Zafeeruddin Miftahi

Mawlāna, Mufti Zafeeruddin Miftāhi
2nd President of Islamic Fiqh Academy
In office 2002 – 31 March 2011
Preceded by	Mujahidul Islam Qasmi
Succeeded by	Nematullah Azami[1]
Personal
Born	7 March 1926 Darbhanga, British India (present day Bihar, India)
Died	31 March 2011(2011-03-31) (aged 85)
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Notable work(s)	Compilation of the Fatāwa Darul Uloom Deoband of Azizur Rahman Usmani, Islām Ka Nizām-e-Masājid
Alma mater	Jamia Miftahul Uloom
Muslim leader
Students Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi

Zafeeruddin Miftāhi (7 March 1926 – 31 March 2011) was an Indian Muslim scholar and jurist who served as a Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and the second president of Islamic Fiqh Academy. He compiled the religious verdicts of Azizur Rahman Usmani, called the Fatāwa Darul Uloom Deoband in twelve volumes and wrote books including Islām Ka Nizām-e-Masājid, Islām Ka Nizām Iffat-o-Asmat and Tārīkh-e-Masājid.

Miftāhi was an alumnus of Jamia Miftahul Uloom. He was a member of Board of Studies at the Sunni Theology department of Aligarh Muslim University. He served the Deoband seminary for fifty years and issued one hundred thousand religious edicts.