Azizul Haq (scholar, born 1903)

Mufti Azizul Haq (Bengali: আজিজুল হক; 1903 — 1961) was an Islamic scholar and social reformer from present-day Bangladesh. He was the founder of Al-Jamiah al-Islamiyyah Patiya and served as its first chancellor.[1][2][3][4][5]

Qutub-e-Zaman Mufti
Azizul Haq
Chancellor, Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya
In office
1938–1961
Succeeded byMuhammad Yunus
Personal
Born1903
Died3 March 1961(1961-03-03) (aged 57–58)
Resting placeMaqbara-e-Aziz, Jamia Patiya
ReligionIslam
ChildrenMawlana Ismail
Parent
  • Mawlana Nur Ahmad (father)
Era20th-century
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
Mazahir Uloom
al-Jamiah al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah Jiri
Muslim leader

Early life and education

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Azizul Haq was born in 1903, to a Bengali Muslim family of Munshis in Charkanai, Patiya of the Bengal Presidency's Chittagong District. He lost his father, Mawlānā Nur Ahmad, at the age of eleven months. Haq also lost his mother when he turned eleven years old. From then on, he was raised by his paternal grandfather, Munshi Surat Ali.

In 1914, his grandfather took him to Al-Jamiah al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah Jiri where he entrusted him under the supervision of its director Shah Ahmad Hasan.

On the same year in which Haq completed Meshkat, Hasan declared that the madrasa shall be establishing a Hadith department the following year. In 1924, Haq completed his Hadith studies at Jiri and set off for Hindustan for further education. He studied in Darul Uloom Deoband and Mazahir Uloom, both in Saharanpur district. He returned to Bengal after spending nine months under Ashraf Ali Thanwi.

Career

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Haq returned to Jiri, serving as the madrasa's mufti and mufassir (scholar of Quranic exegesis) from 1927 to 1940. With the patronage of his teacher Zamiruddin Ahmad, Haq established a madrasa named Zamiria Qasimul Uloom in 1938.[2] It later came to be known as al-Jamia al-Islamiyyah Patiya and was upgraded into an Islamic university. He spent the rest of his life as the chancellor of this madrasa.[4]

Personal life

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During his time as teacher at the Jiri Madrasa, Haq married the daughter of Badiur Rahman Saudagar of Harinkhain (West Patiya). In this marriage, they had three sons and four daughters.[6]

Death

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Maqbara-e-Azizi

Haq died just before the Friday prayer of 3 March 1961, at the age of 63. His janaza (funeral prayer) was performed by the Abdul Karim Madani (Imam of Anderkilla Shahi Jame Mosque) at the Jamia Patiya ground. Haq was subsequently buried in the madrasa graveyard, which is now known as Maqbara-e-Azizi.[6][7]

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References

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  1. ^ Islam, Amirul (2012). সোনার বাংলা হীরার খনি ৪৫ আউলিয়ার জীবনী (in Bengali). Kohinoor Library. pp. 68–73.
  2. ^ a b "পটিয়া মাদ্রাসা এখন ইসলামি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়" (in Bengali). Dainik Purbokone. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. ^ "জামিয়া পরিচিতি". আল-জামেয়া আল- ইসলামীয়া পটিয়া (in Bengali). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Rahman, Waliur (26 September 2019). "পটিয়ার মুফতি আযীযুল হক রহ: ইলম ও আধ্যাত্মিকতার উজ্জ্বল নক্ষত্র". Islam Times (in Bengali). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ Harun, Mizan (2018). رجال صنعوا التاريخ وخدموا الإسلام والعلم في بنغلاديش للشاملة [Men Who Shaped History And Served Islamic Science In Bangladesh: A Comprehensive Perspective] (in Arabic). Dhaka: Darul Bayan. pp. 123–130.
  6. ^ a b Hasan, Shah Ahmad (March 1988). Mashayekh-e-Chatgam (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Ahmad Prakashan. pp. 292–294.
  7. ^ Qadir, Masudul (2006). পটিয়ার দশ মনীষী (in Bengali). Al Manar Library. p. 24.

Further reading

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  • Mawlana Nur Muhammad Azmi (2008). "2.2 বঙ্গে এলমে হাদীছ" [2.2 Knowledge of Hadith in Bengal]. হাদীছের তত্ত্ব ও ইতিহাস [Information and history of Hadith] (in Bengali). Emdadia Library. pp. 219–220.
  • Qadir, Masudul (2009). পটিয়ার দশ মনীষী (in Bengali) (2 ed.). Al Manar Library. pp. 12–29.
  • Ahmadullah, Mufti; Hasan, Shah Ahmad (2016). Mashayekh-e-Chatgam. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Dhaka: Ahmad Publishers. pp. 109–136. ISBN 978-984-92106-4-1.
  • Rahman, Nurur (2010). Tazkeratul Aoliya (in Bengali). Vol. 6. Emdadia Library. pp. 112–116.
  • Tazkira-e-Aziz, Sultan Zauq Nadvi
  • Yaad-e-Aziz
  • Nizampuri, Ashraf Ali (2013). The Hundred (Bangla Mayer Eksho Kritishontan) (1st ed.). Salman Publishers. pp. 32–35. ISBN 978-112009250-2.