Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Junagarhi (also known as Muhammad Junagarhi; 1890-1941) was a British Indian Islamic scholar, muhaddith, author and translator, who co-founded the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference, and served as the president of All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference. He translated Ibn Qayyim's I'laam ul Muwaqqi'een 'an Rabb il 'Aalameen and Ibn Kathir's exegesis of the Quran into Urdu language.^[1]

Biography

Muhammad Junagarhi was born in 1890 in the state of Junagadh to Ibrahim and belonged to Memon ethnic group.^[2] He was thus known as Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Junagarhi.^[3][4] He completed his early education from the town and later moved to Delhi for higher education.^[5] In Delhi, he studied at the Madrasa Aminia.^[6] He discontinued his studies at the Aminia and went to Madrasa Darul Kitaba wa- al-Sunnah of Abdul Wahhab Multani, from where he graduated.^[6]

Junagarhi co-founded the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference and served as the president of the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference.^[7] He died in 1941 at the age of 51.^[8] He was known with the title of Khateeb e Hind. ^[a][5]

Literary works

Junagarhi translated Tafseer ibn Katheer and Ibn Qayyim's I'laam ul Muwaqqi'een 'an Rabb il 'Aalameen into Urdu language. His other works include:^[9]

• Saif-i Muḥammadī
• Shamʻ-i Muḥammadī
• Tafseer Ahsanul-Bayan, a translation of the Quran with commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf.