Abdul Momin Shaykh-e-Imambari (Bengali: আব্দুল মোমিন শায়খে ইমামবাড়ী; 1930 – 8 April 2020) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher and politician. He was a former president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh.[1]
Abdul Momin Shaykh-e-Imambari | |
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আব্দুল মোমিন ইমামবাড়ী | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 1930 |
| Died | 8 April 2020 (aged 89–90) |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Tariqa | Chishti (Sabiri-Imdadi) Naqshbandi Qadri Suhrawardy |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Hussain Ahmed Madani Ibrahim Baliyavi Syed Fakhrul Islam Merajul Haq |
| Disciple of | Hussain Ahmed Madani |
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| Amir of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | |
| In office 4 September 2005 – 8 April 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi |
| Succeeded by | Zia Uddin |
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| Political party | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
Early life and education
editAbdul Momin was born in 1930, to a Bengali Muslim parents Muhammad Abdus Sattar and Gulbahar Bibi in the village of Purangaon in Nabiganj, Habiganj subdivision (then located under the Sylhet district). He studied at the Jāmiʿah Saʿdiyyah Raidhar and Jāmiʿah Islāmiyyah Imambari madrasas, before setting out to Hindustan where he enrolled at the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary. He studied in Deoband for six years, graduating from the faculty of Hadith studies. Among his teachers there were Hussain Ahmed Madani, Ibrahim Baliyavi, Syed Fakhrul Hasan and Merajul Haq. He pledged bay'ah to Madani and was authorised with khilafat (spiritual succession) in 1957.[2]
Career
editHe returned to Bengal after completing his studies, and spent eight years as teacher at Jāmiʿah Islāmiyyah Imambari. He then taught at the Balidhara madrasa in Dinarpur for a year, and then at the Umednagar Title Madrasa in Habiganj and the Jamia Madania of Bishwanath, teaching at both for two years respectively. He was then appointed as the principal of the Jāmiʿah Madaniyyah Nabiganj, and he took on this role for four years. In 1989, he returned to the Imambari madrasa, and served as its principal and Shaykh al-Hadith (Professor of Hadith studies) until 2010. He then served as the Shaykh al-Hadith of Hossainia Madrasa for a year. In 2012, Imambari became the Shaykh al-Hadith of Jamia Darul Qur'an in Sylhet for the rest of his life.[3]
Political career
editImambari was aligned with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, having been a member of its student wing Jamiat Tulaba-e-Arabia from an early age. He became the acting president, and later president, of the Jamiat's Habiganj District branch. On 24 June 2000, he was elected as the patron of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. After the death of Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi in 2005, a joint conference was held on 4 September between the Jamiat's working council and shura in which Imambari was elected as the president of the nationwide political party.[4] In 2017, he inaugurated a rally on the road from Sylhet to Teknaf in solidarity with the Rohingyas who had escaped Myanmar as a result of religious persecution. The rallies were supported by the Bangladeshi parliamentarian Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury.[5]
Death and legacy
editImambari died on 8 April 2020.[1][2][3] Muhiuddin Khan was his disciple, and Ubaydullah Faruq pledged bay'ah to him during his lifetime, eventually becoming his khalifah (spiritual successor).[6] His son, Emdadullah, is a Mawlana.[7] A dua ceremony was held at the Jamia Madania madrasa of Bishwanath dedicated to Imambari on 27 September 2020, organised by Shibbir Ahmad Bishwanathi and Hasan bin Fahim.[8]
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- ^ a b "জমিয়তের আমীর শায়খ আব্দুল মুমিন মারা গেছেন". Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b Nagari, Ruhul Amin (9 April 2020). "আল্লামা আব্দুল মোমিন শায়খে ইমামবাড়ী আলোকিত জীবনী" [Allamah Abdul Momin Shaykh-e-Imambari's enlightened life]. Daily Sylheter Dinkal (in Bengali).
- ^ পরিচিতি ও কর্মসূচি (PDF) (in Bengali). Purana Paltan, Dhaka: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. 2016. pp. 28–30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Sylhet-Teknaf road march begins Thursday". Banglanews24.com. Sylhet. 20 September 2019.
- ^ Saidul Alam, G. F. M. (2019), মাওলানা উবায়দুল্লাহ ফারুক দা. বা. এর জীবন ও কর্ম (in Bengali)
- ^ "আল্লামা আব্দুল মোমিন ইমামবাড়ি হাসপাতালে, দোয়া কামনা". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 17 November 2019.
- ^ Bin Saeed, Anhar (28 September 2020). "আল্লামা শাহ আহমদ শফী রহ.সহ চার বিশিষ্ট আলেমের স্মরণে জামিয়া মাদানিয়া বিশ্বনাথে আলোচনা ও দোয়া মাহফিল". Bijoy Bangla (in Bengali). Bishwanath.