Muhammad Yunus (scholar)

Shaykh al-Arab wal-Ajam Haji Muhammad Yunus
হাজী মুহম্মদ ইউনুস
Rector of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya
In office 1959–1992
Preceded by	Azizul Haq
Succeeded by	Harun Islamabadi
President of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh
In office 1978–1992
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Harun Islamabadi
President of Idarat al-Maʿarif
In office 1969–1976
Preceded by	Shamsul Haque Faridpuri
Personal details
Born	Muhammad Yunus Choudhury 1906 Hathazari, Chittagong District, Bengal Presidency
Died	14 February 1992(1992-02-14) (aged 85–86) Upasham Hospital, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Resting place	Maqbara-e-Azizi, Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya
Muhammad Yunus Personal Nationality Bangladeshi Children 7 sons and 3 daughters Denomination Sunni Jurisprudence Hanafi Movement Deobandi Education Darul Uloom Hathazari Darul Uloom Deoband Teachers Habibullah Qurayshi Shah Abd al-Wahhab Saeed Ahmad Sandwipi Muhammad Faizullah Siddiq Ahmad Izaz Ali Amrohi Asghar Hussain Deobandi Idris Kandhlawi Hussain Ahmed Madani Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi Zakariyya Kandhlawi Shafi Usmani Senior posting Disciple of Zamiruddin Ahmad Students Abdul Halim Bukhari Influenced by Ashraf Ali Thanwi Shamsul Haque Faridpuri Influenced Sultan Zauq Nadvi A F M Khalid Hossain

Muhammad Yunus Choudhury (Bengali: মুহম্মদ ইউনুস চৌধুরী; 1906 – 14 February 1992), popularly known as Haji Muhammad Yunus (Bengali: হাজী মুহম্মদ ইউনুস), was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist. He was the second rector of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, former president of Idarat al-Maʿarif and an active member of the Muslim World League. As the founding president of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, Yunus contributed to the establishment and renovation of roughly 1500 madrasas in Bangladesh. He was awarded the title of Shaykh al-ʿArab wa al-ʿAjam by the Imam of Masjid al-Haram.^[1]