Yusuf Karaan

Yusuf Karaan (also written as Yousuf Abdullah Karaan) (15 November 1935 - 10 May 2015) was a South African Sunni Muslim scholar from Strand who served as head mufti of Muslim Judicial Council.

Biography Karaan was born on 15 November 1935. He acquired his primary education from Strand Moslem Primary School and Methodist Mission School and completed his matriculation from Athlone Secondary School in 1952. In 1957, he moved to India where he studied at Darul Uloom Deoband for five years and graduated in 1962. Kitaabul Fiqh, English translation of Ashraf Ali Thanwi's Hanafi fiqh manual Din Ki Baatein. A Gift to Muslim Couple, English translation of Ashraf Ali Thanwi's Tuhfatuz Zawjayn. Stories of the Prophets, English translation of Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi's Qassasul Ambiyaa. Tuhfatul Ikhwan of Ibrahim Ba'kathah. Khutbaatul Ahkam of Ashraf Ali Thanwi. Fadhail e Hajj of Zakariyya Kandhlawi. Ma'ārif-e-Masnawi of Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar