Muhammad Masihullah Khan
| Muhammad Masihullah Khan محمد مسیح الله خان |
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| Title | Maulana, Masih al-Ummah |
| Born | 1911/1912 Sara'i Barla, Aligarh District, British India |
| Died | 12 November 1992 (aged 79–81) Jalalabad, Muzaffarnagar District, India |
| Resting place | Jalalabad |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, Sufi shaykh |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Sufi order | Chishtiya-Sabiriya-Imdadiya |
| Disciple of |
Ashraf Ali Thanvi (granted khilafah) |
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Influenced by
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Muhammad Masihullah Khan Sherwani Jalalabadi (Urdu: محمد مسیح الله خان شیروانی جلال آبادی, Muḥammad Masīhu’llāh Khān Shīrwānī Jalāl ābādī; 1911/1912 – 12 November 1992) was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar known as an authority in Sufism. He was among the senior khalifahs of Ashraf Ali Thanvi, who gave him the title "Masih al-Ummah" ("Comforter of the Ummah").
Muhammad Masihullah Khan was born in 1329 or 1330 AH (1911/1912) in Sara’i Barla, a village in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India. His family was of the Sherwani tribe, a Sayyid tribe of Pathans. His father's name was Ahmad Sa`id Khan.
Masihullah was known for his piety in his youth, and he often sat in the company of the ulama and Sufis. He developed a close companionship with Muhammad Ilyas Kandhalvi, who introduced him to the books and lectures of Ashraf Ali Thanvi.
The greater part of Masihullah's Islamic education was undertaken in his hometown under Mufti Sa`id Ahmad Lucknowi. He then enrolled in Darul Uloom Deoband in 1347 AH (1928/1929). In the same year he took bay`ah (pledge of allegiance to a Sufi shaykh) on the hands of Ashraf Ali Thanvi.
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