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|religion = [[Islam]]<br />
|honorific_prefix = Shaykh al-Hadith<br />
|name = Yusuf Motala<br />
|image = <br />
|birth_date = 25 November 1946<br />
|birth_place = [[Nani Naroli]], [[Surat]], India<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|2019|9|9|1946|11|25}}<br />
|death_place = [[Mississauga]], Canada<br />
|alma_mater = [[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]]<br />
|founder = [[Darul Uloom Bury]]<br />
|student = [[Mufti Saiful Islam]]<br />
}}<br />
[[File:GravestoneImage2020-06-05.png|alt=Qabr of Molana Yusuf Motala saheb - Glenview Memorial Gardens 7541 hwy 50, Woodbridge Ontario L4H 4W7 Canada|thumb|Gravestone of Shaykh Yusuf Motala]]<br />
'''Muhammad Yusuf ibn Suleman ibn Qasim Motala''' (25 November 1946 – 8 September 2019) was a [[British Indians|British Indian]] Sunni Muslim scholar, founder of [[Darul Uloom Bury]] and one of the disciples of [[Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi]].<ref>[https://5pillarsuk.com/2019/09/10/sheikh-yusuf-motala-a-pioneer-of-islam-in-britain-dies/ Sheikh Yusuf Motala - a pioneer of Islam in Britain - dies]</ref><ref name="times">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2419512.ece], Andrew Norfolk, Times Online, 10 September 2007.</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Motala was born in [[Nani Naroli]] in [[Gujarat]], [[British India]], on 25 November 1946. He graduated from [[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]],<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74ZVFb37zuIC&q=students+of+yusuf+motala&pg=PA72 | title=Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain| isbn=9781850650911| last1=Ballard| first1=Roger| last2=Banks| first2=Marcus| year=1994}}</ref> where he studied under Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi and [[Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri]].<ref name="muslim500">{{cite web |author1=Mufti ARM |author-link1=Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera |title=Obituary to Mawlana Yusuf |url=https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/yusuf-motala/ |website=themuslim500 |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Career==<br />
Upon the instruction of Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi, Yusuf Motala established [[Darul Uloom Al-Arabiyyah Al-Islamiyyah]] in [[Holcombe, Greater Manchester|Holcombe]], [[Bury, Lancashire]], in 1973.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3355803.stm Inside Britain's Islamic Colleges], Dominic Casciani, BBC News Online, 15 January 2004.</ref> He subsequently established several other educational institutes.<ref>[http://www.mcb.org.uk/media/presstext.php?ann_id=53 Police Harassment of Leading British Muslim Scholar] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203021839/http://www.mcb.org.uk/media/presstext.php?ann_id=53 |date=3 December 2007 }}, Iqbal Sacranie, MCB Press Release, 15 November 2003.</ref> He was included in the 2019 list of "[[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]]," published annually by the [[Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre]].<ref name="muslim500" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died in Toronto, Canada on 8 September 2019 following a heart attack.<ref name="times"/><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
Motala's works are:<ref name="books">{{cite web |title=Books authored by Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā |url=http://inter-islam.org/BooksByHzrtShykhYusufMotalaRA.htm |website=inter-islam.org |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref><br />
*''Aḍwā' al-Bayān fī Tarjamatul Qurʼān'' (Urdu translation of the Quran).<ref name="baseerat">{{cite web |title=Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Motala Great Pioneer in the UK |url=https://english.baseeratonline.com/2019/11/10/hazrat-maulana-yusuf-motala-great-pioneer-in-the-uk/ |website=baseeratonline |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref><br />
* ' Aimma Araba aur Sufia Kiram (Urdu)''<br />
* Juz' ʿAmma Tafsīr in Arabic (with Urdu and English Tarjumma)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Motala|first=Yusuf|date=7 May 2020|title=Juz' ʿAmma Tafsīr|url=http://www.inter-islam.org/HzrtShykhYusufMotalaRAbooks/01-Arabic/JuzAmmaTafsir-withUrduEnglishTarjama.pdf}}</ref><br />
* Arabic Khutbahs<br />
* Hadyah-e-Haramain (Salaatus-Salaam Compilations - Arabic-Urdu)<br />
* Buzurgon ke Wisal Ke Ahwaal (Urdu)<br />
* Fitno se Hifazat ke liye Masnoon Duaaei (Urdu)<br />
* Shaykh al-Ḥadīth, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyya saheb raḥmatullahe alayhe Aur Unke Khulafa Ikraam- Part 2 and Part 3 (Urdu)<br />
* Inayat Naame (Urdu)<br />
* Itaat-e-Rasool ﷺ (Urdu)<br />
* Jamale Mohammadi ﷺ Jable Noor Pur (Urdu)<br />
* Jamale Mohammadi ﷺ darse Bukhari ke Aaine mei - Vol 1 & 2 Combined (Urdu)<br />
* Jamale Muhammadi ﷺ ki Jalwa Gahen - Vols 1 and 2 (Urdu)<br />
* Jāmiʿ al-Siyar (Urdu)<br />
* Karamat Wa Kamalat-e-Awliya - Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu)<br />
* Majmua e Darood o Salaam (Urdu)<br />
* Mashaa'ikh Ahmadabad Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu)<br />
* Mere Bhai Jaan (Urdu)<br />
* Muhabbat Naamay Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu)<br />
* Sham-o-Hind ke Awliya' ʿIzam (Urdu)<br />
English translations of Shaykh Yusuf Motala's works are:<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 June 2020|title=Books authored by our beloved Ḥaḍrat, Shaykh al-Ḥadīth, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā ṣaheb (ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU BOOKS/BOOKLETS)|url=http://www.inter-islam.org/BooksByHzrtShykhYusufMotalaRA.htm|website=Inter-Islam}}</ref><br />
* Final Moments of the Pious (English Translation)<br />
* Ḥaḍrat Shaykh and I (English)<br />
* Miṣbāḥ al-Ẓalām fi al-Ṣalāt wa al-Salām ʿalā khayr al-Anām, compiled by Imām Nūr al-Dīn Al-Shūni (RA), emphasised by Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Yūsuf Motālā ṣaheb (Englis /Arabic)<br />
* 99 Names of Allah (Asmaaul-Husnaa) and 99 Attributes/Appellations of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ<br />
* The Need for Simple Weddings (English)<br />
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