Habibullah Qurayshi

Bengali Islamic scholar and educationist

Habibullah Qurayshi
Director-General, Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam
In office
1899–1941
Succeeded byShah Abd al-Wahhab
TitleAllama, Boro Moulovi Saheb[1]
Personal
Born1865
Qazipara, Charia, Hathazari, Chittagong District
Died1943(1943-00-00) (aged 77–78)
Resting placeMaqbara-e-Habibi, Hathazari
ReligionIslam
Spouse5[2]
Children10[2]
Parent
  • Matiullah Mianji Qurayshi (father)
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Notable work(s)
Alma materMohsinia Madrasa
Darul Uloom Deoband
Jamiul Uloom Kanpur
TeachersMahmud Hasan Deobandi
Ishaq Bardhamani
Muslim leader
Disciple ofAshraf Ali Thanwi
Students
  • Shah Ahmad Hasan
Influenced by
  • Abdul Wahid Bengali

Ḥabībullāh Qurayshī (Bengali: হাবিবুল্লাহ কুরাইশি; 1865 – 1943) was a Bengali Islamic scholar and educationist of the Deobandi movement.[1] He was the founding director-general of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam.[3]

Early life and family

Habibullah Qurayshi was born in 1865, to the Bengali Muslim Mianji family in Qazipara, Chariya village, Hathazari, Chittagong District. His father, Matiullah Mianji Qurayshi, was an alim.[4] The family traced their ancestry to Marwan ibn al-Hakam, the fourth Umayyad caliph and a member of the Arab tribe of Quraysh.[5] He lost his mother at the age of five, and was the only child of his parents.[6]

Education

Qurayshi first studied the Quran with Imamuddin Mianji and other books with Masiullah.[7] He then enrolled at the Mohsinia Madrasa, which was the only higher Islamic educational institute in Chittagong at the time.[8] After completing Jamat-e-Duam, he proceeded to study at the Darul Uloom Deoband in North India.[9] After spending some time there, he joined the Jameul Uloom in Kanpur, where he spent 7 years studying under Ashraf Ali Thanwi.[10] Completing his education thereon, Qurayshi pledged bay'ah to Thanwi who instructed him to return to Bengal and establish a hujra near his home for spiritual asceticism. In this state, he spent 2 years.[11] Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and Ishaq Bardhamani were also his teachers.[1]

Career

Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam is the largest and oldest Deobandi seminary in Bangladesh,[12][13] and ranks among the top ten madrasas of the subcontinent.[14]

Having returned to Chittagong, Qurayshi met Abdul Wahid Bengali, Sufi Azizur Rahman and Abdul Hamid Madarshahi.[15] They discussed the importance of establishing a madrasa. Subsequently, Qurayshi sent a latter to his pir, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, regarding the plans.[16] With the permission of his teacher, Qurayshi established a small building for teaching purposes (now located just west of the present Chariya Madrasa). With the advice of his colleagues, the madrasa was relocated to a place near the present-day Panka Masjid in Hathazari Bazar. For several reasons, there was a need for another relocation. In 1899, he finally co-founded Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam along with the three scholars and through the assistance of locals.[17] When the scope of work increased over time, Qurayshi became the madrasa's inaugural director-general as instructed by Thanwi.[18] He served in this position until 1941.[19]

Death

Habibullah Qurayshi died in 1943.[20] His janaza was led by Said Ahmad Sandwipi. He was then buried next to the grave of Zamiruddin Ahmad, at the Hathazari Madrasa's central cemetery, and is now known as Maqbara-e-Habibi.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Islamabadi, Muhammad Abdur Rahim (3 November 2016). শায়খুল ইসলাম হযরত আল্লামা মাওলানা হাবীবুল্লাহ (রহ). Daily Inqilab. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Ahmadullah 2016, p. 136.
  3. ^ Qasimi, Mazharul Islam Uthman (2015). Bikhyato 100 Olama-Mashayekher Chhatrojibon (3rd ed.). BAD Comprint and Publications. pp. 66–67.
  4. ^ Ahmadullah 2016, p. 110.
  5. ^ Ahmadullah 2016, p. 109-110.
  6. ^ Jafar, Abu (2017). Bharotiyo Upomohadesher Sufi-Shadhok o Olama Mashayekh. Mina Book House. pp. 67–68. ISBN 9789849115465.
  7. ^ Ahmadullah 2016, p. 111.
  8. ^ Aminul Islam, S M; Islam, Samar (2014). Banglar Shoto Alemer Jibonkotha. Boighar. pp. 75–81.
  9. ^ Jahangir, Salahuddin (2017). Banglar Borenno Alem. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Maktabatul Azhar. pp. 118–129.
  10. ^ Sayyid, Ahsan (2006). Bangladeshe Hadis Chorcha Utpotti o Krpmbikash. Dhaka: Adorno Publication. pp. 267–269. ISBN 9789842005602.
  11. ^ Ahmadullah 2016, p. 112.
  12. ^ Kabir, Humayun (December 2009). "Replicating the Deobandi model of Islamic schooling: the case of a Quomi madrasa in a district town of Bangladesh". Contemporary South Asia. 17 (4): 415–428. doi:10.1080/09584930903275884. S2CID 145197781.
  13. ^ Singh, Nagendra Kr., ed. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh (1st ed.). New Delhi, India: Anmol Publications. p. 259. ISBN 8126113901.
  14. ^ "NBR Reports" (PDF). With its impeccable Deobandi credentials, Hathazari madrasa ranks among the top ten madrasas in the subcontinent in terms of its academic standards and reputation.
  15. ^ Junaid Babunagari (2003). Darul Ulum Hathazarir Kotipoy Ujjol Nokkhotro (1st ed.). Bukhari Academy. pp. 9–10.
  16. ^ Ahmadullah 2016, p. 116-117.
  17. ^ Ahmadullah, Mufti (2016). Mashayekh-e-Chatgam. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Dhaka: Ahmad Publishers. pp. 109–136. ISBN 978-984-92106-4-1.
  18. ^ Ahmadullah 2016, p. 118-126.
  19. ^ Islam, Amirul (2012). সোনার বাংলা হীরার খনি ৪৫ আউলিয়ার জীবনী. Dhaka: Kohinur Library. pp. 29–30.
  20. ^ Nizampuri, Ashraf Ali (2013). The Hundred (Bangla Mayer Eksho Kritishontan) (1st ed.). Salman Publishers. pp. 32–35. ISBN 978-112009250-2.
  21. ^ Nizampuri 2013, p. 35.


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