Yusuf Motala

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][3] [4]

Shaykh al-Hadith

Yusuf Motala
Personal
Born25 November 1946
Nani Naroli, Surat, India
Died9 September 2019(2019-09-09) (aged 72)
Mississauga, Canada
ReligionIslam
Alma materMazahir Uloom, Saharanpur
Founder ofDarul Uloom Bury
Gravestone of Shaykh Yusuf Motala

Early life and education

Motala was born in Nani Naroli in Gujarat, India on 25 November 1946. He graduated from Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur,[5] where he studied under the known scholars Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi and Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri.[6]

Career

Upon the instruction of Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi, Yusuf Motala established Darul Uloom Al-Arabiyyah Al-Islamiyyah in Holcombe, Bury, Lancashire, in 1973.[7] More than 75% of English-speaking Muslim scholars in the UK are graduates of institutes founded by Motala, a number of whom are engaged in the reinforcement of community relations.[8] His work has been praised by OFSTED,[9] who in 2014 gave them outstanding in all areas. He was included in the 2019 list of "The 500 Most Influential Muslims," published annually by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.[6]

Motala's pupil Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera writes that Motala founded Jamiatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya in Bradford which has produced over 2000 female dars-e-nizami graduates.[6]

Death

He died in Canada on Sunday evening according to Canadian time which according to British time zone was Monday 9 Sep - and Monday 10 Muharram 1441 according to the Islamic calendar followed by him - Islamic days begin from the after sunset, so Sunday after sunset in the gregorian calendar would be considered as Monday in the Islamic calendar as can be seen on the gravestone[10]).

Literary works

Motala's works are:[11]

  • Aḍwā' al-Bayān fī Tarjamatul Qurʼān (Urdu translation of the Holy Quran).[12]
  • ' Aimma Araba aur Sufia Kiram (Urdu)
  • Juz' ʿAmma Tafsīr in Arabic (with Urdu and English Tarjumma)[13]
  • 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:[14]

  • 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)

References
  1. Sheikh Yusuf Motala - a pioneer of Islam in Britain - dies
  2. , Andrew Norfolk, Times Online, 10 September 2007.
  3. 'The Overlooked', London Review of Books, 8 September 2016.
  4. "The Musim 500". The Musim 500. 6 June 2020.
  5. Ballard, Roger; Banks, Marcus (1994). Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain. ISBN 9781850650911.
  6. Mufti ARM. "Obituary to Mawlana Yusuf". themuslim500. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. Inside Britain's Islamic Colleges, Dominic Casciani, BBC News Online, 15 January 2004.
  8. Muslim Leader's Detention Condemned Archived 10 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Ahmed J Versi, The Muslim News, 28 November 2003.
  9. Police Harassment of Leading British Muslim Scholar Archived 3 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Iqbal Sacranie, MCB Press Release, 15 November 2003.
  10. Gravestone of Shaykh Yusuf Motala - Glenview Memorial Gardens, 7541 hwy 50, Woodbridge Ontario, L4H 4W7, Canada
  11. "Books authored by Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā". inter-islam.org. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  12. "Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Motala Great Pioneer in the UK". baseeratonline. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  13. Motala, Yusuf (7 May 2020). "Juz' ʿAmma Tafsīr" (PDF).
  14. "Books authored by our beloved Ḥaḍrat, Shaykh al-Ḥadīth, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā ṣaheb (ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU BOOKS/BOOKLETS)". Inter-Islam. 18 June 2020.
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