Syed Mukhtaruddin Shah

{{Short description|Pakistani Islamic scholar (1950–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox religious biography | honorific-prefix = Mufti | name = Syed Mukhtaruddin Shah | honorific-suffix = | native_name = سید مختار الدین شاہ | native_name_lang = ur | image = | alt = | caption = | religion = Islam | denomination = Sunni | school = | lineage = | subsect = | temple = | order = Chishti | philosophy = Sufism | known_for = | education = | posthumous_name = | flourished = | home_town = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year|1950}} | birth_place = Karbogha Sharif, NWFP,<br/>West Pakistan | death_date = {{nobr|{{death date and age|df=y|2025|12|29|1950||}}}} | death_place = Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | spouse = | partner = | children = 3 | parents = | mother = | father = | period = | predecessor = | successor = | teacher = | students = Syed Adnan Kakakhail | influenced = Mohammad Rizwan | works = | signature = | background = | citizenship = Pakistani | movement = Deobandi | jurisprudence = Hanafi | influences = Zakariyya Kandhlawi }}

'''Syed Mukhtaruddin Shah''' (1950 – 29 December 2025) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and spiritual leader, who served as the Sheikh Al Hadith of Jamia Darul Uloom Karbogha Sharif in District Hangu and Patron of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wifaqulmadaris.org/ohdydaran/sadoor.php | title=وفاق المدارس العربيہ پاکستان | access-date=8 October 2022 | archive-date=27 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427173204/http://www.wifaqulmadaris.org/ohdydaran/sadoor.php | url-status=dead }}</ref>

He was the disciple of Zakaria Kandhalvi and Shah's devotees included Adnan Kakakhil and Pakistani cricketer Muhammad Rizwan.<ref>{{Cite tweet |access-date=29 July 2023 |url-access=limited |title=Register |number=1477693563953627138 |user=aminulhasanatgs |url=https://twitter.com/aminulhasanatgs/status/1477693563953627138}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Suhail |first1=Muḥammad |year=2002 |title=مرد با صفا: عصر حاضر کى مشور دىنى و روحانى شخصيت |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mNXXAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%85%D9%81%D8%AA%DB%8C+%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86+%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%81 |page=119}}</ref>

Shah died at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad on 29 December 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=Respectful islamic scholar mufti Mukhtar-ud-Din shah passes away |url=https://abbtakk.tv/respectful-islamic-scholar-mufti-mukhtar-ud-din-shah-passes-away/ |access-date=29 December 2025 |publisher=Abb Takk |date=29 December 2025}}</ref>

==Writings== Shah was the author of many books, including:

* ʻAṣr-i ḥāzi̤r men̲ dīnī ik̲h̲tilāfāt aur maslak-i iʻtidāl<ref>{{Cite book |oclc=243777933 |title=ʻAṣr-i ḥāzi̤r men̲ dīnī ik̲h̲tilāfāt aur maslak-i iʻtidāl}}</ref> * Musalmānon̲ ke bāhamī ik̲h̲tilāfāt men̲ rāh-i maḥabbat<ref>{{Cite book |oclc=232328155 |title=Musalmānon̲ ke bāhamī ik̲h̲tilāfāt men̲ rāh-i maḥabbat}}</ref> * Dahrīyat se Islām tak<ref>{{Cite book |oclc=258770355 |title=Dahrīyat se Islām tak}}</ref> * Z̲ikr-i Allāh ke faz̤āʼil va masāʼil<ref>{{Cite book |oclc=268957453 |title=Z̲ikr-i Allāh ke faz̤āʼil va masāʼil}}</ref> * Bilā sūd bainkārī ke k̲h̲ilāf baʻz̤ ʻulamāʼ ke fatvaʹ kī ḥaqīqat is kā pas manẓar va pesh manẓar<ref>{{Cite book |title= Bilā sūd bainkārī ke k̲h̲ilāf baʻz̤ ʻulamāʼ ke fatvaʹ kī ḥaqīqat is kā pas manẓar va pesh manẓar|oclc=383890389 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Syed Mukhtaruddin}} Category:1950 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Darul Uloom Karachi alumni Category:Deobandis Category:Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Category:Pakistani Islamic religious leaders Category:Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia people Category:People from Hangu District, Pakistan Category:Disciples of Zakariyya Kandhlawi