Abdul Hai Arifi

Dr. Muhammad Abdul Hai
2nd President of Darul Uloom Karachi
In office Assumed office 1976 -1986
Preceded by	Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
Succeeded by	Rafi Usmani
Title	Doctor
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi

Born in 1898 in a family of Indian province Utter Pradesh, genealogical relationship with the first Muslim Khalifa of Muhammad, Syedna Abu Bakr. Acquired preliminary education at home and completed books on Hadith (Traditions & Practices of Muhammad), Fiqah (the Islamic Jurisprudence) and other religious books during his English medium schooling under the mentorship of his grandfather, Moulvi Kazim Hussain.

Hai graduated from Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh Muslim University in 1923. Later, he qualified for LLB degree from Lucknow University in 1926. He adopted law profession and started practice from Ilahabad High Court. Later on respecting the wish of his mentor and spiritual counselor (Hakim-ul-Ummat and Mujaddid-ul-Millat Molana Ashraf Ali Thanwi), he left the legal profession and started Homeopathic medical practice which lasted till his death in 1986, at Karachi.

The first formal acquaintance with Hakim-ul-Ummat Ashraf Ali Thanwi was made in 1917, then he became a formal disciple in 1927.

Molana Dr. Muhammad Abdul Hai remained associated with his mentor till his mentor’s death in 1943.

Molana Dr. Muhammad Abdul Hai Mistry has devoted himself for the preaching and spreading the true faith with practical adaptation of Islam.

His mild and hearty speeches caused a revolution in the inner soul of thousands of peoples.

On 27 March 1986, he died after a short ailment and was buried in the graveyard of Dar-ul-Uloom Karachi beside the grave of his friend and companion Mufti Muhammad Shafi Usmani.

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