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{{Short description|Senior and influential religious authority of the Muslims in India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox official post
| post = Grand Mufti of India
| image = Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad]]
| incumbentsince = 24 February 2019
| style = [[Grand Mufti|Mufti Azam-e-Hind]]
| unofficial_names = [[Musliyar]]
| seat = [[Daryaganj]], [[New Delhi]] {{coord|28.6468054|77.2448409|display=inline, Headquarters}}
| residence = [[Kozhikode]]
| department = Office of the Grand Mufti of India
| formation = [[Mughal Empire]]<ref name=20121128google>{{Cite book|last1=Bowering|first1=Gerhard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JHcZlo12SGoC&pg=PA366|title=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought|last2=Crone|first2=Patricia|last3=Kadi|first3=Wadad|last4=Stewart|first4=Devin J.|last5=Zaman|first5=Muhammad Qasim|last6=Mirza|first6=Mahan|date=28 November 2012|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-3855-4|language=en|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113041016/https://books.google.com/books?id=JHcZlo12SGoC&pg=PA366|url-status=live}}</ref>{{page needed|date=April 2020}}
| termlength = No fixed term
| nominator = [[All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Islam]], [[All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama]]
| inaugural = [[ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni]]
| website = {{URL|grandmufti.in/|Grand Mufti of India}}
}}

{{Islam in India}}

The '''Grand Mufti of India''' is the most senior and influential religious authority of the [[Sunni]] Muslim Community of India.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taneja|first=Parina|date=9 June 2020|title=Grand Mufti Sheikh Abu Bakr Ahmad on COVID19 pandemic: Follow social distancing while visiting public places|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/lifestyle/books-culture-grand-mufti-sheikh-abu-bakr-ahmad-on-covid19-pandemic-follow-social-distancing-while-visiting-public-places-624744|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715071425/https://www.indiatvnews.com/lifestyle/books-culture-grand-mufti-sheikh-abu-bakr-ahmad-on-covid19-pandemic-follow-social-distancing-while-visiting-public-places-624744|archive-date=15 July 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|website=indiatvnews.com|language=en|quote=Sheikh Abu Bakr Ahmad, Grand Mufti of India and President of the Islamic Community of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala celebrates Bakrid adhering to COVID protocols|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-celebrates-bakrid-adhering-to-covid-protocols-1.4944092|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029055719/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-celebrates-bakrid-adhering-to-covid-protocols-1.4944092|archive-date=29 October 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|quote=Grand Mufti of India and President of the Islamic Community of India, Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar}}</ref><ref name=outlookindia1844421>{{Cite web|title=Closed-door celebration for Kerala Muslims on Eid|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/closeddoor-celebration-for-kerala-muslims-on-eid/1844421|access-date=13 November 2020|website=outlookindia.com/|archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113041042/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/closeddoor-celebration-for-kerala-muslims-on-eid/1844421|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=24 May 2020|title=Eid al-Fitr 2020: Closed-door celebrations Muslims across Kerala, Mangaluru on Eid|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/eid-al-fitr-2020-closed-door-celebrations-muslims-across-kerala-mangaluru-on-eid/story-Nh2RVtvz7bWhG3RTt9auoI.html|access-date=13 November 2020|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024192257/https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/eid-al-fitr-2020-closed-door-celebrations-muslims-across-kerala-mangaluru-on-eid/story-Nh2RVtvz7bWhG3RTt9auoI.html/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=pressreader20200525>{{Cite web|title=Muted Eid Celebrations|url=https://www.pressreader.com/qatar/gulf-times/20200525/281934545152678|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113041022/https://www.pressreader.com/qatar/gulf-times/20200525/281934545152678|archive-date=13 November 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|work=Gulf Times}}</ref> The incumbent is [[Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/abu-dhabi/education-is-key-to-peace-says-indias-grand-mufti|title=Education is key to peace, says India's Grand Mufti|last=Kumar|first=Ashwani|website=Khaleej Times|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2020|quote=Sheikh Aboobacker took charge as the Grand Mufti this February and holds the supreme authority to give fatwas in relation to Islamic religious matters in India.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527045818/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/abu-dhabi/education-is-key-to-peace-says-indias-grand-mufti|archive-date=27 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=":12" /> general secretary of [[All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama]],<ref name=":03">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/kanthapuram-selected-grand-mufti-of-india/articleshow/68175547.cms|title=Kanthapuram selected Grand Mufti of India|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=24 February 2019|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|issn=0971-8257|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228040429/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/kanthapuram-selected-grand-mufti-of-india/articleshow/68175547.cms|archive-date=28 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://al-ain.com/article/mufti-india-designation|title=تعيين الشيخ أبوبكر أحمد مفتيا للهند|work=العين الإخبارية|access-date=24 February 2019|language=ar|trans-title=Sheikh Abu Bakr Ahmed Elected as Grand Mufti of India|issn=2521-439X|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408194856/https://al-ain.com/article/mufti-india-designation|archive-date=8 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> who was conferred the title in February 2019 at the Gareeb Nawaz Peace Conference held at [[Ramlila Maidan]], [[New Delhi]], organised by the [[All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Islam]].<ref name=":03"/>

==Role==
The Grand Mufti of India is the Islamic authority in the country.<ref name=indiatimes505211>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/muslim-women-should-not-take-to-the-streets-or-raise-slogans-against-caa-says-grand-mufti-of-india-505211.html|title=Muslim Women Shouldn't Raise Slogans Against CAA, Says Grand Mufti. Moral Policing Never Stops!|date=28 January 2020|newspaper=The Times of India|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2020|quote=88-year-old Kanthapuram was last year appointed as India's Grand Mufti, the senior-most Islamic cleric in a country.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205101403/https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/muslim-women-should-not-take-to-the-streets-or-raise-slogans-against-caa-says-grand-mufti-of-india-505211.html|archive-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> His main role is to give opinions (''[[fatwa]]'') on Islamic legal matters and social affairs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/12-02-2020/a-mufti-day-is-enormous-fun-but-time-to-give-it-a-new-name/|title=A mufti day is enormous fun. But time to give it a new name|last=Pickles|first=Katie|date=12 February 2020|website=The Spinoff|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2020|quote=Grand Mufti Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad is the Indian Islamic community’s current most senior religious authority. Mufti interpret Islamic law and then issue fatwa (legal opinion).|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217002609/https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/12-02-2020/a-mufti-day-is-enormous-fun-but-time-to-give-it-a-new-name/|archive-date=17 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=thehindu26379629>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-grand-mufti-of-sunnis-in-india/article26379629.ece|title=Kanthapuram Grand Mufti of Sunnis in India|date=27 February 2019|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=21 February 2020|url-status=live|issn=0971-751X|quote=Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar has been made Grand Mufti, the top authority to give non-binding advice and opinion on Islamic jurisprudence and religious practices of the Sunni sects in India.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227203248/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-grand-mufti-of-sunnis-in-india/article26379629.ece|archive-date=27 February 2019}}</ref> The Grand Mufti is traditionally chosen from the [[Barelvi]] school of [[Sunni Islam]].<ref name="Mulla221">{{cite book |last1=Mulla, Malikarehana A |title=Sects and sub sects among the Muslims of Karnataka with special reference to North Karnataka a study |chapter=6 |page=221 |chapter-url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/105032/11/11_chapter%206.pdf#page=22 |access-date=27 February 2020 |quote=In India, the Grand Mufti is traditionally from the Barelvi school of Sunni Islam presently Mihammad Akhtar Raza Khan is the Grand Mufti of India. |archive-date=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118223439/http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/105032/11/11_chapter%206.pdf#page=22 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==

===Mughal period===
The first Grand Mufti of India, [[Shah Fazle Rasool Badayuni]] was appointed by the final [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor, [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]]. Badayuni was a [[Hanafi]] scholar<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ziaetaiba.com/en/scholar/hazrat-molana-shah-fazal-rasool-badayuni| title=History of Fazle Rasool Badayuni| website=ziaetaiba.com| access-date=4 March 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043503/http://www.ziaetaiba.com/en/scholar/hazrat-molana-shah-fazal-rasool-badayuni| archive-date=6 March 2019| url-status=live}}</ref> who had deep knowledge of [[Islamic jurisprudence]]. His [[Urdu]] statements on Islamic subjects were published as ''Tariqi Fatwa,'' which later became famous. His grandson [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni]] followed him as the Grand Mufti.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Jackson5/chapter12.html|title=Chapter 12 – Akbar's Religious Views, as Described by Badauni|website=ibiblio.org|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802113152/http://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Jackson5/chapter12.html|archive-date=2 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://famineanddearth.exeter.ac.uk/displayhtml.html?id=fp_00178_en_muntakhabuttawarikh_vol01|title=Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh.Vol.1|publisher=[[Atlantic Books|Atlantic Publishers and Distributors]]|location=New Delhi|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305013929/http://famineanddearth.exeter.ac.uk/displayhtml.html?id=fp_00178_en_muntakhabuttawarikh_vol01|archive-date=5 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>{{not in ref|date=September 2025}}

===British period===
In the British ruling period, Islamic scholars noted [[Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi]] who was the spiritual leader of Indian Muslims, scholar and revivalist.<ref name=20140414google>{{Cite book|last=Cesari|first=Jocelyne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WgFeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|title=The Awakening of Muslim Democracy: Religion, Modernity, and the State|date=14 April 2014|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-51329-7|pages=25|language=en|quote=First, Sayyid Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921) created a populist Islamic revivalist movement in the late 1800s.|access-date=2 June 2020|archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113041022/https://books.google.com/books?id=WgFeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=20181001google>{{Cite book|last=Esposito|first=John L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dOZwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|title=Religion and Violence|date=1 October 2018|publisher=MDPI|isbn=978-3-03842-143-6|pages=5|language=en|quote=Sayyid Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921) created a populist Islamic revivalist movement in late 1800s.|access-date=2 June 2020|archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113041023/https://books.google.com/books?id=dOZwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=M Hassan|first1=Imam|last2=Hussain|first2=Ibrar|title=Comparative Study of 'Kanzul Iman' among other Famous Translation|url=http://www.ijfar.org/Docs/pp%2012-19.pdf|journal=International Journal of Fundamental and Applied Research|issn=2320-7973|quote=He revived love and affection of the last prophet and his teachings. Seeing his works for the revival of Islam, he deserves to be called a revivalist of 20th Century.|access-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303112333/http://ijfar.org/Docs/pp%2012-19.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Thousands of students and scholars were attracted to his works and requested him to become Grand Mufti, but he declined. He wanted to be engaged with educational revival and writing. Instead, his student [[Amjad Ali Aazmi]] was elected.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ziaetaiba.com/en/scholar/sadr-ul-shariah-mufti-amjad-ali-azmi |title=History of Amjad Ali Azami |website=ziaetaiba.com |access-date=4 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044025/http://www.ziaetaiba.com/en/scholar/sadr-ul-shariah-mufti-amjad-ali-azmi |archive-date=6 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> His book on Hanafi fiqh, ''[[Bahar-e-Shariat]]'' became a reference on this subject. Along with him, [[Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri]] s/o. [[Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi]] was the Grand Mufti during [[Indira Gandhi]]'s administration. He protested the Family Planning Program enacted by the government.

=== Grand Muftiship of Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad ===
{{Main|Grand Muftiship of Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad}}
[[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar|Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad]] was sworn in as the Grand Mufti of India on 24 February 2019 at the [[Ramlila Maidan]]. He became the first Grand Mufti from south India.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kanthapuram-elected-as-new-grand-mufti-religion-1.3599882|title=Kanthapuram elected as new Grand Mufti|work=[[Mathrubhumi]]|date=25 February 2019 |url-status=live|access-date=7 August 2019|quote=Kanthapurm will be the supreme leader of Muslim community who believe in various madhab of Sunni and Sufi sects.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225103254/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kanthapuram-elected-as-new-grand-mufti-religion-1.3599882|archive-date=25 February 2019}}</ref>

== List of Grand Muftis of India ==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
! width="3%" | No.
! width="30%" | Name (birth–death)
! width="10%" | [[Madhhab]]
! width="10%" | Place
! class="unsortable" width="20%" | Other works & activities
! class="unsortable" width="72%" | Notes
|-
! colspan="6" |16th century - 17th century
|- valign="top"
| 1
|
* {{Mbabel|Q3629943}} ({{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q3629943|P569|FETCH_WIKIDATA}} - {{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q3629943|P570|FETCH_WIKIDATA}})
ملا عبد القادر بدایونی (Arabic & Urdu)
| [[Hanafi]]
| [[Badaun]]
| Author of [[Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh]] (Arabic)
|The Mughal emperor, [[Akbar]], appointed him to the Muftiate in 1574 where he spent much of his career.
|-
! colspan="6" |17th century
|-
! colspan="6" |18th century
|-
! colspan="6" |19th century
|- valign="top"
| 5
|
* {{LinkedLabel|Q31311249}} ({{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q31311249|P569|FETCH_WIKIDATA}} - {{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q31311249|P570|FETCH_WIKIDATA}})
شاہ فضلِ رسول قادری بدایونی (Urdu, his native language), شاه فضل رسول قدري بدایونی (Arabic)
| [[Hanafi]]
| [[Badaun]]
| Author of Tarikhi-Fatwa (Urdu)
| Badayuni was appointed by the final [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor, [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]].
|-
! colspan="6" |20th century
|- valign="top"
| 6
|
* {{Mbabel|Q12234997}} ({{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q6812280|P569|FETCH_WIKIDATA}} - {{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q12234997|P570|FETCH_WIKIDATA}})
مفتی اعظم محمد کفایت اللہ دہلوی ([[Urdu]], his native language), مفتی کفایت اللہ الدہلوی(Arabic)<ref name="oriental">{{cite book |title=Mufti Azam Hind, Maulana Kifayatyullah Shahjahanpuri Thumma Dehlawi |publisher=[[Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library]] |edition=2005}}</ref><ref>[https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/245048/7/07%20chapter%203.pdf Maulana Habibur Rahman Ludhyanvi Aur Unki Tahrik Ahar E Islam Ek Tarikhi wa Tahqeeqi Jaiza] Mohd. Irfan, [[Aligarh Muslim University]]</ref><ref name="Bio">{{cite book |title=A Biography Of Mufti Kifaayatullaah Dehlavi |page=20 |url=https://archive.org/details/akabir/page/n22/mode/1up |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
| [[Hanafi]]
| [[Shahjahanpur]]
| Author of Kifayatul Mufti<ref>{{cite web |title=Kifayatrul Mufti |url=https://archive.org/details/KifayatUlMuftiByShaykhMuftiMuhammadKifayatullahr.a |website=archive |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref>
|
|- valign="top"
| 7
|
* {{Mbabel|Q6812280}} ({{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q6812280|P569|FETCH_WIKIDATA}} - {{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q6812280|P570|FETCH_WIKIDATA}})
صدر الشريعہ مفتى محمد امجد على اعظمى ([[Urdu]], his native language), مفتى أمجد على أعظمى (Arabic)
| [[Hanafi]]
| [[Bareilly]]
| Author of [[Bahar-e-Shariat]] (Urdu)
|
|- valign="top"
| 8
|
* {{Mbabel|Q6943319}} ({{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q6943319|P569|FETCH_WIKIDATA}} - {{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q6943319|P570|FETCH_WIKIDATA}})
مصطفٰی رضا خان قادری نوری ([[Urdu]], his native language), مصطفى رضا خان القادري النوري (Arabic)
| [[Hanafi]]
| [[Bareilly]]
| Author of [[Fatawa-e-Mustafawia|Fatawa Mustawafiyah]] (Arabic)
|
|-
! colspan="6" |20th century - 21st century
|- valign="top"
| 9
|
* {{Mbabel|Q46675}} ({{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q46675|P569|FETCH_WIKIDATA}} - {{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q46675|P570|FETCH_WIKIDATA}})
تاج الشریعہ اختر رضا خان ([[Urdu]], his native language), مفتي اختر رضا خان (Arabic)
| [[Hanafi]]
| [[Bareilly]]
| Founder of [[Jamiatur Raza]] and Author of [[Fatawa Taajush Shariah]] (Arabic)
|
|- valign="top"
! colspan="6" |21st century
|- valign="top"
| 10
|
* [[Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad]] (1970{{#invoke:Wikidata|getValueFromID|Q3595379|P570|FETCH_WIKIDATA}})
ശൈഖ് അബൂബക്ർ അഹ്‌മദ്‌ ([[Malayalam]], his native language), 
الشيخ أبوبكر أحمد (Arabic)
| [[Shafi'i school|Shafi'i]]
| [[Kozhikode]]
| General Secretary of [[All_India_Sunni_Jamiyyathul_Ulama|'''All India Muslim Scholars Association''']]
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Islam in India]]
* [[Grand Mufti]]
* [[Ahmad Raza Khan]]
* [[Amjad Ali Aazmi]]
* [[Mustafa Raza Khan]]
* [[Akhtar Raza Khan]]
* [[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar|Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite web|last=Special Correspondent|first=New Age Islam |date=6 April 2019
|title=Appointment of Two 'Grand Muftis' In India at the Same Time Reeks Of an Internal Conflict and Rivalry within the Indian Muslim Barelwi Leadership
|url-status=live|access-date=4 June 2020|website=New Age Islam
|url=https://www.newageislam.com/islam-and-politics/appointment-of-two-%E2%80%98grand-muftis%E2%80%99-in-india-at-the-same-time-reeks-of-an-internal-conflict-and-rivalry-within-the-indian-muslim-barelwi-leadership/d/118247
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200604234138/https://www.newageislam.com/islam-and-politics/appointment-of-two-%E2%80%98grand-muftis%E2%80%99-in-india-at-the-same-time-reeks-of-an-internal-conflict-and-rivalry-within-the-indian-muslim-barelwi-leadership/d/118247|archive-date=4 June 2020}}
{{Refend}}

== Further reading ==
* '''The first Interview with the Grand Mufti after the swearing by Ashwani Kumar of [[Khaleej Times]]:''' {{Cite interview|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/abu-dhabi/education-is-key-to-peace-says-indias-grand-mufti|title=Education is key to peace, says India's Grand Mufti|last=Kumar|first=Ashwani|interviewer=Ashwani Kumar|newspaper=[[Khaleej Times]]|publisher=[[Galadari Printing and Publishing]]|location=Abu Dhabi|access-date=4 September 2019|date=23 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527045818/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/abu-dhabi/education-is-key-to-peace-says-indias-grand-mufti|archive-date=27 May 2019}}
*'''The second Interview with the Grand Mufti after the swearing by [[Berita Harian]]:''' {{Cite interview|last=Arifin|first=Latifah|interviewer=Latifah Arifin|title=Rujuk pertikaian agama kepada ulama berkredibiliti, diiktiraf|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/rencana/agama/2019/04/554918/rujuk-pertikaian-agama-kepada-ulama-berkredibiliti-diiktiraf|access-date=19 September 2019|newspaper=[[Berita Harian]]|location=Malaysia|date=19 April 2019}}

== External links ==

* {{Official website|1=https://grandmufti.in/}}
* [https://worldsufiforum.org/events/related-information-on-sufi-scholars/ Profile of the Grand Mufti] at World Sufi Forum's official website. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408035328/https://worldsufiforum.org/events/related-information-on-sufi-scholars/ |date=8 April 2019 }}.

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JAY JADABA at 10:57, 19 February 2026