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Muhammad Junagarhi
Indian Islamic scholar (1890–1941) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Junagarhi (Urdu: محمد ابن ابراہیم جوناگڑھی, romanized: Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Jūnāgaṛhī) (1890–1941), commonly known as Muhammad Junagarhi, 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.[1]
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Biography
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.[1] In Delhi, he studied at the Madrasa Aminia.[5] He discontinued his studies at the Aminia and went to Madrasa Darul Kitaba wa- al-Sunnah of Abdul Wahhab Multani, from where he graduated.[5]
Junagarhi co-founded the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference and served as the president of the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference.[6] He died in 1941 at the age of 51.[7] He was known with the title of Khatib-i Hind [a][1]
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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:[8]
- 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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