Present Pakistan United Kingdom Bangladesh Sri Lanka South Africa Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1 July 1918 – 7 April 1998) was an Islamic scholar of Hanafi jurisprudence, Sufi, and Muslim leader.

[3][4] Muhammad Karam Shah was born on 1 July 1918 at Bhera, Sargodha District, British India.

Then on the advice of Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi (1906 – 1981), he went to Muradabad, in 1942 for the study of hadith.

[7][8][9] He reorganized the Islamic institution Dar al Ulum Muhammadiyyah Ghausiyyah established by his father in Bhera (Sargodha) and brought major changes in the syllabi of religious education.

[3] Karam Shah al-Azhari was an active participant in the Pakistan movement and vigorously campaigned in the Indian provincial elections, 1946 for All India Muslim League.