Qazi Muhammad Yousaf
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Qazi Muhammad Yousaf (1 September 1883 – 4 January 1963) was a companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. He was regional head Amir of North West Frontier chapter of the Ahmadiyya Community.
Qazi Muhammad Yousaf was born September 1, 1883, at Hoti, Maradan.[citation needed] The family shifted to Peshawar in 1884. His father, Qazi Muhammad Siddique, was a religious scholar and occasional imam at the Mosque in Gul Badhsh Ji Street, Peshawar. In 1896, at age 12, Muhammad Yousaf was admitted to Mission High School Peshawar[1] He later studied at Islamia High School, completing his Secondary School Certificate Examination.[citation needed]
Introduction to Ahmadiyya
In 1901, he came across books by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad,[2] namely ‘Shuhna e Haq’ and ‘Izala e Auhaam’.[3][4]
Conversion and Bay'ah (Ahmadiyya)
On January 15, 1902, Qazi Muhammad Yousaf converted to Ahmadiyya Islam due to the efforts of his English teacher Munshi Khadim Hussain[5] He attended the Annual Ahmadiyya Convention in December 1902 and physically took the Bay'ah (Ahmadiyya) at the hands of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.[citation needed] In Qadian, he also had the opportunity to meet Sahibzada Abdul Latif.[6]
A dream of Khalifa Hakeem Noor-ud-Din
On May 28, 1908, he participated in the funeral prayers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and took his fresh Oath of Allegiance ( Bay'ah (Ahmadiyya) ) at the hands of the newly elected Khalifa Hakeem Noor-ud-Din.[7] In 1912, Yousaf met Khalifa Hakeem Noor-ud-Din and presented his book Iblagh e Haq to him, giving him a written request for prayers. On the same letter, the Khalifa wrote, he would pray for him. He also wrote a ‘Ro’ya’ (dream) of his own upon the same letter. He wrote: “Insha Allah I shall pray for you. You must also persist in prayers. I saw Hadhrat Umar in a Ro’ya (dream). He was saying, ‘Iran is destroyed’. They [Iranis] abuse me, (Tabarra) l but I don’t care, I am now preparing armies. May Allah make you a commander of that army.”[8]
The Split and Re-patriation
On March 14, 1914, Khalifa Hakeem Noor-ud-Din died. The Community was split into two. Muhammad Yousaf sided with the group headed by Muhammad Ali of the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam Lahore.[9]