Mufti Taqi Usmani
Muhammad Taqi Usmani was born on 1943 in Deoband, India to the Mufti Muhammad Shafi. He is known to have lineage leading back to the Third Caliph Uthman. Mufti Taqi emigrated to Karachi, Pakistan when he was four years old and was taught Islamic studies by his scholarly parents. His father then founded a madrassa and he continued studying there to receive an Aalim degree and then a Mufti degree.