Momtazuddin Ahmad | |
|---|---|
মমতাজুদ্দীন আহমদ | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1889 |
| Died | 1974 (aged 84–85) |
| Children | Moudud Ahmed |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Muslim leader | |
Students | |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Aḥmad أحمد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Muḥammad Jalīs بن محمد جليس |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Mumtāz ad-Dīn ممتاز الدين Fakhr al-Muḥaddithīn فخر المحدثين[1] |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Būiyān البوئيان an-Nawākhālawī النواخالوي |
MawlanaMomtazuddin Ahmad (Bengali:মমতাজুদ্দীন আহমদ; 1889–1974) was aBengaliIslamic scholar, author and teacher. He is the father of formerPrime MinisterMoudud Ahmed.
Momtazuddin Ahmad was born in 1889 to aBengali Muslim family ofBhuiyans in the village ofManikpur inNoakhali District,Bengal Presidency. His father, Muhammad Jalees Bhuiyan, was asheikh.[2]
After finishing primary school, Ahmad moved toCalcutta and became a student at itsAlia Madrasa in 1907. He passed from Jamaat-i-Suwam in 1910 and Jamaat-i-Ula in 1913. In 1916, he graduated inHadith studies from the madrasa and awardedFakhr al-Muhadditheen (Glory of the Hadith scholars). His Hadith teachers wereIshaq Burdwani andNazir Hasan Deobandi. His other teachers includedLutfur Rahman Burdwani,Abdul Haq Haqqani andFazl-e-Haq Rampuri. Ahmad passed hismatriculation from theUniversity of Calcutta Board in 1918.[3]
Ahmad remained inCalcutta after completing his education, teachingHadith studies at theCalcutta Alia Madrasa from 1919. He also briefly served as a lecturer ofArabic at thePresidency College in 1921.[4] He relocated to theGovernment Madrasah-e-Alia,Dacca in 1953, six years after thePartition of Bengal. Among his notable students areAmimul Ehsan Barkati.[1]
Ahmad married Begum Ambia Khatun. His fourth son,Moudud Ahmed, served as thePrime Minister of Bangladesh from 1988 to 1989.[5]
Ahmad primarily wrote inArabic,Bengali andUrdu. Among his published works are:
Ahmad died in 1974.[4]