Muhammad Junagarhi Explained

Muhammad Junagarhi
Religion:Islam
Birth Place:Junagadh State
Death Place:Junagadh
Ethnicity:Memon

Muhammad Junagarhi (1890–1941) was an Indian Islamic scholar who co-founded and served as the president of the 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.

Biography

Muhammad Junagarhi was born in 1890 in the state of Junagadh to Ibrahim and belonged to Memon ethnic group. He was thus known as Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Junagarhi.[1] [2] He completed his early education from the town and later moved to Delhi for higher education. In Delhi, he studied at the Madrasa Aminia.[3] He discontinued his studies at the Aminia and went to Madrasa Darul Kitaba wa- al-Sunnah of Abdul Wahhab Multani, from where he graduated.[3]

Junagarhi co-founded the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference and served as the president of the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference.[4] He died in 1941 at the age of 51. He was known with the title of Khatib-i Hind

Literary works

Junagarhi translated Tafsir Ibn Kathir and Ibn Qayyim's I'laam ul Muwaqqi'een 'an Rabb il 'Aalameen into Urdu language. His other works include:[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Khan, Mofakhkhar Hussain. The Holy Qur'ãn in South Asia: A Bio-bibliographic Study of Translations of the Holy Qurʼãn in 23 South Asian Languages. 2001. Bibi Akhtar Prakãs̆ani. 520. en.
  2. Book: The Pakistan National Bibliography. 1985. Government of Pakistan, Directorate of Archives & Libraries, National Bibliographical Unit.. 20. en.
  3. News: Wahajuddin Hashmi . مولانا محمد جوناگڑھی :بلند پایہ خطیب، مستند مفسر . 13 July 2021 . Dawat News . 15 April 2021.
  4. Book: Syed, Jawad. Faith-based violence and Deobandi militancy in Pakistan. 2016. Palgrave Macmillan. Edwina Pio, Tahir Kamran, Abbas Zaidi. 978-1-349-94966-3. 1. London. 323. 962831215.
  5. Web site: Books by Muhammad Junagarhi . . 13 July 2021.