A far more detailed obituary of the late Sheikh Yusuf Motala (1946–2019, may Allah have mercy on him) by Yusuf Shabbir, the son of Mufti Shabbir Ahmed (b. 1957) and himself a graduate of Bury Dar al-Ulum: https://islamicportal.co.uk/obituary-shaykh-yusuf-motala/