Sajjad Nomani

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sajjad Nomani

• He comes from a family of Ulemas (Islamic scholars) whose ancestral roots belong to Turkey.

• He serves as a spokesperson and a member of the working executive committee for the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.

• He has authored several books including ‘Johar Tul Tafaseer.’

  

• He is an editor of the monthly Urdu magazine ‘Al-Furqan’ which was launched in 1933 by his father, Manzur Nu’mani.

• He is a patron of Muslim Mirror, an online media platform.

• He was mentored by Pakistani Islamic scholar and Sufi Shaykh, Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi.

• Sajjad Nomani is a scholar, teacher, and sheikh of one of the major Sunni spiritual orders of Sufism, Naqshbandi.

• He has been a speaker at various international universities and organisations including the United Nations (UN), the University of Leeds (U.K.), Stanford University (U.S.), and Fatih University (Turkey).

• He has been influenced by several Islamic scholars including Maulana Manzoor Nomani, Shaikh Abu Al-Hasan Nadwi, Maulana Yusuf Kandhalvi, Shaikh Al-Hadith Maulana Zakariya Kandhalvi, Maulana Saeed Ahmad Khan, and Dr. Muhammad Iqbal.

• He is an expert in Tafseer (interpretation of the Quran), Hadith (words and actions performed by Prophet Muhammad), and Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence).

• In 1995, he established the ‘Rahman Foundation’ to help the economically weaker sections of society including orphans, widows, and the oppressed.

• In 2015, he led and travelled across India for the ‘Deen aur Dastur Bachao’ (Save Religion-Save Constitution) campaign which was launched by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.

  

• According to Sajjad Nomani, the movement was launched as a countermeasure to the ‘Brahmanical social order’ that is supported and imposed by the Union government.

• In 2016, he called for the collective initiative from the government, religious scholars, law enforcement agencies and the media to prevent youth from joining terror outfits such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

• In 2016, he launched a campaign against the Uniform Civil Code with BAMCEF (All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation), scholars of various religions including Christianity, Sikhism, Lingayats, and several tribal communities.

• He has been an active participant in protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ (protest across India) on 29 January 2020 to intensify the protests against the Act.

  

• In 2022, he inaugurated Rahman Foundation’s Nomani Hospital in Ghatprabha, Karnataka.

  

• In August 2023, he adopted the family of Asghar Abbas Ali, one of the victims of RPF constable Chetan Singh, who shot down his senior and 3 other people on the train.

• In April 2024, days before the general elections in India, he wrote a letter to Indian National Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, praising him for his political activities and criticising him for not mentioning the word ‘Muslim’ in his speeches.

• During the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election in November 2024, he met politician Fahad Ahmad along with his wife, Swara Bhaskar to extend his support for Fahad’s candidature in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.

  

• On 23 November 2024, he wrote a detailed apology for his statement of boycotting Muslims who supported the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.

  

• He has visited several countries including the USA, UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Malaysia.

• He serves as a visiting facility to various institutions such as Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Darul Uloom Bilaliya, Srinagar, and Safa High School & Junior College, Mumbai.