1. Muhammad Shafi, often referred to as Mufti Muhammad Shafi, was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school, a Hanafi jurist and mufti, he was an authority on shari'ah, hadith, Qur'anic exegesis, and Sufism.
28 Facts About Muhammad Shafi
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Muhammad Shafi resigned in 1943 to devote his time to the Pakistan Movement.
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Muhammad Shafi, son of Muhammad Yasin, was born on 24 January 1897 in Deoband, British India, to an Usmani family.
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Muhammad Shafi was given the name "Muhammad Shafi" by his father's sheikh, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, though he was originally named "Muhammad Mubin" by his grandfather, Khalifah Tahsin Ali.
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Muhammad Shafi studied arithmetic and Euclid from his uncle Munshi Manzur Ahmad and Quranic recitation from Muhammad Yusuf Miruthi.
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In 1330 AH or 1331 AH Muhammad Shafi was formally enrolled in the upper level Arabic classes of Darul Uloom Deoband.
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Muhammad Shafi did Daurah Hadith in 1335 AH under the supervision of Anwar Shah Kashmiri, and completed his education in 1336 AH.
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Some books Muhammad Shafi studied with him were Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Tirmidhi, at-Tirmidhi's Shama'il and 'Ilal, al-Falsafah al-'Arabiyah on modern philosophy, and Sharh an-Nafisi on medicine.
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Muhammad Shafi was among Kashmiri's closest students, and Kashmiri would later select Muhammad Shafi for assistance in refuting the Ahmadiyya Movement.
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Muhammad Shafi studied Sahih Muslim and half of Hidayah with Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, whom he would later accompany in the movement to create Pakistan.
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Muhammad Shafi studied Sunan Ibn Majah with Ghulam Rasul Hazarwi.
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In that year Muhammad Shafi was appointed to teach some lessons.
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Muhammad Shafi began teaching at Darul Uloom Deoband in 1918 or 1919.
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Muhammad Shafi taught the elementary level books of the curriculum and eventually reached the level of Daurah Hadith.
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Muhammad Shafi established Darul Uloom Karachi in 1951.
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Muhammad Shafi frequently assisted Azizur Rahman Usmani, head of the school's fatwa department.
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In November 1932, Muhammad Shafi published a tract entitled Nihayat al-arab fi ghayat an-nasab on caste.
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Muhammad Shafi remained in the teaching department over the next few years, during which two other ulama held the post of Sadr Mufti.
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Muhammad Shafi held the post until he left Darul Uloom Deoband in Rabi al-Awwal 1362 AH.
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Some of Muhammad Shafi's fatwas have been published in eight large volumes titled Imdad al-Muftin, while the majority remain unpublished.
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From an early age, Muhammad Shafi frequently attended the gatherings of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.
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In 1339 AH Muhammad Shafi gave bay'at at his hand.
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In 1363 AH Muhammad Shafi resigned from teaching and issuing fatwas at Darul Uloom Deoband in order to devote his time to the movement for the creation of Pakistan.
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Muhammad Shafi toured India, gave speeches, and issued fatwas for this purpose.
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In 1948, after the partition of India, Muhammad Shafi migrated from Deoband to Pakistan.
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Muhammad Shafi founded Darul Uloom Karachi in 1370 AH.
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Muhammad Shafi avoided disputes at all costs and on occasion, he even gave up land allocated to him by the government of Pakistan to build a Madrasah, just to avoid a dispute that has arisen in the process.
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Muhammad Shafi wrote around one hundred books explaining the Quran and interpreting Islamic law.