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 |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 7 March 1926 |
| Died | 31 March 2011 (aged 85) |
| Notable work(s) | Compilation of the Fatāwa Darul Uloom Deoband of Azizur Rahman Usmani, Islām Ka Nizām-e-Masājid |
| Alma mater | Jamia Miftahul Uloom |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Muslim leader | |
Students | |
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.