Azizul Hoque (Islamist politician)
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Allama Azizul Hoque is a famous Bangladesh
i Islamic scholar and a Islamist political leader. Azizul Hoque was born to a distinguished family in 1919, Louhojang, Dhaka
. Allama Azizul Hoque was the first person who translated the Sahih al-Bukhari
into Bengali
language. And he founded the Jamiah Rahmania Arabia Dhaka
in 1986. He is the former rector and his son Mahfuzul Haque is the present rector of the Jamiah.
at the age of 7. There he spent 4 years under the care of Hadhrat Maulana
Shamsul Haq Faridpuri (rahimahullah). The he joined Dhaka Boro Katara Madrasah in 1931 and completed Takmil (MA) spending 12 years there. Then, in 1943, he went to India for acquiring higher study and joined Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel
in Bombe
. In Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel he receives education from Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
. Finally he went to Darul Uloom Deoband
to study Tafsir
. There he received education from Shaykh at-Tafseer Hadhrat Idris Kandhalvi (rh). After completing his study he returns to Dhaka by the order of his teacher Hadhrat Maulana
Shamsul Haq Faridpuri (rahimahullah).
. Allama Azizul Hoque served there from 1946 to 1952. Then, he began teaching at Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh
since its establishment in 1952 and serves there teaching the students Sahih al-Bukhari
including other important books till 1985. In 1978, he played an important rule in the formation of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board
. He currently serves as its general editor. In 1979, he taught Sahih al-Bukhari
in the department of Islamic Studies
of University of Dhaka
as visiting professor and served there for three years. In 1986, Allama Azizul Hoque established a Madrasah
called Jamiah Muhammadia Arabia in "Muhammadi Housing" near Mohammadpur, Dhaka
. In 1988, he purchased a piece of land near Sath Masjid in Muhammadpur and transferred the Jamiah Muhammadia Arabia there renaming it to Jamiah Rahmania Arabia Dhaka
. At present, he is the chief Sheikul Hadith of this institution. He serves as the principle of Jamiah Shari'ah Malibag for a certain period of time. He also serves as the chairman of the Sari'ah Board of Al Arafah Islami Bank. Furthermore, he is serving as the rector and adviser of many other well-known institutions in the country.
Without these Sheikhul Hadith
Allama Azizul Hoque would write many other books.
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...
i Islamic scholar and a Islamist political leader. Azizul Hoque was born to a distinguished family in 1919, Louhojang, Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
. Allama Azizul Hoque was the first person who translated the Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī , as it is commonly referred to, is one of the six canonical hadith collections of Islam. These prophetic traditions, or hadith, were collected by the Persian Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, after being transmitted orally for generations. Muslims view this as one of...
into Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
language. And he founded the Jamiah Rahmania Arabia Dhaka
Jamiah Rahmania Arabia Dhaka
Jamiah Rahmania Arabia Dhaka is one of the distinguished Qawmi Islamic Universities in Bangladesh. The Jamiah is established in 1986, at Muhammadpur, Dhaka by Sheikhul Hadith Allama Azizul Hoque, a famous Islamic scholar of the sub-continent and the first Bengali translator of Sahih al-Bukhari. At...
in 1986. He is the former rector and his son Mahfuzul Haque is the present rector of the Jamiah.
Education
After completing his initial formal studies Azizul Hoque joined Jamiah Islamiah Yunusia BrahmanbariaJamiah Islamiah Yunusia Brahmanbaria
Jamiah Islamiah Yunusia Brahmanbaria, also known as Brahmanbaria Yunusia Madrasah, is one of the well-known Qawmi Jamiahs of Bangladesh. Al-Jamiah Islamiah Yunusia is established by Maulana Abu Taher Muhammad Yunus, after whom the Madrasah was named, in 1914, in the center of Brahmanbaria...
at the age of 7. There he spent 4 years under the care of Hadhrat Maulana
Maulana
Mawlānā is an Arabic word literally meaning "our lord" or "our master" ....
Shamsul Haq Faridpuri (rahimahullah). The he joined Dhaka Boro Katara Madrasah in 1931 and completed Takmil (MA) spending 12 years there. Then, in 1943, he went to India for acquiring higher study and joined Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel
Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel
Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel, popularly known as Dabhel Jamiah Islamiah or Jamiah Islamiah Dabhel, is one of the historical institutions of higher Islamic education in the sub-continent. Maulana Hasan Ahmad established the Jamiah...
in Bombe
Bombe
The bombe was an electromechanical device used by British cryptologists to help decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted signals during World War II...
. In Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel he receives education from Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was an Islamic scholar who supported the creation of an Islamic system of governance in Pakistan after its creation in 1947. He was a theologian, writer, orator, politician, and expert in tafsir and hadith...
. Finally he 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...
to study 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 :...
. There he received education from Shaykh at-Tafseer Hadhrat Idris Kandhalvi (rh). After completing his study he returns to Dhaka by the order of his teacher Hadhrat Maulana
Maulana
Mawlānā is an Arabic word literally meaning "our lord" or "our master" ....
Shamsul Haq Faridpuri (rahimahullah).
Career
Allama Azizul Hoque begins his career as a teacher in Boro Katara Madrasah situated at DhakaDhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
. Allama Azizul Hoque served there from 1946 to 1952. Then, he began teaching at Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh
Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh
Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh is an institution for higher Islamic studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has seven education sections from kindergarten to post-graduate levels.-History:...
since its establishment in 1952 and serves there teaching the students Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī , as it is commonly referred to, is one of the six canonical hadith collections of Islam. These prophetic traditions, or hadith, were collected by the Persian Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, after being transmitted orally for generations. Muslims view this as one of...
including other important books till 1985. In 1978, he played an important rule in the formation 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...
. He currently serves as its general editor. In 1979, he taught Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī , as it is commonly referred to, is one of the six canonical hadith collections of Islam. These prophetic traditions, or hadith, were collected by the Persian Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, after being transmitted orally for generations. Muslims view this as one of...
in the department of Islamic Studies
Islamic studies
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...
of University of Dhaka
University of Dhaka
The University of Dhaka is the oldest university in Bangladesh. It is a multi-disciplinary research university and is among the top universities in the region. Established on July 21, 1921, as per the Government of India Act, 1920, it was modelled on the Universities in England and soon gained...
as visiting professor and served there for three years. In 1986, Allama Azizul Hoque established a Madrasah
Madrasah
Madrasah is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious...
called Jamiah Muhammadia Arabia in "Muhammadi Housing" near Mohammadpur, Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
. In 1988, he purchased a piece of land near Sath Masjid in Muhammadpur and transferred the Jamiah Muhammadia Arabia there renaming it to Jamiah Rahmania Arabia Dhaka
Jamiah Rahmania Arabia Dhaka
Jamiah Rahmania Arabia Dhaka is one of the distinguished Qawmi Islamic Universities in Bangladesh. The Jamiah is established in 1986, at Muhammadpur, Dhaka by Sheikhul Hadith Allama Azizul Hoque, a famous Islamic scholar of the sub-continent and the first Bengali translator of Sahih al-Bukhari. At...
. At present, he is the chief Sheikul Hadith of this institution. He serves as the principle of Jamiah Shari'ah Malibag for a certain period of time. He also serves as the chairman of the Sari'ah Board of Al Arafah Islami Bank. Furthermore, he is serving as the rector and adviser of many other well-known institutions in the country.
Books and Translations
- Most famous contribution of Sheikul HadithHadithThe 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....
is the BengaliBengali languageBengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
Translation of Sahih al-BukhariSahih al-BukhariṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī , as it is commonly referred to, is one of the six canonical hadith collections of Islam. These prophetic traditions, or hadith, were collected by the Persian Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, after being transmitted orally for generations. Muslims view this as one of...
. - In student life, he wrote an UrduUrduUrdu 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...
explanation of Sahih al-BukhariSahih al-BukhariṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī , as it is commonly referred to, is one of the six canonical hadith collections of Islam. These prophetic traditions, or hadith, were collected by the Persian Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, after being transmitted orally for generations. Muslims view this as one of...
. This big book of 1800 pages is published from PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
by the name of Fazlul Baari Sarhe Bukhari. At present, this book is going to be published from BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , 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...
. - BengaliBengali languageBengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
translation of Mochnobi-e-Rumi. - Capitalism, Socialism and Islam
- Refutation of Kadianism
- Munajat-e-Makbul including Masnun Doa (Translation).
- Struggle in the way of Truth (Lecture Collection).
Without these Sheikhul 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....
Allama Azizul Hoque would write many other books.
See also
- DeobandiDeobandiDeobandi is a movement of Sunni Islam. The movement began at Darul Uloom Deoband in Deoband, India, where its foundation was laid on 30 May 1866.-History:...
- Ebrahim Desai
- Fazlul Hoque Amini
- Allama Nurul Islam Olipuri
- Faqihul Millat Mufti Abdur Rahman
- Mufti-e-Azam Allama FaizullahMuhammad FaizullahMufti-e-Ajam Allama Faizullah was a prominent Islamic Scholar of Bangladesh. He was the grand Mufti of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam...