Shamsul Haque Faridpuri

Mujahid-e-Azam
Shamsul Haque Faridpuri
TitleSadr Saheb Huzur
Personal
Born
Shamsul Haque

1896
Gawhardanga, Tungipara, Gopalganj
Died21 January 1969(1969-01-21) (aged 72–73)[1]
Resting placeJamia Islamia Darul Uloom Khademul Islam Gawhardanga
ReligionIslam
ChildrenRuhul Amin
Parents
  • Munshi Muhammad Abdullah (father)
  • Aminah Khatun (mother)
Era19th–20th century
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Main interest(s)Hadith, fiqh
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband[2]
TariqaChishti Order
OccupationTeacher, writer
Muslim leader
TeacherIzaz Ali Amrohi
Anwar Shah Kashmiri
Hussain Ahmed Madani
Disciple ofZafar Ahmad Usmani
Influenced by
President of Idarat al-Maʿarif
Succeeded byMuhammad Yunus
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Shams al-Ḥaqq
شمس الحق
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Chirāgh ʿAlī ibn Chānd Ghāzī ibn ʿAbd al-Awwal
بن محمد عبد الله بن تشراغ علي بن تشاند الغازي بن عبد الأول
Epithet (Laqab)Ṣadr Ṣāḥib Ḥuḍūr
صدر صاحب حضور
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Farīdfūrī
الفريدفوري
The madrasa at Gawhardanga

Shams al-Ḥaqq ibn Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Chirāgh ʿAlī al-Farīdfūrī (Arabic: شمس الحق بن محمد عبد الله بن تشراغ علي الفريدفوري), or simply known as Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (Bengali: শামসুল হক ফরিদপুরী; 1896 – 21 January 1969) was an Islamic scholar, educationist, and social reformer. He was the founder-principal of Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh.[3] He also founded many other madrasas.[4] Organisations which he initiated include; Khademul Islam Jamat and Anjuman-e-Tabligh-al-Quran.[5][6]

  1. ^ Syed, Jawad; Pio, Edwina; Kamran, Tahir; Zaidi, Abbas (9 November 2016). Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan. Springer. p. 429. ISBN 9781349949663. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ Ismail, Muhammad (1989). "Chapter 9". Development of sufism in Bengal. Aligarh Muslim University-shodhganga. pp. 282–283. hdl:10603/57200. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Official website of Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh". Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  4. ^ Kabir, Humayun (2015). "Beyond Jamaat-e-Islami: The Political Rise of the Deobandis, the Mystic Leaders, and Islamism in Bangladesh". In Mattson, Ingrid; Nesbitt-Larking, Paul; Tahir, Nawaz (eds.). Religion and Representation: Islam and Democracy. Cambridge Scholars. p. 63. ISBN 9781443875141. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  5. ^ Amin, Muhammad Ruhul (2012). "Faridpuri, Maulana Shamsul Haque". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  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. 161–181.