Yousuf Ludhianvi
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Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–18 May 2000) was a Muslim scholar and Naib Amir (Vice President) of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. He was born in EsaPur, Ludhiana, Eastern Punjab, India
and was martyred in Karachi
, Pakistan
.
Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi came to Pakistan in 1947 and obtained early education at Multan
's Khairul Madaris. Before joining Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Binori Town, where he had been teaching Hadith
, Hazrat Maulana had studied at Faisalabad
and Sahiwal
.
The same technique has been used extensively by various authors, including Haafiz Muhammad Zubair and Haafiz Tahir Islam Askari in their book Fiqr-e-Ghaamdi, Aik Tehkeeki aur Taziati Mut'alia. ('Ghamdi's Ideology: An Investigative and Analytical Study') The book also extensively quotes Hazrat Maulana Ludhanvi's works.
Hazrat Maulana Ludhanvi was editor of the weekly Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, the monthly Buyyanat, and another monthly LauLak. Through his weekly column for an Urdu daily, he had been associated with journalism for the last 40 years. For the last seven years, his column had been appearing in an English daily as well.
Hazrat Maulana Ludhianvi was the patron-in-chief of Madrassa Zakariyya Al-Khairia and Darul-Uloom Yousufiya Jamia Masjid Khatam-un-Nabiyyeen. He was also the chief patron of the Iqra School chain.
His Books, Bayanat, Dars-e-Quran and Hadith Available at http://shaheedeislam.com/ and http://shaheed-e-islam.com/
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and was martyred 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...
, 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...
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Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi came to Pakistan in 1947 and obtained early education at Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
's Khairul Madaris. Before joining Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Binori Town, where he had been teaching Hadith
Hadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
, Hazrat Maulana had studied at Faisalabad
Faisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...
and Sahiwal
Sahiwal
Sahiwal is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the administrative centre of Sahiwal District and Sahiwal Division. Sahiwal is approximately 180 km from the major city Lahore and is the city between Lahore and Multan...
.
Lifetime and work
Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi authored over 100 books and many have been translated into various languages. His major works included Aap Kay Masail Aur Unka Hal, spread over ten volumes, and the celebrated and renowned Ikhtilafe Ummat aur Sirat-e-Mustaqeem ("Factions in the Ummah and the Straight Path"). He is best known for using an author's own writings to highlight internal inconsistencies in the authors ideas. He used the technique extensively against leaders of the Shi'ite sect and against the founder of the Jamat-e-Islami, Abul Aala Mauddudi and specially against Qadiyaniat.The same technique has been used extensively by various authors, including Haafiz Muhammad Zubair and Haafiz Tahir Islam Askari in their book Fiqr-e-Ghaamdi, Aik Tehkeeki aur Taziati Mut'alia. ('Ghamdi's Ideology: An Investigative and Analytical Study') The book also extensively quotes Hazrat Maulana Ludhanvi's works.
Hazrat Maulana Ludhanvi was editor of the weekly Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, the monthly Buyyanat, and another monthly LauLak. Through his weekly column for an Urdu daily, he had been associated with journalism for the last 40 years. For the last seven years, his column had been appearing in an English daily as well.
Hazrat Maulana Ludhianvi was the patron-in-chief of Madrassa Zakariyya Al-Khairia and Darul-Uloom Yousufiya Jamia Masjid Khatam-un-Nabiyyeen. He was also the chief patron of the Iqra School chain.
His Books, Bayanat, Dars-e-Quran and Hadith Available at http://shaheedeislam.com/ and http://shaheed-e-islam.com/
See also
- Khatme NabuwwatKhatme NabuwwatKhatim an-Nabuwwah , or Seal of Prophethood, is an Islamic belief unique to Prophet Muhammad. However, there is a difference of interpretation within Muslims; orthodox Muslims hold a consensus that this implies that prophethood came to an end after Muhammad, whereas other groups such as Ahmadiyya...
- Pasban Khatme NabuwwatPasban Khatme NabuwwatPasban Khatm-e Nabuwwat "Guardians of the Seal of Prophethood" is the name of a Pakistani organisation that has made it their business to combat, often violently, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community....
- Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
- Tehreek-e-Khatme NabuwwatTehreek-e-Khatme NabuwwatThe Tehrik-e-Khatme Nabuwwat or Tehrik-e-Tahafuz-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwat was a religious movement in Pakistan aiming to protect the finality of prophethood and to refute the repudiators of the belief in the finality of prophethood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.-History of Movement:The roots of...
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah BukhariSyed Ata Ullah Shah BukhariSyed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari , was an Indian Muslim scholar, religious and senior political leader from the Indian subcontinent. He was one of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam's founding members...