Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (July 1907 – 2 September 1996) was an Indian

mufti A mufti (; , ) 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 ''fatāwa'' have played an important role thro ...

, Islamic scholar and former Head Mufti of

Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic university and seminary ( darul uloom) in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India, at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. Established in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayy ...

and

Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur Mazahir Uloom (also known as Mazahir Uloom Waqf Qadeem) is an Islamic seminary located in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Started in November 1866 by Saadat Ali Faqih, and developed further by Mazhar Nanautawi and Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri; it is rega ...

. He was the most senior disciple of

Zakariyya Kandhlawi Zakariyya Kandhlawi (; 3 February 1898 – 24 May 1982) was a mid-twentieth-century traditionalist Sunni scholar and an authority in the study of hadith, also known as Sheikh al-Hadith, hailing from India. He was an influential member and ideol ...

. Among his notable disciples are

Abul Qasim Nomani Abul Qasim Nomani (born 14 January 1947) is an Indian Islamic scholar and the current Vice Chancellor and Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband. He has been ranked among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world. Biography Abul Qasim ...

, Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi and

Ebrahim Desai Ebrahim Desai (16 January 1963 – 15 July 2021) was a South African Muslim scholar and jurist who established the Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah, the Askimam fatawa portal and served as the senior professor of hadith at Madrasah In'aamiyyah. He was ...

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

. 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 (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

translation Seerat-e-Sayyidu-l-Bashar of

Al-Tabari Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī (; 839–923 CE / 224–310 AH), commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, present- ...

* 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

Mufti Sabeel Ahmed A mufti (; , ) is an Faqīh, 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 ''fatāwa'' have played an important rol ...

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 Disciples of Zakariyya Kandhlawi Head Muftis of Darul Uloom Deoband