Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi


Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi was a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar, author, muhaddith, and an Ahrari leader, Muslim scholar and Vice President of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. He was born in Esapur, Ludhiana, Eastern Punjab, India. He was assassinated on 18 May 2000 in Karachi, Pakistan, while going to his office at Numaish Chowrangi before Zuhr prayer.

Biography

Ludhianvi was a Muslim scholar born in 1932 in the village of Isapur in the Ludhiana District of Eastern Punjab, India. He received his primary Islamic education in Multan, Pakistan before becoming a distinguished teacher of Hadith first in Sahiwal and then at Jamia Binoria in Karachi, Pakistan.
Maulana Ludhianvi wrote over 100 books which have been translated into numerous languages. Aap Kay Masail Aur Unka Hul and 'Ikhtilaf-e- Ummat and Sirat-e-Mustaqeem are among his memorable works.
Besides being the editor of Al-Bayyinat, he was the Vice-President of Aalmi Majlis-e-Tahafuz Khatm-e-Nabuwwat and one of the founding fathers of the Iqra School chain.