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{{Short description|Indian Muslim scholar (1944–2021)}}
{{Infobox religious biography
|religion = Islam
|title =
|honorific_prefix = Mawlāna, Qāri
|name = Muḥammad Usman Mansoorpuri
|birth_date = 12 August 1944
|birth_place = Mansurpur, [[Muzaffarnagar]], British India
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|05|21|1944|08|12}}
|death_place =
|image = Usman Mansoorpuri.jpg
|caption = Mansoorpuri in January 2013
|region = India
|denomination = [[Sunni]]
|jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
|movement = [[Deobandi]]
|alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
|main_interests =
| notable_works =
|office1 = 1st President of [[List of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind people|Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]]'s Mahmood Faction
|term_start1= 5 April 2008
|term_end1 = 21 May 2021
|predecessor1 = "office established"
|successor1= [[Mahmood Madani]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Maulana Mahmood Madani elected interim chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/maulana-mahmood-madani-elected-interim-chief-of-jamiat-ulemaehind/2091352 |access-date=27 May 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook, India]] |date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
|office2 = Vice-Rector of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
|term_start2= 1997
|term_end2 = 2008
|predecessor2 = [[Habibur Rahman Khairabadi]]
|successor2= [[Abdul Khaliq Sambhali]]
|relatives = [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]] (father-in-law),<br>[[Asad Madni]] (brother-in-law),<br>[[Arshad Madani]] (brother-in-law)
| children = {{ubl|[[Muhammad Salman Mansoorpuri]]|Muhammad Affan Mansoorpuri}}
}}
'''Muḥammad Usmān Mansoorpuri''' (12 August 1944 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian Muslim scholar who served as the first National President of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]]'s Mahmood faction. He taught [[hadith]] at the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] and served the seminary as a working rector.

==Biography==
Usmān Mansoorpuri was born on 12 August 1944 in Mansurpur, [[Muzaffarnagar]].<ref name="history">{{cite book |author1=Muḥammadullah Qāsmi |title=Darul Uloom Deoband ki Jami' wa Mukhtasar Tārīkh |publisher=Shaykhul Hind Academy |location=Deoband |page=686 |edition=2020 |language=ur}}</ref> He graduated from the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in the traditional [[dars-e-nizami]] in 1965.<ref name="history"/> He specialized in [[Qirat]], [[Tajweed]] and Arabic literature in 1966 from the Deoband seminary.<ref name="history"/>

Usmān taught at the Madrasa Qāsmia in [[Gaya, Bihar]] for five years, and at the Madarsa Islamiya Arabia, [[Amroha]] for eleven years.<ref name="history"/> In 1982, he was appointed a teacher at the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].<ref name="history"/> He taught hadīth including the books ''[[Muwatta Imam Malik]]'' and ''[[Mishkat al-Masabih]]''.<ref name="history"/><ref name="nayab">{{cite book |author1=Nayab Hasan Qasmi |title=Darul Uloom Deoband ka Sahāfati manzarnāma |publisher=Idāra Tehqeeq-e-Islāmi |location=Deoband |page=290 |edition=2013 |language=ur}}</ref> On 5 April 2008, he was appointed the National President of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]]'s Mahmood faction.<ref name="ht">{{cite news |title=Jamiat-Ulama-E-Hind splits |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/jamiat-ulama-e-hind-splits/story-IDjhcuJ53UvaREVOqr3wSM.html |access-date=13 July 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=5 March 2008}}</ref><ref name="pr">{{cite press release |last= Farooqi|first= Niyaz Ahmad |date= 21 May 2021|title= صدر جمعیت علماء ہند و معاون مہتمم دار العلوم دیوبند حضرت امیر الھند مولانا قاری سید محمد عثمان منصورپوری کا سانحہ ارتحال|trans-title=The demise of Mawlāna Qāri Sayyid Muḥammad Usmān Mansoorpuri |language=ur|location=New Delhi |publisher= Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind}}</ref> He served as the vice-rector of Darul Uloom Deoband for eleven years from 1997 to 2008.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Muhammadullah Khalīli Qasmi |title=Darul Uloom Deoband ki Jami' wa Mukhtasar Tārīkh|publisher= Shaykhul Hind Academy|location=Deoband |pages=750–751|date=October 2020|chapter=Vice-Rectors|language=ur}}</ref><ref name="Salmān">{{cite book |author1=Salmān Mansoorpuri |title=Zikr-e-Usman (Zikr-e-Raftagān)|volume=5|publisher= Al Markaz al-Ilmi Lin Nashri Wat Tahqīq|location=Lalbagh, Moradabad |page=13|date=April 2022|chapter=Hayat e Usmani - Ek Nazar me|language=ur}}</ref> In October 2020, he was appointed the working rector of the seminary.<ref name="nayab"/><ref>{{cite news |title=دارالعلوم دیوبند کی مجلس شوریٰ کے سہ روزہ اجلاس کا آغاز |url=https://qindeelonline.com/darul-uloom-deoband-men-majlise-shura-ki-meeting-akhtetam-pazeer/ |access-date=21 May 2021 |work=Qindeel Online |date=15 October 2020 |archive-date=21 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521090645/https://qindeelonline.com/darul-uloom-deoband-men-majlise-shura-ki-meeting-akhtetam-pazeer/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="history"/> His books include ''Radd-i Qādyāniyat''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Books by Muḥammad Usmān Mansoorpuri |url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2002078386/ |website=[[WorldCat]] |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522053330/https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2002078386/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Usman Mansoorpuri with Modi and Mahmood Madani.jpg |thumb|Mansoorpuri (middle) with Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] and [[Mahmood Madani]].]]

In November 2016, protesting against the visit of Israeli Prime Minister [[Reuven Rivlin]] to India, Usmān addressed a gathering in [[New Delhi]], saying that "It has been against our culture and tradition to welcome an oppressor".<ref name="indiatomorrow">{{cite news |title=Muslims protest in Delhi against Israeli President's visit |author=Ghazanfar Abbas |url=https://old.indiatomorrow.net/eng/muslims-protest-in-delhi-against-israeli-presidents-visit |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=India Tomorrow |date=19 November 2016 |archive-date=4 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504105216/https://old.indiatomorrow.net/eng/muslims-protest-in-delhi-against-israeli-presidents-visit |url-status=live }}</ref> He also expressed that "The Indian Government should revisit its relationship with the tyrant and expansionist Israel following into the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and should not violate the traditional friendship of India with the weaker and oppressed people around the world."<ref name="indiatomorrow"/> The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (JUH) defended the [[Assam Accord]] under his leadership in the [[Supreme Court of India]] during May 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind defends Assam Accord-1985 in SC |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/jamiat-ulema-e-hind-defends-assam-accord-1985-in-sc-117050300046_1.html |access-date=25 May 2021 |date=3 May 2017 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525204037/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/jamiat-ulema-e-hind-defends-assam-accord-1985-in-sc-117050300046_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2019, a JUH meeting presided by him, described the [[2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute|Ayodhya verdict]] as "the darkest spot in the history of free India".<ref>{{cite news |title=Ayodhya verdict: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind says filing review petition not beneficial |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ayodhya-verdict-jamiat-ulema-e-hind-says-filing-review-petition-not-beneficial/1771984/ |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=Financial Express |date=22 November 2019 |archive-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220131621/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ayodhya-verdict-jamiat-ulema-e-hind-says-filing-review-petition-not-beneficial/1771984/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also supported the [[National Register of Citizens]] as he believed that "who is Indian and who is not should be known".<ref name="nrc">{{cite news |author1=Pragya Kaushika |title=Kashmir as integral part of India: Jamiat passes resolution, supports NRC |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/kashmir-as-integral-part-of-india-jamiat-passes-resolution-supports-nrc20190912154228/ |access-date=25 May 2021 |date=12 September 2019 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525205349/https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/kashmir-as-integral-part-of-india-jamiat-passes-resolution-supports-nrc20190912154228/ |url-status=live }}</ref> JUH, under his leadership has also held [[Kashmir]] as an integral part of India.<ref name="nrc"/> In December 2017, Usmān led an anti-Israel protest in [[Varanasi]]; demanding that the occupation of Jerusalem and killings of innocents be ended.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Towns Across India, Islamic Clerics Lead Anti-America, Anti-Israel Protests After Trump's Decision Recognizing Jerusalem As Israeli Capital |url=https://www.memri.org/reports/towns-across-india-islamic-clerics-lead-anti-america-anti-israel-protests-after-trumps#_edn18 |work=Memri |date=9 January 2018 |access-date=27 May 2021 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525210211/https://www.memri.org/reports/towns-across-india-islamic-clerics-lead-anti-america-anti-israel-protests-after-trumps#_edn18 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Usmān Mansoorpuri died on 21 May 2021 of [[COVID-19]].<ref name="sahara">{{cite news |title=دارالعلوم دیوبند کے کارگزار مہتمم مولانا قاری عثمان منصورپوری کا انتقال |trans-title=Mawlāna Usmān Mansoorpuri passes away |url=https://roznamasahara.com/maulana-qari-usman-mansoorpuri-acting-superintendent-of-darul-uloom-deoband-passed-away/ |access-date=21 May 2021 |work=Roznama Sahara |language=ur |archive-date=21 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521125650/https://roznamasahara.com/maulana-qari-usman-mansoorpuri-acting-superintendent-of-darul-uloom-deoband-passed-away/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Farooq Abdullah]] condoled his death saying that Usmān was a promoter of national unity and communal harmony and his death is a loss to both India and the Muslim community. Abdullah remarked that, "Usmān shall be remembered for his scholarly disposition, and ease of elucidation in familiarizing his students with teachings of the ''Quran'' and [[Sunnah]]".<ref name="gk">{{cite news |title=Farooq, Omar condole demises |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/farooq-omar-condole-demises-4/?amp |access-date=23 May 2021 |work=[[Greater Kashmir]] |date=23 May 2021 |archive-date=23 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523180901/https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/farooq-omar-condole-demises-4/?amp |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Omar Abdullah]], [[Ali Mohammad Sagar]], [[Nasir Aslam Wani]] and [[Syed Sadatullah Husaini]], [[Ali al-Sallabi]], [[Nurul Islam Jihadi]] also condoled his death.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Desk|first=Online|date=22 May 2021|title=Death of Assistant Director of Darul Uloom Deoband|work=[[Kaler Kantho]]|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/amp/online/muslim-world/2021/05/22/1035433|access-date=26 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525155423/https://www.kalerkantho.com/amp/online/muslim-world/2021/05/22/1035433|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="gk"/><ref>{{cite news |title=مولانا عثمان منصورپوری کی رحلت ملت اسلامیہ کے لئے ایک بڑا حادثہ: جماعت اسلامی |trans-title=Usmān Mansoorpuri's death is huge loss of Indian Muslims: Jamat-e-Islami |url=https://urdu.awazthevoice.in/india-news/maulana-usman-mansoorpuri-s-demise-is-a-great-tragedy-for-the-nation-of-islam-jamaat-e-islami-2722.html |access-date=23 May 2021 |work=Awaz The Voice |date=22 May 2021 |language=ur |archive-date=23 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523181824/https://urdu.awazthevoice.in/india-news/maulana-usman-mansoorpuri-s-demise-is-a-great-tragedy-for-the-nation-of-islam-jamaat-e-islami-2722.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Family life==
Usmān was the son-in-law of [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]].<ref name="nayab"/> His sons [[Muhammad Salman Mansoorpuri|Salmān Mansoorpuri]] and Affān Mansoorpuri are Islamic scholars and jurists.<ref name="sahara" />

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