Mahmood Ashraf Usmani

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Mufti Mahmood Ashraf Usmani
مفتی محمود اشرف عثمانی
Personal
Born	(1951-05-14)14 May 1951 Lahore, Pakistan
Died	27 February 2022(2022-02-27) (aged 70) Karachi, Pakistan
Religion	Islam
Parent	Zaki Kaifi (father)
Alma mater	Jamia Ashrafia University of Madinah
Profession	Mufti, researcher, writer
Organization
Institute	Jamia Ashrafia Darul Uloom Karachi
Muslim leader
Profession	Mufti, researcher, writer
Website	mahmoodashrafusmani.com

Mahmood Ashraf Usmani (14 May 1951 – 27 February 2022) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, jurist and an author and headed the Dar-ul-Ifta at Darul Uloom Karachi. He was an alumnus of Jamia Ashrafia and the Islamic University of Madinah. He reportedly issued over a hundred thousand religious edicts and authored about three dozen books on hadith, mysticism, jurisprudence and tafsir.