Grand Mufti

Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad

**Mufti** (Arabic: mfty am mufti am  or kbyr almftyn kabir al-muftin ) mainly Sunni and ibadi Muslim countries, Islamic religious maximum terms. He mainly provides detailed explanations and fatwas on Islamic jurisprudence. He also assists state judges in the trial.

## List of Grand Muftis

|State|Incumbent|Status|Term||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Albania|Bujar Spahiu (1976–)|Appointed as Chairman of the Muslim Community of Albania (KMSH) by the Muslim Community of Albania|March 2019||
|Australia|Ibrahim Abu Mohamed (–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Australia by the Australian National Imams Council|September 2016||
|Bosnia and Herzegovina|Husein Kavazović (3 July 1964–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina|September 2012||
|Brunei|Abdul Aziz Juned (22 December 1941–)|Appointed as State Mufti of Brunei by the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah|1 September 1994||
|Bulgaria|Mustafa Hadzhi (31 March 1962–)|Appointed as Chief Mufti of Bulgaria by the Supreme Muslim Council|1997 – 2005 (first term) 2005 –||
|Egypt|Shawki Allam (12 August 1961–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Egypt by the Council of Senior Scholars of Al-Azhar and approved by the President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi|February 2013||
|Ghana|Osman Nuhu Sharubutu (23 April 1923–)|National Chief Imam of Ghana (De facto)|||
|Guinea|El Hadj Mamadou Saliou Camara (–)|Grand Imam of Guinea (De facto)|||
|India|Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad|Appointed as Grand Mufti of India by the Sunni Barelvi Muslims|2019 –||
|Iraq|Mahdi Al-Sumaidaie (20. century–)|Grand Mufti of Iraq (De facto)|||
|Jordan|Abdul Karim Khasawneh (1944–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Jordan by the Cabinet of Jordan and _Abdul Hafez Rabtah_ as Chief Islamic Justice of the Kingdom of Jordan|11 November 2019||
|Kazakhstan|Nauryzbai Kazhy Taganuly (–)|Appointed as _Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan_ by the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kazakhstan as per nomination of former Supreme Mufti, Serikbai Kazhy Oraz|7 February 2020||
|Kosovo|Naim Ternava (7 January 1961–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Kosovo by the Islamic Community of Kosova|||
|Kyrgyzstan|Maksatbek Toktomushev (–)|Appointed as Mufti of Kyrgyzstan|2014||
|Lebanon|Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian (3 April 1953–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Lebanon by the _Higher Islamic Council_|10 August 2014||
|Libya|Sadiq Al-Ghariani (8 December 1942–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Libya by the National Transitional Council|May 2011||
|Lithuania|Ramadan Yaqoob (–)|Grand Mufti of Lithuania (De facto)|||
|Macedonia|Sulejman Rexhepi (1947–)|Reis-ul-ulema of the Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia|||
|rowspan="14"|Malaysia|Luqman Abdullah (–)|Mufti of the Federal Territories (Website: muftiwp.gov.my)|16 May 2020|
|Mohd Tahrir Samsudin|Mufti of Johor (Website: mufti.johor.gov.my)|13 November 2008|||
|Syeikh Fadzil Awang|Mufti of Kedah (Website: mufti.kedah.gov.my)|20 July 2017|||
|Mohamad Shukri Mohamad|Mufti of Kelantan (Website: muftikelantan.gov.my)||||
|Abdul Halim Tawil|Acting Mufti of Malacca (Website: muftimelaka.gov.my)||||
|Mohd Yusof Ahmad|Mufti of Negeri Sembilan (Website: muftins.gov.my)|1 April 2009|||
|Abdul Rahman Osman|Mufti of Pahang (Website: mufti.pahang.gov.my)||||
|Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor|Mufti of Penang (Website: mufti.penang.gov.my)|7 June 2014|||
|Harussani Zakaria Edit this on Wikidata (8 April 1939–30 May 2021)|Mufti of Perak (Website: mufti.perak.gov.my)|December 1985|||
|Mohd Tamyes Abd Wahid Edit this on Wikidata (1 January 1928–)|Mufti of Perlis (Website: mufti.perlis.gov.my)|2 February 2015|||
|Bungsu Aziz Jaafar|Mufti of Sabah (Website: mufti.sabah.gov.my)|10 August 2012|||
|Kipli Yassin|Mufti of Sarawak (Website: muftinegeri.sarawak.gov.my)||||
|Rifat Fejzić (–)|Mufti of Selangor (Website: muftiselangor.gov.my)|16 March 1998|||
|Zulkifly Muda|Mufti of Terengganu (Website: mufti.terengganu.gov.my)|1 April 2013|||
|Mauritania|Ahmed Ould Murabit|Grand Mufti of Mauritania|||
|Montenegro|Sheikh Mohammad Amir Faizur Rahman (–)|Reis-ul-ulema of the Islamic Community of Montenegro|||
|New Zealand|Sheikh Mohammad Amir Faizur Rahman (–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of New Zealand|||
|Nigeria|Ibrahim Ibn Saleh al-Hussaini (1938–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Nigeria by the Supreme Council for Fatwa and Islamic Affairs in Nigeria|||
|Oman|Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili (27 July 1942–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman by the Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said|1975||
|Palestine|Muhammad Ahmad Hussein (20. century–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas|July 2006||
|Poland|Tomasz Miśkiewicz (9 July 1977–)|Appointed as Mufti of the Republic of Poland by the Muslim Religious Union in the Republic of Poland|2004||
|Romania|Murat Iusuf (18 August 1977–) (Murād Yūsuf)|Grand Mufti of Romania|2005||
|rowspan="8"|Russia|Rawil Gaynetdin (25 August 1959–)|Grand Mufti of Russia|1 July 1996|
|Salah Mezhiev (10 January 1977–)|Appointed as Mufti of Chechnya by Head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov|12 June 2014|||
|Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev (15 September 1959–)|Appointed as Mufti of Dagestan|1998|||
|Kamil Samigullin Edit this on Wikidata (22 March 1985–)|Appointed as Mufti of Tatarstan|17 April 2013|||
|Aynur Birgalin (–)|Appointed as Mufti of Bashkortostan||||
|Khazrataly Dzasezhev (–)|Appointed as Mufti of Kabardino-Balkaria||||
|Isa Khamkhoev (–)|Appointed as Mufti of Ingushetia||||
|Askarbi Kardanov (–)|Appointed as Mufti of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai||||
|Saudi Arabia|Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh (10 February 1943–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia by the King of Saudi Arabia, Fahd of Saudi Arabia|June 1999||
|Serbia|Sead Nasufović (22 June 1979–)|Appointed as Mufti of Serbia by the Islamic Community of Serbia|July 2016||
|Singapore|Nazirudin Mohd Nasir ( – )|Appointed as Mufti of the Republic of Singapore by the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura, the statutory board of Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth|1 March 2020 –||
|South Africa|Yasin Muhammad Yaqeenullah|Appointed as Grand Mufti by the Muslim Supreme Council of South Africa|||
|Syria|Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun (25 April 1949–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of the Republic by the President of President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad|July 2005||
|Tunisia|Othman Battikh (17 April 1941–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Tunisia by the President of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2008 and Beji Caid Essebsi in 2016|2008 – 5 January 2016 (resigned for haj pilgrimage in 2016) 12 January 2016 – (reappointed by the president after one week)||
|Turkey|Ali Erbaş (1961–)|Appointed as President of Directorate of Religious Affairs by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, acting as Grand Mufti of the country.|17 September 2017||
|United Arab Emirates|Ali Ahmed Mashael (–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Dubai by Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department|||
|Uzbekistan|Usmankhan Alimov (1 January 1950–15 August 2021)|Grand Mufti of Uzbekistan|8 August 2006||
|Zimbabwe|Ismail ibn Musa Menk (b. 1975)|Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe|||

## List of former Grand Muftis

|State|Incumbent|Status|Term||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bosnia and Herzegovina|Mustafa Cerić (5 February 1952–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina|April 1993 – November 2012||
|Brunei|Ismail Omar Abdul Aziz (1911–1993)|Appointed as State Mufti of Brunei|1962–1994||
|rowspan="6"|India|ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (21 August 1540–5 November 1615)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of India by the Mughal emperor, Akbar, appointed him to the muftiat in 1574 where he spent much of his career.|16th century – 17th century|
|Shah Fazle Rasool Badayuni (1 July 1798–8 August 1872)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of India by the final Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar.|19th century|||
|Kifayatullah Dehlawi (November 1882-31 December 1952) <small>مفتی اعظم محمد کفایت اللہ دہلوی (Urdu, his native language), مفتی کفایت اللہ الدہلوی(Arabic)</small>||20th century|||
|Amjad Ali Aazmi (November 1882–6 September 1948)|Elected as Grand Mufti of India by Electoral college and Appointed by the Islamic Community of India.|20th century|||
|Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (18 July 1892, 1892–11 November 1981, 1981)|Elected as Grand Mufti of India by Electoral college and Appointed by the Islamic Community of India.|20th century|||
|Akhtar Raza Khan (2 February 1941-20 July 2018)|Elected as Grand Mufti of India by Electoral college and Appointed by the Islamic Community of India.|20th century – 20 July 2018|||
|rowspan="1"|Malaysia|Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (16 January 1969–)|Appointed as Mufti of the Federal Territories|20 June 2014 - 16 May 2020|
|rowspan="8"|Palestine|Mohammed Tahir al-Husayni (1842-1908) (Hanafi)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the ....|1869–1908|
|Kamil al-Husayni (23 February 1867–31 March 1921) (Hanafi)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the ....|1908–1921|||
|As'ad Shukeiri (1860–1940) (Hanafi)|Appointed as Qadi by the Ottoman Empire during the World War I.|1914–1918|||
|Amin al-Husseini (1 January 1895–4 July 1974)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the ....|1921–1937|||
|Hussam ad-Din Jarallah (1884–6 March 1954)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the ....|1948–1952|||
|Saad al-Alami (1911–1993)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf|1952–1993|||
|Sulaiman Ja'abari (1912–1994)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the ....|1993–1994|||
|Ekrima Sa'id Sabri (1939–)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the ....|October 1994 – July 2006|||
|rowspan="2"|Saudi Arabia|Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh (24 July 1893–3 December 1969|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia by the ....|1953–1969|
|Abd al-Aziz Bin Baz (22 November 1912–13 May 1999)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia by the ....|1992–1999|||
|Syria|Ahmed Kuftaro (1915–1 September 2004)|Appointed as Grand Mufti of Syria|26 October 1964 – 1 September 2004||