Azizul Haq (scholar, born 1903)

For other people with the same name, see Azizul Haque (disambiguation).

Mufti Azizul Haq (Bengali: আজিজুল হক; 1903 — 1961) was an Islamic scholar and social reformer from present-day Bangladesh. He was the founder of Al-Jamiah al-Islamiyyah Patiya and served as its first chancellor.

Qutub-e-Zaman Mufti Azizul Haq
Chancellor, Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya
In office 1938–1961
Succeeded by	Muhammad Yunus
Personal
Born	1903 Charkanai, Patiya, Chittagong District
Died	3 March 1961(1961-03-03) (aged 57–58)
Resting place	Maqbara-e-Aziz, Jamia Patiya
Religion	Islam
Children	Mawlana Ismail
Parent	Mawlana Nur Ahmad (father)
Era	20th-century
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband Mazahir Uloom al-Jamiah al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah Jiri
Muslim leader
Disciples Abul Hasan Jashori Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri
Influenced by Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Zamiruddin Ahmad, Shah Ahmad Hasan
Influenced Muhammad Yunus Harun Islamabadi Mufti Abdur Rahman Harun Babunagari

Early life and education

Azizul Haq was born in 1903, to a Bengali Muslim family of Munshis in Charkanai, Patiya of the Bengal Presidency's Chittagong District. He lost his father, Mawlānā Nur Ahmad, at the age of eleven months. Haq also lost his mother when he turned eleven years old. From then on, he was raised by his paternal grandfather, Munshi Surat Ali.

In 1914, his grandfather took him to Al-Jamiah al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah Jiri where he entrusted him under the supervision of its director Shah Ahmad Hasan.

On the same year in which Haq completed Meshkat, Hasan declared that the madrasa shall be establishing a Hadith department the following year. In 1924, Haq completed his Hadith studies at Jiri and set off for Hindustan for further education. He studied in Darul Uloom Deoband and Mazahir Uloom, both in Saharanpur district. He returned to Bengal after spending nine months under Ashraf Ali Thanwi.

Career

Haq returned to Jiri, serving as the madrasa's mufti and mufassir (scholar of Quranic exegesis) from 1927 to 1940. With the patronage of his teacher Zamiruddin Ahmad, Haq established a madrasa named Zamiria Qasimul Uloom in 1938. It later came to be known as al-Jamia al-Islamiyyah Patiya and was upgraded into an Islamic university. He spent the rest of his life as the chancellor of this madrasa.

Personal life

During his time as teacher at the Jiri Madrasa, Haq married the daughter of Badiur Rahman Saudagar of Harinkhain (West Patiya). In this marriage, they had three sons and four daughters.

Death

Maqbara-e-Azizi

Haq died just before the Friday prayer of 3 March 1961, at the age of 63. His janaza (funeral prayer) was performed by the Abdul Karim Madani (Imam of Anderkilla Shahi Jame Mosque) at the Jamia Patiya ground. Haq was subsequently buried in the madrasa graveyard, which is now known as Maqbara-e-Azizi.

See more

• List of Deobandis

Further reading

• Mawlana Nur Muhammad Azmi (2008). "2.2 বঙ্গে এলমে হাদীছ" [2.2 Knowledge of Hadith in Bengal]. হাদীছের তত্ত্ব ও ইতিহাস [Information and history of Hadith] (in Bengali). Emdadia Library. pp. 219–220.
• Qadir, Masudul (2009). পটিয়ার দশ মনীষী (in Bengali) (2 ed.). Al Manar Library. pp. 12–29.
• Ahmadullah, Mufti; Hasan, Shah Ahmad (2016). Mashayekh-e-Chatgam. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Dhaka: Ahmad Publishers. pp. 109–136. ISBN 978-984-92106-4-1.
• Rahman, Nurur (2010). Tazkeratul Aoliya (in Bengali). Vol. 6. Emdadia Library. pp. 112–116.
• Tazkira-e-Aziz, Sultan Zauq Nadvi
• Yaad-e-Aziz
• Nizampuri, Ashraf Ali (2013). The Hundred (Bangla Mayer Eksho Kritishontan) (1st ed.). Salman Publishers. pp. 32–35. ISBN 978-112009250-2.