jaunpuri
  16. Shaikh Wajihuddin Gopa-Mauvi
  17. Mulla Hamid Jaunpuri
  18. Mulla Mohammad Ikram Lahori
  19. Jalaluddin Mohammad
  20. Syed Mohammad Kannauji
  21. Shaikh Raziuddin Bhagalpuri
  22. Muhammad Jameel Siddiqui

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