Athar Mubarakpuri


Athar Mubarakpuri was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, author and historian. He was honoured with the title of Muhsin-e-Hind by his contemporary Pakistani Ulama.

Biography

Mubarakpuri was born on 7 May 1916 in Mubarakpur, Azamgarh. He graduated in dars-e-nizami from Madrasa Ehya-ul-Uloom and moved to Madrasa Shahi, Moradabad to study ahadith. In Shahi, He studied Sahih Bukhari from Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad, Sahih Muslim from Maulana Ismail Sambhali and Tirmidhi from Syed Muhammad Miyan Deobandi.
Mubarakpuri on 14th of July, 1996 right after Fajr Salah spoke to his children that look my time has came, I have collected this treasure of knowledge suffering a lot of difficulties and problems; if you cannot safeguard it; please handover it to Aligarh Muslim University or Darul Uloom Deoband, so that common benefit from them remains going on. His funeral prayer was led by Abul Qasim Nomani.

Literary works

Mubarakpuri wrote books on the relation of Indians and Arabs. In this series his books include Arb-o-Hind Ahd-e-Risalat Mai, Khilafat-e-Rashida awr Hindustan, Khilafat Amwiyyah awr Hindustan, Khilafat Abbasiyah awr Hindustan and Hindustan mai Arbon ki hukumatein. He served as the editor of Al-Balagh published from Bombay, a monthly journal in the following years 1961–62, 1966–67, 1973–76. He worked as an Islamic teacher in Anjuman Islam High School, Fort, Mumbai
Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri also wrote a column under the heading "Jawahar-ul-Qur'an" in the Inquilab Daily, a newspaper published from Bombay, for around 40 years. During the British Raj he worked in Lahore but after Independence moved to Bombay.

Legacy