Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000) was a
Pakistani Sunni
Muslim scholar, author, ''
muhaddith
Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism)
consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...
'',
Ahrari leader, and Vice President of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. He was born in Esapur, Ludhiana
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, Eastern Punjab
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, India
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. He was assassinated on 18 May 2000 in Karachi
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, Pakistan
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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, Ludhiana District, Punjab, India
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in 1932.[ His father, Allah Baksh, a practicing Muslim and follower of religious leader Abdul Qadir Raipuri, 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 ]Ludhiana
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, British India
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. He finished it in Multan
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Multan is one of the old ...
, 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
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and Sahiwal
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, Punjab, Pakistan
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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 i ...
in Karachi
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, 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 Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat (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 ...
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 i ...
in Karachi, one of the largest seminaries in Pakistan.[
Due to his religious knowledge and ability, ]Muhammad Yousuf Banuri
Muhammad Yousuf Banuri (7 May 1908 – 17 October 1977) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, founder of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia and former President and Vice President of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan from 30 May 1973 to 17 October 1977.
Ed ...
, Emir of 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 i ...
, 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 Pakistan Stock Exchange index at the end of the day.][
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References
Bibliography
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Hussain, Imran
External links
Ahrar: a chapter in Indian Muslim history on The Milli Gazette (newspaper)
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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