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Sunni Deobandi Islamic scholar (1897–1976) This article is about the Islamic scholar. Shafi in an interview with Radio Pakistan.1Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn ‘Us̱mānī Deobandī ( ; , Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn al-‘Uthmānī ad-Diyūbandī ; c. 25 January 1897 – 6 October 1976), often referred to as Mufti Muhammad Shafi , was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school of Islamic thought.2 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 .3 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 . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).4
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Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn ‘Us̱mānī Deobandī ( ; , Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn al-‘Uthmānī ad-Diyūbandī ; c. 25 January 1897 – 6 October 1976), often referred to as Mufti Muhammad Shafi , was a South Asian Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school of Islamic thought. A Hanafi jurist and mufti , he was also an authority on shari'ah , hadith , tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), and tasawwuf (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. He is regarded as the first Grand Mufti of Pakistan. Of his written works, his best-known is Ma'ariful Qur'an , a tafsir of the Qur'an . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn ‘Us̱mānī Deobandī ( ; , Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn al-‘Uthmānī ad-Diyūbandī ; c. 25 January 1897 – 6 October 1976), 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 , tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), and tasawwuf (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 tafsir of the Qur'an . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Sunni Deobandi Islamic scholar (1897–1976) For other uses, see Muhammad Shafi (disambiguation) . 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. 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 .TDV Encyclopedia of Islam (44+2 vols.) (in Turkish).
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