Mahmudul Hasan (scholar)

Mohius Sunnah Mahmudul Hasan
মাহমুদুল হাসান
Hasan in 2022
Chairman of Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh and Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 October 2020
Preceded by	Shah Ahmad Shafi
Amir of Majlis-e Dawatul Haq Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 1993
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-05) 5 July 1950 (age 74) Mymensingh, East Bengal
Alma mater	Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh
Personal
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Parents	Ghalimuddin Ahmad (father) Fatema Ramjani (mother)
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Main interest(s)	Education Islah
Signature
Organization
Founder of	National Fatwa Board
Senior posting
Teacher	Yusuf Banuri Idris Merathi Wali Hasan Tonki Zafar Ahmad Usmani Salimullah Khan Zakariyya Kandhlawi
Disciple of	Abrarul Haq Haqqi Shah Ahmad Shafi
Disciples Nizamuddin Shamzai Ubaidur Rahman Khan Nadwi Syed Rezaul Karim
Literary works	Burhan al-Quran

Mahmudul Hasan (born 5 July 1950) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, currently holding the position of Chairman of Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh, the government-recognized apex body for Qawmi madrasas, as well as Chairman of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh since 3 October 2020. He is often referred to as 'Mohius Sunnah' (Reviver of the Sunnah) for his role in leading the Majlis-e Dawatul Haq Bangladesh, a movement linked to Ashraf Ali Thanwi's reform initiatives, and he is recognized as a Sufi master in the Thanwi order through his discipleship under Abrarul Haq Haqqi, a successor of Thanwi.^[1] He has been leading Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Madania for over four decades and serves as the President of the National Fatwa Board, as well as the Khatib of Gulshan Central Masjid. He has authored a four-volume Quranic exegesis named Burhan al-Quran and written more than two hundred other books, in addition to establishing Al-Jamia, a monthly magazine published in Dhaka.