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Jamia Nizamia (Urdu: جامعہ نظامیہ), more properly,
Jami'ah Nizamiyyah, is one of the oldest Islamic
seminaries of higher learning of Ahle Sunnat Wa'l Jama'at in India.
History
It was founded by Shaykh al-Islam
Muhammad Anwarullah Khan Faruqi, 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 who offered impressive facilities to promote education in
the State. The madrassah, therefore, contributed greatly
to the advancement of the cause of education, and to thrive Islamic
scholarship all over India.
Over the last 134 years the Jamia has endeavoured to preserve
the traditional understanding of Islam and its normative sciences
by the means of thoroughly recognized 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 entire 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 therefor can not confer or grant degrees.[1]
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, M.A.L, respectively. After passing exams in English
language prescribed for B.A, Fazil passed students can be given
admission in M.A in 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.[2]
The Jamia set up the Girls College in 1995.[3]
Arabic language students found employment in Arabic call
centers in the last years, and student enrollment at Jamia
Nizamia soared from only 500 to 1,300 between 2004 and 2007.[4] The
Jamia Nizamia budget in 2004-2005 was 97,72,000.00 INR (= 220000 US
Dollar)[5],
expenditure in 2004-2005 was 1,41,56,000 INR (= 315000 US Dollar in
2004)[6].
Research
The scholars of Jamia Nizamia researched and published around a
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". Furthermore, the graduates of Jamia Nizamia also
established the "Lajnah Ihya al-Ma'arif an-Nu'maniyyah" which
facilitated them to advance research and publish many more
unpublished 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 Daily and the Etemaad Daily in print and fatwas are available
to internet users through email.[7] In
2003-2004, fatwa fees earned 40,000.00 INR. Fatwas covered a wide
range of topics:
- In 2000 a fatwa banned muslim actors from performing "acts of
polytheism" (hindu "puja") on
screen or head tonsure (Shabana Azmi).[8]
- In August 2005 a fatwa allowed a Muslim male to marry as many
as four women in one sitting. A national of the United Arab
Emirates, about 45 years old, had married two girls.
- In another fatwa, the Jamia Nizamia had absolved qazis from
responsibility for data such as age, previous marriages that is
entered on the nikahnama forms in relation to the bride.[9]
- In October 2005, Jamia Nizamia issued a fatwa calling suicide bombings un-Islamic.[10]
- A fatwa was issued in 2007 against the state government's move
to provide reservations or quotas to Muslims in education and employment on
the basis of caste system.[11]
Alumni
- Fadilat Jung Hafiz Muhammad Anwarullah Khan Faruqi, founder and
first Rector of the Jami'ah, teacher of the Nizam, and former
Minister of Religious Affairs under the Nizam VII of Hyderabad
- Muhaddith-e Dakkan Syed Abdullah Shah
Naqshbandi Haydarabadi, foremost scholar of Islamic
Jurisprudence, erudite interpreter of the Qur'an, expounder of the
Shari'ah and a celebrated Sufi.
- Muhammad Hamidullah, world famous
Islamic scientist, translator of the Qur'an and Muslim Jurist
See also
References
- ^
Central Universities.
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Retrieved on
2007-10-05 from internet archive
- ^
Jamia Nizamia Website:
Recognition
- ^
Jamia Nizamia to have
Internet Islamic Voice, August 2000
- ^
Arabic call center jobs
lapped up by Jamia Nizamia univ students sulekha, May 29,
2007
- ^
Jamia Nizamia Website: Budget 2000-01:
78,97,480.00 INR, Budget 2004-05:
97,72,000.00 INR, Budget 2006-07:
3,27,21,892.85 INR
- ^
Jamia Nizamia Website: Expenditure 2000-01:
72,21,000 INR,Expenditure 2004-05:
1,41,56,000 INR, Expenditure 2006-07:
2,24,71,803 INR
- ^
Jamia Nizamia Website:
Fatawa
- ^
Indian Muftis Ban Acting
Islamonline, March 6, 2000, Fatwa against Shabana Azmi
by Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad, March 3, 2000
- ^
‘Fatwa’ allows 4x1
weddings The Asian Age, August 23, 2005
- ^
"Suicide bombings un-Islamic: Fatwa" The Asian Age – October 17,
2005
- ^
Fatwa against caste-based
quotas in AP 06-20-2007
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