Habibur Rahman Usmani
Fakhr-ul-Hind, Mawlana Habibur Rahman Usmani | |
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| 9th Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband | |
| In office 1928 – 5 December 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | Qari Muhammad Tayyib |
| Deputy VC of Darul Uloom Deoband | |
| In office 1907–1925 | |
| Succeeded by | Qari Muhammad Tayyib |
| Grand Mufti of Hyderabad State | |
| In office December 1925 – September 1926 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1277 AH (1860/1861 AD) Deoband, Saharanpur district, North-Western Provinces, British India |
| Died | 6 December 1929 (aged 68–69) Deoband, Saharanpur district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
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| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, muhaddith |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
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| Creed | Maturidi |
Habibur Rahman Usmani (1860–1929), also known as Habibur Rahman Deobandi and Maulāna Habib al-Rahmān, was an Indian Islamic scholar, Arabic writer and poet, and Islamic jurist. He served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and later as Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband for nearly twenty-three years. He succeeded Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad as the Grand Mufti of Hyderabad State, holding the position for about one year.
His students included Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Manazir Ahsan Gilani, Muhammad Shafi, Habibur Rahman Azami, Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi, Atiqur Rahman Usmani, Qari Muhammad Tayyib, Badre Alam Merathi, Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi, Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi, Manzoor Nomani, and Yusuf Banuri.