Muhammad Rafi Usmani

Muhammad Rafi Uthmani
Religion	Islam - Sunni (Hanafi)
Personal
Born	Deoband, Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Senior posting
Based in	Karachi, Pakistan
Title	Grand Mufti of Pakistan
Period in office	2005 - present
Predecessor	Mufti Rashid Ahmad Ludhyanwi
Successor	Incumbent
Religious career
Post	President of Darul Ulum Karachi, Grand Mufti of Pakistan

Deobandi movement

Key figures

Qasim Nanotvi · Rashid Gangohi Husain Madani · Mehmud Hasan Shabbir Usmani · Ashraf Ali Thanwi Anwar Kashmiri · Ilyas Kandhlawi Ubaidullah Sindhi · Taqi Usmani

Notable Institutions

Darul Uloom Deoband, India Mazahirul Uloom Saharanpur, India Hathazari Madrassah, Bangladesh Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama, India Darul Uloom Karachi, Pakistan Jamia Uloom ul Islamia, Pakistan Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan, Iran Darul Uloom London, England Darul Uloom New York, United States Darul Uloom Canada Madrasah In'aamiyyah, South Africa

Movements

Tablighi Jamaat Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Sipah-e-Sahaba Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Taliban

Muhammad Rafi Uthmani (Urdu: محمد رفيع عثماني) is the renowned religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He is serving as the President of Darul Uloom Karachi. He is the son of the late Mufti Muhammad Shafi Uthmani, the founder of Darul Ulum Karachi. He is recognized for his knowledge in fiqh, hadith, and tafsir. He has authored a large number of books in Urdu, as well as some notable treatises in Arabic. He is the brother of another notable Islamic scholar, Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani and Maulana Wali Razi. Mufti Sahab is also a member of Jamiatul Ulama USA.

See also

• List of Islamic scholars
• List of Grand Muftis

External links

• Blackwater involved in Karachi catastrophe, says Mufti Usmani

Persondata
Name	Rafi, Muhammad
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth	Deoband, Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date of death
Place of death	2015