Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali (; 25 May 1913 – 16 January 2008), reverentially known as Saheb Qiblah, was a late-twentieth century

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, ''

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'', ''

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'', poet and orator. As a prolific author, he completed several works in Arabic, Bengali and Urdu including ''Muntakhab as-Siyār'' and ''Anwar as-Sālikīn''. His books are part of syllabic studies under the

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. Fultali was the leading figure of the

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movement and the demand for ''fazil'' and ''kamil'' qualifications to be recognized as

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and

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degrees. He is the founder of several influential organisations and institutions in Bangladesh and the United Kingdom such as Anjumane Al Islah, Hazrat Shahjalal Darussunnah Yaqubia Kamil Madrasa and Madrasah-e-Darul Qirat Majidiah.

Early life and background

Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali was born on 25 May 1913, to a noble

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Sufi Shah family in the village of Fultali in Badedeorail ''

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'',

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district,

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(now in Zakiganj,

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). His paternal lineage joins to Hadhrat Shah Kamal Al-Yemeni, one of the companions of

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, via Hadhrat Shah Muhammad A'la Bakhsh, a sage who contributed to

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's opposition against the

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. His father was Allamah

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Muhammad Abdul Majid Chowdhury Fultali Naqshbandi Mujaddidi, a Hanafi Jurist and Principal of Gangajal Hasania Senior Madrasa. Allamah Fultali received his basic education from his own family. He was then taught by his distant cousin, Fatir Ali, at the Fultali Alia Madrasa, where he also studied the

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with

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under Qari Sa'eed Ali. In 1336 AH (1918 CE), Allamah Fultali became a student at the Rangauti Madrasa in

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at the request of its principal, Abdur Rashid, who was a student of Fultali's father. After successfully completing higher secondary examinations at Rangauti, Fultali enrolled into the Badarpur Senior Madrasa in

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in 1338 AH (1920 CE) where he studied various

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under his ''

murshid ''Murshid'' () is Arabic for "guide" or "teacher", derived from the root ''r-sh-d'', with the basic meaning of having integrity, being sensible, mature. Particularly in Sufism it refers to a Spiritual director, spiritual guide. The term is freque ...

'' Abu Yusuf Muhammad Yaqub Badarpuri. For higher education, Fultali then studied at the Rampur Alia Madrasah in

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at the instruction of Badarpuri. He then enrolled into Matlaul Uloom Madrasah to specialise in

Hadith studies Hadith studies is the academic study of hadith, a literature typically thought in Islamic religion to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval of the Muhammad as transmitted through chains of narrators. A major area of inter ...

under Khalillullah Rampuri and Wajihuddin Rampuri (student of

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). He studied there for a few years and obtained first class, first position in the final Hadith exam in 1355 AH (1936 CE). He also attained degrees in

tafsir Tafsir ( ; ) refers to an exegesis, or commentary, of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' (; plural: ). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, interpretation, context or commentary for clear understanding ...

and

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. At the age of 18, Allamah Fultali received

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qira'at In Islam, (pl. ; ) refers to the ways or fashions that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, is recited. More technically, the term designates the different linguistic, lexical, phonetic, morphological and syntactical forms permitted with rec ...

and in the

Qadiri The Qadiriyya () or the Qadiri order () is a Sunni Sufi order (''Tariqa'') founded by Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, also transliterated ''Jilani''), who was a Hanbali scholar from Gilan, Iran. The order, with its many sub-orders, is wides ...

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and Muhammadi

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s from his spiritual master Mawlana Abu Yusuf Shah Muhammad Yaqub Badarpuri, who was a disciple of Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri. He also received an ijazah in Chishti Nizami sub-order from Mawlana Ghulam Mohiuddin Rampuri and an ijazah in Naqshbandi Mujaddidi sub-order from Mawlana Abu Yusuf Shah Muhammad Yaqub Badarpuri. Allamah Fultali received an ijazah in

from his spiritual master Mawlana Abu Yusuf Shah Muhammad Yaqub Badarpuri Bundasili and also from Ustadh-ul-Qurrah Al-Hafiz Shaykh Abd-al-Rauf Karampuri Shahbazpuri. In 1363 AH (1944 CE), he travelled to

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where he received ijazah in

from

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Ahmad Abdullah Mahmud Al-Hijazi Al-Makki.

Career

In 1940, Allamah Fultali founded the Darul Qirat Majidiah Trust and institutionalized his effort to teach the perfect recitation of the Quran. Now there are more than two thousand branches of the trust throughout the world engaged in educating people in the field of

Tajweed In the context of the recitation of the Quran, or (, ) is a set of rules for the correct pronunciation of the letters with all their qualities and applying the various traditional methods of recitation, known as . In Arabic, the term is deriv ...

. Mawlana Abd-un-Noor (1880–1963) of Gorkapon in

was a prominent scholar and Sufi-Saint of that time, who requested Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali to visit the mosque conjoined to

Adam Khaki Ādam Khākī (, ), also known as Khaki Pir, was a 14th-century Sufi Muslim figure in the Sylhet region. In 1303, he took part in the final battle of the Conquest of Sylhet led by Shah Jalal. His shrine has become a popular tourist site. Legacy ...

's shrine. In 1946, Fultali announced that he would be travelling to Badarpur to give a lesson on

at Adam Khaki's mosque. Abd-an-Nur Gorkaponi and his students purchased a horse for Allamah Fultali to ride on so the journey could be easier. From 1946 to 1950, Allamah Fultali was a teacher at the Badarpur Senior Madrasa. He began teaching Qur'an with tajweed from his own home in 1950. As a result of riots in the

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, Fultali briefly migrated to

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. Fultali spent six years as a teacher of

at the Gasbari Jamiul Uloom Kamil Madrasah. After that, he taught

Sahih al-Bukhari () is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari () in the format, the work is valued by Sunni Muslims, alongside , as the most authentic after the Qur'an. Al-Bukhari organized the bo ...

, Sunan al-Nasa'i, Sunan ibn Majah,

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Sunan Abu Dawood ''Sunan Abi Dawud'' () is the third hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. It was compiled by scholar Abu Dawud al-Sijistani (). Introduction Abu Dawood compiled twenty-one books related to Hadith and preferred those (plural of ...

, Al-Itqān, Nur al-Anwar,

Al-Hidayah ''Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi'' (d. 593 AH/1197 CE) (, ''al-Hidāyah fī Sharḥ Bidāyat al-Mubtadī''), commonly referred to as ''al-Hidayah'' (lit. "the guidance", also spelled ''Hedaya'' Charles Hamilton (trans.) ''The Hedaya: Comm ...

and

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at the Satpur Alia Madrasa and Isamati Alia Madrasa respectively. He finally returned to Fultali Alia Madrasa, where he taught Hadith until his death. On 11 May 1967, a conference was held at the

Shah Jalal Dargah The Shah Jalal Dargah () is the Sufi shrine and burial place of the 14th-century Sufi saint Shah Jalal. The ''dargah'' complex, constructed in Common Era, CE, that incorporates four mosques, a madrasa, the mausoleum and a public cemetery, is loc ...

. A

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strictly calling for the prohibition of shirki practices was signed by the leading Islamic scholars from Sylhet including Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali, Hormuz Ullah Shayda,

Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (, ; 1907–1971) was a late-twentieth century Bengalis, Bengali Islamic Hadith scholar, teacher, writer, jurist, orator and politician. Often described by Bangladeshi scholars as the Muhammad al-Bukhari, Bukhari of Beng ...

Ibrahim Chatuli Ibrahim Ali Chatuli ( Arabic: إبراهيم على (جتولي); ; 1894–1984) was a Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician and social reformer. He was the Education Minister of Assam Legislative Council, and an elected Member o ...

and

Nur Uddin Gohorpuri Nur Uddin Ahmed Gohorpuri (; 1924 – 26 April 2005) was a Bengali Muslim religious scholar and teacher. He was notable for his association with Qawmi madrasas in Bangladesh as well as for having been the founder of Gohorpur Hussainia Madra ...

. Allamah Fultali was the best known and most influential spiritual leader among the

British Bangladeshi British Bangladeshis () are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots are from Bangladesh. Bengali Muslims have prominently been migrating to the UK since World War II. Migration reached its peak during the 1970s, with ...

community. He was based in Bangladesh, but made well-attended visits to the United Kingdom. Among these visits, he established Madrasah-e-Darul Qirat Majidiah in 1978, which has since vastly expanded in London. He was a founder of numerous organisations related to religion, culture and education and a patron to a number of humanitarian and charitable organisations such as Muslim Hands Bangladesh. In 1983, he established the Hazrat Shahjalal Darussunnah Yaqubia Kamil Madrasa with the assistance of Haji Abdus Subhan Tafadar of Subhanighat,

Personal life

Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali married Muhtarama Musammat Khadijah Khatun, daughter of his respected

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and Mentor Abu Yusuf Shah Muhammad Yaqub Badarpuri Bundasili (Hatim Ali), in 1345 BS (1938 CE). He also married Muhtarama Nihar-un-Nisa, the daughter of Muhammad Abdur Rashid Khan of Fultali. He had seven sons and three daughters, they are: Muhammad Imad-ud-Din Chowdhury Fultali, Muhammad Najm-ud-Din Chowdhury Fultali, Mawlana Muhammad Shihab-ud-Din Chowdhury Fultali, Mawlana Mufti Muhammad Ghiyas-ud-Din Chowdhury Fultali, Mawlana Muhammad Qamar-ud-Din Chowdhury Fultali, Mawlana Hafiz Fakhr-ud-Din Chowdhury Fultali, and Mawlana Muhammad

Husam Uddin Chowdhury Fultali Mawlana Muhammad Husam-ud-Din Chowdhury (; born 5 February 1974) is a Prominent Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and author. Youngest Son of The Prominent Sufi Saint Shams-ul-Ulama Allamah Muhammad Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali (R.A) and Grandson of ...

, Karim-un-Nisa Chowdhury, Mahtab-un-Nisa Chowdhury and Aftab-un-Nisa Chowdhury

Organisations

* Darul Qirat Majidiah Fultali Trust * Anjumane Al Islah, Bangladesh * Anjumane Al Islah (1978, branches in Bangladesh, United Kingdom, United States of America) ** Anjuman-e-Talamiz-e-Islamia (1980, student branch) ** Anjuman-e-Madaris-e-Arabia (1994, teachers branch) ** Al Islah Youth Forum, United Kingdom * Hazrat Shahjalal Darussunnah Yaqubia Kamil Madrasa, Sylhet (1983) * Madrasah-e-Darul Qirat Majidiah, United Kingdom (1999) ** Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest * Darul Qirat Majidiah, United Kingdom * Latifiah Qurra Society (Bangladesh, United Kingdom, United States) * Latifiah Orphanage, Bangladesh * Ulama Society, United Kingdom * Yaqubia Hifzul Quran Board (2006) *Darul Hadith Latifia USA in Bangla Bazaar Jame Masjid, Bronx, New York

Death and legacy

On Thursday 16 January 2008 at 2:10 am, Fultali died at his home in Subhanighat,

due to

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. His

janazah Islamic funerals () follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases, however, sharia (Islamic religious law) calls for burial of the body as soon as possible. The deceased is ...

(Islamic funeral) took place the day after his death following

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led by his eldest son. Reports in Bangladesh estimate that between 2 and 2.5 million attended his janazah. It is also estimated that further hundreds of thousands of people joined the

across the Indian border. An isaal-e-sawab and mahfil (gathering) is held on the anniversary of Allamah Saheb Qiblah Fultali's death every year at his village in Balai Hawor, Fultali and many other places around the world by his students and followers. His grandson, Prof. Mawlana Ahmad Hasan Chowdhury Fultali (Assistant Professor of Arabic at

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) was the editor of one memorial book, ''Allamah Fultali Saheb Qiblah (Ra.) Smarak''.

Books

* ''Al-Qawl as-Sadeed fi al-Qir'at wa at-Tajweed'', a comprehensive guide to the rule of correct Qur'anic recitation and an addition of the book by his teacher Al-Faqih Shaykh Ahmad Abdullah Mahmud Al-Hijazi Al-Makki. Composed originally in Urdu, it has been translated in Bengali by his son Murshid-e-Barhaq Allamah Muhammad Imad-ud-Din Chowdhury Fultali and into English by Syed Ajmal Husayn Wasi. * ''At-Tanweer ala at-Tafsir'', an in-depth elucidation of Surah Al-Baqarah. * ''Muntakhab-us Siyar'', an Urdu biography of the Islamic prophet

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in three volumes. Translated into Bengali by his son, Mawlana Muhammad Husam-ud-Din Chowdhury Fultali. * ''Anwar as-Salikeen'', an Urdu work in the field of

Tasawwuf Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

, explaining the different stages of the path for the seeker, and elucidating on how to nurture oneself in preparation for the sacred path. Translated into Bengali by his son Murshid-e-Barhaq Allamah Muhammad Imad-ud-Din Chowdhury Fultali. * ''Shajara-e-Tayyibah'', the names of the spiritual masters of the

and Muhammadi Sufi orders. * ''Al-Khutbah al-Ya'qubiyyah'', a compilation of

khutbah ''Khutbah'' (, ''khuṭbah''; , ''khotbeh''; ) serves as the primary formal occasion for public sermon, preaching in the Islamic tradition. Such sermons occur regularly, as prescribed by the teachings of all legal schools. The Islamic traditio ...

s (sermons) in Arabic, including the khutbah for the two ' Eids (Islamic festivals) and the khutbah for

Nikah In Islamic law, marriage is accomplished through the marriage contract, known as a () or more specifically, the bride's acceptance of the groom's dowry (''mahr'') and the witnessing of her acceptance. The contract has rights and obligatio ...

(marriage). Named after his Respected Murshid and Father-in-law, Qutb-ul-Awliya Mawlana Abu Yusuf Shah Muhammad Yaqub Hatim Ali Badarpuri Bundasili (d. 1958 CE). * ''Nala-e-Qalandar'', an Urdu compilation of ode in veneration of Muhammad and the Awliya. * ''Nek A'mal'', a work in Bengali, elucidating on good actions and the rewards gained for action upon them.

References

External links

Mujahid Islam Bulbul, Biography of Allama Saheb Qibla Fultali (R.A.)

Allamah Fultali Sahib Qiblah
''Ahl-e Muhabba''. 17 January 2010
Bangladeshi diaspora in the UK
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Darul Qirat Majidia Fultali trust

Salam Media UK

Shahjalal Mosque & Islamic Centre, Manchester

Latifiah Northwest, UK

Darul Hadis Latifiah, UK

Hazrat Shahjalal Darussunna Yakubia Kamil (M.A) Madrasah

Parwana , National Bangla Monthly
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