{{Short description|Pakistani cleric (1958–2020)}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Muhammad Naeem | native_name = محمد نعیم | office1 = Chancellor of [[Jamia Binoria]] | term_start1 = ''unknown'' | term_end1 = 20 June 2020 | successor1 = [[Noman Naeem]] | module = {{Infobox religious biography | embed = yes | birth_date = 1958 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|20|1958|df=y}} | death_place = Karachi, Pakistan | resting_place = Jamia Binoria cemetery | institute = [[Jamia Binoria]]<br/>[[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan|Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia]] | founder = [[Jamia Binoria]] | religion = [[Islam]] | denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] | nationality = Pakistani | children = [[Noman Naeem]] }} }} '''Muhammad Naeem''' (1958 – 20 June 2020) was a [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]] [[Ulama|Islamic scholar]] who served as Chancellor of [[Jamia Binoria]].<ref name="POPULATION CONTROL">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1498384/protesting-nha-employees-demand-salary|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|title=POPULATION CONTROL|date=6 August 2019|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Blasphemy law is being misused, says Mufti Naeem">{{cite web|url=https://dnd.com.pk/blasphemy-law-is-being-misused-says-mufti-naeem/127553|website=DND Pakistan website|author=Salma Ahmed|title=Blasphemy law is being misused, says Mufti Naeem|date=16 April 2017|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Interview: Mufti Muhammad Naeem">{{cite web|url=https://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/interview-mufti-muhammad-naeem/|publisher=Newsline (magazine)|title=Interview: Mufti Muhammad Naeem|author=Ali Arqam|date=December 2015|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Army chief's hours long meeting with ulema, minister on Madrasa reforms">{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/500152-army-chief-s-hours-long-meeting-with-ulema-minister-on-madrasa-reforms|newspaper=The News International (newspaper)|author=Ansar Abbasi|title=Army chief's hours long meeting with ulema, minister on Madrasa reforms|date=18 July 2019|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sanaullah |first1=Muhammad |last2=Kausar |first2=Dr Sajila |last3=Nazar |first3=Dr Shabana |date=2021-12-25 |title=مولانا مفتی محمد نعیم کی تفسیری خدمات کا علمی جائزہ |url=http://www.al-azhaar.org/index.php/alazhar/article/view/264 |journal=Al-Azhār |language=en |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=307–226 |doi=10.46896/alazhr.v7i02.264 |doi-broken-date=12 July 2025 |issn=2519-6707}}</ref>

He founded the [[Deobandi]] seminary [[Jamia Binoria]] and was executive member of [[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=20 June 2020 |title=Renowned religious scholar Mufti Naeem passes away in Karachi |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2246856/1-renowned-religious-scholar-mufti-naeem-passes-away-karachi/ |access-date=10 August 2020 |newspaper=The Express Tribune (newspaper)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mughairi |first1=Imtiaz |date=21 June 2020 |title=Renowned religious scholar Mufti Naeem passes away in Karachi |url=https://dawn.com/news/3000678/renowned-cleric-mufti-naeem-passes-away-in-karachi |access-date=21 June 2020 |publisher=Dawn}}{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

He played a significant role in shaping '[[Paigham-i-Pakistan|Paigham-e-Pakistan]]' &ndash; a historic [[fatwa]] against [[terrorism]] and had also spoken out against [[Suicide attack|suicide bombings]] and [[terrorism in Pakistan]].<ref name="Samaa" />

==Biography== ===Family === His paternal family came from [[Surat]] in Indian [[Gujarat]].<ref name="Samaa">{{cite news |title=Five things you didn't know about Mufti Naeem |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2020/06/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-mufti-naeem/ |publisher=Samaa TV |author=Tooba Masood|date=21 June 2020|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref> His grandfather was born a [[Parsi]] who adopted Islam.<ref name="Samaa"/> He was born in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |author=Aamir Latif |date=20 June 2020 |title=Pakistan: Renowned scholar Mufti Naeem dies at 62 |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-renowned-scholar-mufti-naeem-dies-at-62/1884305# |access-date=10 August 2020 |website=Anadolu Agency website}}</ref>

He is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.<ref name="auto" /> Earlier in 2014, his son-in-law, Masood Beg, was killed in an attack<ref>{{cite news |date=11 September 2014 |title=Mufti Naeem's son-in-law among seven gunned down in Karachi |url=http://old.paktribune.com/news/Mufti-Naeems-son-in-law-among-seven-gunned-down-in-Karachi-271426.html |access-date=21 June 2020 |publisher=Pak Tribune}}</ref> in Karachi.

==Death and legacy== He died in Karachi on 20 June 2020 because of a heart attack.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Senior religious scholar Mufti Muhammad Naeem passes away |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/550592-Senior-religious-scholar-Mufti-Muhammad-Naeem-passes-away |access-date=21 June 2020 |publisher=Dunya News |date=21 June 2020}}</ref> However [[Chief Minister of Sindh|Chief Minister Sindh]] [[Syed Murad Ali Shah|Murad Ali Shah]] revealed in a speech at [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|Sindh Assembly]] that Mufti Naeem, [[Talib Jauhari|Talib Jauhri]] and [[Munawar Hasan]], all of the three clerics who died in past week were due to [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=CM Murad Reveals Munawar Hassan, Talib Jauhari, Mufti Naeem Died From Coronavirus|url=https://nayadaur.tv/2020/06/cm-murad-reveals-munawar-hassan-talib-jauhari-mufti-naeem-died-from-coronavirus/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=Naya Daur|language=en-US}}</ref>

His funeral prayer was led by [[Taqi Usmani]]. The funeral was attended by scholars like [[Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari]], Hakeem Azhar of [[Ashraf ul Madaris]], Taqi Usmani's son Muhammad Imran Ashraf Usmani of [[Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi]], Merajul Huda Siddiqui, [[Saeed Ahmad Afridi]] and his students.<ref name="Mufti Naeem laid to rest in Jamia Binoria cemetery">{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2247590/1-mufti-naeem-laid-rest-jamia-binoria-cemetery/|newspaper=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|title=Mufti Naeem laid to rest in Jamia Binoria cemetery|date=22 June 2020|access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref> Prime Minister of Pakistan [[Imran Khan]], President [[Arif Alvi]], Governor of Sindh [[Imran Ismail]] and the Chief Minister of Sindh [[Syed Murad Ali Shah]] expressed sadness over his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paktribune.com/news-details/president-pm-express-deep-grief-and-sorrow-over-sad-demise-of-mufti-naeem|title = President, PM express deep grief and sorrow over sad demise of Mufti Naeem}}</ref>

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