Yusuf Motala Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Shaykh al-Hadith Maulana
Yusuf Motala
Birth Date:	25 November 1946
Birth Place:	Nani Naroli, Surat district, India
Death Place:	Mississauga, Canada
Alma Mater:	Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur
Founder:	Darul Uloom Bury
Students:	Riyadh ul Haq Muhammad Al-Kawthari Abdur Rahman Mangera
Influenced:	Tariq Jamil
Religion:	Islam
Denomination:	Sunni
Jurisprudence:	Hanafi
Movement:	Deobandi (Tablighi Jamaat)
Teachers:	Zakariyya Kandhlawi Yunus Jaunpuri
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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.

Death

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

Works

Motala's works are:^[7]

• Aḍwā' al-Bayān fī Tarjamatul Qurʼān (Urdu translation of the Quran).^[8]
• ' Aimma Araba aur Sufia Kiram (Urdu)
• Juz' ʿAmma Tafsīr in Arabic (with Urdu and English Tarjumma)^[9]
• Arabic Khutbahs
• Hadyah-e-Haramain (Salaatus-Salaam Compilations - Arabic-Urdu)
• Buzurgon ke Wisal Ke Ahwaal (Urdu)
• Fitno se Hifazat ke liye Masnoon Duaaei (Urdu)
• Shaykh al-Ḥadīth, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyya saheb raḥmatullahe alayhe Aur Unke Khulafa Ikraam- Part 2 and Part 3 (Urdu)
• Inayat Naame (Urdu)
• Itaat-e-Rasool ﷺ (Urdu)
• Jamale Mohammadi ﷺ Jable Noor Pur (Urdu)
• Jamale Mohammadi ﷺ darse Bukhari ke Aaine mei  - Vol 1 & 2 Combined (Urdu)
• Jamale Muhammadi ﷺ ki Jalwa Gahen - Vols 1 and 2 (Urdu)
• Jāmiʿ al-Siyar (Urdu)
• Karamat Wa Kamalat-e-Awliya - Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu)
• Majmua e Darood o Salaam (Urdu)
• Mashaa'ikh Ahmadabad Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu)
• Mere Bhai Jaan (Urdu)
• Muhabbat Naamay Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu)
• Sham-o-Hind ke Awliya' ʿIzam (Urdu)

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

• Final Moments of the Pious (English Translation)
• Ḥaḍrat Shaykh and I (English)
• Miṣbāḥ al-Ẓalām fi al-Ṣalāt wa al-Salām ʿalā khayr al-Anām, compiled by Imām Nūr al-Dīn Al-Shūni (RA), emphasised by Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā ṣaheb (Englis /Arabic)
• 99 Names of Allah (Asmaaul-Husnaa) and 99 Attributes/Appellations of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
• The Need for Simple Weddings (English)

Notes and References

1. https://5pillarsuk.com/2019/09/10/sheikh-yusuf-motala-a-pioneer-of-islam-in-britain-dies/ Sheikh Yusuf Motala - a pioneer of Islam in Britain - dies
2. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2419512.ece
3. Book: Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain. 9781850650911. Ballard. Roger. Banks. Marcus. 1994.
4. Web site: Mufti ARM . Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera . Obituary to Mawlana Yusuf . themuslim500 . 5 May 2020.
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3355803.stm Inside Britain's Islamic Colleges
6. http://www.mcb.org.uk/media/presstext.php?ann_id=53 Police Harassment of Leading British Muslim Scholar
7. Web site: Books authored by Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā . inter-islam.org . 7 May 2020.
8. Web site: Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Motala Great Pioneer in the UK . baseeratonline . 7 May 2020.
9. Web site: Motala. Yusuf. 7 May 2020. Juz' ʿAmma Tafsīr.
10. Web site: 18 June 2020. Books authored by our beloved Ḥaḍrat, Shaykh al-Ḥadīth, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā ṣaheb (ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU BOOKS/BOOKLETS). Inter-Islam.