Muḥammad Isḥāq Cheema | |
Native Name: | محمد اسحاق چیمہ |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Birth Date: | 1925 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | lyallpur, 226 RB Malkhanwala lyallpur |
Death Place: | Faisalabad, Pakistan |
Citizenship: | Pakistan |
Muḥammad Isḥāq Cheema (Urdu: ; Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti; 15 March 1925 – 22 December 2015) was Pakistani Islamic scholar, journalist, historian and biographer of Islamic scholars. He was one of the leading writers of Islamic scholars in the Indian subcontinent.[1]
Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti was born on 15 March 1925 in Kotkapura in the state of Faridkot (present day Faridkot, Punjab) into a religious family.[2] His father, Abdul Majeed and grandfather, Muhammad were religious person. Bhatti learnt Quran at home from his grandfather.
In 1947, Bhatti moved to Pakistan from India with his family.
Cheema has written several books in Urdu, including: