Karam Shah al-Azhari

Pakistani judge and scholar (1918–1998)

Muhammad karam Shah al-Azhari

محمد کرم شاہ الأزھری
Born|

Muhammad Karam Shah

(1918-07-01)1 July 1918

Bhera (currently Pakistan)

Died| 7 April 1998(1998-04-07) (aged 79)

Islamabad, Pakistan

Alma mater| Al-Azhar University
Children| Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah, Hafeez Ul Barkat Shah, Major Ibrahim Shah, Mohsin Shah, Dr. Abulhassan Shah Al-Azhari, Farooq Bahawal Haq Shah
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Ideology and influences

* Sunni Islam
* Maturidi theology
* Hanafi fiqh
* Shafiʽi fiqh

Key figures

* Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
* Hassan Raza Khan
* Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi
* Hamid Raza Khan
* Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri
* Maulana Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni
* Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi
* Ahmad Saeed Kazmi
* Amjad Ali Aazmi
* Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri
* Akhtar Raza Khan

History/Movement

* All India Sunni Conference
* Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat

Notable Scholars

Past

* Shah Turab ul Haq
* Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari
* Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi
* Shah Ahmad Noorani
* Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi
* Arshadul Qaudri
* Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri
* Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi
* Maulana Ziauddin Madani
* Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui
* Muhammad Shafee Okarvi
* Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri
* Akhtar Raza Khan
* Khadim Hussain Rizvi
* Muhammad Arshad Misbahi
* Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi

Present

* Qamaruzzaman Azmi
* Ameen Mian Quadri
* Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri
* Hamid Saeed Kazmi
* Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai
* Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar
* Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri
* Sibtain Raza Khan
* Asjad Raza Khan

Institutions

India

* Jamiatur Raza
* Manzar-e-Islam
* Al Jamiatul Ashrafia
* Al-Jame-atul-Islamia
* Jamia Naeemia Moradabad
* Jamia-tul-Madina
* Al Madeena Islamic complex
* Markazu Saquafathi Sunniyya
* Jamia Nizamia
* Jamia Amjadia Razvia
* Madrasa Faizul Uloom
* Darul Huda Islamic University
* Jamia Shahbazia
* Madrasa-e-Aliya, Rampur

Pakistan

* Hizbul Ahnaf
* Ashraf ul Madaris
* Jamia Nizamia Ghousia
* Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies
* Jamia Naeemia Lahore
* Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University
* Mohi-ud-Din Islamic Medical College
* Dar-ul-Madinah Schools
* Minhaj University Lahore

United Kingdom

* Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland

Bangladesh

* Jamia Ahmadiyya Sunnia Kamil Madrasa

Sri Lanka

* Madrasa Faiz-e-Raza

South Africa

* Imam Ahmed Raza Academy
* Darul Uloom Pretoria

Notable Channels

* Noor TV (UK)
* Madni Channel

Notable works

* Kanzul Iman-Quran translation
* Tafsir Zia ul Quran
* Fatawa-e-Razvia
* Bahar-e-Shariat
* Husamul Haramain
* Zujajat al-Masabih
* Manaqib-al-Jaleela
* Zia un Nabi

Notable Organisations

* Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa
* Dawat e Islami
* Mohiuddin Trust
* World Islamic Mission
* Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
* Jamaat Ahle Sunnat
* Sunni Tehreek
* Tanzeem-ul-Madaris
* Sunni Ittehad Council
* Sunni Students' Federation
* Aalmi Tehreek-e-Namoos-e-Risalat
* Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat
* Central Jamaat-e Ahl-e Sunnat
* Tanzeem ul Madaris
* Raza Academy
* Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat
* All India Sunni Jem-iyyathul Ulama
* All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board
* Muslim Charity
* Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
* Idara-e-Shariah

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Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1 July 1918 - 7 April 1998) was an Islamic scholar of Hanafi jurisprudence, Sufi, and Muslim leader. He is known for his magnum opus, Tafsir Zia ul Quran fi Tafsir ul Quran, meaning “The light of the Quran in the Exegesis of the Quran." It is commonly referred to as Diya ul Quran or Zia ul Quran.[1] He also authored Zia un Nabi, or “Diya al-Nabi," Life of Prophet Muhammad, a detailed biography of Muhammad in seven volumes.[2]

He was associated with Sunni Barelvi movement and was the spiritual guide and pir of the Chishtiyya Sufi order.[3][4]

## Early life and career[edit]

Muhammad Karam Shah was born on 1 July 1918 at Bhera, Sargodha District, British India.[3] He finished his basic education in his hometown Bhera in 1936. Then he learned Persian and Arabic languages. Then on the advice of Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi (1906 - 1981), he went to Muradabad, in 1942 for the study of hadith. He graduated from the University of the Punjab in 1945 and then went on to Egypt for higher religious education at Al-Azhar University. He received his master's degree in Islamic Law.[3]

He is known for being the author of the book "Zia un Nabi", a 1995 Urdu biography of prophet Muhammad.[3][5] The worj is 7 Volumes. Later, it was translated into English by Muhammad Qayyum Awan also in seven volumes .[6] He is recognised for writing Tafsir Zia ul Quran, an Urdu interpretation of the Quran in 5 volumes.[7][8][9]

He reorganized the Islamic institution Dar al Ulum Muhammadiyyah Ghausiyyah established by his father in Bhera (Sargodha) and brought major changes in the syllabi of religious education. He was of the view that modern education also should be learned along with religious education.[3]

Karam Shah al-Azhari was an active participant in the Pakistan movement and vigorously campaigned in the Indian provincial elections, 1946 for All India Muslim League.[3]

He also served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pakistan until his death in 1998 and had served on its Shariat Bench.[3] He became a justice of the Federal Shariat Court, when it was first established in 1981.[3][10]

## Bibliography[edit]

* Tafsir Zia ul Quran (1995) (in five volumes)[11]
* Zia un Nabi (1995) (a detailed biography of prophet Muhammad in seven volumes)[3]

## Awards and recognition[edit]

* Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) by the Government of Pakistan
* Pakistan Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp to honor him in its 'Men of Letters' stamp series (2004)[12]

## Death[edit]

Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari died on 7 April 1998 after being ill for nearly a year.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Tafaseer". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
2. ^ Diya’al-Qur’an: A Unique Qur’anic Commentary and the Commentator
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Muhammad Sultan Shah. "Diya'al-Quran: A Unique Quranic Commentary and the Commentator (profile of Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari)" (PDF). University of the Punjab website. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
4. ^ Distinguished Al-Azhari scholar of the 20th century honoured in international conference on The World Organization for al-Azhar Graduates (UK website) Archived 29 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine Published 29 July 2016, Retrieved 21 September 2019
5. ^ "Zia-un-Nabi (Urdu) - Maktabah Mujaddidiyah". maktabah.org. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
6. ^ "Zia un Nabi : English 7 Vol's - £69.99 : Madani Propagation, Online book shop". islam786books.com. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
7. ^ "Tafsir Zia-ul-Quran Urdu : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". archive.org website. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
8. ^ "تفسیر ضیاء القرآن، اردو - Maktabah Mujaddidiyah". maktabah.org. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
9. ^ "mohrasharif.com - Tafsir Zia-ul-Quran - Volume 1 to 5 (Urdu)". mohrasharif.com. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
10. ^ Some new faces in Sargodha Dawn (newspaper), Published 26 August 2002, Retrieved 21 September 2019
11. ^ Books of Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari on goodreads.com website Retrieved 21 September 2019
12. ^ Profile and commemorative postage stamp of Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari on paknetmag.com website Retrieved 4 October 2019

## External links[edit]

* Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari's book on goodreads.com website
* Profile of Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari on dmgbhera.net website Archived 22 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine

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* Z. A. Suleri
* G. Allana
* Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi
* Jalal Baba of NWFP
* Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi
* Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari
* Amin ul-Hasanat (Pir of Manki Sharif)
* Syed Wajid Ali
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* Jahanara Shahnawaz
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* Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi
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* Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni
* Sardar Aurang Zeb Khan
* more

Literature|

* Idea of Pakistan
* Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence
* Notes on Afghanistan and Baluchistan
* A Short History of Pakistan
* Pakistan: A Personal History
* The Myth of Independence
* Pakistan: A Hard Country
* Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?
* Causes of Indian Mutiny of 1857

Architecture|

* Minar-e-Pakistan
* Bab-e-Pakistan
* Pakistan Monument
* Mazar-e-Quaid
* Ziarat Residency
* Iqbal's Tom'
* Wazir Mansion
* National Library
* Deena Public Hall
* Bab-e-Khyber
* Jinnah Terminal

In Memory|

* Youm-e-Pakistan (23 March)
* Youm-e-Dastur (10 April)
* Youm-e-Takbir (28 May)
* Youm-e-Azadi (14 August)
* Youm-e-Difah (6 September)
* Youm-e-Tasees (24 October)
* Youm-e-Iqbal (9 November)
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Muslim scholars of the Hanafi school

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3rd/9th|

* Isa ibn Aban (d. 836)
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4th/10th|

* Al-Tahawi (843–933)
* Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (853–944)
* Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi (b. 874)
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* Abu al-Husayn al-Basri (d. 1044)
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* Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari (d. 1139)
* Ibn al-Malāḥimī (d. 1141)
* Yusuf Hamadani (1062–1141)
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* Al-Zamakhshari (1074–1143)
* Siraj al-Din al-Ushi (d. 1180)
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* Rumi (1207–1273)
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* Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (1173–1235)
* Mu'in al-Din Chishti (1143–1236)
* Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1173–1266)
* Abu Tawwama (d. 1300)
* Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi (d. 1310)

8th/14th|

* Nizamuddin Auliya (1238–1325)
* Uthman bin Ali Zayla'i (d. 1342)
* Shah Jalal Mujarrad (1271–1346)
* Uthman Siraj ad-Din (1258–1357)
* Ala al-Haq (1301–1384)
* Jahaniyan Jahangasht (1308–1384)
* Akmal al-Din al-Babarti (d. 1384)
* Al-Taftazani (1322–1390)
* Ibn Abi al-Izz (1331–1390)
* Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi (1350–1410)
* Al-Sharif al-Jurjani (1339–1414)

9th/15th|

* Nur Qutb Alam (d. 1416)
* Shams al-Din al-Fanari (1350–1431)
* 'Ala' al-Din al-Bukhari (1377–1438)
* Husam ad-Din Manikpuri (d. 1449)
* Badr al-Din al-Ayni (1361–1451)
* Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam (1388–1457)
* Ali Qushji (1403–1474)
* Khidr Bey (b. 1407)

10th/16th|

* Zenbilli Ali Cemali Efendi (1445–1526)
* Ibn Kemal (1468–1536)
* Abdul Quddus Gangohi (1456–1537)
* Ibrāhīm al-Ḥalabī (1460–1549)
* Fahreddin-i Acemi (d. 1460)
* Ali Sher Bengali (d. 1570s)
* Mosleh al-Din Lari (1510–1572)
* Muhammad Birgivi (1522–1573)
* Ebussuud Efendi (1490–1574)
* Sadeddin Efendi (1536–1599)
* Mustafa Selaniki (d. 1600)
* Ali al-Qari (d. 1606)

11th/17th|

* Ahmad Sirhindi (1564–1624)
* Esad Efendi (1570–1625)
* Kadızade Mehmed (1582–1635)
* 'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi (1551–1642)
* Mehmed Efendi (1595–1654)
* Kâtip Çelebi (1609–1657)
* Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji (1569–1659)
* Khayr al-Din al-Ramli (1585–1671)
* Syed Rafi Mohammad (d. 1679)
* Mir Zahid Harawi (d. 1689)
* Syed Inayatullah (d. 1713)

12th/18th|

* Shah Abdur Rahim (1644–1719)
* Syed Hayatullah (d. 1722)
* Barkatullah Marehrawi (1660–1729)
* Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi (1641–1731)
* Syed Mohammad Zaman (d. 1756)
* Hashim Thattvi (1692–1761)
* Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703–1762)
* Shah Nuri Bengali (d. 1785)
* Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781)
* Murtada al-Zabidi (1732–1790)
* Sanaullah Panipati (1730–1810)
* Syed Mohammad Rafi (d. 1803)
* Majduddin (d. 1813)

13th/19th|

* Çerkes Halil Efendi (d. 1821)
* Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (1743–1824)
* Shah Abdul Aziz (1746–1824)
* Syed Ahmad Barelvi (1786–1831)
* Syed Mir Nisar Ali (1782–1831)
* Ibn Abidin (1784–1836)
* Haji Shariatullah (1781–1840)
* Shah Muhammad Ishaq (1783–1846)
* Mamluk Ali Nanautawi (1789–1851)
* Mahmud al-Alusi (1802–1854)
* Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1796–1861)
* Dudu Miyan (1819–1862)
* Karamat Ali Jaunpuri (1800–1873)
* Al-Maydani (1807–1861)
* Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari (1801–1868)
* Yusuf Ma Dexin (1794–1874)
* Naqi Ali Khan (1830–1880)
* Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832–1880)
* Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri (1810–1880)
* Yaqub Nanautawi (1833–1884)
* Mazhar Nanautawi (1821–1885)
* Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi (1848–1886)
* Siddiq Bharchundi (1819–1890)
* Rafiuddin Deobandi (1836–1890)
* Rahmatullah Kairanawi (1818–1891)
* Mustafa Ruhi Efendi (1800–1891)
* Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817–1899)
* Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri (1834–1899)
* Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1826–1905)
* Abdul Wahid Bengali (1850–1905)
* Syed Ahmadullah Maizbhandari (1826–1906)
* Fazlur Rahman Usmani (1831–1907)
* Abd Allah ibn Abbas ibn Siddiq (1854–1907)
* Muhammad Naimuddin (1832–1907)
* Hassan Raza Khan (1859–1908)
* Sayyid Muhammad Abid (1834–1912)
* Ahmad Hasan Amrohi (1850–1912)
* Shibli Nomani (1857–1914)
* Najib Ali Choudhury (fl. 1870s)

14th/20th|

| Barelvi|

* Wasi Ahmad Surati (1836–1916)
* Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921)
* Muhammad Amjad (d. 1927)
* Ghulam Muhammad Dinpuri (1835–1936)
* Qasim Sadiq (1845–1942)
* Hamid Raza Khan (1875–1943)
* Amjad Ali Aazmi (1882–1948)
* Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi (1887–1948)
* Abdullah Barelvi (1841–1949)
* Jamaat Ali Shah (1834–1951)
* Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri (1868–1951)
* Kifayatullah Dehlawi (1875–1952)
* Sulaiman Nadvi (1884–1953)
* Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi (1885–1954)
* Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954)
* Amin ul-Hasanat (1922–1960)
* Sardar Ahmad Chishti (1903–1962)
* Ibrahim Raza Khan (1907–1965)
* Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970)
* Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–1970)
* ​Fazlur Rahman Ansari (1914–1974)
* Ghulam Mohiuddin Ghaznavi (1902–1975)
* Mustafa Raza Khan (1892–1981)
* Ziauddin Madni (1877–1981)
* Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi (1906–1981)
* Muslehuddin Siddiqui (1918–1983)
* Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984)
* Shafee Okarvi (1930–1984)
* Rehan Raza Khan (1908–1985)
* Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (1913–1986)
* Abdul Mustafa Azhari (1918–1989)
* Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
* Waqaruddin Qadri (1915–1993)
* Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994)
* Karam Shah Azhari (1918–1998)
* Musa Amritsari (1927–1999)
* Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000)
* Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001)
* Saleem Qadri (1960–2001)
* Arshadul Qadri (1925–2002)
* Ibrahim Siddiqui (1930–2002)
* Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003)
* Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009)

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Deobandi|

* Imamuddin Punjabi (died 1916)
* Abdul Hamid Madarshahi (1869–1920)
* Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (1851–1920)
* Sufi Azizur Rahman (1862–1922)
* Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri (1852–1927)
* Muhammad Ali Mungeri (1846–1927)
* Azizur Rahman Usmani (1859–1928)
* Muhammad Ahmad Nanautawi (1862–1930)
* Ibrahim Ali Tashna (1872–1931)
* Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875–1933)
* Majid Ali Jaunpuri (d. 1935)
* Abul Muhasin Sajjad (1880–1940)
* Shukrullah Mubarakpuri (1895–1942)
* Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863–1943)
* Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943)
* Habibullah Qurayshi (1865–1943)
* Ubaidullah Sindhi (1872–1944)
* Ilyas Kandhlawi (1885–1944)
* Asghar Hussain Deobandi (1877–1945)
* Sahool Bhagalpuri (d. 1948)
* Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (1887–1949)
* Izaz Ali Amrohi (1882–1955)
* Manazir Ahsan Gilani (1892–1956)
* Hussain Ahmed Madani (1879–1957)
* Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (1888–1959)
* Badre Alam Merathi (1898–1965)
* Azizul Haq (1903–1961)
* Maqsudullah (1883–1961)
* Abdul Qadir Raipuri (1878–1962)
* Ahmed Ali Lahori (1887–1962)
* Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi (1900–1962)
* Yusuf Kandhlawi (1917–1965)
* Shah Ahmad Hasan (1882–1967)
* Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (1896–1969)
* Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (1895–1970)
* Muhammad Ali Jalandhari (1895–1971)
* Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (1907–1971)
* Abdur Rahman Kashgari (1912–1971)
* Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad (1889–1972)
* Deen Muhammad Khan (1900–1974)
* Zafar Ahmad Usmani (1892–1974)
* Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (1903–1975)
* Ibrahim Balyawi (1887–1976)
* Muhammad Faizullah (1892–1976)
* Abdul Wahhab Pirji (1895–1976)
* Athar Ali Bengali (1891–1976)
* Muhammad Shafi Deobandi (1897–1976)
* Yusuf Banuri (1908–1977)
* Syed Muhammad Ishaq (1915–1977)
* Ahmed Ali Badarpuri (1915–2000)
* Mehboob Rizwi (1911–1979)
* Mufti Mehmood (1919–1980)
* Shah Abd al-Wahhab (1894–1982)
* Zakariyya Kandhlawi (1898–1982)
* Tayyib Qasmi (1897–1983)
* Shamsul Haq Afghani (1901–1983)
* Ibrahim Chatuli (1894–1984)
* Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901–1984)
* Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985)
* Azhar Shah Qaiser (1920–1985)
* Harun Babunagari (1902–1986)
* Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900–1986)
* Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910–1987)
* Muhammadullah Hafezzi (1895–1987)
* Abdul Aziz Malazada (1917–1987)
* Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988)
* Abdul Haq Akorwi (1912–1988)
* Abdul Jalil Badarpuri (1925–1989)
* Abdul Matin Fulbari (1915–1990)
* Minnatullah Rahmani (1913–1991)
* Taqi Amini (1926–1991)
* Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami (1900–1992)
* Muhammad Yunus (1906–1992)
* Masihullah Khan (1912–1992)
* Abul Hasan Jashori (1918–1993)
* Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi (1918–1995)
* Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996)
* Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996)
* Shamsuddin Qasemi (1935–1996)
* Manzoor Nomani (1905–1997)
* Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri (1914–1997)
* Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi (1935–1998)
* Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999)
* Ismail Katki (1914–2005)
* Nur Uddin Gohorpuri (1924–2005)
* Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005)
* Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani (1942–2006)
* Syed Fazlul Karim (1935–2006)
* Sirajussajidin Katki (1939–2006)
* Abrarul Haq Haqqi (1920–2006)
* Ubaidul Haq (1928–2007)
* Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008)
* Obaidul Haque Wazirpuri (1934–2008)

* Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi (1848–1917)
* Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri (1867–1921)
* Azimuddin Hanafi (1838–1922)
* Medeni Mehmet Nuri Efendi (1859–1927)
* Hamiduddin Farahi (1863–1930)
* Abdur Rab Jaunpuri (1875–1935)
* Ali Hussain Ashrafi (1850–1936)
* Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937)
* Ghulamur Rahman Maizbhandari (1865–1937)
* Muhammad Ishaq (1883–1938)
* Syed Sulaiman Ashraf (1878–1939)
* Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique (1845–1939)
* Abd Allah Siraj (1876–1949)
* Khwaja Yunus Ali (1886–1951)
* Nesaruddin Ahmad (1873–1952)
* Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari (1879–1952)
* Mustafa Sabri (1869–1954)
* Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898–1959)
* Abdul Batin Jaunpuri (1900–1973)
* Momtazuddin Ahmad (1889–1974)
* Muhammad Abu Zahra (1898–1974)
* Amimul Ehsan Barkati (1911–1974)
* Ghulam Mohiyuddin Gilani (1891–1974)
* Abul Wafa Al Afghani (1893–1975)
* Abdul Majid Daryabadi (1892–1977)
* Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979)
* Abdur Rahim Firozpuri (1918–1987)
* Muntakhib al-Haqq (fl. 1980s)
* Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990)
* Sayed Moazzem Hossain (1901–1991)
* Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi (1909–1992)
* Ayub Ali (1919–1995)
* Mukhtar Ashraf (1916–1996)
* Abdul Haque Faridi (1903–1996)
* Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917–1997)
* Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda (1917–1997)
* Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
* Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani (1920–1997)
* Naeem Siddiqui (1916–2002)
* Abdul Latif Fultali (1913–2008)
* Muhammad Abdullah (1932–2008)
* Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani (1949–2009)

15th/21st|

* Israr Ahmed (1932–2010)
* Marghubur Rahman (1914–2010)
* Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali (1945–2010)
* Zafeeruddin Miftahi (1926–2011)
* Azizul Haque (1919–2012)
* Abdus Sattar Akon (1929–2012)
* Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri (1926–2012)
* Fazlul Haque Amini (1945–2012)
* Aslam Razvi (1934–2012)
* Wahbi Sulayman Ghawji (1923–2013)
* Muhammad Fazal Karim (1954–2013)
* Qazi Mu'tasim Billah (1933–2013)
* Ashfaque Hussain Naeemi (1931–2013)
* Zubairul Hasan Kandhlawi (1950–2014)
* Nurul Islam Farooqi (1959–2014)
* Ahmad Naruyi (1963–2014)
* Asad Muhammad Saeed as-Sagharji (d. 2015)
* Abdur Rahman Chatgami (1920–2015)
* Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi (1935–2015)
* Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari (1935–2015)
* Sibtain Raza Khan (1927–2015)
* Muhiuddin Khan (1935–2016)
* Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi (1937–2016)
* Shah Turab-ul-Haq (1944–2016)
* Saleemullah Khan (1921–2017)
* Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017)
* Alauddin Siddiqui (1938–2017)
* Muhammad Abdul Wahhab (1923–2018)
* Salim Qasmi (1926–2018)
* Akhtar Raza Khan (1943–2018)
* Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi (1922–2019)
* Yusuf Motala (1946–2019)
* Ghulam Nabi Kashmiri (1965–2019)
* Khalid Mahmud (1925–2020)
* Tafazzul Haque Habiganji (1938–2020)
* Muhammad Abdus Sobhan (1936–2020)
* Abdul Momin Imambari (1930–2020)
* Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (1940–2020)
* Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020)
* Shah Ahmad Shafi (1945–2020)
* Adil Khan (1957–2020)
* Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966–2020)
* Nur Hossain Kasemi (1945–2020)
* Azizur Rahman Hazarvi (1948–2020)
* Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021)
* Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni (1930–2021)
* Muhammad Wakkas (1952–2021)
* Noor Alam Khalil Amini (1952–2021)
* Usman Mansoorpuri (1944–2021)
* Junaid Babunagari (1953–2021)
* Wali Rahmani (1943–2021)
* Ebrahim Desai (1963–2021)
* Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943–2021)
* Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021)
* Nurul Islam Jihadi (1916–2021)
* Faizul Waheed (1964–2021)
* Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021)
* AbdulWahid Rigi (d. 2022)
* Abdul Halim Bukhari (1945–2022)
* Rafi Usmani (1936–2022)
* Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (1940–2023)
* Shahidul Islam (1960–2023)

Living|

* Saifur Rahman Nizami (b. 1916)
* Ghulam Rasool Jamaati (b. 1923)
* Syed Waheed Ashraf (b. 1933)
* Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (b. 1935)
* Muhibbullah Babunagari (b. 1935)
* Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri (b. 1935)
* Abdul Qadir Pakistani (b. 1935)
* Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı (b. 1938)
* Madni Miyan (b. 1938)
* Sultan Zauq Nadvi (b. 1939)
* Zia Uddin (b. 1941)
* Taqi Usmani (b. 1943)
* Kamaluddin Zafree (b. 1945)
* Muneeb-ur-Rehman (b. 1945)
* Qamaruzzaman Azmi (b. 1946)
* Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi (b. 1946)
* Abul Qasim Nomani (b. 1947)
* Idrees Dahiri (b. 1947)
* Farid Uddin Chowdhury (b. 1947)
* Farid Uddin Masood (b. 1950)
* Mahmudul Hasan (b. 1950)
* Mukhtaruddin Shah (b. 1950)
* Ilyas Qadri (b. 1950)
* Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi (b. 1951)
* Tahir-ul-Qadri (b. 1951)
* Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi (b. 1953)
* Tariq Jamil (b. 1953)
* Sufyan Qasmi (b. 1954)
* Nurul Islam Walipuri (b. 1955)
* Ameen Mian Qaudri (b. 1955)
* Pir Sabir Shah (b. 1955)
* Abu Taher Misbah (b. 1956)
* Kaukab Noorani Okarvi (b. 1957)
* Hamid Saeed Kazmi (b. 1957)
* Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi (b. 1957)
* AFM Khalid Hossain (b. 1959)
* Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (b. 1959)
* Abdul Aziz Ghazi]] (b. 1960)
* Shakir Ali Noori (b. 1960)
* Ruhul Amin (b. 1962)
* Mizanur Rahman Sayed (b. 1963)
* Hanif Jalandhari (b. 1963)
* Sajidur Rahman (b. 1964)
* Ibrahim Mogra (b. 1965)
* Saad Kandhlawi (b. 1965)
* Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (b. 1967)
* Arshad Misbahi (b. 1968)
* Abu Reza Nadwi (b. 1968)
* Muhammad Abdul Malek (b. 1969)
* Mahfuzul Haque (b. 1969)
* Ilyas Ghuman (b. 1969)
* Qasim Rashid Ahmad (b. 1970)
* Asjad Raza Khan (b. 1970)
* Syed Rezaul Karim (b. 1971)
* Riyadh ul Haq (b. 1971)
* Obaidullah Hamzah (b. 1972)
* Raza Saqib Mustafai (b. 1972)
* Manzoor Mengal (b. 1973)
* Syed Faizul Karim (b. 1973)
* Mamunul Haque (b. 1973)
* Husamuddin Fultali (b. 1974)
* Abdur Rahman Mangera (b. 1974)
* Faraz Rabbani (b. 1974)
* Adnan Kakakhail (b. 1975)
* Mahmudul Hasan Azhari (b. 1976)
* Muhammad al-Kawthari (b. 1976)
* Amer Jamil (b. 1977)
* Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (b. 1982)
* Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (b. 1985)
* Abbas Siddiqui (b. 1987)
* Kaif Raza Khan (b. 2001)
* Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi
* Tauqeer Raza Khan
* Subhan Raza Khan
* Abdul Malek Halim
* Izharul Islam Chowdhury
* Amjad M. Mohammed
* Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani
* Mukarram Ahmad
* Abdul Khabeer Azad
* Muzaffar Qadri

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