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{{short description|Indian Islamic scholar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Indian English |date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Syed Mohammed Madni Ashrafi Al-Jilani
| birth_name = Mohammed Madni
| image = Huzur_Shaikhul_Islam_Syed_Mohammed_Madni_Ashraf.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |df=yes |1938 |08 |28}}
| birth_place = [[Ashrafpur Kichhauchha]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| alma_mater = [[Al Jamiatul Ashrafia]]
| occupation = [[Islamic scholars|Islamic scholar]]
| title =
| father = Syed Mohammed Ashraf Ashrafi Al Jilani (Mohaddis-e-Azam-e-Hind)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/CHH-RAI-HMU-MAT-latest-raipur-news-042502-1299255-NOR.html|title=मुसलमानों की एक आंख बरेली और दूसरी किछौछा है, इन्हें कोई जुदा नहीं कर सकता : हाशमी मियां|date=20 March 2018|website=Dainik Bhaskar|access-date=24 July 2020|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419074724/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/CHH-RAI-HMU-MAT-latest-raipur-news-042502-1299255-NOR.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/HayatMuhaddisAzamHindByMolanaZakirHussainAshrafi|title=Hayat Muhaddis Azam Hind by Maulana Zakir Hussain Ashrafi (biography)|website=Internet Archive|access-date=7 September 2025}}</ref>
| relatives = [[Hashmi Miya]]n (brother),<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/CHH-RAI-HMU-MAT-latest-raipur-news-042502-1299255-NOR.html|title=मुसलमानों की एक आंख बरेली और दूसरी किछौछा है, इन्हें कोई जुदा नहीं कर सकता : हाशमी मियां|work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|access-date=24 July 2020|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419074724/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/CHH-RAI-HMU-MAT-latest-raipur-news-042502-1299255-NOR.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf]] (maternal uncle, known as Sarkar-e-Kalan)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarkar-e-Kalan Hazrat Mawlana Syed Mukhtar Ashraf (R.A.) |url=https://aalequtub.com/sarkar-e-kalan-hazrat-mawlana-syed-mukhtar-ashraf-r-a/ |website=Aale Qutub |access-date=7 September 2025}}</ref>
| spouse = Syeda Shamima Khatoon
| children =
| module2 = {{Infobox religious biography |embed = yes
| religion = [[Islam]]
| honorific_prefix =
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
| main_interests = [[Sufism]]
| notable_ideas = Permissibility of videography in Islam (within Shariah guidelines); Usage of modern media for Da'wah
| title =
| notable_works = ''Tafsir-e-Ashrafi''
| Sufi_order = [[Chishti Order]] (Ashrafi)
| disciple_of = [[Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf]]
| lineage = [[Sayyid|Syed]]
}}
}}

'''Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf''' (Urdu: سید محمد مدنی اشرف), also known as '''Madni Miyan''',<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zxo1AQAAIAAJ&q=Madni+Miyan |title=Medieval and Modern India |date=2009 |publisher=Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli |language=en |access-date=18 March 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716181747/https://books.google.com/books?id=Zxo1AQAAIAAJ&q=Madni+Miyan |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=scribd77891014>{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/77891014/BARAN-E-REHMAT-BY-ALLAMA-MADNI-MIYAN |title=Baran-E-Rehmat-By-Allama-Madni-Miyan |via=Scribd |access-date=8 September 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716181752/https://www.scribd.com/document/77891014/BARAN-E-REHMAT-BY-ALLAMA-MADNI-MIYAN |url-status=live }}</ref> (born on 27 August 1938 CE; 1 Rajab 1357 AH) is an Indian [[spiritual leader]], [[Sufi]] Islamic scholar, and author from [[Ashrafpur Kichhauchha]], Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.iecbolton.co.uk/ |access-date=2020-07-16 |website=IEC Bolton |language=en |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716181748/https://www.iecbolton.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He claims [[Silsila]] lineage via [[Ashraf Jahangir Semnani]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Patil |first=Vijaykumar |date=2015-01-13 |title=Seminar on 'Hazrat Sayyad Muhammed Madani Miya Ashrafi al Jilani' inaugurated |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/seminar-on-hazrat-sayyad-muhammed-madani-miya-ashrafi-al-jilani-inaugurated/article6785213.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716181750/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/seminar-on-hazrat-sayyad-muhammed-madani-miya-ashrafi-al-jilani-inaugurated/article6785213.ece |archive-date=16 July 2023 |access-date=2020-07-16 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> the 14th-century Chishti Sufi saint of Kichhauchha Sharif, from whom the Ashrafi Sufi order takes its name.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}

He is the founder of the Mohaddis-e-Azam Mission and Shaikhul Islam Trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mytankaria.com/news/2018/12/27338 |title=Winter Blanket Distribution by Shaikh-ul-Islam Trust |website=mytankaria.com |access-date=8 September 2019 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227012729/https://www.mytankaria.com/news/2018/12/27338 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=divyabhaskar4094170>{{cite web |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/MGUJ-ANA-OMC-MAT-free-medical-camp-organized-by-shaikhul-islam-trust-petlad-020143-4094170-NOR.html |title=શૈખુલ ઈસ્લામ ટ્રસ્ટ પેટલાદ દ્વારા મફત મેડિકલ કેમ્પનું આયોજન |website=divyabhaskar.co.in |date=11 March 2019 |access-date=8 September 2019 |archive-date=23 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823080958/https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/MGUJ-ANA-OMC-MAT-free-medical-camp-organized-by-shaikhul-islam-trust-petlad-020143-4094170-NOR.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=localprayers1074397692>{{cite web |url=https://www.localprayers.com/IN/Ahmedabad/1074397692618376/Mohaddise-Azam-Mission-Worldwide-Movement |title=Mohaddise Azam Mission Worldwide Movement |website=localprayers.com}}</ref>

==Tafsir-e-Ashrafi==
''Tafseer-e-Ashrafi'' is a classical [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] interpretation ([[tafsir]]) of the [[Qur'an]], begun by his father Mohaddis-e-Azam-e-Hind and completed after his father's death by Madni Ashraf in 2008.<ref name="auto1"/>{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}} It is a popular exegesis of the Qur'an due to its simple style and conciseness.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}
It consists of 10 volumes, originally written in [[Urdu]] and later translated into English.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}

==Books==
* Islam Ka Tassawure Ila Aur Maududi Sahib
* Deen aur Aqamat e Deen
* Al-Arba'in Al-Ashrafi
* Baran e Rahmat
* Masila Hazir O Nazir
* Inam al-Amal bil Niyyat
* Karamat-e-Ghawth-e-Azam
* Islamic Law
* Muslim Personal Law or Islamic Law?
* Islam Ka Nazriya Ibadat Aur Maududi Sahib
* Dawat e Islami Ka Tanqidi Jaiza
* Farizae Dawat O Tabligh
* Video Aur TV Ka Shariayi Istamal<ref name="auto">{{cite web
|url=https://archive.org/details/T.VAurMovieKaSharaiIstemalURDUShaykhAlIslamSyedMadniAshrafiAshrafiJilaniKichhauchhaSharif
|title=T. V Aur Movie Ka Sharai Istemal URDU Shaykh Al Islam Syed Madni Ashraf Ashrafi Jilani Kichhauchha Sharif
|website=archive.org
|access-date=7 September 2025}}</ref>
* Tafhim al-Hadith Sarrah Mhiskat Shareef
* Islam Ka Nazriya Khatme Nabuwat Aur Tehzirun Nas
* Kanz al-Iman Aur Digar Tarazum-e-Quran Ka Taqably Mutalia
* Asri Takaze
* Kitabatun Niswa
* Karamat-e-Ghawth-e-Azam
* Mohabbate Rasool Ruhe Iman
* Rasool-e-Akram Kai Tashreehi Iktiyarat
* Islam Ka Nazriya Ibadat
* Khutbate Hyderabad
* Khutbate Bartannia
* Muhabbat al-Ahl al-Bayt (In English: ''Love of the Prophet Muhammad's Family'')
* Roohani Namaaz
* Sharhe Hadeese Jibrael
* Tafheem al-Hadees<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bookslibrary.net/lib/book/haqiqat-e-noor-e-muhammadi |title=حقیقتِ نورِ محمدی |website=bookslibrary.net |date=22 November 2012 |access-date=9 September 2019 |archive-date=16 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916143837/http://bookslibrary.net/lib/book/haqiqat-e-noor-e-muhammadi |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="archive201708A">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/TajalliyateSukhanByShaikhulIslamMadaniMiya_201708 |title=Tajalliyate Sukhan By Shaikhul Islam Madani Miya |website=archive.org}}</ref>
<ref name="scribd229021940">{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/229021940/Video-Aur-T-v-Ka-Sharai-Istemal-URDU-Shaykh-Al-Islam-Sayyed-Madani-Miya |title=Video Aur T.v. Ka Sharai Istemal URDU-Shaykh Al Islam Sayyed Madani Miya |via=Scribd |access-date=9 September 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716181728/https://www.scribd.com/doc/229021940/Video-Aur-T-v-Ka-Sharai-Istemal-URDU-Shaykh-Al-Islam-Sayyed-Madani-Miya |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dokumen.tips/documents/video-aur-tv-ka-sharai-istemal-urdu-shaykh-al-islam-sayyed-madani-miya.html |title=Video Aur T.V. Ka Sharai Istemal Urdu-Shaykh Al Islam Sayyed Madani Miya |website=dokumen.tip |access-date=9 September 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716181729/https://dokumen.tips/documents/video-aur-tv-ka-sharai-istemal-urdu-shaykh-al-islam-sayyed-madani-miya.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="archive201708B">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/TajalliyateSukhanByShaikhulIslamMadaniMiya_201708 |title= Tajalliyate Sukhan By Shaikhul Islam Madani Miya |website=archive.org }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ShaikhulislamShakhsWaAksByBashibaanTrustBelgaum?q=Syed+Madni+Ashrafi+Ashrafi |title=Shaikhulislam Shakhs Wa Aks By Bashibaan Trust Belgaum |website=archive.org }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/MaqalatEShaikhulIslam_201901/page/n11?q=Syed+Madni+Ashrafi+Ashrafi |title=Maqalat E Shaikhul Islam |website=archive.org }}</ref>
* Tafseer e Ashrafi

==Poetry==
Writing under the pen-name "Akhtar", he composed poetic collections including:
* ''Tajalliyat-e-Sukhan'' (two volumes, ~254 pages)<ref name="archive201708A"/>
* ''Paraan-e-Dil'' (Nazms and ghazals)<ref name="scribd77891014"/>
* ''Baran-e-Rahmat'' (also listed among his prose works)<ref name="scribd77891014"/>

==Legacy==
Madni Miyan is viewed as a [[Mujaddid]] (reviver) of the Sufi tradition by his followers.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}
* He bridged traditional Sufi teachings with modern mediums—such as television and videography—while staying within Sharī‘ah guidelines.<ref name="auto"/>
* He actively promoted inter-Sufi unity and stood against sectarian divisions.<ref name="siasat1606764">{{cite news |date=5 September 2019 |title=Muslims at unrest across Globe says Islamic Scholar Madani Miya |url=https://www.siasat.com/muslims-unrest-across-globe-says-islamic-scholar-madani-miya-1607896/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716181746/https://www.siasat.com/muslims-unrest-across-globe-says-islamic-scholar-madani-miya-1607896/ |archive-date=16 July 2023 |access-date=19 July 2020 |work=The Siasat Daily}}</ref>
* He established institutions such as the Madni Miyan Arabic College, a hospital in his name, and inspired devotional works like the manqabat "Mera Madni Ashraf aa gaya".<ref name="localprayers1074397692"/>

==See also==
* [[Hashmi Miya]]
* [[Mukhtar Ashraf]]
* [[Ashraf Jahangir Semnani]]
* [[Sufism in India]]
* [[Barelvi movement]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.shaikhulislamtrust.org/ Shaikhul Islam Trust] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717005802/http://www.shaikhulislamtrust.org/ |date=17 July 2020 }}
*[http://mamissionlondon.com/ma-mission/ Mohaddise Azam Mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225120716/http://mamissionlondon.com/ma-mission/ |date=25 February 2020 }}

{{Hanafi scholars}}

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