Muhammad Junagarhi

• Honorific Prefix — Mawlana, Shaykh • Name — Muhammad Junagarhi محمد جوناگڑھی • Title — Khatib e Hind • Religion — Islam • Denomination — Sunni • Jurisprudence — Ghayr muqallid • Creed — Athari • Movement — Ahl-i Hadith • Born — 1891 • Birthplace — Junagadh State • Place of death — Junagadh • Education — Madrasa Aminia Madrasa Darul Kitab wa al-Sunnah • Main Interests — Tafsir, Ilm al-Hadith, Aqeeda, Fiqh • Notable Works — Translation of Holy Qur'an into Urdu Translation of Tafsir ibn Kathir into Urdu

Muhammad Junagarhi was born in 1890 in the state of Junagadh to Ibrahim and belonged to Memon ethnic group. He was thus known as Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Junagarhi. He completed his early education from the town and later moved to Delhi for higher education. In Delhi, he studied at the Madrasa Aminia. He discontinued his studies at the Aminia and went to Madrasa Darul Kitaba wa- al-Sunnah of Abdul Wahhab Multani, from where he graduated. Junagarhi co-founded the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference and served as the president of the All-India Ahl-i Hadith Conference. He died in 1941 at the age of 51. He was known with the title of Khatib-i Hind

Junagarhi translated Tafsir Ibn Kathir and Ibn Qayyim's I'laam ul Muwaqqi'een 'an Rabb il 'Aalameen into Urdu language. His other works include: • Sayf-i Muḥammadī • Shamʻ-i Muḥammadī • Tafsīr Aḥsan ul-Bāyan, a translation of the Quran with commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf.