Sharif Hasan Deobandi
Sharif Hasan Deobandi was an Indian Islamic scholar and Muhaddith. He served as Sheikh al-Hadith at Darul Uloom Deoband from 1972 to 1977. He also worked as a professor of Hadith and Sheikh al-Hadith at Jamia Islamia Talimuddin in Dabhel for almost ten years.
Early life and education
Sharif Hasan Deobandi was born in Deoband on 9 August 1920. He memorized the Quran at Deoband before spending three years at Madrasa Islamia in Behat, where he studied Arabic and Persian under Abdur Rahim Muzaffarnagari, a student of Anwar Shah Kashmiri as well. Following that, he enrolled in Darul Uloom Deoband and graduated in 1939 AD.At Deoband Seminary, his teachers included Hussain Ahmad Madani, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Asghar Hussain Deobandi, and Ibrahim Balyawi.
Career
Following graduation, Deobandi was appointed as principal at Madrasa Imdadul Uloom, Khanqah-e-Imdadia, Thana Bhawan, in 1941 AD, where he received guidance from Ashraf Ali Thanwi in the fields of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence as well. In 1364 AH, he became principal at Madrasa Ishā'at-ul-Uloom, Bareilly, and served there for nine years as a professor of hadith and an Islamic jurist.After that, he served as Professor of Hadith and Sheikh al-Hadith at Jamia Islamia Talimuddin, Dabhel, between Rabi' al-Awwal 1373 AH and Shawwal 1383 AH for about ten years and taught Hadith books such as Jami' al-Tirmidhi Sahih al-Bukhari.
In 1383 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband and taught Hadith books such as Sahih Muslim, Sunan ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawood. In 1972 AD, he succeeded Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad as Sheikh al-Hadith and taught Sahih al-Bukhari's volume one until 1977 AD.
He wrote a commentary on Al-Tirmidhi's Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya, which has yet to be published.
Death
Deobandi died on 2 June 1977 in Deoband. The funeral prayer was performed the next day and buried in Qasmi cemetery.He is survived by his four sons, Raees Ahmad, Nayyar Usmani, Muneer Usmani, and Wasīm Usmani.