Muhammad Shafi

Mufti Muhammad Shafi
مفتی محمد شفیع
1st President of Darul Uloom Karachi
In office 1951 – 6 October 1976
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Abdul Hai Arifi
4th Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband
In office c. 13 August 1931 – c. November 1935
Preceded by	Riyazudin Bijnori
Succeeded by	Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri
7th Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband
In office c. 4 April 1940 – c. 23 March 1943
Preceded by	Kifayatullah Gangohi
Succeeded by	Farooq Ahmad
Personal life
Born	24 January 1897 Deoband, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	6 October 1976(1976-10-06) (aged 79) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality	British Indian (1897–1947) Indian (1947–1948) Pakistani (1948–1976)
Children	Rafi Usmani, Taqi Usmani
Era	Modern
Main interest(s)	Tafsir
Notable work(s)	Ma'ariful Qur'an, Seerat Khatam al-Anbiya
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Tariqa	Chishti (Sabiri-Imdadi)
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Deobandi
Muslim leader
Disciple of	Ashraf Ali Thanwi Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
Students Abul Hasan Jashori, Hafez Ahmadullah
Influenced by Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Habibur Rahman Usmani Anwar Shah Kashmiri Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Ashraf Ali Thanwi Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani Mian Asghar Hussain Deobandi Izaz Ali Amrohi Ibrahim Balyawi
Influenced Taqi Usmani Rafi Usmani

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Deobandi movement
Ideology and influences
Dars-i Nizami Maturidi theology Hanafi fiqh
Founders and key figures
Mamluk Ali Nanautawi Imdadullah Muhajir Makki Rahmatullah Kairanawi Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi Sayyid Muhammad Abid Mahmud Deobandi Muhammad Ali Mungeri Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri Ashraf Ali Thanwi Ubaidullah Sindhi Anwar Shah Kashmiri Kifayatullah Dehlawi Hussain Ahmad Madani Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi Zakariyya Kandhlawi
Notable institutions
Darul ulooms and madrasas Deoband Mazahir Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Aminia Shahi Dabhel Hathazari Ashrafia Karachi Banuri Town Bury In'aamiyyah List of Deobandi universities
Centres (markaz) of Tablighi Jamaat
Bhopal Dewsbury Dhaka Nerul Nizamuddin Raiwind
Associated organizations
All India Muslim Personal Law Board Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Commission Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Islamic Fiqh Academy, India Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Tablighi Jamaat
Deobandi jihadism
Deobandi jihadism: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan Taliban in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan
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Muhammad Shafi (24 January 1897 – 6 October 1976), often referred to as Mufti Muhammad Shafi, was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school, a Hanafi jurist and mufti, he was also an authority on shari'ah, hadith, Qur'anic exegesis, and Sufism.^[1] Born in Deoband, British India, he graduated in 1917 from Darul Uloom Deoband, where he later taught hadith and held the post of Head mufti. He resigned in 1943 to devote his time to the Pakistan Movement. After the independence he moved to Pakistan, where he established Darul Uloom Karachi in 1951. Of his written works, his best-known is Ma'ariful Qur'an, an urdu commentary on the Qur'an.