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Jamia nizamia hyderabad 102 urse shareef certificates distributed to qualified alim fazil mufties
Jamia Nizamia (Telugu: జామియా నిజామియా, Urdu: جامعہ نظامیہ), more properly, Jami'ah Nizamiyyah, is one of the oldest Islamic seminaries of higher learning for Muslims belonging to Sunnis in India.
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- Jamia nizamia hyderabad 102 urse shareef certificates distributed to qualified alim fazil mufties
- History
- Organisation
- Research
- Fatwa
- Notable alumni
- References
History
It was founded by Shaykh al-Islam Imam Muhammad Anwarullah Khan Farooqi, honorifically known as Fadilat Jung (the title was bestowed upon him by the Nizam), in Hyderabad in 1876. It flourished under the patronage of the Nizam VII of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan.
Over the last 134 years the Jamia has preserved the understanding of Islam and its sciences by the means of unbroken chains of Islamic authorization, viz, the Ijazah and the Isnad, which go back fourteen centuries to tie the institution and its scholars to Muhammad. It was mainly due to the scholarly works accomplished by the faculty of the Jamia Nizamia in the late 19th and 20th centuries that the Hyderabad served as a major hub of academic activities for the sub-continent. The Jamia constitutes a major part of Islamic history in the sub-continent, particularly, the Deccan.
Organisation
Jamia Nizamia has not the status of a university or deemed to be university according to the Indian University Grants Commission Act of 1956 and, therefore, can not confer or grant degrees. According to the Jamia Nizamia website, their "Moulvi", "Alim", "Fazil" and "Kamil" are recognized by Osmania University as equivalent to degrees in oriental languages such as B.A.L. and M.A.L. After passing exams in English language prescribed for B.A., Fazil-passed students can be given admission to M.A. at Osmania University. Further recognizing universities would be Aligarh Muslim University, Al-Azhar of Egypt, Jamia Umm al-Qura of Mecca, the Islamic University of Madinah and the University of Kuwait The Jamia set up the Girls College in 1995.
Arabic language students found employment in Arabic call centers in the last years, and student enrollment at Jamia Nizamia soared from 500 to 1,300 between 2004 and 2007.
The Jamia Nizamia budget in 2004–2005 was 97,72,000.00 INR (US$220,000), expenditure in 2004–2005 was 1,41,56,000 INR (US$31,5000 in 2004).
Research
The scholars of Jamia Nizamia researched and published around 1000 books including rare Arabic manuscripts which are the essential books for Islamic knowledge. The project was mainly accomplished under the auspices of another research institute known as the Dairatul Ma'arif an-Nizamiyyah or Dairat al- Ma'arif al-Uthmaniyyah. The graduates of Jamia Nizamia established the Lajnah Ihya al-Ma'arif an-Nu'maniyyah which enabled them to advance research and publish Arabic manuscripts pertaining to the Hanafi fiqh, in particular, and Islamic legal theories in general.
Fatwa
More than 2000 fatwas are issued by scholars of Jamia Nizamia every year.
They also answer questions asked weekly by subscribers to the Siasat and the Etemaad Daily in print, and fatwas are available through email. In 2003–2004, fatwa fees earned 40,000.00 INR.
Fatwas covered a wide range of topics: