Shaykh al-Hadith Maulana
Yusuf Motala
Gravestone of Shaykh Yusuf Motala
Personal
Born25 November 1946
Nani Naroli, Surat district, India
Died9 September 2019(2019-09-09) (aged 72)
Mississauga, Canada
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi (Tablighi Jamaat)
Alma materMazahir Uloom, Saharanpur
TeachersZakariyya Kandhlawi
Yunus Jaunpuri
Founder ofDarul Uloom Bury
Muslim leader
Students
Influenced
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Muḥammad Yūsuf
محمد يوسف
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Sulaymān ibn Qāsim Mutālā
بن سليمان بن قاسم متالا
Toponymic (Nisba)as-Sūrtī
السورتي

Muhammad 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]

Early life and education

Yusuf 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

Upon 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

He died in Toronto, Canada on 8 September 2019 following a heart attack.[2]

Works

Motala's works are:[7]

English translations of Shaykh Yusuf Motala's works are:[10]

References

  1. ^ Sheikh Yusuf Motala - a pioneer of Islam in Britain - dies
  2. ^ a b [1], Andrew Norfolk, Times Online, 10 September 2007.
  3. ^ Ballard, Roger; Banks, Marcus (1994). Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain. ISBN 9781850650911.
  4. ^ a b Mufti ARM. "Obituary to Mawlana Yusuf". themuslim500. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ^ Inside Britain's Islamic Colleges, Dominic Casciani, BBC News Online, 15 January 2004.
  6. ^ Police Harassment of Leading British Muslim Scholar Archived 3 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Iqbal Sacranie, MCB Press Release, 15 November 2003.
  7. ^ "Books authored by Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā". inter-islam.org. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Motala Great Pioneer in the UK". baseeratonline. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  9. ^ Motala, Yusuf (7 May 2020). "Juz' ʿAmma Tafsīr" (PDF).
  10. ^ "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.
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