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{{distinguish|Nizamiyya}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Jamia Nizamia
| image_name = JamiaNizamia.jpg
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| established = 1876
| type = [[Islamic seminary]]
| affiliation = [[Sunni Islam]]<ref name="twocircles.net">{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2012feb09/despite_jamia_fatwa_miladunnabi_extravagant_hyderabad.html#.VbZKA_mqqko|title=Inference from article- Jamia Nizamia follows Barelvi movement of Sunni Hanafi school of jurisprudence | TwoCircles.net|publisher=twocircles.net|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref>
| endowment =
| chancellor = Syed Shah Ali Akbar Nizamuddin Hussaini Sabiri
| vice_chancellor = Mufti Khaleel Ahmed
| city = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
| state = [[Telangana]]
| country = [[India]]
| coor = {{coord|17.36040|78.46469|display=title,inline}}
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
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| website = [http://www.jamianizamia.org/ www.jamianizamia.org]
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[[File:Manuscriptlib.jpg|thumb|Grand Mufti of Palestine Shaykh [[Ekrima Sa'id Sabri]] at Jamia Nizamia]]
'''Jamia Nizamia''' more properly, '''Jami'ah Nizamiyyah''', is one of the oldest [[Islamic seminaries]] of higher learning for [[Muslims]] belonging to [[Sunni]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/hyderabad-seminary-issues-fatwa-against-viral-malayalam-song201802151837190003/|title=Hyderabad seminary issues fatwa against viral Malayalam song}}</ref><ref name="twocircles.net"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Now-a-fatwa-to-sing-Vande-Mataram/articleshow/1964371.cms|title=Now, a fatwa to sing Vande Mataram}}</ref> in [[India]]. It is named after its founder- the 7th [[Nizam]] of Hyderabad.<ref name="Osmania">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dairatulmaarif.org/profile.asp|title=Dairatul Ma'arif-Il-Osmania|website=www.dairatulmaarif.org}}</ref>

== History ==
It was founded by [[Shaykh al-Islam]] [[Imam Muhammad Anwaarullah Farooqui|Imam Muhammad Anwarullah Khan Farooqi]], honorifically known as Fadilat Jung (the title was bestowed upon him by the [[Nizam]]), in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in 1876.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/ramzan-activities-in-city-will-be-kept-low-key-in-wake-of-covid-19/articleshow/75169400.cms|title=Ramzan activities in Hyderabad will be kept low-key in wake of Covid-19 | Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> It flourished under the patronage of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]].

Over the last 134 years the Jamia has preserved the understanding of Islam and its sciences by the means of 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 [[State of Hyderabad|Hyderabad]] served as a major hub of academic activities for the sub-continent. The Jamia constitutes a major part of Islamic history in the sub-continent, particularly, the [[Deccan Plateau|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, therefore, can not confer or grant degrees.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061009183806/http://www.education.nic.in/htmlweb/he-centraluniversities-list.htm Central Universities. Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)] Retrieved on 2007-10-05 from internet archive</ref> According to the Jamia Nizamia website, their "[[Moulvi]]", "[['alim|Alim]]", "Fazil" and "[[Kamil]]" are recognized by [[Osmania University]] as equivalent to degrees in oriental languages such as B.A.L. and M.A.L. After passing exams in English language prescribed for B.A., Fazil-passed students can be given admission to M.A. at Osmania University. Further recognizing universities would be [[Aligarh Muslim University]], [[Al-Azhar]] of Egypt, Jamia [[Umm al-Qura University|Umm al-Qura]] of Mecca, the [[Islamic University of Madinah]] and the University of [[Kuwait]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jamianizamia.org/recog.htm |title=Jamia Nizamia Website: Recognition |access-date=17 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216200834/http://www.jamianizamia.org/recog.htm |archive-date=16 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Jamia set up the Girls College in 1995.<ref>[http://www.islamicvoice.com/august.2000/community.htm Jamia Nizamia to have Internet], ''Islamic Voice'', August 2000</ref>

[[Arabic]] language students found employment in Arabic [[call center]]s in the last years, and student enrollment at Jamia Nizamia soared from 500 to 1,300 between 2004 and 2007.<ref>[http://www.bpotiger.com/2007/05/arabic_call_center_jobs_lapped.html Arabic call center jobs lapped up by Jamia Nizamia univ students] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120092122/http://www.bpotiger.com/2007/05/arabic_call_center_jobs_lapped.html |date=20 November 2008 }} sulekha, 29 May 2007</ref>

The Jamia Nizamia budget in 2004–2005 was 97,72,000.00 INR (US$220,000),<ref>Jamia Nizamia Website: [https://web.archive.org/web/20030523061001/http://www.jamianizamia.org/budget.htm Budget 2000-01]: 78,97,480.00 INR, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060831091031/http://jamianizamia.org/budget.htm Budget 2004-05]: 97,72,000.00 INR, [http://jamianizamia.org/budget.htm Budget 2006-07]: 3,27,21,892.85 INR</ref> expenditure in 2004–2005 was 1,41,56,000 INR (US$31,5000 in 2004).<ref>Jamia Nizamia Website: [https://web.archive.org/web/20030523061215/http://www.jamianizamia.org/exp.htm Expenditure 2000-01]: 72,21,000 INR, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060831091347/http://jamianizamia.org/exp.htm Expenditure 2004-05]: 1,41,56,000 INR, [http://www.jamianizamia.org/exp.htm Expenditure 2006-07]: 2,24,71,803 INR</ref>

== Research ==
The scholars of Jamia Nizamia researched and published around 1000 books including rare Arabic [[Manuscript]]s 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. The graduates of Jamia Nizamia established the Lajnah Ihya al-Ma'arif an-Nu'maniyyah which enabled them to advance research and publish Arabic manuscripts pertaining to the [[Hanafi]] fiqh, in particular, and Islamic legal theories in general.

== Fatwa ==
More than 2000<ref name="JN fatawa"/> [[fatwa]]s are issued by scholars of Jamia Nizamia every year.

They also answer questions asked weekly by subscribers to the ''Siasat'' and the ''[[Etemaad]] Daily'' in print, and fatwas are available through email.<ref name="JN fatawa">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamianizamia.net/fatawa.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701151721/http://www.jamianizamia.net/fatawa.html |archive-date= 1 July 2007 |url-status=dead |title=Welcome to Jamia Nizamia - Hyderabad India |access-date=28 July 2015 }}</ref> 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" (such as the [[Hindu]] ''[[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]]'') on screen or head tonsure ([[Shabana Azmi]]).<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/iol-english/dowalia/news-6-3-2000/topnews3.asp Indian Muftis Ban Acting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625193458/http://www.islamonline.net/iol-english/dowalia/news-6-3-2000/topnews3.asp |date=25 June 2004 }} Islamonline, 6 March 2000, [http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/mar/03shab.htm Fatwa against Shabana Azmi] by Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad, 3 March 2000</ref>
*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 women.
*In another fatwa, the Jamia Nizamia had absolved [[qazi]]s from responsibility for data such as age, previous marriages that is entered on the nikahnama forms in relation to the bride.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090108181059/http://www.hvk.org/articles/0805/167.html ‘Fatwa’ allows 4x1 weddings], ''The Asian Age'', 23 August 2005</ref>
*In October 2005, Jamia Nizamia issued a fatwa calling [[suicide bombing]]s un-Islamic.<ref>"Suicide bombings un-Islamic: Fatwa",'' The Asian Age'', 17 October 2005</ref>
*A fatwa was issued in 2007 against the state government's move to provide reservations or [[Reservation in India|quota]]s to Muslims in education and employment on the basis of [[caste]] system.<ref>[http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=24261 Fatwa against caste-based quotas in AP] 20 June 2007</ref>

==Notable alumni==

* [[Abul Wafa Al Afghani]], former Shaykh Ul Fiqh of Jamia Nizamia and Founder of Ihya Al Ma’arif An Nomaniya
*[[Muhammad Hamidullah]], Islamic scientist, translator of the Qur'an in French and Muslim jurist
* [[Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi]], current Shaykh Ul Fiqh, and ''Sadar Mufti'', Jamia Nizamia and Founder-Director of Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

==See also==
*[[Al Jamiatul Ashrafia]]
*[[Jamiatur Raza]]
*[[Jamaat Ahle Sunnat]]
*[[Al-Jame-atul-Islamia]]
*[[Manzar-e-Islam]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.jamianizamia.org}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090515122500/http://www.jamianizamia.net/ Jami'ah Nizamiyyah webpage in English]
*[https://groups.yahoo.com/group/jamianizamia Jami'ah Nizamiyyah Yahoo Group]

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MarielKrr8600268: rework references per standard format and added references

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