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Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband (or Chief Mufti) was the most senior and head Mufti of the Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom Deoband. The last scholar to hold this office was Nizamuddin Azmi.

History
The Darul Ifta in the seminary was established almost during 1892 with the intent of issuing religious verdicts.

In Governing Islam: Law, Empire, and Secularism in Modern South Asia, Julia Stephens says that, ""the creation of a separate department, with an appointed head, was an innovation that Deoband embraced to deal with an ever-mounting number of queries. The dar-ul-ifta also instituted more systematic record-keeping in 1911, and the first fatwas in the published collection date to this period.""

According to Sayyid Mehboob Rizwi, Azizur Rahman Usmani, the first Grand Mufti of seminary issued as far as 37,561 fatwas between 1330 AH and 1346. Izaz Ali Amrohi issued about 24,855 verdicts during his two terms. The fatawa of third mufti of seminary, Riyazuddin Bijnori count up to 5000 and Muhammad Shafi Deobandi's verdicts which he issued during his two terms are 26,000. 15,185 were issued by Sahool Bhagalpuri, 5,840 verdicts were dispatched during the Grand Muftiship of Kifayatullah Gangohi and about 8475 were issued by Farooq Ahmad. Mahdi Hasan who served the post for about twenty years issued as much as 75,334 verdicts during his tenure.

Fatwas

 * In January 2018, the Darul Ifta issued a fatwa prohibiting Muslim women marrying in the families associated with banks, because of the involvement of interest, which is deemed to be haram in Islamic shariah.

Publications

 * Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband, verdicts of Azizur Rahman Usmani, which were compiled by Zafeeruddin Miftahi between 1962 and 1972 and published in twelve volumes.
 * Chand aham asri masaail
 * Muawaza ala at-Taraweeh
 * Teen talaq par do fatwe
 * Chand aham fatwe