{{short description|British Indian scholar (1946 - 2019)}} {{Use British English|date=February 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox religious biography |honorific_prefix = Shaykh al-Hadith [[Maulana]] |name = Yusuf Motala |image = GravestoneImage2020-06-05.png |caption = Gravestone of Shaykh Yusuf Motala |birth_date = 25 November 1946 |birth_place = [[Nani Naroli]], [[Surat district]], India |death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|2019|9|9|1946|11|25}} |death_place = [[Mississauga]], Canada |resting_place = [[Woodbridge, Ontario|Woodbridge]] [[Canada]] |alma_mater = [[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]] |founder = [[Darul Uloom Bury]] | students = [[Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq|Riyadh ul Haq]]<br>[[Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari|Muhammad Al-Kawthari]]<br>[[Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera|Abdur Rahman Mangera]] | influenced = [[Tariq Jamil]] | religion = [[Islam]] | denomination = [[Sunni]] | Sufi_order = | jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]] | movement = [[Deobandi]] <small>([[Tablighi Jamaat]])</small> | teachers = [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]]<br>[[Yunus Jaunpuri]] | website = | module = {{Infobox Arabic name|embed=yes | ism = Yūsuf<br/> يوسف | nasab = ibn Sulaymān ibn Qāsim Mutālā<br/>بن سليمان بن قاسم متالا | nisba = as-Sūrtī<br>السورتي}} }} '''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 [[Zakariyya 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">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080829200853/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2419512.ece], Andrew Norfolk, Times Online, 10 September 2007.</ref>
==Early life and education== Yusuf Motala was born in [[Nani Naroli]] in [[Gujarat]], [[British India]], on 25 November 1946. He graduated from [[Mazahir Uloom]],<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| publisher=Hurst}}</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 |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>
== Career== Upon the instruction of Zakariyya Kandhlawi, Maulana Yusuf Motala established [[Darul Uloom Al-Arabiyyah Al-Islamiyyah]] in [[Holcombe, Greater Manchester|Holcombe]], [[Bury, Lancashire]], in 1973.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/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" />
==Death== He died in Toronto, Canada on 8 September 2019 following a heart attack.<ref name="times"/>
==Works== 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> *''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 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703032939/https://english.baseeratonline.com/2019/11/10/hazrat-maulana-yusuf-motala-great-pioneer-in-the-uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''Aimma Araba aur Sufia Kiram (Urdu)'' * 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> * Arabic Khutbahs * Hadyah-e-Haramain (Salaatus-Salaam Compilations - Arabic-Urdu) * Buzurgon ke Wisal Ke Ahwaal (Urdu) * Fitno se Hifazat ke liye Masnoon Duaaei (Urdu) * Shaykh al-Ḥadīth, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyya saheb raḥmatullahe alayhe Aur Unke Khulafa Ikraam- Part 2 and Part 3 (Urdu) * Inayat Naame (Urdu) * Itaat-e-Rasool (Urdu) * Jamale Mohammadi Jable Noor Pur (Urdu) * Jamale Mohammadi darse Bukhari ke Aaine mei - Vol 1 & 2 Combined (Urdu) * Jamale Muhammadi ki Jalwa Gahen - Vols 1 and 2 (Urdu) * Jāmiʿ al-Siyar (Urdu) * Karamat Wa Kamalat-e-Awliya - Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu) * Majmua e Darood o Salaam (Urdu) * Mashaa'ikh Ahmadabad Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu) * Mere Bhai Jaan (Urdu) * Muhabbat Naamay Volumes 1 and 2 (Urdu) * Sham-o-Hind ke Awliya' ʿIzam (Urdu) 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> * Final Moments of the Pious (English Translation) * Ḥaḍrat Shaykh and I (English) * 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 (English /Arabic) * 99 Names of Allah (Asmaaul-Husnaa) and 99 Attributes/Appellations of Prophet Muhammad * The Need for Simple Weddings (English)
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