Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Junagarhi | |
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Personal | |
Born | 1891 |
Died | 1941 | (aged 50–51)
Religion | Islam |
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Junagarhi (also known as Muhammad Junagarhi; 1890-1941) was a British Indian Islamic scholar, muhaddith, author and translator, who co-founded the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference, and served as the president of 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. [1]
Muhammad Junagarhi was born in 1890 in the state of Junagadh to Ibrahim and belonged to Memon ethnic group. [2] He was thus known as Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Junagarhi. [3] [4] He completed his early education from the town and later moved to Delhi for higher education. [5] In Delhi, he studied at the Madrasa Aminia. [6] He discontinued his studies at the Aminia and went to Madrasa Darul Kitaba wa- al-Sunnah of Abdul Wahhab Multani, from where he graduated. [6]
Junagarhi co-founded the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference and served as the president of the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference. [7] He died in 1941 at the age of 51. [8] He was known with the title of Khateeb e Hind. [a] [5]
Junagarhi translated Tafseer ibn Katheer and Ibn Qayyim's I'laam ul Muwaqqi'een 'an Rabb il 'Aalameen into Urdu language. His other works include: [9]