Darul Iftaa, Darul Uloom Zakariyya

Deobandi Darul Uloom opened in 1983 on donated farmland near Lenasia after a dua by Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi during his 1981 visit; the suburb Zakariyya Park is named after it. First Dawrah graduates 1991; masjid inaugurated 1992 in the presence of Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi. Its Darul Iftaa, headed by Mufti Radha-ul-Haq, produced ~80 Ifta graduates and the multi-volume Fatawa Darul Uloom Zakariyya (Urdu). 2,400+ graduates overall, 44-acre campus, SA's first Islamic museum. The fatawa here are from the printed Urdu volumes (via fduz.org) plus a smaller set of English answers from the former duz.co.za site.

Founded: Darul Uloom 1983; Iftaa supervision from 1987, formal Darul Iftaa 1992

Most entries are from the printed Urdu volumes of Fatawa Darul Uloom Zakariyya, which carry no dates or signatures.

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  Mufti Radha-ul-Haq

  Head of the Darul Iftaa & Shaykh al-Hadith, Darul Uloom Zakariyya

  Born 9 Sept 1950 in Shah Mansur (Pakistan) to a family of Naqshbandi ulama; studied at Jamia Islamia, Akora Khattak (grad. 1970), then specialised in Da'wah wal-Irshad under Maulana Ishaq Sandelwi and Iftaa under Mufti Wali Hasan at Binnori Town, Karachi, where he taught 1972–87. Joined DUZ in 1987, heading its Ifta department; teaches Bukhari, Muslim and other Sihah. Khalifa of Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi; Ameer of Jamiatul Mufteen SA and JUSA Shura member (2012). Works include Fatawa Darul Uloom Zakariyya, Sharh Bad' al-Amali, Sharh Qaseedah Burdah and Zikr bil-Jahr; holds a weekly Sunday majlis.

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