Abul Khayr Muhammad Ayub Ali | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Abul Khair Muhammad Ayub Ali 1919 |
| Died | 1995 (aged 75–76) |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University University of Dhaka |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi[1] |
| Muslim leader | |
| Awards | Ekushey Padak |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad Ayyub ʿAlī محمد أيوب علي |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid بن عبد الواحد |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū al-Khayr أبو الخير |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Barīsālī البريسالي al-Bangālī البنغالي |
| Principal ofGovernment Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka | |
| In office 1973–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Yaqub Sharif |
| Succeeded by | Yaqub Sharif |
| Principal ofSylhet Government Alia Madrasah | |
| In office 27 October 1970 – 19 July 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Jalaluddin Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | Yaqub Sharif |
| Principal ofRajshahi Madrasa | |
| In office 1958–1969 | |
Abū al-Khayr Muḥammad Ayyūb ʿAlī al-Māturīdī (Arabic:أبو الخير محمد أيوب علي الماتريدي; 1919–1995), or simplyAyub Ali (Bengali:আইয়ূব আলী), was aBangladeshiIslamic scholar, author and educationist.[2] He was awarded theEkushey Padak in 1976 by theGovernment of Bangladesh.[3]
Ali was born in 1919,[4][5][note 1] to aBengali Muslim family in the village ofTelikhali inFirozpur,Backergunge District,Bengal Presidency. His father, Abdul Wahed, was amoulvi, and his mother, Abida Khatun, was a housewife.[3]
Ali studied at theCalcutta Alia Madrasa, receiving hisalim certification in 1933,fazil in 1936 andkamil in 1938.[4] He then enrolled at theUniversity of Dhaka where he earned hisBA Honors andMA degrees inIslamic Studies in 1943 and 1944 respectively. Ali received the Raja Kalinarayan Scholarship (one of the most prestigious scholarships at the university).[5] He obtained a second MA degree inPersian from the same university in 1950. He then studied at theAl-Azhar University inCairo,Egypt where he received hisAlimiyyah Diploma in 1953 andPh.D. in 1955.[3]
Ali joinedDhaka College as a lecturer in 1944. He then served as the principal of theRajshahi Madrasa between 1958 and 1969, theSylhet Government Alia Madrasah between 1970 and 1973,[6] and then atGovernment Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka from 1973 to 1979. He has written several books in English, Bengali and Arabic.[7][8] In 1976, he was awarded theEkushey Padak by theGovernment of Bangladesh for his literary contributions.[3]
Ali died in 1995.[3]
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