Mujahid-e-Millat Shah Ahmad Hasan | |
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 Hasan's Gravestone | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1882 Jiri, Patiya,Chittagong District,Bengal Presidency |
| Died | 1967(1967-00-00) (aged 84–85) East Pakistan |
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| Spouse | 4 |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Hathazari |
| Main interest(s) | |
| Notable work(s) | Al Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Jiri |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Teachers | Habibullah Qurayshi Zamiruddin Ahmad |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Disciple of | Ashraf Ali Thanwi Qazi Muazzam Husayn |
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| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Aḥmad Ḥasan أحمد حسن |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Waṣī ar-Raḥmān ibn Ḥamīd ʿAlī بن وصي الرحمن بن حامد علي |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Jīrawī الجيروي |
Aḥmad Ḥasan ibn Waṣī ar-Raḥmān ibn Ḥamīd ʿAlī al-Jīrawī (Arabic:أحمد حسن بن وصي الرحمن بن حامد علي الجيروي; 1882–1967), popularly known asShah Ahmad Hasan (Bengali:শাহ আহমদ হাসান), was aBangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist. He was an early student ofAl-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam inHathazari. Hasan establishedAl Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Jiri, which was the secondQawmi madrasa ofBangladesh.[1]
Ahmad Hasan was born in 1882 to aBengali Muslim family in the village of Jiri in westernPatiya under theChittagong District of theBengal Presidency.[2] He received his primary education at home from a tutor. He studied theQur'an and thePersian andUrdu languages with a tutor named Rafiqullah.[3] In 1315 AH (1897-98 CE), Hasan enrolled at theMohsinia Madrasa, which was the onlymadrasa inChittagong. He began systematically studying at the state-run madrasa from Jamaat-e-Dahum.[2] In 1318 AH (1901 CE), theMadrasa Moinul Islam was established inHathazari, which was the firstqawmi madrasa in Bengal. After coming into contact withAbdul Hamid Madarshahi, Hasan was admitted to Hathazari from Jamaat-e-Nahum. Among his teachers in Hathzari wereHabibullah Qurayshi andZamiruddin Ahmad.[4][5]
Whilst studying as Jamaat-e-Ula at Hathazari, Ashraf Ali of Kaiyagram used to have ajagir in their house. Hasan once came home with him in consultation and decided to establish the secondQawmi madrasa of Bengal. According to the decision, he first started the madrasa education in a shop room. Later, he relocated the madrasa to his village in Jiri.[2][3]
Hasan was amurid ofAshraf Ali Thanwi. After his death, he then became a disciple ofQazi Muazzam Husayn ofMirsarai, akhalifah (spiritual successor) ofRashid Ahmad Gangohi. Shah Ahmad Hasan received thekhilafat from Husayn.[6]
He died in 1967. He was the father of five daughters. Abdul Wadud Sandwipi presided over hisjanaza. He was buried next to Jiri Madrasa.[6][7]
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