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A Life Dedicated to Hadith – Muhaddith al-Asr Muhammad Yūnus Jawnpūri (d. July 2017)

By Mufti Yusuf Shabbir On the Passing of Mawlana Muhammad Yunus Jawnpuri – July 11th, 2017 It is with great sadness and sorrow we received the news of the demise of our teacher and the teacher of our teachers, Muḥaddith al-ʿAṣr Shaykh al-Ḥadīth Mawlānā Muḥammad Yūnus Jownpūrī (d. 1438/2017) this morning at approximately 5am British Summer Time. When I retired to sleep just after 2am, I had received the news of the demise of Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Ismāʿīl Badāt a resident of the blessed city of Madīnah, who like Shaykh Muḥammad Yūnus Jownpūrī was a disciple of Shaykh al-Ḥadīth Mawlānā Muḥammad…