


He entered the Darul Uloom Karachi in 1951, and graduated in the traditional " dars-e-nizami" in 1960. He completed memorizing the Quran at the Masjid Bab al-Islam in Aram Bagh, and recited the last lesson with the Palestanian Grand Mufti, Amin al-Husseini.

Usmāni memorized half of the Quran at Darul Uloom Deoband, and migrated to Pakistan on. He is the elder brother of Muhammad Taqi Usmani. Usmāni's father Muhammad Shafi Deobandi was a Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and one of the pioneer figures of Pakistan Movement. He was named Muḥammad Rafī by Ashraf Ali Thanwi. Usmāni was born on 21 July 1936 into the Usmani family of Deoband, in the Indian town of Deoband. See also: Usmani family of Deoband § Miyānji Shukrullah
