Muhammad Faizullah

Grand Mufti
Mufti Faizullah
Personal details
Born1890
Hathazari, Chittagong, British Raj
Died1976(1976-00-00) (aged 85–86)
Nationality
Alma mater
Personal
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Main interest(s)
Notable work(s)Jamia Islamia Hamius-Sunnah
Teachers
Senior posting
Disciples
Students
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Muḥammad Fayḍ Allāh
محمد فيض الله
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Hidāyat ʿAlī
بن هداية علي
Epithet (Laqab)al-Muftī al-Aʿẓam
المفتي الأعظم
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Islāmābādī
الإسلام آبادي
al-Maykhalī
الميخلي

Muḥammad Fayḍ Allāh ibn Hidāyat ʿAlī al-Islāmābādī (Arabic: محمد فيض الله بن هداية علي الإسلام آبادي, 1890–1976), popularly known as Mufti Faizullah (Bengali: মুফতি ফয়জুল্লাহ), was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, mufti, poet, educator and a reformer. He was among early students to study at the Darul Uloom Hathazari. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband and later served as the Chief Mufti of the Darul Uloom Hathazari. He established Mekhal Madrasa following in the style of Ashab-e Suffah. He authored over 100 books in Arabic, Persian and Urdu.[2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Alam, Morshed (2014). হাদীস শাস্ত্র চর্চায় বাংলাদেশের মুহাদ্দিসগণের অবদান [Contribution of Muhaddis of Bangladesh in the development of Hadith Studies] (Thesis) (in Bengali). Bangladesh: University of Dhaka. pp. 144–145.
  2. ^ Alam, Morshed (2014). হাদিস শাস্ত্র চর্চায় বাংলাদেশের মুহাদ্দিসগণের অবদান [Contribution of Muhaddith of Bangladesh in the field of Hadith literature] (Thesis) (in Bengali). Bangladesh: Department of Islamic Studies, University of Dhaka. pp. 80–81.
  3. ^ Sarwar, Golam (2014). বাংলা ভাষায় ফিকহ চর্চা (১৯৪৭-২০০৬): স্বরূপ ও বৈশিষ্ঠ্য বিচার [Practice of Fiqh in Bengali (1947-2006): Judgment of form and features] (Thesis) (in Bengali). Bangladesh: University of Dhaka. pp. 119–120.
  4. ^ Sayed, Dr. Ahsan (2006). বাংলাদেশে হাদিস চর্চা উৎপত্তি ও ক্রমবিকাশ [Origin and development of Hadith literature in Bangladesh] (in Bengali) (1 ed.). Dhaka: Adorn Publications. pp. 202–203. ISBN 9789842005602.
  5. ^ Kasemi, Mazharul Islam Osman (2015). বিখ্যাত ১০০ ওলামা-মাশায়েখের ছাত্রজীবন [Student Life Of 100 Famous Scholars] (in Bengali). Bangladesh: Baad Comprint and Publications. pp. 94–96.
  6. ^ Harun, Mizan (2018). رجال صنعوا التاريخ وخدموا الإسلام والعلم في بنغلاديش للشاملة [Men Who Shaped History And Served Islamic Science In Bangladesh: A Comprehensive Perspective] (in Arabic). Dhaka: Darul Bayan. pp. 139–146.