Maulana Yunus Jaunpuri (2 October 1937 – 11 July 2017) was an Indian Islamic Scholar who served as the senior professor of hadith (Sheikhul Hadith) at the Mazahir Uloom in Saharanpur. He was one of the senior students and disciples (Khalifa) of Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi.
Many has testified that once during a Khatm Bukhari ceremony, Maulana Saad took his children to meet him asked him to make Du’a for his two children. Maulana Yunus Jaunpuri instead prayed ‘O Allah, protect the Ummah from the Fitna of Saad’.
O Allah, protect the Ummah from the Fitna of Saad – Maulana Yunus Jaunpuri
The Khatm Bukhari ceremony was a large event and the incident was witnessed by many. It became the talk of the Darul Ulooms (Deoband and Saharanpur) as Maulana Yunus Jaunpuri was a dignified person and would never utter such words to rebuke a person, let alone mentioning the person’s name.
References
Source #1
Audio testimony from Mufti Nizamuddin Qasmi inside a Masjid:
Translation:
“And as for Hazrat Maulana Yunus Sahib (may Allah have mercy on him), today I will share something as a trust. When he (Maulana Saad) was taking his two children and said, ‘Hazrat, please pray for our children, pray for our children,’ he replied, ‘I pray for you instead. May Allah grant you true guidance. I pray for you, may Allah grant you true guidance.’ My ears have heard this. The entire Saharanpur is a witness, and so are those scholars of Darul Uloom Deoband and students who attended the lessons of Musalsalat or participated in the Khatm Bukhari. He specifically mentioned names and said, ‘O Allah, protect the Ummah from the fitnah (trial) of this person.’
I am sitting in the house of Allah and saying this, mentioning the name of that noble deceased personality. He was the one whom Hazrat Sheikh-ul-Hadith Zakariyya Sahib (may Allah have mercy on him) entrusted as his successor and who was his most trusted figure. That personality’s tongue would not open against anyone, but if it ever did, it was about this person. He said, ‘O Allah, protect this Ummah from the fitnah of this individual.'”
Source #2
Idara Nahi Anil Munkar on Maulana Saad – Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Qasmi, Karnataka
