Muhammad Shafi Deobandi

Mufti
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 Chief Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband
	In office; c. 13 August 1931 – c. November 1935
Preceded by	Riyazudin Bijnori
Succeeded by	Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri
7th Chief Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband
	In office; c. 4 April 1940 – c. 23 March 1943
Preceded by	Kifayatullah Gangohi
Succeeded by	Farooq Ahmad
Personal
Born	c. 25 January 1897; Deoband, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	6 October 1976 (aged 79); Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Religion	Islam
Nationality	British Indian (1897–1947); Indian (1947–1948); Pakistani (1948–1976);
Era	20th-century philosophy
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Deobandi
Main interest(s)	Tafsir
Notable work(s)	Ma'ariful Qur'an, Seerat Khatam al-Anbiya
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Tariqa	Chishti (Sabiri-Imdadi)
Muslim leader
Disciple of	Ashraf Ali Thanawi; Mahmud Hasan
	Students Abul Hasan Jashori;
	Influenced by Mahmud Hasan; Habibur Rahman Usmani; Anwar Shah Kashmiri; Shabbir Ahmad Usmani; Ashraf Ali Thanawi; Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani; Mian Asghar Hussain Deobandi; Izaz Ali Amrohi; Ibrahim Balyawi;
	Influenced Muhammad Taqi Usmani; Muhammad Rafi Usmani;

Shafi in an interview with Radio Pakistan.

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Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn ‘Us̱mānī Deobandī (Urdu: محمد شفیع بن محمد ياسین عثمانی دیوبندی; Arabic: محمد شفيع بن محمد ياسين العثماني الديوبندي, Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn al-‘Uthmānī ad-Diyūbandī; c. 25 January 1897 – 6 October 1976),^{[note 1]} often referred to as Mufti Muhammad Shafi, was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school of Islamic thought.

A Hanafi jurist and mufti, he was also an authority on shari'ah, hadith, Qur'anic exegesis, and Sufism. Born in Deoband, British India, he graduated in 1917 from Darul Uloom Deoband, where he later taught hadith and held the post of Chief Mufti. He resigned from the school 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, a commentary on the Qur'an.
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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 Chief Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband
In office c. 13 August 1931 – c. November 1935
Preceded by	Riyazudin Bijnori
Succeeded by	Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri
7th Chief Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband
In office c. 4 April 1940 – c. 23 March 1943
Preceded by	Kifayatullah Gangohi
Succeeded by	Farooq Ahmad

Personal
Born	c. 25 January 1897 Deoband, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	6 October 1976(1976-10-06) (aged 79) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Religion	Islam
Nationality	British Indian (1897–1947) Indian (1947–1948) Pakistani (1948–1976)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Deobandi
Main interest(s)	Tafsir
Notable work(s)	Ma'ariful Qur'an, Seerat Khatam al-Anbiya
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Tariqa	Chishti (Sabiri-Imdadi)
Muslim leader
Disciple of	Ashraf Ali Thanawi Mahmud Hasan
Students Abul Hasan Jashori
Influenced by Mahmud Hasan Habibur Rahman Usmani Anwar Shah Kashmiri Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Ashraf Ali Thanawi Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani Mian Asghar Hussain Deobandi Izaz Ali Amrohi Ibrahim Balyawi
Influenced Muhammad Taqi Usmani Muhammad Rafi Usmani