| Religion: | Islam |
| Honorific Prefix: | Maulana |
| Yunus Jaunpuri | |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1937 |
| Birth Name: | Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri |
| Birth Place: | Jaunpur, British India |
| Death Place: | Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Alma Mater: | Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur |
| Main Interests: | Hadith |
| Jurisprudence: | Hanafi |
| Denomination: | Sunni |
| Occupation: | Scholar |
| Creed: | Athari |
| Movement: | Deobandi |
| Notable Works: | Nibrās al-Sārī ilā Riyāḍ al-Bukhārī |
| Disciple Of: | Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi |
| Influenced: | Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera |
Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri (2 October 1937 – 11 July 2017) was an Indian Islamic hadith scholar who served as the senior professor of hadith at the Mazahir Uloom in Saharanpur. He was one of the senior students and disciples of Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi. He taught at the Mazahir Uloom and authored books such as Al-Yawaqit al-Ghaliyah, Kitab at-Tawhid and Nawadir al-Hadith.[1]
Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri was born on 2 October 1937 in Jaunpur. He graduated from the Mazahir Uloom in 1961.[2] He studied with Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi and was seen among his senior disciples.[3]
Yunus taught different books of Hadith at Jamia Mazahir Uloom Jadeed. He was appointed Shaykh al-Hadith of the Jamia in 1388 AH.[4] At the Mazahir Jadeed, he taught Sahih Al-Bukhari for over 50 years.[5]
Yunus died on 11 July 2017. His funeral was attended by over one million people and the prayer was led by Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi, the son of Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi. International Islamic scholar Ismail ibn Musa Menk expressed grief over his demise.[6] [7] [8] Indian poet and scholar Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri also expressed grief and said that Jaunpuri was an exemplar scholar of hadith.[9] [10]
Jaunpuri's books include:[11]