Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti
Pakistani Islamic scholar, journalist and historian
Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti (Urdu: محمد اسحاق بھٹی, romanized: Muḥammad Isḥāq Bhaṭṭī 15 March 1925 – 22 December 2015) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and historian. A leading figure of Ahl-i Hadith in South Asia, Bhatti was born in Kotkapura in Faridkot State and migrated to Pakistan in 1947 after the partition of India.
Biography
Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti was born on 15 March 1925 in Kotkapura in the state of Faridkot (present day Faridkot, Punjab) into a Bhatti family. His father, Abdul Majid Bhatti was a religious person. Ishaq Bhatti learnt Quran at home from his grandfather.
Coinciding with the partition of India in 1947, Bhatti moved to Pakistan with his family.
He died in Lahore on 22 December 2015, aged 90.
Works
Bhaṭṭī has written several books in Urdu, including:
Fuqahā-yi Hind (in Urdu). Lahore: Idārah-yi S̲aqāfat-i Islāmiyah. 1974.
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