Bot at 15:17, 16 October 2022

2022-10-16T15:17:57Z

New page

{{Short description|Bangladeshi Islamic scholar}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific_prefix = [[Mawlana]]
| name = Abul Hasan Jashori
| image =
| birth_place = [[Harinakunda Upazila|Bhabanipur]], [[Jhenaidah District|Jhenaidah subdivision]], [[Jessore District]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]]
| birth_date = 1918
| father = Janab Ali Bishwas
| death_place = [[Jessore District|Jessore]], [[Bangladesh]]
| resting_place = Jessore Rail Station Madrasah cemetery
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|7|8|1918|df=yes}}
| religion = [[Islam]]
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
| movement = [[Deobandi]]
| Sufi_order = [[Chisti order|Chishti]] {{small|([[Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari|Sabiri]]-[[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki|Imdadi]])}} [[Naqshbandi]] [[Qadri]] [[Suhrawardiyya|Suhrawardy]]
| alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
| disciple_of = [[Hussain Ahmed Madani]] [[Azizul Haq]]
| teacher = [[Hussain Ahmed Madani]] [[Ibrahim Bailyavi]] [[Izaz Ali Amrohi]] [[Shafi Usmani]]
| module = {{Infobox officeholder
| embed = yes
| party = [[All-India Muslim League]] [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]] (1945–1993)
| office = Vice-President, [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]]
| termstart = 1967
| termend = 8 July 1993
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office1 = Principal of [[Jamia Ezazia Darul Uloom Jessore]]
| termstart1 = 1959
| termend1 = 8 July 1993
| successor1 = [[Anwarul Karim Jashori]]}}
}}
'''Abul Hasan Jashori''' ({{lang-bn|আবুল হাসান যশোরী}}; 1918 – 8 July 1993){{NoteTag|Also spelt as '''Abul Hasan Jessori'''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Names of Persons: National Usages for Entry in Catalogues|date=21 June 2013|isbn=9783110974553|editor=[[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]]|publisher=[[De Gruyter]]}}</ref>}} was a Bangladeshi [[Islamic scholar]], politician, author, teacher and freedom fighter. He was the founding principal and [[Muhaddith|Shaykh al-Hadith]] of the [[Jamia Ezazia Darul Uloom Jessore]] institution.<ref name=":1">{{cite book|title=আল্লামা আবুল হাসান যশোরী রহমাতুল্লাহি আলাইহি: জীবন ও আদর্শ|author=Faruq, Abdullah|language=bn|date=May 2005|publisher=Kohinoor Library|location=[[Dhaka]]|pages=128}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Abul Hasan was born in 1918, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in the village of Bhabanipur in [[Harinakunda Upazila|Harinakunda]], [[Jhenaidah District|Jhenaidah]], then located under the [[Jessore District]] of the [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]].<ref name=emd>{{cite book |script-title=bn:হাদীছের তত্ত্ব ও ইতিহাস|page=27|language=bn |publisher=Emdadia Library |chapter=2.2 বঙ্গে এলমে হাদীছ |author=Mawlana Nur Muhammad Azmi |trans-title=Information and history of Hadith |trans-chapter=2.2 Knowledge of Hadith in Bengal}}</ref> His father's name was Janab Ali Bishwas. His early education began at the local village primary school, before joining the Magura High School where he completed his [[matriculation]] and enrolled at the Magura College. In 1937, he moved to [[Delhi]] to obtain further [[Islamic studies]] at the Fatehpur Madrasah and Madrasah-e-Rahmatiyyah.<ref name=dhaka>{{cite thesis|url=http://repository.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/761|title=হাদীস শাস্ত্র চর্চায় বাংলাদেশের মুহাদ্দিসগণের অবদান|author=Alam, Muhammad Morshed|year=2014|publisher=[[University of Dhaka]]|page=172|access-date=8 June 2021|language=bn}}</ref> After spending six years in Delhi, he was then admitted to [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] where he studied under the likes of [[Hussain Ahmed Madani]], [[Ibrahim Bailyavi]], [[Izaz Ali Amrohi]] and [[Shafi Usmani]] and specialised in [[Hadith studies]]. He was also a ''[[murid]]'' of Madani, and then [[Azizul Haq]] after the partition.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Afaz Uddin, Muhammad|article=Jashori, Abul Hasan}}</ref><ref name=kum/>

==Career==
[[File:Gawhardanga Madrasah.jpg|thumb|Gawhardanga Madrasa in [[Tungipara Upazila|Tungipara]] where Jashori served as ''Shaykh al-Hadith''.]]
He returned to Bengal after completing his studies, and was appointed in 1948 as the ''[[Muhaddith|Shaykh al-Hadith]]'' (Professor of Hadith studies) of the [[Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Khademul Islam]] [[madrasa]] of [[Shamsul Haque Faridpuri]] in Gawhardanga. In 1959, philanthropist Chowdhury Altaf Husayn donated some land for the establishment of a madrasa in [[Jessore]] with the assistance of Mawla Faruq, son of [[Habibullah Qurayshi]].<ref name=kum>{{cite book|language=ar|title=كتاب البدور المضية في تراجم الحنفية|author=al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman|publisher=Dar al-Salih|location=[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]|year=2018|chapter=الشيخ الفاضل العلامة أبو الحسن بن جناب علي الجسري|trans-chapter=The honourable Shaykh, the Allama Abu al-Hasan ibn Janab Ali al-Jasari}}</ref> Abul Hasan was appointed as this madrasa's first principal and ''Shaykh al-Hadith'', and was committed to this role until his death. The madrasa was named [[Jamia Ezazia Darul Uloom Jessore]] after his teacher Izaz Ali Amrohi. Taking Jessore as his residence, it was from then on that Abul Hasan became known as Abul Hasan Jashori.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailysangram.com/?post=68362-আকরাম-ফারূক-স্মৃতি-তার-ভোলা-ভার|title=আকরাম ফারূক স্মৃতি তার ভোলা ভার|work=[[The Daily Sangram]]|language=bn}}</ref><ref name=bpedia/>

In politics, Jashori was initially aligned with the [[All-India Muslim League]]. However, he joined the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]] when it was founded in 1945. In 1967, he was appointed as the vice-president of the party and remained so until his death. During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], he gave public speeches to motivate people to support the cause. Jashori also provided refuge to Bengali freedom fighters and Hindu civilians at his madrasa in Jessore.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/279906.details|title=রাষ্ট্রীয় স্বীকৃতি মেলেনি যশোরের ৫১ শহীদের|language=bn|access-date=2019-09-30|date=4 April 2014|work=[[Banglanews24.com]]}}</ref>

1n 1975, Jashori founded the Ehsania Madrasah in [[Narail District|Narail]]. He also founded the Shamsul Uloom Madrasah in Lakshmipasha in 1982, and the Zakariyya Madrasah in [[Senhati Union|Senhati, Khulna]] in 1980.<ref name=dhaka/>

==Works==
Jashori has written several works pertaining to Islam. Some of these include:<ref name=dhaka/>
#{{lang|bn|রাসূল (স.)-এর সুষ্টির সাক্ষ্য|Rasool (S.)-er Shushtir Shakkho}}
#{{lang|bn|কাদিয়ানীদের মোকাবেলায় চ্যালেঞ্জ|Qadiyanider Moqabelay Challenge}}
#{{lang|bn|মুসলমানদের শেষ রাত|Musolmander Shesh Raat}}

==Death and legacy==
Jashori died after [[Fajr prayer]]s on 8 July 1993 in Jessore.<ref name=kum/> He was buried in the graveyard of the Darul Uloom Jessore madrasa.<ref name=bpedia/>

==Notes==
{{NoteFoot}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hanafi scholars}}
{{Islam in South Asia}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jashori, Abul Hasan}}
[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:1993 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Jhenaidah District]]
[[Category:Darul Uloom Deoband alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:20th-century Muslim theologians]]
[[Category:People of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]
[[Category:Disciples of Hussain Ahmad Madani]]
[[Category:Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam politicians]]

Abul Hasan Jashori - Revision history

Bot at 15:17, 16 October 2022