Izaz Ali Amrohi

Izaz Ali Amrohi (; November 1882 – 1955) was an Indian Islamic scholar who served as the second and ninth Head Mufti of the Darul Uloom Deoband. His book Nafahtul Arab is taught in madrassas including the Darul Uloom Deoband.

Biography Izaz Ali Amrohi was born in November 1882 in Amroha, into the Kamboh Nawab family. He studied Quran with Qutbuddin, and memorized it under the supervision of Hafiz Sharfuddin. He learnt Persian from his father and studied primary books of dars-e-nizami at Madrasa Arbi Gulshan Faiz in Tilhar with Maqsood Ali Khan. He then moved to Madrasa Ayn-ul-Ilm, where he studied Mulla Jami and Kanzud Daqaiq with Qari Basheer Ahmad and Persian and Fiqh books such as Sharah Wiqayah with Kifayatullah Dihlawi. At the request of Qari Basheer Ahmad and Kifayatullah Dihlawi, Ali moved to the Darul Uloom Deoband where he studied with Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad, the then vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband and Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri.

After his graduation from the Darul Uloom Deoband, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi sent him to Madrassa Nomaniyah, in Pureni, Bhagalpur where he taught for over seven years. Then he moved to Shahjahanpur and established Afzal al-Madaris in a mosque where he taught for nearly three years without taking any fees. Ali was appointed a teacher in the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1911, where he taught elementary books of Arabic such as Ilm al-Sigha, Nur al-Izah during the first year. His academic career in the Darul Uloom lasted for over 44 years. Anzar Shah Kashmiri, Muhammad Salim Qasmi and Rasheed Ahmad Ludhianvi.

Ali died in 1955 and was buried in Qasmi graveyard of the Darul Uloom Deoband.

Literary works Izaz Ali Amrohi wrote Nafhat al-Arab, a book taught in the contemporary dars-e-nizami curriculum including Darul Uloom Deoband. His other books include al-Ahadith al-mawdu’ah