# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/muhammad-shafi-usmani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:16:10.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/muhammad-shafi-usmani"
name: "Muhammad Shafi Usmani"
slug: "muhammad-shafi-usmani"
description: "| era = Modern\n| denomination = Sunni\n| jurisprudence = Hanafi\n| creed = Maturidi\n| movement = Deobandi\n| education = Darul Uloom Deoband\n| tariqa = Chishti (Sabiri-Imdadi)\n| disciple_of = Ashraf Ali ThanwiMahmud Hasan Deobandi\n| main_interests = Tafsir\n| notable_works = Ma'ariful Qur'an, Seerat Khatam al-Anbiya\n| influences = Mahmud Hasan DeobandiHabibur Rahman UsmaniAnwar Shah KashmiriShabbir Ahmad UsmaniAshraf Ali ThanwiAziz-ul-Rahman UsmaniMian Asghar Hussain DeobandiIzaz Ali AmrohiIbrahim Balyawi\n| influenced = Taqi UsmaniRafi Usmani\n| students = Abul Hasan JashoriHafez AhmadullahMuhammad Abdullah Ghazi\n| office1 = 1st President of Darul Uloom Karachi\n| term1 = 1951 – 6 October 1976\n| predecessor1 = Position established\n| successor1 = Abdul Hai Arifi\n| office2 = 4th Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband\n| term2 = c. 13 August 1931 – c. November 1935\n| predecessor2 = Riyazudin Bijnori\n| successor2 = Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri\n| office3 = 7th Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband\n| term3 = c. 4 April 1940 – c. 23 March 1943\n| predecessor3 = Kifayatullah Gangohi\n| successor3 = Farooq Ahmad\n| native_name = مفتی محمد شفیع\n| children = Rafi Usmani, Taqi Usmani\n}}"
tagline: "Sunni Deobandi Islamic scholar (1897-1976)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Mufti_Muhammad_Shafi_%28Usmani%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1897-01-25"
deathDate: "1976-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.26530612244898
  historical:           9.315374666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump