Mufti rafi usmani latest bayan maulana

KARACHI: Thousands of people, including politicians and government functionaries, on Sunday attended the funeral of Pakistan’s grand mufti Muhammad Rafi Usmani who passed away on Friday after prolonged illness at the age of 86.

His younger brother Mufti Taqi Usmani led the funeral prayers.

Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori, President of Pakistan Democratic Movement Maulana Fazlur Rehman and other high-profile politicians were also present to perform his last rites.

Born in 1936 in the famous Indian town of Deoband to a leading Islamic scholar of British India, Usmani memorized the Quran in Karachi and recited the last lesson with Palestine’s grand mufti Amin Al-Husseini.

Usmani got his Maulvi Fazil degree from the University of Punjab before specializing in Islamic Jurisprudence at Darul Uloom Karachi, where he later served as president until his death.

In a statement issued by his office, Preside