Nurul Islam Jihadi

Nurul Islam Jihadi (Bengali: নুরুল ইসলাম জিহাদী; 1948 – 29 November 2021) was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator and spiritual figure. He was the Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and International Majlis-e Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e Nobuwat Bangladesh, Chancellor and Shaykh al-Hadith of Al Jamiatul Islamia Makhjanul Uloom. He was also a member of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Hathazari and Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, founder and patron of many mosques and madrasas, including Jamia Khatamunnabiyyin in the United Kingdom.

Allama Nurul Islam Jihadi
নুরুল ইসলাম জিহাদী
Secretary General, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh^[1]^[2]
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 December 2020
Preceded by	Nur Hossain Kasemi
Chancellor, Al Jamiatul Islamia Makhjanul Uloom
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 1984
Secretary General, International Majlis-e Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e Nobuwat Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 1990
Personal
Born	1948 (1948) Dhurung, Fatikchhari Upazila, Chittagong District, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Died	29 November 2021(2021-11-29) (aged 72–73)
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Parent	Abdur Rashid (father)
Era	Modern
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Main interest(s)	Hadith, Fiqh, Writing, Tasawwuf, Islamic history, Islamic Movement, Khatam an-Nabiyyin^[3]
Notable work(s)	Al Jamiatul Islamia Makhjanul Uloom International Majlis-e Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e Nobuwat Bangladesh (1990) Jamia Khatamunnabiyyin, United Kingdom Islamic Movement Council (1978) Tajkera-e Khatib-e Azam
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Hathazari Nazirhat Boro Madrasa
Muslim leader
Influenced by Muhammad Faizullah, Siddique Ahmad, Shah Ahmad Shafi
Influenced Mamunul Haque, Hasan Jamil

Name and lineage

Jihadi was born in 1948, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Dhurung in Fatikchhari, Chittagong District, East Bengal. His father's name was Abdur Rashid.^[4][5]

Life and career

After completing his education, he started his career as a teacher at Kaigram Madrasa in Patiya Upazila. After teaching in Kaigram madrasa for one year, he was called to Babunagar madrasa and became a teacher there. After teaching at Babunagar Madrasa for a few years, he taught at Ashraful Ulum Bara Katara Madrasa in Dhaka till 1982. At this time, after the death of his father, he went to his home and rejoined Babunagar Madrasa. On 10 July 1984, he founded Al Jamiatul Islamia Makhjanul Uloom in Khilgaon, Dhaka district. He was the Chancellor and Shaykh al-Hadith of this seminary. He served as an important member of Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Hathazari and Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh. In 1966, he founded a non-political organization called "Islamic Movement Council" to resist Islamophobes. He was in the companionship of Siddique Ahmad for a long time. He was the Secretary General of International Majlis-e Tahaffuj-e Khatme Nabuwat Bangladesh, established in 1990 with the aim of accelerating the anti-Ahmadiyya movement and the Khatme Nabuyat movement.^[6] On 26 December 2020, he was elected Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh following the death of Nur Hossain Kasemi in December 2020.^{[7][8][9][10]} He remained in this post until his death.^[11]

Jihadi died on 29 November 2021.^[12]

Publications

His books include:

• Akhlak-e Rasul (Saw.) (Character of the Prophet)
• Bright stars
• The Qadiani fitna and the position of the Muslim nation
• Rules of Qurbani
• Gulshan-e Nur
• Asmane ilm ki chand darakhsande sitare (Urdu)
• Tazkera-e Khatib-e Azam (biography of Siddique Ahmad)
• Sheikh Sadi's Advice
• Nukushe Zindegi and Pandey Namaye Nasir
• Qawmi Madrasa, objective method results etc.

See more

• Shah Ahmad Shafi
• Junaid Babunagari
• Muhibbullah Babunagari
• Mahmudul Hasan
• Nur Hossain Kasemi
• Mamunul Haque
• A F M Khalid Hossain

References

1. "The rule of (Hefazat) law". The Business Standard. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
2. "Bangladesh Cracks Down on Hardline Islamist Group". The Diplomat. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
3. নিজেদের হেফাজতেই ব্যস্ত হেফাজতে ইসলাম [Hefazat is busy in its own Hefazat]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
4. কে হচ্ছেন হেফাজতের পরবর্তী মহাসচিব? [Who is the next secretary general of Hefazat?]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
5. হজের ৯ মর্মান্তিক দুর্ঘটনা [Nurul Islam Jihadi becomes Hefazat's acting secy gen]. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
6. কাদিয়ানীদের সংখ্যালঘু অমুসলিম ঘোষণার দাবি [The Qadianis claim to be a minority non-Muslim]. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
7. হেফাজতের ভারপ্রাপ্ত মহাসচিব হলেন নুরুল ইসলাম জিহাদী [Nurul Islam Jihadi is the secretary general of Hefazat]. RTV (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
8. "Nurul Islam acting secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam". RisingBD. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
9. হেফাজতে কাসেমীর পদ পেলেন জিহাদী [Jihadi got the post of Kasemi in Hefazat]. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
10. হেফাজতের নেতৃত্বে ব্যাপক পরিবর্তনের আভাস, বাদ পড়ছেন অনেকে [There are hints of a major change in the leadership of Hefazat]. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
11. Report, Star Digital (29 November 2021). "Hefajat secretary General Nurul Islam Jihadi dies". The Daily Star. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
12. "Hefazat Secretary General Nurul Islam Jihadi passes away". The Business Standard. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

External links

• Lecture by Nurul Islam Jihadi on YouTube