Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti ( 15 March 1925 – 22 December 2015) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and historian. A leading figure of
Ahl-i Hadith
Ahl-i-Hadith or Ahl-e-Hadith (, ''people of hadith'') is a Salafi reform movement that emerged in North India in the mid-nineteenth century from the teachings of Syed Ahmad Barelvi, Sayyid Ahmad Shahid, Syed Nazeer Husain and Nawab Siddiq Has ...
in South Asia, Bhatti was born in Kotkapura in Faridkot State and migrated to Pakistan in 1947 after the partition of India.
Biography
Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti was born on 15 March 1925 in
Kotkapura
Kotkapura is a historic city in Faridkot district, Punjab, India. some 15 km from Faridkot City, 50 km from Bathinda, 40 km from Moga and 30 km from Muktsar in the state of Punjab, India. It is the largest city in the Faridkot ...
in the
state of Faridkot (present day
Faridkot, Punjab
Faridkot is a city in the South-western part of state of Punjab, India. It serves as the headquarters for both the Faridkot district. as well as the Faridkot Division. The division was established in 1995 at Faridkot which includes Faridkot, Ba ...
) into a Bhatti family.
His father, Abdul Majid Bhatti was a religious person. Ishaq Bhatti learnt Quran at home from his grandfather.
In 1947, Bhatti moved to
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
from
India
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with his family.
He died in Lahore on 22 December 2015, aged 90.
Works
Bhaṭṭī has written several books in
Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
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People from Faridkot, Punjab
2015 deaths
1925 births
Pakistani people of Indian descent
20th-century Pakistani historians
Pakistani Islamic religious leaders
Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Ahl-i Hadith people
21st-century Pakistani historians
Indian emigrants to Pakistan
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