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Shaykhul Hadith, Hafez, Qaid-e Millat Mohammad Junaid Babunagari | |
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 Babunagari in 2017 | |
| Amir ofHefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh | |
| In office 15 November 2020 – 19 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Shah Ahmad Shafi |
| Succeeded by | Muhibbullah Babunagari |
| Personal life | |
| Born | (1953-10-08)8 October 1953 |
| Died | 19 August 2021(2021-08-19) (aged 67) Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| Resting place | Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam,Hathazari |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Era | Modern |
| Main interest(s) | |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Hadith Teacher 2nd amir of Hefazat e Islam |
| Relatives | Muhibbullah Babunagari(maternal uncle) Harun Babunagari(maternal grandfather) Sufi Azizur Rahman(maternal great-grandfather) |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher |
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Influenced | |
Muḥammad Junaid, popularly known asJunaid Babunagari (Bengali:জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী; 8 October 1953 – 19 August 2021), was a BangladeshiDeobandi Islamic scholar, educator, writer, researcher, Islamic speaker and spiritual figure. He was the Amir ofHefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Shaykhul Hadith ofDarul Uloom Hathazari Madrasa, vice-president ofBefaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, Chairman of Chittagong Noorani Talimul Quran Board and Editor-in-Chief ofMonthly Mueenul Islam.
Muhammad Junaid was born on 8 October 1953, in the village of Babunagar inFatikchhari Thana,Chittagong District,East Bengal,Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[1] He belonged to aBengali Muslim family of theologians andQadis hailing from the village of Dhurung. His father, Muhammad Abul Hasan, was a scholar ofQuranic exegesis and senior professor atAl-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam inHathazari.[2] Junaid's lineage is as follows: Muḥammad Junaid ibn Muḥammad Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Nadhīr Aḥmad ibn Shākir ʿAlī ibn Ghulām Nabī ibn Kahūlan ibn Muʿīn ad-Dīn al-Qāḍī ibn ʿAyn ad-Dīn al-Qāḍī.[3][4] His mother, Fatimah Khatun, was the daughter ofHarun Babunagari, founder ofAl-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar. His mother's paternal grandfather,Sufi Azizur Rahman, was one of the founders of the Hathazari madrasa and a descendant of CaliphAbu Bakr.[5]
Junaid had three brothers and two sisters. Two of his younger brothers are Shuaib Babunagari, Ustadh ofBabunagar Madrasa, and Zubair Babunagari, Muhaddith of Sultanpur Madrasa inRaozan. His sister, Rashidah, is married to Bengali author Abu Jafar Shahadat, formerimam ofJamiatul Falah Mosque. His other sister, Mahmuda Khatun, is married to Mawlana Zakariyyah, principal of a madrasa inMadarsha.[5]
At the age of five, he enteredAl-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar where he completed hishifz and basic Islamic and primary studies.[citation needed] After reading the entire Quran off by heart to Azharul Islam Dharmapuri, Babunagari proceeded to study at theAl-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam inHathazari in 1966.[citation needed] In 1976, he completed his master's inHadith studies at the madrasa where he was also first place in the examinations.[citation needed]
Babunagari was then admitted to theJamia Uloom-ul-Islamia inKarachi, Pakistan. He studied advanced Hadith studies for four years underYusuf Banuri. His thesis was titledSīrah al-Imām ad-Dārimī wa at-Tarīkh bi-Shaykhihī (Biography ofImam Darimi and the history of his teachers) in 1978.[5]
Returning to Bangladesh in 1978, he began teaching atAl-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar and moved a few year later toAl-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam inHathazari.[6][1] WhenHefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh was formed in 2010, he became its secretary general.[6]
He was briefly imprisoned without any criminal evidence against him in the aftermath of the2013 Shapla Square protests.[7][8]
On 15 November 2020, Babunagari was elected the new Amir of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh, replacing the group's founder,Shah Ahmad Shafi, who had died two month earlier.[6][9]
On 11 April 2021, during a press conference, Babunagari claimed that COVID-19 would not spread in madrasas and demanded that these institutions be allowed to remain open during thelockdown. Despite this public stance, Babunagari and several other Hefazat leaders later received their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to a media statement from Hefazat, Babunagari received his vaccine on 8 August 2021, with the intention of easing vaccine concerns among Islamic scholars in the country.[10]
He has written and edited about 30 books in Arabic, Urdu and Bengali, including:[11]
The following books are compiled and edited by the direct supervision and guidance of Babunagari:[12]
Babunagari has written one of the prefaces toAl-Kitab al-Budoor al-Mudiyyah fi Tarajim al-Hanafiyyah by Mawlana Hifzur Rahman al-Kumillai.[2]
After suffering from various diseases of old age including heart disease, kidney and diabetes for a long time, Junaid Babunagari died of a stroke at the age of 67 on 19 August 2021 at CSCR Hospital in Chittagong, Bangladesh.[6][1][13][14] His funeral, held in Hathazari on the grounds of the madrassa where he used to teach, was attended by tens of thousands of people.[15][16]
Junaid Babunagari left behind a wife, one son (Muhammad Salman Babunagari) and five daughters.[1][5]
Media related toJunaid Babunagari at Wikimedia Commons
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