Hazrat Maulana Qari Mohammad Shakil Ashraf Ashrafi is a great Sufi saint of both the Chishti and Qadiri orders of Sufism. He is the disciple of the famous highly reverend saint of Makhdoom Ashraf in Kichauccha Sharif Dist Ambedkar Nagar UP India. whose URS (demise anniversary) is commemorated on the 28th of the Islamic month of Muharram. He established his own Silsila through his peer and Sajjada Nasheen Hazrat Syed Shah Fakhruddin Ashraf. It is said that Hazrat Maulana Qari Mohammad Shakil Ashraf is very intelligent beyond description. He completed Hifz (learn by heart) of the holy Quran with seven types of Querat (recitation) in seven years. After completing it, he got himself engaged in the education of different branches of theology like Tafseer (Commentary) Hadith (Narration of Sayings of the holy prophet) Fiquah (Islamic jurisprudence) and other allied subjects. He obtained full proficiency in all these branches of Islamic education at the age of twenty years. His name and fame as a proficient Islamic Scholar reached in the Madrasas of Ashrafiya. From the very students life, his extraordinary ability and proficiency has impressed people.