Allama Sayyid Yousuf Jan Banoori
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Syed Yousuf Banoori, also known as Syed Yousaf Jan Banuri
, was a Sheikh al Hadith from Pakistan, belonging to a Sayyid
Pashtun
family, who played a memorable role in the Khatim an-Nabuwwah movement of the 1970s in Pakistan
.
on Thursday, 6th Rabi-uth-Thaani, 1326 Hijjri. He was the son of Maulana Syed Muhammad Zakariya who was in turn the son of a khalifa of Mujaddid Alf Sani Ahmad Sirhindi
. He was educated in Peshawar and Kabul
before being sent to Deoband
where he was the pupil of Anwar Shah Kashmiri. He founded the Jamia Arabiya Islamiya (now Jamia Uloom ul Islamia, Banori Town, Karachi
) in Karachi
in 1953.
His lineage links with a famous Sheikh of the "Naqshbandiyyah" order, Sayyid Adam Banuri (Rahimahullahu Ta’ala), which is as follows: Sayyid Muhammad Yousuf s/o Sayyid Muhammad Zakaria s/o Mir Muzzammil Shah s/o Mir Ahmed Shah s/o Mir Musa s/o Ghulam Habib s/o Rehmatullah s/o Abdul Ahad s/o Hadhrat Muhammad Awliya s/o Muhammad Adam Banori.
This lineage then reaches upward to Hadhrat Sayyidna Hussain bin Ali (Radhiyal-laahu anhuma) and because of this august progeny of the "Saadat", he is also known as a "Hussaini"..
-Imam ul Asar Maulana Muhammad Anwar Shah Kashmiri(R.A)
-Maulana Abdur Rahman Amrohi(R.A)
-Maulana Sayyad Husain Ahmad Madni Maulana(R.A)
-Shabbir Ahmad Usmani(R.A)
-Maulana Aziz ur Rahman(R.A)
-Shaikh Hussain bin Muhammad Trablusi(R.A)
-Shaikh Allama Muhammad Zahid Kausari(R.A)
-Shaikh Umar Hamdan Muaddasi Malki(R.A)
-Shaikh Muhammad bin Habib ullah bin Mayabi Shanqiti(R.A)
-Shaikh Khalil Khalid Muqaddasi(R.A)
-Shaikh Ummatullah nt Shaikh Shah Abdul Ghani(R.A)
Allama Banoori (Rahimahullah) started work with ten Arabic Madrassah graduate scholars. He drafted a curriculum of Takmeel in Islamic Studies. He borrowed money from one of his friends and distributed salaries among the teachers and stipends to students. Initially, he had to face untold hardships, but he encountered them with patience and steadfastness as is the way of devout Ulama. Because of the blessings of his patience and sincerity, Allah, by His Grace, started removing obstacles one by one and opened up the doors of success for him. The building began to expand, a room or two at a time until three units were complete for the Jamiah and the hostel during his period. After sometime, other courses were then offered too, besides Takmeel. These are described later on in this brochure.
Hadhrat Banori (Rahimahullah) was an internationally known scholarly personality. Allaah Ta’ala had gifted him with extraordinary capabilities and sincerity of the highest level. Within no time, this institution achieved the status of an international University in his presence. Students, driven by thirst of religious knowledge, from all over the places within and outside Pakistan started pouring in to study in the Jamiah. By the Grace of Allaah, the Jamiah had already become a model institution in terms of education and system during his life-time..
and breathed his last.
His body was brought back to Karachi. Aarif Billaah Hadhrat Dr. Abdul Hai Aarifi (Rahimahullah) led the funeral prayer in the compound of Jamiah amid thousands of Ulama, admirers, disciples, students and the general public. He was laid to rest in the precincts of Jamiah..
Banuri
Banuri or Banoori is a Pakistani surname, common among the Pashto and Hindko -speaking Syeds of Kohat , Peshawar and Swat especially in Odigram regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.-Origins:...
, was a Sheikh al Hadith from Pakistan, belonging to a Sayyid
Sayyid
Sayyid is an honorific title, it denotes males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husain ibn Ali, sons of the prophet's daughter Fatima Zahra and his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib.Daughters of sayyids are given the titles Sayyida,...
Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
family, who played a memorable role in the Khatim an-Nabuwwah movement of the 1970s in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
Early life
Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Banori (R.A) (1908–1977) was born in Basti Mahabatabad near PeshawarPeshawar
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....
on Thursday, 6th Rabi-uth-Thaani, 1326 Hijjri. He was the son of Maulana Syed Muhammad Zakariya who was in turn the son of a khalifa of Mujaddid Alf Sani Ahmad Sirhindi
Ahmad Sirhindi
Imām Rabbānī Shaykh Ahmad al-Farūqī al-Sirhindī was an Indian Islamic scholar from Punjab, a Hanafi jurist, and a prominent member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order. He is described as Mujaddid Alf Thānī, meaning the "reviver of the second millennium", for his work in rejuvenating Islam and opposing...
. He was educated in Peshawar and Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
before being sent to Deoband
Deoband
Deoband is a city and a municipal board in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located in the upper Doab region of Uttar Pradesh. Deoband used to be surrounded by dense forests, and was believed to be the abode of the Goddess Durga, according to one tradition this is...
where he was the pupil of Anwar Shah Kashmiri. He founded the Jamia Arabiya Islamiya (now Jamia Uloom ul Islamia, Banori Town, Karachi
Jamia Uloom ul Islamia, Banori Town, Karachi
Jamia Uloom-e-Islamia or Islamic University Karachi is an Islamic School situated in Binori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The school continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system initiated by Darul Uloom Deoband...
) in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
in 1953.
His lineage links with a famous Sheikh of the "Naqshbandiyyah" order, Sayyid Adam Banuri (Rahimahullahu Ta’ala), which is as follows: Sayyid Muhammad Yousuf s/o Sayyid Muhammad Zakaria s/o Mir Muzzammil Shah s/o Mir Ahmed Shah s/o Mir Musa s/o Ghulam Habib s/o Rehmatullah s/o Abdul Ahad s/o Hadhrat Muhammad Awliya s/o Muhammad Adam Banori.
This lineage then reaches upward to Hadhrat Sayyidna Hussain bin Ali (Radhiyal-laahu anhuma) and because of this august progeny of the "Saadat", he is also known as a "Hussaini"..
Permission of Hadith
Muhammad Yousuf Banori (R.A) gained permission of Hadith from:-Imam ul Asar Maulana Muhammad Anwar Shah Kashmiri(R.A)
-Maulana Abdur Rahman Amrohi(R.A)
-Maulana Sayyad Husain Ahmad Madni Maulana(R.A)
-Shabbir Ahmad Usmani(R.A)
-Maulana Aziz ur Rahman(R.A)
-Shaikh Hussain bin Muhammad Trablusi(R.A)
-Shaikh Allama Muhammad Zahid Kausari(R.A)
-Shaikh Umar Hamdan Muaddasi Malki(R.A)
-Shaikh Muhammad bin Habib ullah bin Mayabi Shanqiti(R.A)
-Shaikh Khalil Khalid Muqaddasi(R.A)
-Shaikh Ummatullah nt Shaikh Shah Abdul Ghani(R.A)
Establishment of the Jamiah
Placing his trust in Allah, Hadhrat Banori (Rahimahullah) laid the foundation stone of the Jamiah in the Jami′ Mosque, Allaamah Banori Town, (formerly New Town) Karachi, in Muharram 1374 Hijri, corresponding to the year 1954. At that time, Jamiah did not have any structural form nor were there any funds at hand. The site where the Jamiah is located today was an unkempt ground of holes, rocks and thorny bushes. The students used to study in the Masjid and live there as well. There was neither an accommodation for them nor were there classrooms for educational purposes.Allama Banoori (Rahimahullah) started work with ten Arabic Madrassah graduate scholars. He drafted a curriculum of Takmeel in Islamic Studies. He borrowed money from one of his friends and distributed salaries among the teachers and stipends to students. Initially, he had to face untold hardships, but he encountered them with patience and steadfastness as is the way of devout Ulama. Because of the blessings of his patience and sincerity, Allah, by His Grace, started removing obstacles one by one and opened up the doors of success for him. The building began to expand, a room or two at a time until three units were complete for the Jamiah and the hostel during his period. After sometime, other courses were then offered too, besides Takmeel. These are described later on in this brochure.
Hadhrat Banori (Rahimahullah) was an internationally known scholarly personality. Allaah Ta’ala had gifted him with extraordinary capabilities and sincerity of the highest level. Within no time, this institution achieved the status of an international University in his presence. Students, driven by thirst of religious knowledge, from all over the places within and outside Pakistan started pouring in to study in the Jamiah. By the Grace of Allaah, the Jamiah had already become a model institution in terms of education and system during his life-time..
Works
He had to his credit a large number of books and articles. The most popular ones are as follows:.- Ma’aarifus-Sunan (‘Acquirements In Understanding the Prophetic Traditions, Commentary on Jami′-ut-Tirmizi’)
- Bughyatul Areeb fi masaailil Qiblati wal Mahaareeb (‘The Intelligent One’s Quest In Problems Relating To The Qiblah And Mihraab’)
- Nafhatul Ambar fi Hayat-ish- Sheikh Muhammad Anwar (‘A Whiff Of Anbar, The Life Of Sheikh Muhammad Anwar’)
- Yateematul bayaan Fi Shay’in min Uloomil Quraan(‘A Gemstone In Eloquence In Explaining A Little bit On The Quranic Sciences’)
Death
On the 13th of October, 1977, although he was too old and weak to travel, he decided to attend an important meeting of the Islami Mushawarati Council at Islamabad. His health deteriorated there and so he was immediately rushed to C.M.H. Hospital. After two days of being hospitalized, he recited the Kalimah Tayyibah on Monday afternoon and bade farewell to those who were attending him at that moment with ‘Assalam-o-Alaikum’ and turned himself towards QiblaQibla
The Qiblah , also transliterated as Qibla, Kiblah or Kibla, is the direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during salah...
and breathed his last.
His body was brought back to Karachi. Aarif Billaah Hadhrat Dr. Abdul Hai Aarifi (Rahimahullah) led the funeral prayer in the compound of Jamiah amid thousands of Ulama, admirers, disciples, students and the general public. He was laid to rest in the precincts of Jamiah..