Muhammad Naimuddin (; 1832–1907/1916) was a

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Islamic scholar, writer, and journalist. He was the chief editor of the

Akhbare Islamia ''Akhbare Islamia'' () was a late 19th-century Bengali-language magazine. It was published monthly and funded by the Zamindars of Karatia in Tangail, in present-day Bangladesh. The magazine mainly discussed subjects relating to the ''Sharia'' (Isl ...

Early life and education

Muhammad Naimuddin was born in 1832 to a

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family in the village of Shuruj in

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. He completed his initial education at the Dulai Madrasa in Sujanagar,

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, and also completed

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. He later traveled through

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, and other places to gain further religious knowledge. He was awarded the title of 'Alem-ud-Dahar' for his specialization in Islamic knowledge.

Career

Naimuddin had numerous careers in his life. He was a school teacher as well as a

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(marriage registrar) whilst in

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. He finally started concentrating on publishing magazines, writing books and spreading the message of Islam under the patronage of the Panni zamindars of Karatia. The family employed Naimuddin as the editor of the

journal. Aside from that, he began working on translating the entire

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into

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Works

Naimuddin had written around 30 books relating to religion. The first volume of his translation of the

was published on 26 September 1891. From 1892 to 1908, he published the translation of 9 paras. In 1892, he also released a four-volume Bengali translation of the Fatwa-e-Alamgir with the assistance of

Wajed Ali Khan Panni Wajed Ali Khan Panni (; 14 November 1871 – 25 April 1936), also known by his daak naam Chand Mian (), was a Bengali politician, educationist and the zamindar of Karatia. Early life Panni was born into a Bengali Muslim family in Karatia, Ta ...

and patronage of Hafez Mahmud Ali Khan Panni. He was made the chief editor of the Bengali monthly

in 1883, published from the Mahmudia Press. These works were sponsored by the Zamindar of Karatia Hafez Mahmud Ali Khan Panni. Some of his other notable books include: * Kalematul Kufr (1897) * Esabat-e-Akher Zohar (1897) * Adella-e-Hanifiyyah (1897) * Ensaf (1892) * Rafa-Yadayn (1896) * Ma'dan al-Uloom * Yusuf Surar Subistrirno

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* Seratul Mustaqim (New Edition) * Dhormer Lathi * Dhokabhavjan (1896) * Bukhari Sharif (1898) * Moulud Sharif (1895) * Beter * Tarabih * Jubda al-Masail (1873) * Fatwa-e-Alamgiri * Saheeh Shah Alomer Kiccha * Saheeh Alomgirer Kiccha * Saheeh Noorjahan Begomer Kiccha * Saheeh Alauddiner Kiccha * Saheeh Husain Shaher Kiccha * Gokando * Gomasta Darpan (1886) * Go-Jiban (1889), in response to

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's call for discontinuing sacrificing cows

Death

There is difference of opinion as to what year Naimuddin died.

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of ''

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'' claims it was on 23 November 1907 in his home village, while others say 1916.

References

{{Islam in South Asia Bengali writers 1832 births Translators of the Quran into Bengali 1907 deaths People from Tangail District Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam 19th-century Muslim scholars of Islam 19th-century Bengalis Hanafis