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Islamic scholar and speaker

Qamaruzzaman Azmi Azmi in 2011 Personal life Born (1946-03-23) 23 March 1946 (age 80) Khalispur, Sagri, Azamgarh Era Modern Region Europe Main interest(s) Islamic theology, Hadith, Tafsir, Hanafi jurisprudence, Urdu poetry, Tasawwuf, Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Astronomy Notable idea Opposition to terrorism Occupation Islamic Scholar Website allamaazmi.com Religious life Religion Islam Denomination Sunni Jurisprudence Hanafi Teachers Hafiz-e-Millat Allama Shah Abdul Azeez Muradabadi Creed Maturidi Movement Barelvi Muslim leader Disciple of Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri Influenced by Abu Hanifa Abdul Qadir Gilani Mu'in al-Din Chishti Nizamuddin Auliya Al-Suyuti Ibn Abidin Qadi Iyad Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Akhtar Raza Khan Awards Mufti-e-Azam Gold medal

**Qamaruzzaman Azmi** (born 23 March 1946),[1] also known as Allama Azmi, is an Indian [Islamic scholar](/source/Islamic_scholar), philosopher and speaker. He is president of the [World Islamic Mission](/source/World_Islamic_Mission). From 2011 to 2021, he was listed in [The 500 Most Influential Muslims](/source/The_500_Most_Influential_Muslims) in the world by the [Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought](/source/Royal_Aal_al-Bayt_Institute_for_Islamic_Thought) due to his efforts to build organisations and institutions, mosques, colleges, and universities for over five decades.[2][3][4][5] He is the patron in chief of [Sunni Dawat-e-Islami](/source/Sunni_Dawate_Islami), an Islamic movement having branches around the world.

## Life

Azmi was graduated from [Al Jamiatul Ashrafia](/source/Al_Jamiatul_Ashrafia) in 1966. He studied all Islamic sciences in depth with his honourable teachers. His grasp on Fiqh, Hadith and History is well known. He was commissioned in 1966 by [Abdul Aziz Muradabadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shah_Abdul_Azeez_Muradabadi&action=edit&redlink=1) to go [Faizabad](/source/Faizabad) (near [Lucknow](/source/Lucknow)) to start his missionary work. There at the age of eighteen years he established the [Islamic university](/source/Islamic_university), [Al-Jame-atul-Islamia](/source/Al-Jame-atul-Islamia).[6] He is also considered by some to be the spiritual heir of Mustafa Raza Khan, son of [Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi](/source/Ahmed_Raza_Khan_Barelvi).[3]

On 7 August 2013, Prime Minister [David Cameron](/source/David_Cameron), along with Faiths Minister Baroness [Sayeeda Warsi](/source/Sayeeda_Warsi), met Azmi.[7][8]

## Islamic missionary activities

Azmi has helped to build organisations and institutions including mosques, colleges and universities in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), [America](/source/America), [Canada](/source/Canada), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), [Germany](/source/Germany), [Norway](/source/Norway), [Belgium](/source/Belgium) and [India](/source/India).[9] These centers were established with his direct support and supervision.[10][11]

- **India**

- [Al-jamiat-ul-Islamia](/source/Al-Jame-atul-Islamia) (Islamiya University) Rounahi, Faizabad, India -affiliated to the prestigious Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

**Bradford**

- Islamic Missionary College (IMC) Bradford

- International Dar-ul-Ifta Bradford

**Manchester**

- Ibad-ur-Rehaman Trust[12]

- [North Manchester Jamia Mosque](/source/North_Manchester_Jamia_Mosque) -with capacity to hold 2,500 worshipers

- Institution Kulliyat-ud-Dirasatil Islamiya (College of Islamic studies)

His continuous speeches helped become Jamat-e-Islami influenced, Southerland Mosque part of part the Sunni Barelvi. He also participated in the establishment of Masjid Noor-ul-Islam Bolton and in the establishment of [Ghamkol Shariff Masjid](/source/Ghamkol_Shariff_Masjid) at Birmingham.[13]

- **United States**

He participated in the construction of Masjid-e-Al Noor, Houston, America and in Islamic Center Chicago.

- **Norway**

The World Islamic Mission's [mosque](/source/Mosque) in [Oslo](/source/Oslo), Norway was established in 1980.[14]

- **Canada**

- Masjid Noor-ul-Haram, Toronto[15]

## Hejaz Conference

The 1985 Hejaz Conference at the Wembley Centre, London marked a watershed for Sunni Muslims which was attended by key religious leaders from around the world with the aim to discuss the barbaric treatment of Sunni pilgrims by [Wahabi](/source/Wahabi) Saudi police and the ban in Saudi Arabia on [Kanzul Iman](/source/Kanzul_Iman) the translation of the Quran by [Imam Ahmed Raza](/source/Ahmed_Raza_Khan_Barelvi). The Conference was widely covered by British Media and made a huge impact.[16] It forced Saudi [King Fahad](/source/King_Fahad) and with in two years Saudi government allowed the Muslims of all movements/sects to perform the religious rituals in Makkah and Medina, according to their respective beliefs.[17][18][19]

## View about him

[Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India) wrote about him, *There are two kinds of Sunni Muslims in the world: those who have met or heard Allama Qamaruzzaman Azmi and those who haven't. His lucid speeches peppered with repeated references to Quranic commandments and the life of the Prophet and his companions have a charismatic effect; they go straight to the heart. Unlike many rabble-rousing parochial preachers and Islam-supremacist televangelists Azmi uses words to calm nerves, close breaches and salve wounds*.[20]

Jim Karygiannis M.P., House of Commons, Canada on 13 July 2002 awarded a certificate of commendation to Allama Azmi for his services and wrote: *In my capacity as Member of Parliament it gives me great pleasure to commend the renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Qamaruzzaman Azmi*.[21]

## Views

Phillip Lewis quotes Azmi in his 1994 book *Islamic Britain: Religion, Politics and Identity among British Muslims*, that Islam and secular society can co-exist and "the widely shared perception that secular necessarily implies irreligion is simply wrong. In India, he contends, a secular state can offer security to Muslims since it is compatible with acknowledging that religion is important and, that in a religiously plural environment the state does not allow believers in one religious tradition to enjoy a privileged status. All are citizens with equal rights. Indeed, in India, Muslims are allowed to conform to their own Muslim family law".[22]

Azmi has opposed the practice of [female genital mutilation](/source/Female_genital_mutilation).[23] Azmi also holds that [Aisha](/source/Aisha), the third wife of the Muslim prophet [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad), was an example of a strong and intelligent female role model.[24]

He has also opposed [extremism](/source/Extremism) and terrorism and argues that those who use the name of Islam for such acts are, in fact, Islam's enemies.[25] He endorsed a [fatwa](/source/Fatwa) against Britons joining Islamic extremists.[26]

On the murder of British aid worker [David Cawthorne Haines](/source/David_Cawthorne_Haines) by the [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant](/source/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant), he said "we condemn this act of evil by people who are pure evil. There is no legitimacy for such evilness in Islam".[27]

He condemns the persecution of Christians and other non-Muslims, arguing that the perpetrators "are not Muslims because Islam teaches the importance of ensuring a good place in society for all people".[28]

## Teachers

His teachers include following scholars.[29]

- Hafiz-e-Millat Allama [Abdul Aziz Muradabadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shah_Abdul_Azeez_Muradabadi&action=edit&redlink=1) (Founder of Al Jamiatul Ashrafia)

- Ustadhul Ulama Allama Hafiz Abdul Raoof Balyawi

- Bahrul Uloom Allama Mufti Abdul Mannan Azmi

- Ashraful Ulama Allama Sayyid Hamid Ashraf

## See also

- [Azmi (disambiguation)](/source/Azmi_(disambiguation))

- [North Manchester Jamia Mosque](/source/North_Manchester_Jamia_Mosque)

- [World Islamic Mission](/source/World_Islamic_Mission)

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Guardian, London, page 4 Tuesday 7 May 1985

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** Dawn Karachi, Sunday 20 March 1987;

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(1862–1922) Azimuddin Hanafi (1838–1922) Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri (1852–1927) Muhammad Ali Mungeri (1846–1927) Medeni Mehmet Nuri Efendi (1859–1927) Muhammad Amjad (d. 1927) Azizur Rahman Usmani (1859–1928) Muhammad Ahmad Nanautawi (1862–1930) Hamiduddin Farahi (1863–1930) Ibrahim Ali Tashna (1872–1931) Machiliwale Shah (d. 1932) Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875–1933) Sayyid Mumtaz Ali (1860–1935) Majid Ali Jaunpuri (d. 1935) Abdur Rab Jaunpuri (1875–1935) Ghulam Muhammad Dinpuri (1835–1936) Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937) Ghulamur Rahman Maizbhandari (1865–1937) Muhammad Ishaq (1883–1938) Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique (1845–1939) Abul Muhasin Sajjad (1880–1940) Zamiruddin Ahmad (1878–1940) Shukrullah Mubarakpuri (1895–1942) Qasim Sadiq (1845–1942) Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891–1942) Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863–1943) Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943) Habibullah Qurayshi (1865–1943) Hamid Raza Khan (1875–1943) Ubaidullah Sindhi (1872–1944) Ilyas Kandhlawi (1885–1944) Asghar Hussain Deobandi (1877–1945) Sahool Bhagalpuri (d. 1948) Amjad Ali Aazmi (1882–1948) Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi (1887–1948) Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (1887–1949) Abd Allah Siraj (1876–1949) Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri (1868–1951) Khwaja Yunus Ali (1886–1951) Jamaat Ali Shah (1834–1951) Kifayatullah Dehlawi (1875–1952) Nesaruddin Ahmad (1873–1952) Al-Kawthari (1879–1952) Sulaiman Nadvi (1884–1953) Mustafa Sabri (1869–1954) Masood Alam Nadwi (1910–1954) Ghousi Shah (1893–1954) Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi (1885–1954) Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954) Izaz Ali Amrohi (1882–1955) Abdul Salam Nadwi (1883–1955) Abdul Khaleque Chhaturawi (1892–1955) Saeed Ahmad Sandwipi (1882–1956) Manazir Ahsan Gilani (1892–1956) Habibur Rehman Ludhianvi (1892–1956) Hussain Ahmad Madani (1879–1957) Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (1888–1959) Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898–1959) Amin ul-Hasanat (1922–1960) Azizul Haq Chatgami (1903–1961) Maqsudullah (1883–1961) Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (1892–1961) Muhammad Hassan (1880–1961) Abdul Qadir Raipuri (1878–1962) Ahmed Ali Lahori (1887–1962) Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi (1900–1962) Sardar Ahmad Chishti (1903–1962) Muhammad Sanaullah (1905–1963) Badre Alam Merathi (1898–1965) Yusuf Kandhlawi (1917–1965) Ibrahim Raza Khan (1907–1965) Shah Ahmad Hasan (1882–1967) Wasiullah Fatehpuri (1895–1967) Tajul Islam (1896–1967) Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (1896–1969) Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (1895–1970) Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970) Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–1970) Muhammad Ali Jalandhari (1895–1971) Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (1907–1971) Abdur Rahman Kashgari (1912–1971) Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad (1889–1972) Abdul Batin Jaunpuri (1900–1973) Idris Kandhlawi (1899–1974) Deen Muhammad Khan (1900–1974) Zafar Ahmad Usmani (1892–1974) Fazlur Rahman Ansari (1914–1974) Momtazuddin Ahmad (1889–1974) Muhammad Abu Zahra (1898–1974) Amimul Ehsan Barkati (1911–1974) Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (1903–1975) Ghulam Mohiuddin Ghaznavi (1902–1975) Ghulam Mohiyuddin Gilani (1891–1974) Moinuddin Ahmad Nadwi (1903–1974) Abul Wafa Al Afghani (1893–1975) Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri (1882–1976) Ibrahim Balyawi (1887–1976) Muhammad Faizullah (1892–1976) Abdul Wahhab Pirji (1895–1976) Athar Ali (1891–1976) Muhammad Shafi (1897–1976) Abdul Majid Daryabadi (1892–1977) Yusuf Banuri (1908–1977) Syed Muhammad Ishaq (1915–1977) Sharif Hasan Deobandi (1920–1977) Mohammad al-Hasani (1935-1979) Mehboob Rizwi (1911–1979) Sahvi Shah (1923–1979) Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979) Ehtisham ul Haq Thanvi (1915–1980) Mehmood-ur-Rehman (1919–1980) Mustafa Raza Khan (1892–1981) Ziauddin Madni (1877–1981) Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi (1906–1981) Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi (1896–1981) Shah Abdul Wahhab (1894–1982) Zakariyya Kandhlawi (1898–1982) Tayyib Qasmi (1897–1983) Shamsul Haq Afghani (1901–1983) Muslehuddin Siddiqui (1918–1983) Ibrahim Chatuli (1894–1984) Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901–1984) Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984) Shafee Okarvi (1930–1984) Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985) Azhar Shah Qaiser (1920–1985) Harun Babunagari (1902–1986) Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900–1986) Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (1913–1986) Siddique Ahmad (1903–1987) Muhammadullah Hafezzi (1895–1987) Abdur Rahim Firozpuri (1918–1987) Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910–1987) Abdul Aziz Malazada (1917–1987) Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988) Abdul Haq Akorwi (1912–1988) Abdul Jalil Badarpuri (1925–1989) Muntakhib al-Haqq (fl. 1980s) Abdul Matin Fulbari (1915–1990) Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990) Ahmed Muhyuddin Nuri Shah Jilani (1915–1990) Mirajul Haq Deobandi (1910–1991) Minnatullah Rahmani (1913–1991) Sayed Moazzem Hossain (1901–1991) Taqi Amini (1926–1991) Habibur Rahman Azami (1900–1992) Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi (1909–1992) Muhammad Yunus (1906–1992) Masihullah Khan (1912–1992) Abul Hasan Jashori (1918–1993) Shams Naved Usmani (1931–1993) Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993) Waqaruddin Qadri (1915–1993) Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994) Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi (1918–1995) Ayub Ali (1919–1995) Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi (1930–1995) Abuzar Bukari (d. 1995) Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996) Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996) Mukhtar Ashraf (1916–1996) Abdul Haque Faridi (1903–1996) Shamsuddin Qasemi (1935–1996) Manzoor Nomani (1905–1997) Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri (1914–1997) Ashraf Ali Dharmandali (1920–1997) Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda (1917–1997) Habibullah Mukhtar (1944-1997) Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917–1997) Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani (1920–1997) Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi (1935–1998) Sadruddin Islahi (1917–1998) Karam Shah Azhari (1918–1998) Abdul Rasheed Nomani (1915–1999) Syed Ata-ul-Mohsin Bukhari (1939–1999) Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999) Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000) Ahmed Ali Badarpuri (1915–2000) Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001) Mujahidul Islam Qasmi (1936–2002) Ajmal Khan Lahori (1930–2002) Arshadul Qadri (1925–2002) Ibrahim Siddiqui (1930–2002) Naeem Siddiqui (1916–2002) Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003) Harun Islamabadi (1938 – 2003) Jameel Khan (1953–2004) Ismail Katki (1914–2005) Nur Uddin Gohorpuri (1924–2005) Ishaq Faridi (1957–2005) Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005) Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani (1942–2006) Syed Fazlul Karim (1935–2006) Shah Oliur Rahman (1916–2006) Abdullah Abbas Nadwi (1925–2006) Sirajussajidin Katki (1939–2006) Abrarul Haq Haqqi (1920–2006) Ubaidul Haq (1928–2007) Hasan Jan (1938–2007) Abdul Latif Fultali (1913–2008) Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008) Muhammad Abdullah (1932–2008) Obaidul Haque Wazirpuri (1934–2008) Azizur Rahman Qayed (1911–2008) Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani (1949–2009) Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009) 15th/21st Marghoobur Rahman (1914–2010) Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali (1945–2010) Naseer Ahmad Khan Bulandshahri (1918–2010) Khawaja Khan Muhammad (1916–2010) Zamiruddin Nanupuri (1936–2011) Zafeeruddin Miftahi (1926–2011) Azizul Haque (1919–2012) Abdus Sattar Akon (1929–2012) Saeed Ahmed Raipuri (1926–2012) Fazlul Haque Amini (1945–2012) Wahbi Sulayman Ghawji (1923–2013) Zainul Abideen Azmi (1932–2013) Muhammad Fazal Karim (1954–2013) Qazi Mu'tasim Billah (1933–2013) Abdullah Hasani Nadwi (1957–2013) Zubairul Hasan Kandhlawi (1950–2014) Nurul Islam Farooqi (1959–2014) Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman (1941–2014) Bahauddin Farooqi (1927–2014) Ahmad Naruyi (1963–2014) Asad Muhammad Saeed as-Sagharji (d. 2015) Abdur Rahman (scholar) (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) Talha Kandhlawi (1941–2019) Yusuf Motala (1946–2019) Ghulam Nabi Kashmiri (1965–2019) Khalid Mahmud (1925–2020) Abdul Haleem Chishti (1929–2020) 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) Yahya Alampuri (1947–2020) Zar Wali Khan (1953–2020) Muhammad Naeem (1958–2020) Nurul Islam Jihadi (1916–2021) Abdul Razzaque Khan (1925–2021) Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021) Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni (1930–2021) Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021) Wali Rahmani (1943–2021) Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943–2021) Usman Mansoorpuri (1944–2021) Syed Ata-ul-Muhaimin Bukhari (1944–2021) Abdul Khaliq Sambhali (1950–2021) Muhammad Wakkas (1952–2021) Noor Alam Khalil Amini (1952–2021) Junaid Babunagari (1953–2021) Ebrahim Desai (1963–2021) Faizul Waheed (1964–2021) AbdulWahid Rigi (d. 2022) Abdul Halim Bukhari (1945–2022) Rafi Usmani (1936–2022) Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (1940–2023) Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi (1953–2023) Shahidul Islam (1960–2023) Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri (1938–2024) Nadeem al-Wajidi (1954–2024) Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (1935–2025) Hafez Ahmadullah Chatgami (1941–2025) Mukhtaruddin Shah (1950–2025) Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi (1950–2025) Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi (1953–2025) Abu Taher Nadwi (1960–2026) Living Saifur Rahman Nizami (b. 1916) Ghulam Rasool Jamaati (b. 1923) Syed Waheed Ashraf (b. 1933) Muhammad Ishaq (b. 1935) Muhibbullah Babunagari (b. 1935) Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri (b. 1935) Nematullah Azami (b. 1936) Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı (b. 1938) Madni Miyan (b. 1938) Muhammad 'Awwamah (b. 1940) Zia Uddin (b. 1941) Arshad Madani (b. 1941) Taqi Usmani (b. 1943) Kamaluddin Zafree (b. 1945) Muneeb-ur-Rehman (b. 1945) Qamaruzzaman Azmi (b. 1946) Ahmed Khanpuri (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) Sameeruddin Qasmi (b. 1950) Mahmudul Hasan (b. 1950) Ilyas Qadri (b. 1950) Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi (b. 1951) Tahir-ul-Qadri (b. 1951) Abul Kalam Qasmi Shamsi (b. 1951) Mustafa Cerić (b. 1952) Tariq Jamil (b. 1953) Fazal-ur-Rehman (b. 1953) Abdul Khaliq Madrasi (b. 1953) Sufyan Qasmi (b. 1954) Abdul Quddus (b. 1954) Nurul Islam Walipuri (b. 1955) Sajjad Nomani (b. 1955) Abdul Quddus Kumillai (b. 1955) Ghousavi Shah (b. 1955) Ameen Mian Quadri (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) Hifzur Rahman (b. 1958) AFM Khalid Hossain (b. 1959) Muhammad Rashid Azmi (b. 1959) Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (b. 1959) Abdul Aziz Ghazi (b. 1960) Ruhul Amin Faridpuri (b. 1962) Siraj-ul-Haq (b. 1962) Hanif Jalandhari (b. 1963) Husein Kavazović (b. 1964) Khurshid Anwar Gayavi (b. 1964) Sajidur Rahman (b. 1964) Ibrahim Mogra (b. 1965) Saad Kandhlawi (b. 1965) Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (b. 1967) Abdullah Maroofi (b. 1967) Salman Mansoorpuri (b. 1967) Arshad Misbahi (b. 1968) Lutfur Rehman (b. 1968) Abu Reza Nadwi (b. 1968) Mahfuzul Haque (b. 1969) Ilyas Ghuman (b. 1969) Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi (b. 1969) Muhammad Abdul Malek (b. 1969) Qasim Rashid Ahmad (b. 1970) Asjad Raza Khan (b. 1970) Syed Rezaul Karim (b. 1971) Riyadh ul Haq (b. 1971) Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri (b. 1971) Obaidullah Hamzah (b. 1972) Raza Saqib Mustafai (b. 1972) Manzoor Mengal (b. 1973) Syed Faizul Karim (b. 1973) Mamunul Haque (b. 1973) Salah Abu al-Haj (b. 1974) Husamuddin Fultali (b. 1974) Abdur Rahman Mangera (b. 1974) Faraz Rabbani (b. 1974) Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi (b. 1974) Adnan Kakakhail (b. 1975) Muhammad al-Kawthari (b. 1976) Amer Jamil (b. 1977) Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (b. 1982) Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (b. 1985) Abbas Siddiqui (b. 1987) Hasheem Ahmad Siddiqui (b. 1997) Kaif Raza Khan (b. 2001) Sheikh Hissamuddin Moinuddin Ruhi Anas Madani Fayez Ullah Chatgami Abdul Malek Halim Izharul Islam Chowdhury Tawqir Raza Khan Subhan Raza Khan Amjad M. Mohammed Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani Mukarram Ahmad Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Abdul Khabeer Azad Sahibzada Hamid Raza Muzaffar Qadri Scholars of other Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence Hanbali Maliki Shafi'i Zahiri

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