{{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 = Yunus Jaunpuri | birth_date = 2 October 1937 | birth_name = Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri | 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 = [[Hanafi]] | denomination = [[Sunni]] | occupation = Scholar | movement = [[Deobandi]] | notable_works = ''Nibrās al-Sārī ilā Riyāḍ al-Bukhārī'' | disciple_of = [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]] | influenced = [[Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera]] | image = File:Muhammad_Yunus_Jaunpuri.jpeg |office1= 1st [[Sheikh al-Hadith]] of [[Mazahir Uloom Jadeed]] |term_start1 = 1988 |term_end1 = 2017 | predecessor1 = ''office established'' |successor1 = [[Aaqil Saharanpuri]] }}
'''Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri''' (2 October 1937 – 11 July 2017) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Islamic [[hadith]] scholar who served as the senior professor of hadith at the [[Mazahir Uloom]] in [[Saharanpur]]. He was one of the senior students and disciples of [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]]. He taught at the Mazahir Uloom and authored books such as ''Al-Yawaqit al-Ghaliyah'', ''Kitab at-Tawhid'' and ''Nawadir al-Hadith''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ٹاؤن |first=جامعہ علوم اسلامیہ بنوری |title=امیرالمؤمنین فی الحدیث حضرت مولانا محمد یونس جونپوری رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کی رحلت {{!}} جامعہ علوم اسلامیہ علامہ محمد یوسف بنوری ٹاؤن |url=https://www.banuri.edu.pk/bayyinat-detail/%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AB-%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%DB%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%81-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%AA |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=[[Bayyināt]] |language=ur}}</ref>
==Biography== Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri was born on 2 October 1937 in [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]]. He graduated from the [[Mazahir Uloom]] 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]]|archive-date=31 January 2022|access-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131143331/http://www.jamiatulqasim.com/gallery/publication/yunuspdf/yunuspdf.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He studied with [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]] and was seen among his senior disciples.<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|archive-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913033312/http://www.kmsz.org.za/articles/hazrath-sheikh-zakriyya-ra/76-khulafa-list-hazratshaikhul-hadith-moulana-muhammad-zakariyya-ra|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Yunus taught different books of Hadith at [[Mazahir Uloom#Recent developments|Jamia Mazahir Uloom Jadeed]]. He was appointed 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> At the Mazahir Jadeed, he taught ''[[Sahih Al-Bukhari]]'' for over 50 years.<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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504074254/https://nawadir.org/2017/05/03/ten-salient-features-of-the-arabic-commentary-of-sahih-bukhari-by-shaykh-muhammad-yunus-jownpuri/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 May 2017|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
Yunus 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 [[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=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">{{cite web |author=[[Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri]] |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 |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318152327/http://www.bhatkallys.com/ur/articles/fuzail-ahmed-nasiri-article/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Khatoon |first=Aaisha |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/364027 |title=Aazadi ke Baad Hindustan ki Khidmaat e Hadith |publisher=Department of Sunni Theology, [[Aligarh Muslim University]] |year=2017 |location=India |language=urdu |type=PhD |hdl=10603/364027 |p=191 |access-date=2023-10-24 |archive-date=2023-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024064943/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/364027 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:The Inscription on the grave of Maulana Muḥammad Yunus Jaunpuri, Former Shaikhul Hadith of Mazahir Uloom (cropped).jpg|thumb|Grave inscription of Muḥammad Yunus Jaunpuri]]
==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'' *''Kitab at-Tawhid'' *''Nawadir al-Hadith'' *''Nibrās al-Sārī ilā Riyāḍ al-Bukhārī'' *''Nawadir al-Fiqh''
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