Habëbur RahmÃÂn KhairÃÂbadi (also known as Mufti Habëbur RahmÃÂn; born 11 August 1933) is an Indian Muslim scholar and jurist who serves as a Mufti at the Darul Uloom Deoband. He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Mau, Mazahir Uloom and the Aligarh Muslim University. He has authored books including The Rules of Slaughter and The Importance of Zakat. He signed the Darul Uloom Deoband's first ever religious edict against terrorism in 2008.
Habëbur RahmÃÂn KhairÃÂbadi was born on 11 August 1933 in Khairabad, then in Azamgarh. He was schooled at Madrasa Ehya-ul-Uloom in Mubarakpur, the Darul Uloom Mau and the DÃÂrul Muballigheen in Lucknow. He graduated from Mazahir Uloom where he studied the Sihah Sitta and books such as Tafsir al-Baydawi. He received a B.A and an M.A from the Aligarh Muslim University. He privately studied Sahih Bukhari and Jami' al-Tirmidhi with Hussain Ahmad Madani; and Al-Mutanabbi's DëwÃÂn with Mirajul Haq Deobandi.
After completion of his education, KhairÃÂbadi taught at the Mahd-e-Millat in Malegaon for five years and then at the IdÃÂra Maḥmudiyyah in Lakhimpur for two years. He later joined Madrasa HayÃÂt-ul-Uloom in Moradabad where he served the department of Islamic jurisprudence for twenty-three years. In 1984, he was appointed a teacher in Darul Uloom Deoband and briefly transferred to the seminary's Darul Ifta. At the Darul Uloom Deoband, KhairÃÂbadi teaches the books of Islamic jurisprudence including Al-Durr al-Mukhtar, Rasm al-Mufti and SirÃÂji. His students include the Mufti's of Madrasa Shahi SalmÃÂn Mansoorpuri and Shabbër Aḥmad. Among his spiritual disciples is Syed Rezaul Karim, leader of Islami Andolan Bangladesh.
In 2008, KhairÃÂbadi signed a religious edict from Darul Uloom Deoband against terrorism. The edict stated that, "Islam rejects all kinds of unwarranted violence, breach of peace, bloodshed, killing and plunder and does not allow it in any form. It is the basic principle of Islam that you assist each other in pursuit of good righteous causes and do not co-operate with anyone for committing sin or oppression. It is evident in the clear cut guidelines given in the Holy Quran that the allegation of terrorism against a religion like Islam which enjoins world peace is nothing but a lie. In fact Islam was born to wipe of all kinds of terrorism and to spread the message of global peace". The edict was said to be first ever such to be issued from the seminary.
Habëbur RahmÃÂn has written a marginalia on Jami' al-Tirmidhi entitled Hadëth al-misk al-shadhi. His other works include: