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Ayub Ali

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Abul Khayr Muhammad
Ayub Ali
Personal
Born
Abul Khair Muhammad Ayub Ali

1919
Died1995 (aged 75–76)
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi[1]
Alma materAl-Azhar University
University of Dhaka
Principal ofGovernment Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka
In office
1973–1979
Preceded byYaqub Sharif
Succeeded byYaqub Sharif
Principal ofSylhet Government Alia Madrasah
In office
27 October 1970 – 19 July 1973
Preceded byJalaluddin Ahmad
Succeeded byYaqub Sharif
Principal ofRajshahi Madrasa
In office
1958–1969
Muslim leader
AwardsEkushey Padak
Arabic name
Personal(Ism)Muḥammad Ayyub ʿAlī
محمد أيوب علي
Patronymic(Nasab)ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid
بن عبد الواحد
Teknonymic(Kunya)Abū al-Khayr
أبو الخير
Toponymic(Nisba)al-Barīsālī
البريسالي
al-Bangālī
البنغالي

Abū al-Khayr Muḥammad Ayyūb ʿAlī al-Māturīdī(Arabic:أبو الخير محمد أيوب علي الماتريدي;1919–1995), or simplyAyub Ali(Bengali:আইয়ূব আলী), was aBangladeshiIslamic scholar,author and educationist.[2]He was awarded theEkushey Padakin 1976 by theGovernment of Bangladesh.[3]

Early life and education

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Ali was born in 1919,[4][5][note 1]to aBengali Muslimfamily in the village ofTelikhaliinFirozpur,Backergunge District,Bengal Presidency.His father, Abdul Wahed, was amoulvi,and his mother, Abida Khatun, was a housewife.[3]

Education

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Ali studied at theCalcutta Alia Madrasa,receiving hisalimcertification in 1933,fazilin 1936 andkamilin 1938.[4]He then enrolled at theUniversity of Dhakawhere he earned hisBAHonors andMAdegrees inIslamic Studiesin 1943 and 1944 respectively. Ali received the Raja Kalinarayan Scholarship (one of the most prestigious scholarships at the university).[5]He obtained a second MA degree inPersianfrom the same university in 1950. He then studied at theAl-Azhar UniversityinCairo,Egyptwhere he received hisAlimiyyahDiploma in 1953 andPh.D.in 1955.[3]

Career

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Ali joinedDhaka Collegeas a lecturer in 1944. He then served as the principal of theRajshahi Madrasabetween 1958 and 1969, theSylhet Government Alia Madrasahbetween 1970 and 1973,[6]and then atGovernment Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhakafrom 1973 to 1979. He has written several books in English, Bengali and Arabic.[7][8]In 1976, he was awarded theEkushey Padakby theGovernment of Bangladeshfor his literary contributions.[3]

Death

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Ali died in 1995.[3]

Works

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Notes

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  1. ^Banglapediasuggests his year of birth to be 1887.

References

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  1. ^Afghani, Shamsuddin (1998).عداء الماتريدية للعقيدة السلفية(in Arabic). Maktabah as-Sadeeq.
  2. ^Qamruzzaman, Muhammad (9 May 2022)."আরবী ও ইসলামী শিক্ষার গুরুত্ব".Monthly Al-Itisam(in Bengali).
  3. ^abcdeABM Saiful Islam Siddiqi (2012)."Ali, Ayub".InIslam, Sirajul;Miah, Sajahan;Khanam, Mahfuza;Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.).Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh(Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust,Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.ISBN984-32-0576-6.OCLC52727562.OL30677644M.Retrieved12 October2024.
  4. ^abChittagong University Journal of Arts and Humanities.18–20.University of Chittagong:175. 2002.ISSN1993-5536.{{cite journal}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)
  5. ^abJalaluddin, T. M. (1996).ঐতিহ্যবাহী বরিশাল(in Bengali). Shahnawaz, Muhammad. p. 107.
  6. ^আমাদের অধ্যক্ষগণ[Our Principals].Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah(in Bengali).Retrieved2022-08-19.
  7. ^الاءتقاد(in Arabic). 2005.
  8. ^Abbas Abdur Rahman, Fatimah (1997).دليل رسائل الماجستير والدكتوراه التي نوقشت في كلية دار العلوم منذ عام 1950 وحتى 1997(in Arabic).Cairo University.p. 89.
  9. ^Muslehuddin, ATM (2012)."Arabic".InIslam, Sirajul;Miah, Sajahan;Khanam, Mahfuza;Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.).Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh(Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust,Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.ISBN984-32-0576-6.OCLC52727562.OL30677644M.Retrieved12 October2024.