Abdul Halim Bukhari

Mawlana Mufti Shah
Abdul Halim Bukhari
Hakim al-Millat
Mawlana Mufti Shah Abdul Halim Bukhari Hakim al-Millat
আব্দুল হালিম বুখারী
	Bukhari in 2021
5th Chancellor of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya
	In office; 2008 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Nurul Islam Qadim
Succeeded by	Obaidullah Hamzah
Secretary General, Anjuman-e-Ittihadul Madaris Bangladesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1983
Editor in Chief, Monthly At Tawhid
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1982
President, Organization of Islamic Conference Bangladesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2018
Preceded by	Abdur Rahman Chatgami
Personal
Born	January 1945
Died	21 June 2022 (aged 77)
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Children	4
Era	Modern
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Main interest(s)	Hadith, Fiqh, Writing, Tasawwuf
Alma mater	Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya; University of Dhaka; Kagmari College
Muslim leader
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Shah Abdul Halim Bukhari (Bengali: শাহ আব্দুল হালিম বুখারী; January 1945 – 21 June 2022) was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, religious writer and spiritual figure.^[1] He is the former Advisor of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Chancellor of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, Secretary General of Anjuman-e-Ittihadul Madaris Bangladesh [bn], Chairman of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited, President of Organization of Islamic Conference Bangladesh and Organization of Tahfizul Quran Bangladesh, Editor-in-chief of Monthly At-Tawhid. In 2018, he was nominated as a member of the Standing Committee of Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh.

Name and lineage

Bukhari was born in January 1945, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Rajghata located in Lohagara, Chittagong District.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] His father, Shah Abdul Ghani Bukhari, was the grandson of Sayyid Ahmad Bukhari who had migrated to Rangoon from Bukhara in Uzbekistan, before settling in Chittagong.^[10]

Education

Bukhari began his initial education at the Rajghata Hossainia Azizul Uloom madrasa in his village. He then enrolled at Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya where he graduated with a Masters in Hadith studies in 1974. The following year, he studied Bengali literature at Patiya. Outside of the Qawmi system, Bukhari had also completed Alim and Kamil from Tangail Alia Madrasa, Fazil from Gopalpur Madrasa and HSC from Tangail Kagmari College. He graduated from Dhaka University.^[10] He also completed a two-year course on biochemistry at Dawn Homoeopathic College, Lahore.^[11]

Career

Organization of Islamic Conference Bangladesh was established in 1986 with the aim of organizing Islamic conferences all over the country. From its formation to 2015, he was the general secretary of this organization. After the death of Abdur Rahman Bangladeshi in 2015, he became the President.^[12]

He is the Chairman of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited.^[13] He was elected a member of the Advisory Committee at the Central Conference of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on 15 November 2020.^[14]

Tasawwuf

Bukhari was a disciple of Allama Ishaq, who was a senior successor of Mufti Azizul Haque [bn] in Sufism.^[15]

Family

He married Khalesa Begum, daughter of Maulana Ershad from Satkania, Chittagong. He has four sons and three daughters. Everyone in his family is involved in Islamic activities.^{[citation needed]}

Books

His books include:

Tashilut Tahawi
Tashilul Usul
Tashilut Tirmidhi etc.

References

^ "আল্লামা আবদুল হালিম বোখারী আর নেই". Daily Kalerkhonto. 21 June 2022.
^ "Committee – Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh". Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "List of 50 Islamic clerics in Bangladesh" (PDF). www.hajj.gov.bd (in Bengali). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019.
^ ইসলামী শিক্ষাই দুনিয়ায় শান্তি প্রতিষ্ঠা করতে সক্ষম : আবদুল হালিম বোখারি [Islamic education is capable of establishing peace in the world: Abdul Halim Bukhari]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ মুসলিম উম্মাহকে ঐক্যবদ্ধ থাকতে হবে -আল্লামা আব্দুল হালিম বোখারী [The Muslim Ummah must be united - Allama Abdul Halim Bukhari]. The Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ ওলামায়ে কেরামগণই হচ্ছে জাতির রাহবার : মাওলানা বোখারী [The ulama are the guides of the nation: Maulana Bokhari]. Bangladesh Today (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ কওমি সনদের স্বীকৃতি : শীর্ষ আলেমদের প্রতিক্রিয়া [Recognition of Qaumi Certificate: Response of Top Scholars]. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 27 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ ইমাম মুসলিম ইসলামিক সেন্টারে দাওরায়ে হাদিসের ক্লাস উদ্বোধন [Inauguration of Hadith class at Imam Muslim Islamic Center]. The Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ ইসলামী সম্মেলন সংস্থা বাংলাদেশের কমিটি পুনর্গঠন [Reorganization of the Committee of Organization of Islamic Conference Bangladesh]. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Qasimi, Salimullah Mahdi (September 2020), মাওলানা মুফতি শাহ্ আব্দুল হালীম বোখারী দা. বা. এর সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী ও কর্ম (in Bengali)
^ "The need for expert scholars is too much: Dr. Afam Khalid Hussain". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ হালীম বোখারী সভাপতি আরশাদ সেক্রেটারি [Halim Bukhari President, Arshad Secretary]. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 24 December 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Members of Shariah Supervisory Committee: Shahjalal Islami Bank". www.sjiblbd.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Somoy Tv News" হেফাজতের পূর্ণাঙ্গ কমিটির তালিকা প্রকাশ [Publication of the list of the full committee of Hefazat]. Somoy News (in Bengali). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ Ridwanul Khadir Ukiyawi, Maolana (August 2013). "Allama Shah Mohammad Ishaq fell in the last flower of Azizi garden". Monthly Al-Abrar (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

External links

Lecture by Abdul Halim Bukhari on YouTube

[1] "আল্লামা আবদুল হালিম বোখারী আর নেই". Daily Kalerkhonto. 21 June 2022.

[2] "Committee – Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh". Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[3] "List of 50 Islamic clerics in Bangladesh" (PDF). www.hajj.gov.bd (in Bengali). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019.

[4] ইসলামী শিক্ষাই দুনিয়ায় শান্তি প্রতিষ্ঠা করতে সক্ষম : আবদুল হালিম বোখারি [Islamic education is capable of establishing peace in the world: Abdul Halim Bukhari]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[5] মুসলিম উম্মাহকে ঐক্যবদ্ধ থাকতে হবে -আল্লামা আব্দুল হালিম বোখারী [The Muslim Ummah must be united - Allama Abdul Halim Bukhari]. The Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[6] ওলামায়ে কেরামগণই হচ্ছে জাতির রাহবার : মাওলানা বোখারী [The ulama are the guides of the nation: Maulana Bokhari]. Bangladesh Today (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[7] কওমি সনদের স্বীকৃতি : শীর্ষ আলেমদের প্রতিক্রিয়া [Recognition of Qaumi Certificate: Response of Top Scholars]. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 27 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[8] ইমাম মুসলিম ইসলামিক সেন্টারে দাওরায়ে হাদিসের ক্লাস উদ্বোধন [Inauguration of Hadith class at Imam Muslim Islamic Center]. The Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[9] ইসলামী সম্মেলন সংস্থা বাংলাদেশের কমিটি পুনর্গঠন [Reorganization of the Committee of Organization of Islamic Conference Bangladesh]. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[qasimi-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Qasimi, Salimullah Mahdi (September 2020), মাওলানা মুফতি শাহ্ আব্দুল হালীম বোখারী দা. বা. এর সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী ও কর্ম (in Bengali)

[11] "The need for expert scholars is too much: Dr. Afam Khalid Hussain". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[12] হালীম বোখারী সভাপতি আরশাদ সেক্রেটারি [Halim Bukhari President, Arshad Secretary]. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 24 December 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[13] "Members of Shariah Supervisory Committee: Shahjalal Islami Bank". www.sjiblbd.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[14] "Somoy Tv News" হেফাজতের পূর্ণাঙ্গ কমিটির তালিকা প্রকাশ [Publication of the list of the full committee of Hefazat]. Somoy News (in Bengali). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[15] Ridwanul Khadir Ukiyawi, Maolana (August 2013). "Allama Shah Mohammad Ishaq fell in the last flower of Azizi garden". Monthly Al-Abrar (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

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