British Indian scholar (1946 - 2019)
Yusuf ibn Suleman ibn Qasim Motala (25 November 1946 – 8 September 2019) was aBritish Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, founder ofDarul Uloom Bury and one of the disciples ofZakariyya Kandhlawi.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Yusuf Motala was born inNani Naroli inGujarat,British India, on 25 November 1946. He graduated fromMazahir Uloom,[3] where he studied under Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi andMuhammad Yunus Jaunpuri.[4]
Upon the instruction of Zakariyya Kandhlawi, Maulana Yusuf Motala establishedDarul Uloom Al-Arabiyyah Al-Islamiyyah inHolcombe,Bury, Lancashire, in 1973.[5] He subsequently established several other educational institutes.[6] He was included in the 2019 list of "The 500 Most Influential Muslims," published annually by theRoyal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.[4]
He died in Toronto, Canada on 8 September 2019 following a heart attack.[2]
Motala's works are:[7]
- Aḍwā' al-Bayān fī Tarjamatul Qurʼān (Urdu translation of the Quran).[8]
- Aimma Araba aur Sufia Kiram (Urdu)
- Juz' ʿAmma Tafsīr in Arabic (with Urdu and English Tarjumma)[9]
- Arabic Khutbahs
- Hadyah-e-Haramain (Salaatus-Salaam Compilations - Arabic-Urdu)
- Buzurgon ke Wisal Ke Ahwaal (Urdu)
- Fitno se Hifazat ke liye Masnoon Duaaei (Urdu)
- Shaykh al-Ḥadīth, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyya saheb raḥmatullahe alayhe Aur Unke Khulafa Ikraam- Part 2 and Part 3 (Urdu)
- Inayat Naame (Urdu)
- Itaat-e-Rasool (Urdu)
- Jamale Mohammadi Jable Noor Pur (Urdu)
- Jamale Mohammadi darse Bukhari ke Aaine mei - Vol 1 & 2 Combined (Urdu)
- Jamale Muhammadi ki Jalwa Gahen - Vols 1 and 2 (Urdu)
- Jāmiʿ al-Siyar (Urdu)
- Karamat Wa Kamalat-e-Awliya - Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu)
- Majmua e Darood o Salaam (Urdu)
- Mashaa'ikh Ahmadabad Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu)
- Mere Bhai Jaan (Urdu)
- Muhabbat Naamay Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu)
- Sham-o-Hind ke Awliya' ʿIzam (Urdu)
English translations of Shaykh Yusuf Motala's works are:[10]
- Final Moments of the Pious (English Translation)
- Ḥaḍrat Shaykh and I (English)
- Miṣbāḥ al-Ẓalām fi al-Ṣalāt wa al-Salām ʿalā khayr al-Anām, compiled by Imām Nūr al-Dīn Al-Shūni (RA), emphasised by Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā ṣaheb (English /Arabic)
- 99 Names of Allah (Asmaaul-Husnaa) and 99 Attributes/Appellations of Prophet Muhammad
- The Need for Simple Weddings (English)
- ^Sheikh Yusuf Motala - a pioneer of Islam in Britain - dies
- ^ab[1], Andrew Norfolk, Times Online, 10 September 2007.
- ^Ballard, Roger; Banks, Marcus (1994).Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain. Hurst.ISBN 9781850650911.
- ^abMufti ARM (30 May 2018)."Obituary to Mawlana Yusuf".themuslim500. Retrieved5 May 2020.
- ^Inside Britain's Islamic Colleges, Dominic Casciani, BBC News Online, 15 January 2004.
- ^Police Harassment of Leading British Muslim ScholarArchived 3 December 2007 at theWayback Machine, Iqbal Sacranie, MCB Press Release, 15 November 2003.
- ^"Books authored by Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā".inter-islam.org. Retrieved7 May 2020.
- ^"Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Motala Great Pioneer in the UK".baseeratonline. Archived fromthe original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved7 May 2020.
- ^Motala, Yusuf (7 May 2020)."Juz' ʿAmma Tafsīr"(PDF).
- ^"Books authored by our beloved Ḥaḍrat, Shaykh al-Ḥadīth, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā ṣaheb (ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU BOOKS/BOOKLETS)".Inter-Islam. 18 June 2020.
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