Shafee Okarvi

Muhammad Shafi Okarvi
Portrait of Muhammad Shafee Okarvi
Personal
Born
Muhammad Shafee

2 February 1930
Died24 April 1984(1984-04-24) (aged 54)
ReligionIslam
NationalityPakistani
ChildrenKaukab Noorani Okarvi
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementBarelvi (Jamaat Ahle Sunnat)
Alma materAshraf ul Madaris
TariqaNaqshbandi (Mujaddidi)
Known forHis vigorous and inspiring speeches
OccupationReligious scholar
Muslim leader
AwardsSitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 1985
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Shafīʿ
شفيع
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Karam Ilāhī ibn Allāh Ditta ibn Imām ad-Dīn
بن كرم إلهي بن الله دتة بن إمام الدين
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Awkārwī
الأوكاروي
al-Kīmkaranī
الكيمكرني

Muhammad Shafee Okarvi (Urdu: اردو نام: محمد شفیع اوکاڑوی; 2 February 1930 – 24 April 1984), also known by his honorific as Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi, was a Pakistani religious scholar and orator. He was one of the founders of the Jamaa'at-e-Ahle-Sunnat[1][2][3] Pakistan and the Gulzaar-e-Habeeb Trust. He has received various honors from the Pakistani government and private institutes including the Sitara-e-Imtiaz. Over a span of thirty-eight years, Okarvi delivered over 18,000 speeches on many religious topics.[4]

  1. ^ "Profile of Muhammad Shafee Okarvi". SCRIBD.com website. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. ^ Zuleikha Ismail (14 August 1976). "10 000 members for new body". The Natal Mercury.
  3. ^ Okarvi, Kaukab Noorani (1996). Deoband to Bareilly: The Truth. pp. 5 and 6. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Hazrat Allamah Muhammad Shafee Okarvi (Rehmatullahi Aleih)". OkarviSpeeches.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2021.