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This paper is to explore the role of Muslim religious scholars and Islamic Jurists of 19th century CE in the development of Fiqh—e-Hanafi. This period was the reign of the last two Mughal Rulers, Akbar Shah II and his successor Bahadur Shah Zafar. This was an era of decline for Muslims both socially and politically. Central Government was very weak. Internal and external enemies were playing conspiracy games to demolish the residual of Mughal Government. Regardless of this worst situation, the rulers were busy in their luxuries activities while Ulama were engaged in spreading the teachings of Fiqh e Hanafi through writing books, debates, preaching etc. Similarly, some of Ulama were officially appointed as Qazi and Mufti who were developing Fiqh e Hanafi by making decisions and answering the Fatwa in the light of this law. Although it was a crucial time for the Muslims, but Ulama realized and fulfilled their responsibilities within their respective fields. Some of the famous Quzat (Judges) and Muftiyaan were Qazi Khalil ur Rahman Rampuri, Qazi Inayat Kakorvi, Mufti Khalil ur Rahman Kakorvi, Mufti Sharfuddin Rampuri, Mufti Ali Kabir Machli Shehri, Mufti Saad ullah Murad Abadi, Mufti Riaz uddin Kakorvi, Mufti Abdul Qayyoom Siddiqi, Mufti Abdul Ghafoor Hamayuni and Mufti Aziz ur Rahman Deobandi. During this period, Ulama wrote a lot of books according to Fiqh e Hanafi and thus played a vital role in the evolution of this fiqh. Among these authors some prominent names were Mufti Sharf ud din Rampuri, Maulana Abdul Hay Farangi Mahali, Molvi Faqeer Muhamamd Jehalmi, Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi, Maulana Ahmad Raza Khana Baralvi, Peer Syed Mehar Ali Shah, Maulana Abdul Aziz Usmani, Maulana Ashsraf Ali Thanwi and Maulana Amjad Ali Azami.