Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000) was a

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'', Ahrari leader, and Vice President of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. He was born in Esapur,

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. He was assassinated on 18 May 2000 in

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, at Naseerabad market while going to his office at Numaish Chowrangi before at 9 AM while buying fruits.

Biography

Yusuf Ludhianvi was born in Isapur Village,

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in 1932. His father, Allah Baksh, a practicing Muslim and follower of religious leader

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, was the chief (''number dar'') of his village. He migrated to Pakistan after partition, and settled in a village 335WB which is situated near district Vahari. Yusuf Ludhianvi received his primary Islamic education in

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. He finished it in

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, Pakistan under the guidance of

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before becoming a distinguished teacher of

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, teaching first in

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and

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and then at

Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia (, ''Jāmiā Ulūm-i Islāmīyā'' / , ''Jāmi‘at-ul-‘Ulūm-ul-Islāmīyah'') is an Islamic University in Binori Town, Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system ...

, Pakistan. Yusuf Ludhianvi wrote over 100 books that have been translated into a number of languages. ''Aap Kay Masail Aur Unka Hul'' (regarded as an authority on Hanafi Fiqh) and ''Ikhtilaf-e- Ummat and Sirat-e-Mustaqeem'' (''Factions in the Ummah and the Straight Path'') are among his most famous works. Besides being the editor of ''Al-Bayyinat'', he was the vice-president of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat (the International Committee for the Protection of the Finality of Prophethood) and one of the founding fathers of the Iqra school. He taught

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in Karachi, one of the largest seminaries in Pakistan. Due to his religious knowledge and ability,

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, Emir of

, appointed him to edit the ''Khatm-e-Nubuwwat'' (a weekly newspaper) and the ''Al-Bayyinat'' (a monthly magazine). Before being murdered, Yusuf Ludhianvi led efforts to end the ongoing violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims. He was a well-known scholar of the Sunni sect of Islam and had thousands of followers all over Pakistan. Hundreds of his supporters came out into the streets of Karachi to protest his murder. The news of his murder even caused a decline in the

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index at the end of the day.

References

Bibliography

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Hussain, ImranMahnama Bayyinat - Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi ra Number

External links

Ahrar: a chapter in Indian Muslim history on The Milli Gazette (newspaper)

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