Shah Abdul Halim Bukhari ( bn, শাহ আব্দুল হালিম বুখারী; January 1945 – 21 June 2022) was a

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Islamic scholar, educator, religious writer and spiritual figure. He is the former Advisor of

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh ( bn, হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ) is an Islamic Advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students. In 2013, it submitted to the government of Bangladesh a 13-point charter, which inc ...

, Chancellor of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, Secretary General of , Chairman of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of

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, 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

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family in the village of Rajghata located in Lohagara, Chittagong District. His father, Shah Abdul Ghani Bukhari, was the grandson of Sayyid Ahmad Bukhari who had migrated to

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from

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, before settling in Chittagong.

Education

Bukhari began his initial education at the Rajghata Hossainia Azizul Uloom ''

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

'' in his village. He then enrolled at Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya where he graduated with a Masters in

Hadith studies Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism) consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...

in 1974. The following year, he studied

Bengali literature Bengali literature ( bn, বাংলা সাহিত্য, Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle- Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time ...

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 The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently it ...

. He also completed a two-year course on biochemistry at Dawn Homoeopathic College,

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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. He is the Chairman of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited. He was elected a member of the Advisory Committee at the Central Conference of

on 15 November 2020.

Tasawwuf

Bukhari was a disciple of Allama Ishaq, who was a senior successor of in

Sufism Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

Family

He married Khalesa Begum, daughter of Maulana Ershad from Satkania,

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

. He has four sons and three daughters. Everyone in his family is involved in Islamic activities.

Books

His books include: *''Tashilut Tahawi'' *''Tashilul Usul'' *''Tashilut Tirmidhi'' etc.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bukhari, Abdul Halim 1945 births 2022 deaths Bangladeshi Islamic religious leaders Deobandis 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya alumni University of Dhaka alumni Hanafis Sunni Sufis People from Lohagara Upazila Director general of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya Bangladeshi people of Uzbek descent Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam