Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi, is a Islamic scholar of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. He is the present rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari, Chittagong

Chittagong

Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...

, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. Ahmad Shafi Saheb is one of the greatest decieples of Husain Ahmed Madani

Husain Ahmed Madani

Syed Husain Ahmad Madani was an Islamic scholar from the Indian subcontinent. He was conferred upon the title of Shaikhul Islam as to acknowledge his eminence in hadith and fiqh.- Education and spiritual training :...

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Early Life

He was born in Rangunia

Rangunia Upazila

Rangunia is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Rangunia is located at . It has 46176 units of house hold and total area 351.95 km².-Demographics:...

, Chittagong

Chittagong

Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...

. He gets his primary education from his family. Then he joined Al-Jamiatul Arabiatul Islamiah, Ziri

Al-Jamiatul Arabiatul Islamiah, Ziri

Al-Jamiatul Arabiatul Islamiah, Ziri , or Jamiah Islamiah Arabia, is a private and the third largest Qaumi Islamic University in Bangladesh. Mujahede Millat Shah Moulana Ahmad Hasan established the Jamiah in 1328 Hijri CE. It is situated at Ziri, Patiya about five km east from Chittagong...

 and spent 5-6 months there. Finally he took admission at Hathazari Madrasah in 1361 Hijri

Islamic calendar

The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...

 at the age of 10. In Hathazari Madrasah he studied for 10 years. Then Ahmad Shafi went to Darul Uloom Deoband

Darul Uloom Deoband

The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic school in India where the Deobandi Islamic movement was started. It is located at Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was founded in 1866 by several prominent Islamic scholars , headed by Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi...

 for higher studies in the field of Hadith

Hadith

The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....

, Tafsir

Tafsir

Tafseer is the Arabic word for exegesis or commentary, usually of the Qur'an. Ta'wīl is a subset of tafsir and refers to esoteric or mystical interpretation. An author of tafsir is a mufassir .- Etymology :...

. He studied there for 4 years and then came back to his homeland.

Career

Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi starts his career as a teacher at Hathazari Madrasah. In 1407 Hijri

Islamic calendar

The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...

, he has been elected honorable rector of Hathazari Madrasah. Allama Ahmad Shafi is also the present chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board

Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board

Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board is founded in 2004. This organization of Qawmi Madrasahs of Bangladesh is also known as the "Befaqul Madarrisin" . It is an extension of the process that formed the Wafaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan in 1957...

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Books

Urdu:

• Faizul Jaari (Explanation of Bukhari)
• Al-Bayanul Fasil Bainal Haqqi Wal Batil
• Al-Hujajul Qatiah Li-daf-yin Nahjil Khatiah
• Al-Khairul Kasir Fi Usulit Tafseer
• Islam Wa Chhiyachhat
• Ijhare Haqiqat
• Takfire Muslim
• Chand Raoyejna
• Foyujate Ahmadia

Bangla:

• Haq O Batiler Chiranton Dondo
• Islami Ortho Bebostha
• Islam O Rajniti
• Sotter Dikhe Korun Ahoban
• Sunnat O Bid'ater Sothik Porichoy

Without these there are many other books in Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 and Bengali

Bengali

Bengali may refer to something of, from, or related to Bengal, the region roughly divided between West Bengal, Tripura and Bangladesh.* Bengali people, a major linguistic group in South Asia* Bengali Hindu people, the ethnic group native to eastern India....

 by Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi.

External links

• Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board
• Official Website of Darul Uloom Muinul Islam Hathazari

See also

• Ebrahim Desai
• Fazlul Hoque Amini
• Allama Nurul Islam Olipuri
• Sheikhul Hadith Allama Azizul Hoque
• Faqihul Millat Mufti Abdur Rahman
• Mufti-e-Azam Allama Faizullah
  Muhammad Faizullah
  Mufti-e-Ajam Allama Faizullah was a prominent Islamic Scholar of Bangladesh. He was the grand Mufti of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam...