Yousuf Ludhianvi

Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–18 May 2000) was a Muslim scholar and Naib Amir (Vice President) of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. He was born in EsaPur, Ludhiana, Eastern Punjab, India and was martyred in Karachi, Pakistan.

Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi came to Pakistan in 1947 and obtained early education at Multan's Khairul Madaris. Before joining Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Binori Town, where he had been teaching Hadith, Hazrat Maulana had studied at Faisalabad and Sahiwal.

Lifetime and work

Hazrat Maulana Ludhianvi authored over 100 books and many have been translated into various languages. His major works included Aap Kay Masail Aur Unka Hal, spread over ten volumes, and the celebrated and renowned Ikhtilafe Ummat aur Sirat-e-Mustaqeem ("Factions in the Ummah and the Straight Path"). He is best known for using an author's own writings to highlight internal inconsistencies in the authors ideas. He used the technique extensively against leaders of the Shi'ite sect and against the founder of the Jamat-e-Islami, Abul Aala Mauddudi and specially against Qadiyaniat.

The same technique has been used extensively by various authors, including Haafiz Muhammad Zubair and Haafiz Tahir Islam Askari in their book Fiqr-e-Ghaamdi, Aik Tehkeeki aur Taziati Mut'alia. ('Ghamdi's Ideology: An Investigative and Analytical Study') The book also extensively quotes Hazrat Maulana Ludhanvi's works.

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