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 have testified that once during a Khatm Bukhari ceremony, Maulana Saad took his two children to meet him and asked him to make Du’a for them. 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

* Quotations here are translated as closely as possible to the meaning of the original. For the exact words, refer to the original text.

The Khatm Bukhari ceremony was a large event and the incident was witnessed by many. It was widely discussed in 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 mention 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) brought 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. All of 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.’

* Quotations here are translated as closely as possible to the meaning of the original. For the exact words, refer to the original text.

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) appointed as his successor and who was his most trusted figure. That personality would not speak against anyone, but if he 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