Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000) was a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar, author, ''

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'', Ahrari leader, and Vice President of

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. He was born in Esapur,

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, Eastern

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. He was assassinated on 18 May 2000 in

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, at Naseerabad market while going to his office at Numaish Chowrangi before at 9 AM while buying fruits.

Biography

Yusuf Ludhianvi was born in Isapur Village,

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in 1932. His father, Allah Baksh, a practicing Muslim and follower of religious leader

Abdul Qadir Raipuri Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri شاہ عبد القادر رائے پوری (born 1878 / 1295AH) was a spiritual reformer and well known guide of Islam. Life His father Hafiz Ahmed was born in Toha Moharram Khan of Photohar of Chakwa District in Indi ...

, was the chief (''number dar'') of his village. He migrated to Pakistan after partition, and settled in a village 335WB which is situated near district Vahari. Yusuf Ludhianvi received his primary Islamic education in

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. He finished it in

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the ol ...

, Pakistan under the guidance of

Khair Muhammad Jalandhari Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (1895 - 1970) ( Urdu: مولانا خير محمّد جالندھرى) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, founder and first rector Jamia Khairul Madaris. He served as president and vice-president of Wifaq ul Madaris Al- ...

before becoming a distinguished teacher of

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 approva ...

, teaching first in

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pakis ...

and Sahiwal,

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and then at

Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ( ur, , ''Jāmi‘ah ‘Ulūm-i Islāmīyah'' / , ''Jāmi‘atul-‘Ulūmul-Islāmīyah'') is an Islamic University in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system ...

, Pakistan. Yusuf Ludhianvi wrote over 100 books that have been translated into a number of languages. ''Aap Kay Masail Aur Unka Hul'' (regarded as an authority on Hanafi Fiqh) and ''Ikhtilaf-e- Ummat and Sirat-e-Mustaqeem'' (''Factions in the Ummah and the Straight Path'') are among his most famous works. Besides being the editor of ''Al-Bayyinat'', he was the vice-president of

(the International Committee for the Protection of the Finality of Prophethood) and one of the founding fathers of the Iqra school. He taught

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 approva ...

in Karachi, one of the largest seminaries in Pakistan. Due to his religious knowledge and ability, Muhammad Yousuf Banuri, Emir of

, appointed him to edit the ''Khatm-e-Nubuwwat'' (a weekly newspaper) and the ''Al-Bayyinat'' (a monthly magazine). Before being murdered, Yusuf Ludhianvi led efforts to end the ongoing violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims. He was a well-known scholar of the Sunni sect of Islam and had thousands of followers all over Pakistan. Hundreds of his supporters came out into the streets of Karachi to protest his murder. The news of his murder even caused a decline in the

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index at the end of the day.

References

Bibliography

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Hussain, Imran

External links

Ahrar: a chapter in Indian Muslim history on The Milli Gazette (newspaper)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ludhianvi, Yusuf 1932 births 2000 deaths Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Punjabi people People from Ludhiana Pakistani educators Hanafi fiqh scholars Deobandis Deputy Emirs of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat Academic staff of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Assassinated Pakistani Islamic scholars