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{{short description|Pakistani Islamic scholar}}
{{Infobox office holder
|name = Abdul Hai Arifi
|office1= 2nd President of [[Darul Uloom Karachi]]
|predecessor1 = [[Muhammad Shafi Deobandi]]
|successor1 = [[Muhammad Rafi Usmani]]
|termstart1 = 1976
|termend1 = 27 March 1986
|module2={{Infobox religious biography |embed =yes
|religion = Islam
|birth_date = 1898
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1986|3|27|1898}}
|resting_place= Graveyard of [[Darul Uloom Karachi]]
|alma_mater = [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]], [[University of Lucknow]]
|disciple_of = [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]]
|disciples = [[Muhammad Taqi Usmani]], [[Muhammad Rafi Usmani]]
}}}}
'''Abdul Hai Arifi''' (1898–27 March 1986) was a [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] Muslim scholar and a [[Sufi]] mentor of the [[Chishti order]]. He was a disciple of [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]]. He authored books including ''Uswah Rasool-e-Akram'' and ''Death and Inheritance''. He served as the president of [[Darul Uloom Karachi]] for ten years.

Born in 1898, Arifi studied at [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]] and the [[University of Lucknow]]. He practiced law between 1926 and 1935, and homeopathy from 1936 until he died on 27 March 1986. His students in [[Sufism]] include [[Muhammad Taqi Usmani]] and [[Muhammad Rafi Usmani]].

==Biography==
Arifi was born in 1898 in [[United Provinces of British India]].<ref name ="parvez1">{{cite book |author1=Mohammed Parvez |title=A Study of the Socio-Religious Reforms of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi|page=161}}</ref> He graduated from [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]] in 1923 and got an [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB degree]] from the [[University of Lucknow]]. He practiced law between 1926 and 1935.<ref name ="parvez1"/> Arifi left the field of law and studied [[Homeopathy]] in 1936. He practiced homeopathic medicine until his death.<ref name ="parvez2">{{cite book |author1=Mohammed Parvez |title=A Study of the Socio-Religious Reforms of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi|page=162}}</ref>

Arifi had been in touch with [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]] from 1923, and became his "[[murid]]" in 1927. Thanwi authorized him in the [[Chishti order]] in 1935.<ref name ="parvez2"/> Arifi was a member of the executive council of [[Darul Uloom Karachi]]. He succeeded [[Muhammad Shafi Deobandi]] as the president of Darul Uloom Karachi and served the seminary for about ten years until his death.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Usmani |first1=Muhammad Rafi |author1-link=Muhammad Rafi Usmani |title=Mere Murshid Hazrat Arifi |publisher=Idaratul Ma'arif |location=[[Karachi]] |page=71}}</ref>

Arifi died on 27 March 1986.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abu Muhammad |first1=Sana'ullah Saad Shuja'abadi |title=Ulama-e-Deoband Ke Aakhri Lamhaat|pages=221 |edition=2015 |language=Urdu}}</ref> His funeral prayer was led by [[Muhammad Taqi Usmani]] and attended by [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] and [[Jahan Dad Khan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abu Muhammad |first1=Sana'ullah Saad Shuja'abadi |title=Ulama-e-Deoband Ke Aakhri Lamhaat|pages=228 |edition=2015 |language=Urdu}}</ref> He was buried in the graveyard of [[Darul Uloom Karachi]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Mohammed Parvez |title=A Study of the Socio-Religious Reforms of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi|page=163}}</ref>

Arifi's disciples include Muhammad Taqi Usmani<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile of Muhammad Taqi Usmani on Muslim500 |url=https://themuslim500.com/profiles/muhammad-taqi-usmani/ |website=muslim500.com |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> and [[Muhammad Rafi Usmani]].<ref name="rafi"/>

==Literary works==
Arifi authored books including:<ref>{{cite web |title=Abdul Hai Arifi on WorldCat |url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85137840/ |website=worldcat.org |publisher=[[WorldCat]] |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Uswah Rasool-e-Akram''
* ''Death and Inheritance''
* ''Ashraf Ali Thanvi, life & works''
* ''The Islamic way in death: an authentic and comprehensive handbook of rules, and conduct in the event of death among Muslim''
* ''Maʼās̲ir-i Ḥakīmulummat : irshādāt va ifādāt''
* ''K̲h̲avātīn ke sharʻī aḥkām''
* ''Fihrist-i taʼlīfāt-i Ḥakīmulummat''
* ''Bahādur Yār Jang Akādmī kā taʻāruf''

==Legacy==
Muhammad Rafi Usmani wrote ''Mere murshid Ḥaẓrat-i ʻĀrifī''<ref name="rafi">{{cite web |last1=Usmani |first1=Muhammad Rafi |author1-link=Muhammad Rafi Usmani |title=Mere Murshid Hazrat-e-Aarifi |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/mere-murshid-hazrat-i-arifi/oclc/1045663631 |website=worldcat.org |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> and Sayyid Riyazuddin wrote ''Ārif Billāh Ḥaz̤rat Ḍākṭar Muḥammad ʻAbdulhaʼī: savāniḥ ḥayāt va taʻlīmāt''.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Sayyid Riyāz̤uddīn |title=ʻĀrif Billāh Ḥaz̤rat Ḍākṭar Muḥammad ʻAbdulhaʼī: savāniḥ ḥayāt va taʻlīmāt |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/arif-billah-hazrat-daktar-muhammad-abdulhai-savanih-hayat-va-talimat/oclc/36204814 |website=worldcat.org |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Abu Muhammad |first1=Sana'ullah Saad Shuja'abadi |title=Ulama-e-Deoband Ke Aakhri Lamhaat |publisher=Maktaba Rasheediya |location=[[Saharanpur]] |pages=221-228 |edition=2015 |language=Urdu |chapter=Hadhrat Mawlāna Dr Abdul Hai Arifi}}
* {{cite book |author1=Mohammed Parvez |title=A Study of the Socio-Religious Reforms of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi |publisher=Department of Islamic Studies |location=[[Aligarh Muslim University]] |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144510843.pdf |pages=159–161|date=2008 |accessdate=25 December 2020 |language=English}}

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[[Category:1898 births]]
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[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Lucknow alumni]]
[[Category:Presidents of Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi]]
[[Category:Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi people]]

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