Abdul Halim Bukhari Explained

Honorific Prefix:Mawlana Mufti Shah
Abdul Halim Bukhari
Honorific Suffix:Hakim al-Millat
Native Name:আব্দুল হালিম বুখারী
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Date:January 1945
Office1:5th Chancellor of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya
Term Start1:2008
Term End1:21 June 2022
Predecessor1:Nurul Islam Qadim
Successor1:Obaidullah Hamzah
Office2:Secretary General, Anjuman-e-Ittihadul Madaris Bangladesh
Term Start2:1983
Office3:Editor in Chief, Monthly At Tawhid
Term Start3:1982
Office4:President, Organization of Islamic Conference Bangladesh
Term Start4:2018
Predecessor4:Abdur Rahman Chatgami
Children:4
Alma Mater:Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya
University of Dhaka
Kagmari College
Era:Modern
Religion:Islam
Denomination:Sunni
Jurisprudence:Hanafi
Movement:Deobandi
Students:A F M Khalid Hossain[1]
Main Interests:Hadith, Fiqh, Writing, Tasawwuf
Nationality:Bangladeshi

Shah Abdul Halim Bukhari (Bengali: শাহ আব্দুল হালিম বুখারী; January 1945 – 21 June 2022) was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, religious writer and spiritual figure.[2] He is the former Advisor of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Chancellor of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, Secretary General of, Chairman of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited, President of Organization of Islamic Conference Bangladesh and Organization of Tahfizul Quran Bangladesh, Editor-in-chief of Monthly At-Tawhid. In 2018, he was nominated as a member of the Standing Committee of Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh.

Name and lineage

Bukhari was born in January 1945, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Rajghata located in Lohagara, Chittagong District.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] His father, Shah Abdul Ghani Bukhari, was the grandson of Sayyid Ahmad Bukhari who had migrated to Rangoon from Bukhara in Uzbekistan, before settling in Chittagong.

Education

Bukhari began his initial education at the Rajghata Hossainia Azizul Uloom madrasa in his village. He then enrolled at Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya where he graduated with a Masters in Hadith studies in 1974. The following year, he studied Bengali literature at Patiya. Outside of the Qawmi system, Bukhari had also completed Alim and Kamil from Tangail Alia Madrasa, Fazil from Gopalpur Madrasa and HSC from Tangail Kagmari College. He graduated from Dhaka University. He also completed a two-year course on biochemistry at Dawn Homoeopathic College, Lahore.[11]

Career

Organization of Islamic Conference Bangladesh was established in 1986 with the aim of organizing Islamic conferences all over the country. From its formation to 2015, he was the general secretary of this organization. After the death of Abdur Rahman Bangladeshi in 2015, he became the President.[12]

He is the Chairman of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited.[13] He was elected a member of the Advisory Committee at the Central Conference of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on 15 November 2020.[14]

Tasawwuf

See main article: Sufism. Bukhari was a disciple of Allama Ishaq, who was a senior successor of in Sufism.[15]

Family

He married Khalesa Begum, daughter of Maulana Ershad from Satkania, Chittagong. He has four sons and three daughters. Everyone in his family is involved in Islamic activities.

Books

His books include:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: . Public Commission to Investigate Fundamentalist and Communal Terrorism . 2022 . Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212 . 112 . bn.
  2. News: 21 June 2022 . আল্লামা আবদুল হালিম বোখারী আর নেই . Daily Kalerkhonto .
  3. Web site: Committee – Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh. 2020-10-22. en-GB. 30 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030075530/https://alhaiatululya.com/en/committee/. dead.
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  5. News: bn:ইসলামী শিক্ষাই দুনিয়ায় শান্তি প্রতিষ্ঠা করতে সক্ষম : আবদুল হালিম বোখারি . Islamic education is capable of establishing peace in the world: Abdul Halim Bukhari. https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/city/387012/ইসলামী-শিক্ষাই-দুনিয়ায়-শান্তি-প্রতিষ্ঠা-করতে-সক্ষম-আবদুল-হালিম-বোখারি. 2020-10-22. Daily Naya Diganta. bn.
  6. News: bn:মুসলিম উম্মাহকে ঐক্যবদ্ধ থাকতে হবে -আল্লামা আব্দুল হালিম বোখারী . The Muslim Ummah must be united - Allama Abdul Halim Bukhari. https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/262410/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%90%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7-%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80. 2020-10-22. The Daily Inqilab. bn.
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  8. News: 27 September 2018. bn:কওমি সনদের স্বীকৃতি : শীর্ষ আলেমদের প্রতিক্রিয়া . Recognition of Qaumi Certificate: Response of Top Scholars. https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/islamic-life/2018/09/28/684961. 2020-10-22. Kaler Kantho. bn.
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