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Mahmood Ashraf Usmani | |
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مفتی محمود اشرف عثمانی | |
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| Born | (1951-05-14)14 May 1951 |
| Died | 27 February 2022(2022-02-27) (aged 70) Karachi, Pakistan |
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| Religion | Islam |
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| Profession | Mufti, researcher, writer |
| Website | mahmoodashrafusmani |
Mahmood Ashraf Usmani (14 May 1951 – 27 February 2022) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, jurist and an author and headed the Dar-ul-Ifta atDarul Uloom Karachi. He was an alumnus ofJamia Ashrafia and theIslamic University of Madinah. He reportedly issued over a hundred thousand religious edicts and authored about three dozen books onhadith,mysticism,jurisprudence andtafsir.
Mahmood Ashraf Usmani was born on 14 May 1951 in Lahore into theUsmani family of Deoband. His fatherZaki Kaifi was a poet of theUrdu language, and the eldest son of Islamic scholarMuhammad Shafi.
Usmani began memorizing the Qur'an with Iftikhar Ahmad Qaiser, and completed memorizing it with Ronaq Ali.[1][2] He received his early education at home and graduated in the traditionalDars-i Nizami from theJamia Ashrafia, inLahore in 1970. He taught at the Ashrfia seminary for two years and moved to study at theUniversity of Madinah. Meanwhile, his father Zaki Kaifi died, and he continued to teach at his alma mater Jamia Ashrafia. From 1990, he joined theDarul Uloom Karachi, where he taughtSahih al-Bukhari and held the post ofMufti.[1][3]
Usmani died inKarachi on 27 February 2022, at the age of 70.[4] His funeral prayers were offered at 11:30am at Darul Uloom Karachi, and he was buried there.JUI-F chiefMaulana Fazl-ur-Rehman contactedTaqi Usmani and expressed his condolences.[5]
Usmani issued over an hundred thousand religious edicts. He authored about three dozen books on Hadith, Sufism, Fiqh and Tafsir.
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