Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (1890–1976)
Mufti Faizullah
Visitors at the Gravesite of Muhammad Faizullah Near the Mosque
Personal details Born 1890 Died 1976(1976-00-00) (aged 85–86) Nationality Alma mater Main interest(s) Notable work(s) Jamia Islamia Hamius-Sunnah Religious life Religion Islam Denomination Sunni Jurisprudence Hanafi Teachers Movement Deobandi Senior posting Disciple of Saeed Ahmad Sandwipi
Mufti Faizullah (Bengali :মুফতি ফয়জুল্লাহ ), was a BangladeshiDeobandi Islamic scholar,mufti , poet, educator and a reformer. He was among early students to study at theDarul Uloom Hathazari . He was an alumnus ofDarul Uloom Deoband and later served as the Chief Mufti of the Darul Uloom Hathazari. He established Mekhal Madrasa following in the style ofAshab-e Suffah . He authored over 100 books inArabic ,Persian andUrdu .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Early life and education [ edit ] Faizullah was born in 1890 to aBengali Muslim family in the village of Mekhal inHathazari ,Chittagong district .[ 8] munshi , while his mother, Rahimunnesa, was a housewife.[ 9] Darul Uloom Hathazari and was among its early students, studying under the likes ofAbdul Hamid Madarshahi . In 1330AH (1912 CE), he set off forDarul Uloom Deoband inSaharanpur , where he received higher education for two and a half years underMahmud Hasan Deobandi ,Anwar Shah Kashmiri andAziz-ul-Rahman Usmani . He specialised inHadith studies .[ 8]
He was appointed a teacher at the Darul Uloom Hathazari in 1915, and subsequently became its Chief Mufti. He established Hami as-Sunnah Mekhal Madrasa following in the style ofAshab-e-Suffah in 1934.[ 8] [ 8] [ 10] [ 8]
Faizullah authored about 100 books in Arabic, Persian and Urdu.[ 11] Aqidah andFiqh in his writings. He extensively wrote on controversial matters for educational purposes of the Muslim community.[ 12] Abdul Hamid Madarshahi , Faizullah compiled the explanation ofKa'b ibn Zuhayr 'sBānat Suʿādqasida intoPersian . His books include:[ 13]
فيض الكلام Fayḍ al-Kalām )هداية العباد Hidāyah al-ʿIbād )رافع الإشكالات Rāfiʿ al-Ishkālāt )تعليم المبتدئ Taʿlīm al-Mubtadi )إظهار المنكرات Iẓhār al-Munkarāt )توجيه البيان Tawjīh al-Bayān )إزالة الخبط Izālah al-Khabaṭ )ترغيب الأمة إلى تحسين النية Targhīb al-Ummah ilā Taḥsīn an-Niyyah )إظهار الاختلال في مسئلة الهلال Iẓhār al-Ikhtilāl fī Mas'alah al-Hilāl )القول السديد في حكم الأهوال والمواعيظ Al-Qawl al-Sadīd fī Ḥukm al-Ahwāl wa al-Mawāʿīẓ )الفلاح فيما يتعلق بالنكاح Al-Falāḥ fīmā yataʿallaq bin-Nikāḥ )بند نامه خاکی Band Nāmah-e-Khākī )مثنوي خاکی Masnavī-e-Khākī )إرشاد الأمة Ershād al-Ummah )منظومات مختصرة Manẓūmāt-e-Mukhtasarah )قند خاکی Qand-e-Khākī )مثنوي دلپذیر Masnavī-e-Dilpazīr )الفيصلة الجارية في أوقاف المدارس Al-Faysalah Al-Jāriyah fī Awqāf al-Madāris )حفظ الإيمان Ḥifẓ al-Īmān )منكرات القبور Munkarāt al-Qubūr )دفع الوساوس في أوقاف المدارس Dafʿ al-Wasāwis fī Awqāf al-Madāris )الحق الصريح في مسلك الصحيح Al-Ḥaq as-Ṣarīh fī Maslak as-Ṣaḥīḥ )دفع الإعتساف في أحكام الاعتكاف Dafʿ al-Iʿtisāf fī Aḥkām al-Iʿtikāf )إظهار خيال Iẓhār-e-Khayāl )شومي معاصي Shūmī Maʿāṣī )الرسالة المنظومة على فطرة النيجرية Al-Risālah al-Manẓūmah ʿalā Fiṭrah an-Nījariyyah )شرح بوستان Sharh-e-Būstān )شرح گلستان Sharh-e-Gulistān )حاشية عطار Hāshiyat-e-ʿAṭṭār )Faizullah died in 1396AH (1976 CE) and was buried in front of his home in Mekhal.[ 13]
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