Ullal Thangal

{{Short description|Indian Muslim leader (1920–2014)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox religious biography

| religion = Sunni Islam, Shafī school of thought

| title = Tājul Ulamā

| image = Sayyid Abdurahiman Al Bukhari.jpg

| caption = 2013

| name = Abdurahman Al Bukhari

| birth_name = Sayyid ˈAbdur-Rahmān al-Bukhāri

| native_name =

| native_name_lang = ml

| birth_date = {{Birth year|1920}}

| birth_place = Karuvanthuruthy, Kozhikode district, Kerala, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|02|01|1920|||df=y}}

| resting_place = Ettikulam, Kannur, Kerala, India

| years_active =

| alma_mater = Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College

| occupation = Islamic scholar

| spouse = Sayyidat Fatima

| children = 7

| awards =

| nationality = Indian

| website = {{URL|http://www.seyyidmadaniullal.com/ullalthangal.php}}

}}

Sheikh Sayyid ˈAbdur-Rahmān al-Bukhāri{{Pronunciation needed}}(1920 – 1 February 2014),{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/ullal-thangal-passes-away-143402.html |title=Ullal Thangal passes away |website=mathrubhumi.com |date=2 February 2014 |access-date=31 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150131031445/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/ullal-thangal-passes-away-143402.html |archive-date=31 January 2015}}{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Ullal-qazi-Abdul-Rahman-passes-away/articleshow/29772651.cms |title=Ullal qazi Abdul Rahman passes away |work=The Times of India |date=2 February 2014 |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-date=8 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108033049/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Ullal-qazi-Abdul-Rahman-passes-away/articleshow/29772651.cms |url-status=live }} commonly known as Ullal Thangal{{Cite web |url=http://www.doolnews.com/samastha-president-ullal-thangal-passed-away-665.html |title=സമസ്ത പ്രസിഡന്റ് ഉള്ളാള്‍ തങ്ങള്‍ അന്തരിച്ചു |trans-title=Samastha President Ullal Thangal passed away |work=DoolNews |date=1 February 2014 |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302093655/http://www.doolnews.com/samastha-president-ullal-thangal-passed-away-665.html |url-status=live }} and honoured with the title Tājul Ulamā {{Literally|Crown Among the Clerics}}, was an Indian Islamic scholar. He was the President of Samastha, Jamia Sa-adiya Arabic College,{{Cite web |url=http://www.bhatkallys.com/bhatkal-news/ullal-qazi-abdul-rahman-passes-away/ |title=Ullal qazi Abdul Rahman passes away |website=bhatkallys.com |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-date=11 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111133553/http://www.bhatkallys.com/bhatkal-news/ullal-qazi-abdul-rahman-passes-away/ |url-status=dead }} Principal of the Sayyid Madani Arabic College, Ullal,{{Cite web |url=http://tulunadunews.com/ullal-thangal-abdul-rahman-al-bukhari/ |title=Ullal Thangal Abdul Rahman Al-Bukhari no more |website=Tulunadu News |language=en-US |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508232809/http://tulunadunews.com/ullal-thangal-abdul-rahman-al-bukhari/ |archive-date=8 May 2016 |url-status=dead}} and the Qazi of Ullal and several districts of Karnataka state.

He was a prominent member of the Samastha until the split of the Sunnis in 1989 and AP Sunnis' Samastha thereafter.{{Cite web |url=http://www.madhyamam.com/en/node/20419 |title=Muslim scholar Ullal Thangal passes away |website=madhyamam.com |date=1 February 2014 |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-date=10 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310113855/http://www.madhyamam.com/en/node/20419 |url-status=live }}

His grave is in Ettikulam, Kannur district of Kerala.{{Cite web |url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/61665-sea-of-humanity-attends-funeral-of-ullal-thangal |title=Sea of humanity attends funeral of Ullal Thangal |website=coastaldigest.com |language=en-US |date=2 February 2014 |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602144448/http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/61665-sea-of-humanity-attends-funeral-of-ullal-thangal |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/coastal-plus/61664-a-tribute-to-tajul-ulema |title=A tribute to Tajul Ulema |last1=Madumoole |first1=Abdulla |website=coastaldigest.com |language=en-US |date=2 February 2014 |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602140458/http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/coastal-plus/61664-a-tribute-to-tajul-ulema |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/61640-ullal-thangal-tajul-ulema-no-more |title=Ullal Thangal Tajul Ulema no more |last=Siddeeq |first=Naeem |website=coastaldigest.com |language=en-US |date=1 February 2014 |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602143030/http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/61640-ullal-thangal-tajul-ulema-no-more |url-status=live }}