Ameer-e-Shariat Hazrat Maulana Mufti Mohammed Ashraf Ali Baqavi (77) passed away at a private hospital in the city on Friday after a prolonged illness.
Mufti Ashraf Ali was the principal of the city’s prestigious Islamic Shariah College and Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad Arabic College.
He had also worked as working committee member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, vice president of All India Milli Council and the member of the working committee of Islamic Fiqh Academy.
Mufti Ashraf Ali was born on February 26, 1940 at Virinjipuram (Bilanjpur) North Arcot, Tamil Nadu. After completing his Alimiyat course at Madrasa Al-Baqiyathus Salihath, Vellore, he went on to complete his Fazilat and Ifta course at the prestigious Darul Uloom Deoband.
After the demise of his father, Bade Hazrath Moulana Abu Saood Ahmed Saheb, he was unanimously elected as Ameer-e-Shariat of Karnataka, which he remained till his passing away.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and several other political leaders, including Rehman Khan, Roshan Baig, Rizwan Arshad and Zameer Ahmed Khan, have condoled his death.
His Namaz-e-Janaza (funeral service) will be held at Sabeelur Rashad Arabic College on Saturday, September 9 at 10 am.
