Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari

Shaykh Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari شیخ محمد کرم شاہ الأزھری
Born	Muhammad Karam Shah (1918-07-01)1 July 1918 Bhera, Pakistan
Died	7 April 1998(1998-04-07) (aged 79) Islamabad, Pakistan
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University
Religion	Sunni Islam, Hanafi Madhab
Children	Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah
Website	pirkaramshah.com

Part of a series on The Barelvi movement

Tomb of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Qadri

Founders and Central figures

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Peer Jamaat Ali Shah Hamid Raza Khan Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri Maulana Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi Shah Turab ul Haq

History/Movement

All India Sunni Conference Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Shaheed Ganj Mosque Movement against Shuddhi Shah Bano Movement

Notable Scholars

Past Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi Shah Ahmad Noorani Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi Arshadul Qaudri Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim Nurul Islam Farooqi Present Ashraf Asif Jalali Qamaruzzaman Azmi Ameen Mian Qaudri Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri Muhammad Arshad Misbahi Hamid Saeed Kazmi Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi Mukarram Ahmad Muhammad Saeed Noori Akhtar Raza Khan

Institutions

India Jamiatur Raza Bareilly Manzar-e-Islam Bareilly Al Jamiatul Ashrafia Azamgarh Al-Jame-atul-Islamia Mau Jamia-tul-Madina Global Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya Kerala Jamia Nizamia Hyderabad, Pakistan Jamia Naeemia Lahore Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Karachi Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Wazirabad, 'United Kingdom Jamia Al-Karam Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland

Literature and Notable Works

Kanzul Iman, Fatawa-e-Razvia Bahar-e-Shariat, Husamul Haramain Manaqib-al-Jaleela

Organizations

World Islamic Mission Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Sunni Tehreek Sunni Ittehad Council Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Tanzeem ul Madaris Raza Academy Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat

Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (Arabic: شیخ محمد کرم شاہ الأزهري‎‎), Sitara-e-Imtiaz, (1918–1998) was an eminent Sheykh (Spiritual Master) of tariqa Chistiyya and an Islamic (Sunni) scholar associated with Barelvi movement from Pakistan.^[1]

Work

• He wrote a book about the Biography of Prophet Muhammad entitled "Zia un Nabi" in Urdu in 1995.^[2] The book contains 7 Volumes. Later, it was translated into English language also having 7 Volumes by Muhammad Qayyum Awan.^[3]
• One of his books is Tafsir Zia ul Quran, an Urdu interpretation of Holy Quran in 5 Volumes.^[4][5][6]

References

External links

• http://www.karimia.com – in the article section of this site, there is an excellent autobiography on Pir Karam shah
• "Justice Pir Muhammad Karam Shah Al-Azhari (1918–1998)". Pakistan Post. Retrieved 13 March 2010.