Mufti Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri | |
|---|---|
| Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband | |
| In office 1948–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Izaz Ali Amrohi |
| Succeeded by | Mahmood Hasan Gangohi |
| Personal | |
| Born | Khwaja Hasan[1] May 2, 1882 |
| Died | 28 April 1976 (aged 93) Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Rijal, Fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Qala'id al-Azhār, Al-la'ali al-Masnoo'ah fī al-Riwāyāti al-Marjoo'ah, Rijāl-u-Kitab al-Athar, Ad-Durr as-Samīn |
| Alma mater | |
| Teachers | Kifayatullah Dehlawi |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar |
| Senior posting | |
Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri (1882–1976), also known as Mufti Mehdi Hasan and Mahdi Hasan Gilani Qadri, was an Indian Islamic scholar and mufti. He served as grand mufti at Darul Uloom Deoband for twenty years. He was an alumnus of Madrasa Aminia and Darul Uloom Deoband. He was a student of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and Kifayatullah Dehlawi. Along with jurisprudence, he also had access to hadith and biographical evaluation. His literary works include Rijāl-u-Kitāb al-Āthār, Sharh-u-Balāghāt-i-Muhammad Fī Kitāb al-Āthār, Al-la'ali al-Masnoo'ah fī al-Riwāyāti al-Marjoo'ah, and a critical commentary on certain ideas of Ibn Hazm in the Science of Hadith entitled As-Sayf al-mujalla 'ala al-Muḥalla. He has done research and commentary work on Muhammad al-Shaybani's two books, Kitab al-Hujjah Alā Ahl al-Madīnah and Kitab al-Āthār.