Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar

Sheikh-ul-Hadees Imam Ahl al-Sunnah Maulana Safdar Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar
محمد سرفراز خان صفدر
Personal
Born	1914 Mansehra, NWFP, British India
Died	5 May 2009(2009-05-05) (aged 94–95)
Religion	Islam
Nationality	British India (1914–1947)  Pakistani (1947–2009)
Children	Zahid Ur Rashdi
Parent	Nur Ahmad Khan (father)
Denomination	Sunni
Movement	Khatam an-Nabuwwah
Main interest(s)	Hadith Tafsir Sufism
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Profession	Islamic scholar writer researcher
Relations	Abdul Hameed Swati (brother)
Organization
Institute	Jamia Nusrat Ul Uloom Gujranwala
Muslim leader
Profession	Islamic scholar writer researcher

Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar (born; 1914 – 5 May 2009) (Urdu: محمد سرفراز خان صفدر) was a Pakistani, Deobandi Scholar.

Sarfaraz Khan Safdar studied first with Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi in his hometown. In 1939 he traveled to Darul Uloom Deoband with his brother Sufi Abdul Hameed Swati and studied ahadith under Husain Ahmad Madani.^[1]

• 'Safdar' or 'Saf-dar' – Derived from Arabic, mean; "the one who breaks the row/queue". It was given by Husain Ahmad Madani^[2]
• 'Imam Ahl al-Sunnah' (the Imam of the Ahl al-Sunnah), given by Ahmad al-Rahman, Mufti Wali Hasan Tonki, Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi, Nizamuddin Shamzai, Muhammad Jamil Khan, Zar Wali Khan, Mufti Muhammad Naeem and Muhammad Aslam Sheikhupuri.^[2]

Safdar’s books include:

• Al-Kalam al-Mufeed fi Asbatit al-Taqleed^[3]
• Al-Minhāj Al-Vāz̤iḥ 2009
• Tawdih al-Maram fil Nuzul al-Masih (AS)^[4]
• Al-Kalam al-Havi fi Tahqiq ‘Ibarah al-Tahawi^[5]
• Al Maslak Al Mansoor Fi Kitabil Mastoor
• Itmam Ul Burhan
• Rah-e-Hidayat
• Irshad Ush Shia
• Eesaiyat Ka Pas e Manzar
• Hukm az Zikr bil Jahr
• Al Shihab al Mubeen
• Ibaraat-e-Akabir