Junaid Babunagari

Shaykhul Hadith, Hafez, Qaid-e Millat
Mohammad Junaid
Babunagari
Babunagari in 2017
Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
In office
15 November 2020 – 19 August 2021
Preceded byShah Ahmad Shafi
Succeeded byMuhibbullah Babunagari
Personal
Born(1953-10-08)8 October 1953
Died19 August 2021(2021-08-19) (aged 67)
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Resting placeAl-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam, Hathazari
Religionislam
NationalityBangladeshi
EraModern
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Main interest(s)
Alma mater
OccupationHadith Teacher 2nd amir of Hefazat e Islam
RelativesMuhibbullah Babunagari (maternal uncle)
Harun Babunagari (maternal grandfather)
Sufi Azizur Rahman (maternal great-grandfather)
Senior posting
Teacher
Influenced
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Junayd
جنيد
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Nadhīr Aḥmad ibn Shākir ʿAlī ibn Ghulām Nabī ibn Kahūlan ibn Muʿīn ad-Dīn ibn ʿAyn ad-Dīn
بن أبو الحسن بن نذير أحمد بن شاكر علي بن غلام نبي بن كهولن بن معين الدين بن عين الدين
Epithet (Laqab)Qāid al-Millah
قائد الملّة
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Qāḍī
القاضي
al-Bābūnagarī
البابونغري
al-Bangālī
البنغالي

Muḥammad Junaid, popularly known as Junaid Babunagari (Bengali: জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী; 8 October 1953 – 19 August 2021), was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, writer, researcher, Islamic speaker and spiritual figure. He was the Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Shaykhul Hadith of Darul Uloom Hathazari Madrasa, vice-president of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, Chairman of Chittagong Noorani Talimul Quran Board and Editor-in-Chief of Monthly Mueenul Islam.