| Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi |
Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–18 May 2000) was a Muslim scholar and Naib Amir (Vice President) of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. He was born in EsaPur, Ludhiana, Eastern Punjab, India۔
Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi came to Pakistan in 1947 and obtained early education at Multan's Khairul Madaris. Before joining Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Binori Town, where he had been teaching Hadith, Hazrat Maulana had studied at Faisalabad and Sahiwal. He was a pious man.
Lifetime and work
Hazrat Maulana Ludhianvi authored over 100 books and many have been translated into various languages. His major works included Aap Kay Masail Aur Unka Hal, spread over ten volumes, and the celebrated and renowned Ikhtilafe Ummat aur Sirat-e-Mustaqeem ("Factions in the Ummah and the Straight Path").
Hazrat Maulana Ludhanvi was editor of the weekly Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, the monthly Buyyanat, and another monthly LauLak. Through his weekly column for an Urdu daily, he had been associated with journalism for the last 40 years. For the last seven years, his column had been appearing in an English daily as well.
Hazrat Maulana Ludhianvi was the patron-in-chief of Madrassa Zakariyya Al-Khairia. He was also the chief patron of the Iqra School chain. |