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The opening as it read in 2010

Hazrat Allama Mufti ul A'dham Moulana Kifaayatullah ibn Inaayatullah ibn Faidhullah ibn Khairullah ibn 'Ibadullah Dehlvi rahmatullahi alaiyh ( 1875 - December 31, 1952) was a prominent Muslim scholar of Islam in India .¹ He occupied a prominent position among Indian Muslims and provided them with guidance through various spiritual and political turmoils for nearly fifty years.² He was a major Sufi and leading educationist .³ His fataawa were remarkable for their impartiality, fearlessness, and grasp of the problem.⁴ The final years of his life were devoted to educational and social work.⁵

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Muḥammad Kifāyatullāh ibn 'Ināyatullāh Shāhjahānpūrī Dihlawī ( ; c. 1875 – c. 31 December 1952), known as Mufti Kifayatullah , was an Indian Islamic scholar . He occupied a prominent position among Indian Muslims and provided them with guidance through various spiritual and political turmoils for nearly fifty years. He was a leading educationist. His fataawa were remarkable for their impartiality, fearlessness, and grasp of the problem. The final years of his life were devoted to educational and social work.

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Muḥammad Kifāyatullāh ibn 'Ināyatullāh Shāhjahānpūrī Dihlawī ( ; c. 1875 – c. 31 December 1952), known as Mufti Kifayatullah , was an Indian Islamic scholar and a Hanafi jurist. He was first president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and was also regarded as Grand Mufti of India He guided Indian Muslims through various spiritual and political turmoils for nearly fifty years. He was an educationist. The final years of his life were devoted to educational and social work. He was a founding member of Jamia Millia Islamia , New Delhi, and was on its foundation committee, which was headed by Mahmud Hasan Deobandi . Dalits and Human Rights: Dalits: the broken future .

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Indian Islamic scholar (1875–1952) Kifayatullah Dehlawi (also known as Mufti Kifayatullah ; c. 1875 – c. 31 December 1952), was an Indian Islamic scholar and a Hanafi jurist, who served as the first president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind , and the second rector of the Madrasa Aminia . He was regarded as the Grand Mufti of India . He was a founding member of Jamia Millia Islamia , New Delhi, and was on its foundation committee, which was headed by Mahmud Hasan Deobandi .

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Indian Islamic scholar (1875–1952) Kifayatullah Dehlawi (also known as Mufti Kifayatullah ; c. 1875 – c. 31 December 1952), was an Indian Islamic scholar and a Hanafi jurist, who served as the second rector of the Madrasa Aminia . He was appointed as an interim president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on its foundation, and as its second president following the death of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi . He was regarded as the Grand Mufti of India . He was a founding member of Jamia Millia Islamia , New Delhi, and was on its foundation committee, which was headed by Mahmud Hasan Deobandi .

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