Wasiullah Fatehpuri

Wasiullah Fatehpuri
Fatehpuri seated among disciples
Personal life
Bornc. 1895
Tal Naraja, Fatehpur, Azamgarh district (now Mau district), North-Western Provinces, British India
Died25 November 1967(1967-11-25) (aged 71–72)
At sea (en route from Bombay to Mecca)
Cause of deathCerebral haemorrhage
Resting placeBurial at sea
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
Known forDeobandi scholarship and Sufi training
OccupationIslamic scholar, Sufi, teacher, writer
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
TariqaChishti
CreedDeobandi
Muslim leader
TeacherAshraf Ali Thanwi

Wasiullah Fatehpuri (c. 1895–1967), also known as Shah Wasiullah, Wasiullah Azmi and Wasiullah Illahabadi, was an Indian Islamic scholar, Sufi, teacher, and writer. He was an authorised disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi in Sufism and was associated with the Deobandi scholarly tradition.

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