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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. He completed his early education from the town and later moved to Delhi for higher education. In Delhi, he studied at the Madrasa Aminia. He discontinued his studies at the Aminia and went to Madrasa Darul Kitaba wa- al-Sunnah of Abdul Wahhab Multani, from where he graduated.
Junagarhi co-founded the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference and served as the president of the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference. 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:
Sayf-i Muḥammadī
Shamʻ-i Muḥammadī
Tafsīr Aḥsan ul-Bāyan, a translation of the Quran with commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf.
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References
Sources
Iraqi, Abdul Rasheed (2019). 40 Ahl-e Hadith Scholars from the Indian Subcontinent. Independently Published. pp. 156–166. ISBN 9781081008956.
Iraqi, Abdul Rasheed (2004). Tazkara Tu Al Nubala Fi Trajim Al-ulama [تذکرۃ النبلاء فی تراجم العلماء] (in Urdu). Lahore: Maktaba-e-Baitul Hikmat, Lahore. pp. 351–353.
Junagarhi, Muhammad (2006). Saif e Mohammadi [سیف محمدی] (in Urdu). Lahore: Publisher of Qur'an and Hadith, Pakistan. pp. 10–14.
Mohammadi, Mohammad Ameen (2019). Tehreek e Pakistan Me Ulmae Ahle Hadith Ka Kirdar [تحریک پاکستان میں علماء اہل حدیث کا کردار] (in Urdu). Lahore: Dar al-Muslimeen, Urdu Bazar. p. 548.
Iraqi, Abdul Rasheed (2007). Barre-Sagheer-Pak-w-Hind-Me-Ilam-e-Hadith [برصغیر پاک و ہند میں علم حدیث] (in Urdu). Lahore: Mohaddis Ropari Academy, Dalgaran Chowk. pp. 67–68.