Pervez Bari | Clarion India
BENGALURU – Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani was re-elected president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), on the first day of the two-day 29th session of the Board which began here on Saturday (November 23).
Along with Maulana Rahmani’s re-election 40-member executive committee of AIMPLB was also elected.
Later, Maulana Rahmani in consultation with the executive members picked his team of office-bearers. The most important selection is the picking up of Maulana Shah Fazlurrahim Mujaddidi again as the general secretary of the AIMPLB.
The Board session is being held at the largest religious seminary of Karnataka Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad.
Maulana Rahmani is a close relative of Maulana Mujahid ul Islam Qasmi, the third president of the AIMPLB.
A renowned author and a jurist, Maulana Rahmani has penned several books including the Islamic Jurisprudence: Introduction and Codification and Kitāb-ul-Fatāwa. Adhering to the Deobandi School of thought, he is respected by those from other schools as well, given his vast knowledge of various disciplines of Islamic education. He is also the general secretary of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of India.
Born in November 1956, Maulana Rahmani received his primary education at home and studied at Madrasa Qasimul Uloom Hussainia for two years. He graduated from Jamia Rahmani in Munger and studied “Dawra-e-Hadith” again at Darul Uloom Deoband, and graduated from there. He later specialised in Islamic law and jurisprudence at Imarat Sharia, Patna.
Maulana Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi was born on 22nd June 1957. He is the son and successor of the renowned scholar and educationist Maulana Shah Mohammad Abdur Rahim Mujaddidi and the successor of another Maulana Shah Hidayat Ali Mujaddidi.
