Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri (2 October 1937 – 11 July 2017) was an Indian Islamic

hadith Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...

scholar who served as the senior professor of hadith at the Mazahir Uloom in

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the public administration, administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Sain ...

. He was one of the senior students and disciples of

Zakariyya Kandhlawi Zakariyya Kandhlawi (; 3 February 1898 – 24 May 1982) was a mid-twentieth-century traditionalist Sunni scholar and an authority in the study of hadith, also known as Sheikh al-Hadith, hailing from India. He was an influential member and ideol ...

. He taught at the Mazahir Uloom and authored books such as ''Al-Yawaqit al-Ghaliyah'', ''Kitab at-Tawhid'' and ''Nawadir al-Hadith''.

Biography

Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri was born on 2 October 1937 in Jaunpur. He graduated from the Mazahir Uloom in 1961. He studied with

and was seen among his senior disciples. Yunus taught different books of Hadith at Jamia Mazahir Uloom Jadeed. He was appointed Shaykh al-Hadith of the Jamia in 1388 AH. At the Mazahir Jadeed, he taught ''

Sahih Al-Bukhari () is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari () in the format, the work is valued by Sunni Muslims, alongside , as the most authentic after the Qur'an. Al-Bukhari organized the bo ...

'' for over 50 years. Yunus died on 11 July 2017. His funeral was attended by over one million people and the prayer was led by Talha Kandhlawi, the son of

. International Islamic scholar

Ismail ibn Musa Menk Ismail ibn Musa Menk (born 27 June 1975), commonly known as Mufti Menk, is a Zimbabwean Islamic speaker. He is the Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe, and head of the fatwa department for the Council of Islamic Scholars of Zimbabwe. Early life Menk was ...

expressed grief over his demise. Indian poet and scholar Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri also expressed grief and said that Jaunpuri was an exemplar scholar of

Literary works

Jaunpuri's books include: * ''Al-Yawaqit al-Ghaliyah'' *''Kitab at-Tawhid'' *''Nawadir al-Hadith'' *''Nibrās al-Sārī ilā Riyāḍ al-Bukhārī'' *''Nawadir al-Fiqh''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yunus, Jaunpuri Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Deobandis 1937 births 2017 deaths People from Jaunpur district Mazahir Uloom alumni Academic staff of Mazahir Uloom Disciples of Zakariyya Kandhlawi