Yusuf ibn Suleman ibn Qasim Motala (25 November 1946 – 8 September 2019) was a British Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, founder of Darul Uloom Bury and one of the disciples of Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi.[1][2]
Shaykh al-Hadith Maulana Yusuf Motala | |
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 Gravestone of Shaykh Yusuf Motala | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 25 November 1946 Nani Naroli, Surat district, India |
| Died | 9 September 2019 (aged 72) Mississauga, Canada |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi (Tablighi Jamaat) |
| Alma mater | Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur |
| Teachers | Zakariyya Kandhlawi Yunus Jaunpuri |
| Organization | |
| Founder of | Darul Uloom Bury |
| Muslim leader | |
Influenced | |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Yūsuf يوسف |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Sulaymān ibn Qāsim Mutālā بن سليمان بن قاسم متالا |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | as-Sūrtī السورتي |
Early life and education
editYusuf Motala was born in Nani Naroli in Gujarat, British India, on 25 November 1946. He graduated from Mazahir Uloom,[3] where he studied under Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi and Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri.[4]
Career
editUpon the instruction of Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi, Maulana Yusuf Motala established Darul Uloom Al-Arabiyyah Al-Islamiyyah in Holcombe, 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 the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.[4]
Death
editHe died in Toronto, Canada on 8 September 2019 following a heart attack.[2]
Works
editMotala'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 ﷺ (Urdu)
- Jamale Mohammadi ﷺ Jable Noor Pur (Urdu)
- Jamale Mohammadi ﷺ darse Bukhari ke Aaine mei - Vol 1 & 2 Combined (Urdu)
- Jamale Muhammadi ﷺ 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 ﷺ
- The Need for Simple Weddings (English)
References
edit- ^ Sheikh Yusuf Motala - a pioneer of Islam in Britain - dies
- ^ a b [1], Andrew Norfolk, Times Online, 10 September 2007.
- ^ Ballard, Roger; Banks, Marcus (1994). Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain. Hurst. ISBN 9781850650911.
- ^ a b Mufti ARM (30 May 2018). "Obituary to Mawlana Yusuf". themuslim500. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ Inside Britain's Islamic Colleges, Dominic Casciani, BBC News Online, 15 January 2004.
- ^ Police Harassment of Leading British Muslim Scholar Archived 3 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Iqbal Sacranie, MCB Press Release, 15 November 2003.
- ^ "Books authored by Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā". inter-islam.org. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Motala Great Pioneer in the UK". baseeratonline. Retrieved 7 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.