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{{short description|Indian Islamic Scholar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| religion = [[Islam]]
| honorific_prefix = Maulana
| name = Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri
| birth_date = 2 October 1937
| birth_place = [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|07|11|1937|10|2}}
| death_place = [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]]
| main_interests = [[Hadith]]
| jurisprudence =
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| occupation = Scholar
| creed = [[Maturidi]]
| movement = [[Deobandi]]
| notable_works = Nibrās al-Sārī ilā Riyāḍ al-Bukhārī
| disciple_of = [[Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi]]
| influenced = [[Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera]]
| image = File:Muhammad_Yunus_Jaunpuri.jpeg
}}
{{Deobandi}}

'''Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri''' (2 October 1937 – 11 July 2017) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Islamic [[hadith]] scholar and former Shaykh al-Hadith of [[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]].<ref name="salient">{{Cite web|title=TEN SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ARABIC COMMENTARY OF SAHIH BUKHARI BY SHAYKH MUHAMMAD YUNUS JOWNPURI|url=https://nawadir.org/2017/05/03/ten-salient-features-of-the-arabic-commentary-of-sahih-bukhari-by-shaykh-muhammad-yunus-jownpuri/|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
He was among the senior students and disciples of [[Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Khulafa List of Hazrat Shaikhul Hadith Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (ra)|url=http://www.kmsz.org.za/articles/hazrath-sheikh-zakriyya-ra/76-khulafa-list-hazratshaikhul-hadith-moulana-muhammad-zakariyya-ra|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

==Biography==
Jaunpuri was born on 2 October 1937 in [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]]. He graduated from [[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]] in 1961.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Shaykh Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri: Nuqoosh-o-Ta'assurat, Tarikhi Dastawez|url=http://www.jamiatulqasim.com/gallery/publication/yunuspdf/yunuspdf.pdf|chapter=Maulana Yunus Hayat-o-Khidmat by Maulana Mahmud Shabbir|pages=134–135|publisher=[[Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah|Jamia al-Qasim Darul Uloom Islamia, Sapaul]]}}</ref>

Jaunpuri taught different books of Hadith in [[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]]. He was appointed as Shaykh al-Hadith of the Jamia in 1388 AH.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Shaykh Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri: Nuqoosh-o-Ta'assurat, Tarikhi Dastawez|chapter=Hazrat Shaykh Ki Kahani Khud Unhi Ki Zubani by Hammad Karimi Nadwi|pages=115–123|publisher=[[Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah|Jamia al-Qasim Darul Uloom Islamia, Sapaul]]}}</ref> He taught ''[[Sahih Al-Bukhari]]'' in [[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]] nearly for 50 years.<ref name="salient"/> His students include [[Yusuf Motala]] and Abdur Raheem Limbada.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Jaunpuri died on 11 July 2017. His funeral was attended by over one million people and the prayer was led by Talha Kandhlawi, the son of [[Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi]]. International Islamic scholar [[Ismail ibn Musa Menk]] expressed grief over his demise.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Shaykh Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri: Nuqoosh-o-Ta'assurat, Tarikhi Dastawez|chapter=15vi Sadee Hijri Ke Azeem Muhaddis by Maulana Muhammad Islam Qasmi|page=209|publisher=[[Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah]], Sapaul}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Famous Scholar Shaykh Yunus Jaunpuri (RA) Passed Away on 10/07/2017. His Childhood Collegue {{sic|nolink=y}} and another famous Scholar from Madina Shaykh Ismail Badat passed away the same day. What a huge loss to the Ummah! |url=https://islamhashtag.com/huge-crowd-gathers-at-funural-of-famous-muhaddith-shaykh-yunus-jaunpuri/ |website=IslamHashTag.com |access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Shaykh Yunus Jaunpuri Passed Away, And His Funeral Was So Huge!|url=https://www.theislamicinformation.com/shaykh-yunus-jaunpuri-death-funeral/|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Final Moments and Passing of Mawlana Yunus Jawnpuri|date=14 July 2017|url=http://www.ilmgate.org/final-moments-and-passing-of-mawlana-yunus-jawnpuri/|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> Indian poet and scholar [[Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri]] also expressed grief and said that Jaunpuri was an exemplar scholar of [[hadith]].<ref name="bhatkalys"/>

===Personal life===
Jaunpuri did not opt to marry and stayed single throughout his life. [[Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri]] says that there have been mentioned a number of reasons for this but the better being that Jaunpuri did not found himself capable for marriage and thus stayed single. He felt discomfort and pain for not having any children.<ref name="bhatkalys">{{cite web |url=http://www.bhatkallys.com/ur/articles/fuzail-ahmed-nasiri-article/ |website=Bhatkallys |access-date=28 March 2020|title=مدتوں رویا کریں گے جام و پیمانہ تجھے۔۔۔از:فضیل احمد ناصری |date=11 July 2017 }}</ref>

==Literary works==
Jaunpuri's books include:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Publications, writings and discourses of Shaykh Yunus Jownpuri|url=https://islamicportal.co.uk/publications-writings-and-discourses-of-shaykh-yunus-jownpuri/|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
* ''Al-Yawaqit al-Ghaliyah''<ref>{{cite web |title=Al-Yawaqit al-Ghaliyah |url=http://www.buraqbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=391 |website=buraqbooks.com |access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref>
*''Kitab at-Tawhid''
*''Nawadir al-Hadith''
*''Nibrās al-Sārī ilā Riyāḍ al-Bukhārī''<ref name="salient"/>
*''Nawadir al-Fiqh''

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Jaunpur district]]

Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri - Revision history

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