Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri (2 October 1937 – 11 July 2017) was an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

Islamic

hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

scholar who served as the senior professor of hadith at the

Mazahir Uloom Mazahir Uloom ( ur, ) is an Islamic seminary located in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Started in November 1866 by Sa'ādat Ali Faqīh, and developed further by Mazhar Nanautawi and Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri; it is regarded as the second most influen ...

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti. Saharanpur is declared as on ...

. He was one of the senior students and disciples of

Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá Ṣiddīqī Kāndhlawī Sahāranpūrī Muhājir Madanī (''Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá aṣ-Ṣiddīqī al-Kāndahlawī as-Sahāranfūrī al-Madanī''; 2 February 189824 May 1982) ...

. He taught at the Mazahir Uloom and authored books such as ''Al-Yawaqit al-Ghaliyah'', ''Kitab at-Tawhid'' and ''Nawadir al-Hadith''.

Biography

Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri was born on 2 October 1937 in Jaunpur. He graduated from the

in 1961. He studied with

and was seen among his senior disciples. Yunus taught different books of Hadith at Jamia Mazahir Uloom Jadeed. He was appointed Shaykh al-Hadith of the Jamia in 1388 AH. At the Mazahir Jadeed, he taught ''

Sahih Al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...

'' for over 50 years. Yunus died on 11 July 2017. His funeral was attended by over one million people and the prayer was led by Talha Kandhlawi, the son of

. International Islamic scholar

Ismail ibn Musa Menk Ismail ibn Musa Menk ( ar, إسماعيل بن موسى منك, translit=ʾismāʿīl ibn mūsā mink) (born 27 June 1975) is a Zimbabwean Islamic scholar, best known as Mufti Menk. He is the Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe's Muslim community, which ma ...

expressed grief over his demise. Indian poet and scholar

Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri Fuzail Ahmad Nāsirī (born 13 May 1978) is an Indian Islamic scholar, Urdu writer and poet, who is a professor of hadith and vice-administrator of education at the Jamia Imam Muhammad Anwar Shah. He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband. His b ...

also expressed grief and said that Jaunpuri was an exemplar scholar of

Literary works

Jaunpuri's books include: * ''Al-Yawaqit al-Ghaliyah'' *''Kitab at-Tawhid'' *''Nawadir al-Hadith'' *''Nibrās al-Sārī ilā Riyāḍ al-Bukhārī'' *''Nawadir al-Fiqh''

References

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