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{{short description|Bangladeshi Islamic scholar}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
{{Infobox religious biography
| religion = [[Islam]]
| religion = islam
| honorific_prefix = Shaikhul Hadith, Hafez, Qaid-e Millat
| honorific_prefix = Shaykhul Hadith, Hafez, Qaid-e Millat
| name = Mohammad Junaid
| name = Mohammad Junaid
| honorific_suffix = Babunagari
| honorific_suffix = Babunagari
| image = Junaid_Babunagari.jpg
| image = Junaid Babunagari.jpg
| caption = Babunagari in 2017
| caption = Babunagari in 2017
| title =
| title =
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1953|10|8}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1953|10|8}}
| birth_place = [[Fatikchhari Upazila|Babunagar]], [[Chittagong District]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]
| birth_place = [[Fatikchhari Upazila|Babunagar]], [[Chittagong District]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|08|19|1953|10|8}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|08|19|1953|10|8}}
| death_place = [[Chittagong]], Bangladesh
| death_place = [[Chittagong]], Bangladesh
| death_cause =
| death_cause =
| resting_place = [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]], [[Hathazari Upazila|Hathazari]]
| resting_place = [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]], [[Hathazari Upazila|Hathazari]]
| other_names =
| other_names =
| nationality = [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
| nationality = [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
| era = Modern
| era = Modern
| region =
| region =
| occupation =
| occupation = Hadith Teacher 2nd amir of Hefazat e Islam
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
| creed =
| creed =
| movement = [[Deobandi]]
| movement = [[Deobandi]]
| main_interests = {{hlist|[[Hadith]]|[[Tafseer]]|[[Tasawwuf]]|[[Fiqh]]}}
| main_interests = {{hlist|[[Hadith]]|[[Tafseer]]|[[Tasawwuf]]|[[Fiqh]]}}
| notable_ideas =
| notable_ideas =
| notable_works =
| notable_works =
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]]|[[Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia]]}}
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]]|[[Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia]]}}
| Sufi_order =
| Sufi_order =
| teacher = {{bulleted list|[[Sultan Zauq Nadvi]]|[[Shah Ahmad Shafi]]|[[Muhammad Yousuf Banuri]]|[[Wali Hasan Tonki]]}}
| teacher = {{bulleted list|[[Sultan Zauq Nadvi]]|[[Shah Ahmad Shafi]]|[[Muhammad Yousuf Banuri]]|[[Wali Hasan Tonki]]}}
| awards =
| awards =
| influences =
| influences =
| influenced = [[Mamunul Haque]]
| influenced = [[Mamunul Haque]]
| module =
| module = {{Infobox Arabic name|embed=yes
| ism = Junayd<br />جنيد
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| website =
| nasab = ibn Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Nadhīr Aḥmad ibn Shākir ʿAlī ibn Ghulām Nabī ibn Kahūlan ibn Muʿīn ad-Dīn ibn ʿAyn ad-Dīn<br />بن أبو الحسن بن نذير أحمد بن شاكر علي بن غلام نبي بن كهولن بن معين الدين بن عين الدين
| signature = Junaid Babunagari's Signature.svg
| laqab = Qāid al-Millah<br>قائد الملّة
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| relatives = [[Muhibbullah Babunagari]] <small>(maternal uncle)</small><br/>[[Harun Babunagari]] <small>(maternal grandfather)</small><br/>[[Sufi Azizur Rahman]] <small>(maternal great-grandfather)</small>
| nisba = al-Qāḍī<br>القاضي<br>al-Bābūnagarī<br>البابونغري<br>al-Bangālī<br>البنغالي}}
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| website =
| signature =
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| relatives = [[Muhibbullah Babunagari]] <small>(maternal uncle)</small><br />[[Harun Babunagari]] <small>(maternal grandfather)</small><br />[[Sufi Azizur Rahman]] <small>(maternal great-grandfather)</small>
| office1 = Amir of [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh]]
| office1 = Amir of [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh]]
| term_start1 = 15 November 2020
| term_start1 = 15 November 2020
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| successor1 = [[Muhibbullah Babunagari]]
| successor1 = [[Muhibbullah Babunagari]]
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'''Muhammad Junaid''', popularly known as '''Junaid Babunagari''' ({{lang-bn|জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী}}; 8 October 1953 – 19 August 2021), was a Bangladeshi [[Deobandi]] Islamic scholar, educator, writer, researcher, Islamic speaker and spiritual figure. He was the Amir of [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh]], Shaykhul Hadith of [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam|Darul Uloom Hathazari Madrasa]], vice-president of [[Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh]], Chairman of Chittagong Noorani Talimul Quran Board and Editor-in-Chief of ''Monthly Mueenul Islam''.
'''Muḥammad Junaid''', popularly known as '''Junaid Babunagari''' ({{langx|bn|জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী}}; 8 October 1953 – 19 August 2021), was a Bangladeshi [[Deobandi]] Islamic scholar, educator, writer, researcher, Islamic speaker and spiritual figure. He was the Amir of [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh]], Shaykhul Hadith of [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam|Darul Uloom Hathazari Madrasa]], vice-president of [[Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh]], Chairman of Chittagong Noorani Talimul Quran Board and Editor-in-Chief of ''Monthly Mueenul Islam''.


==Early life and family==
==Early life and family==
Muhammad Junaid was born on 8 October 1953<ref name="DTBarua20210819" /> in the village of Babunagar in [[Fatikchhari Upazila|Fatikchhari Thana]], [[Chittagong District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh) to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family of theologians. His father was Abul Hasan bin Nazir Ahmad, a scholar of [[tafsir|Quranic exegesis]] and senior professor at [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]] in [[Hathazari]]. His mother, Fatimah Khatun, was the daughter of [[Harun Babunagari]], founder of [[Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar]]. His mother's paternal grandfather, [[Sufi Azizur Rahman]], was one of the founders of the Hathazari madrasa and was a descendant of Caliph [[Abu Bakr]].<ref name="nizami"/>
Muhammad Junaid was born on 8 October 1953, in the village of Babunagar in [[Fatikchhari Upazila|Fatikchhari Thana]], [[Chittagong District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh).<ref name="DTBarua20210819" /> He belonged to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family of theologians and [[Bengali Kazi|Qadis]] hailing from the village of Dhurung. His father, Muhammad Abul Hasan, was a scholar of [[tafsir|Quranic exegesis]] and senior professor at [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]] in [[Hathazari]].<ref name=kum/> Junaid's lineage is as follows: Muḥammad Junaid ibn Muḥammad Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Nadhīr Aḥmad ibn Shākir ʿAlī ibn Ghulām Nabī ibn Kahūlan ibn Muʿīn ad-Dīn al-Qāḍī ibn ʿAyn ad-Dīn al-Qāḍī.<ref>{{cite book|title=تنظيم الأشتات في حلّ عويصات المشكاة|language=ar|chapter=المقدمة|author=Abul Hasan, Muhammad|year=1980|pages=19–25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|language=ar|title=ما ينبغي به العناية لمن يطالع الهداية|pages=206–207|publisher=Maktabah Shaykh al-Islam|author=al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman}}</ref> His mother, Fatimah Khatun, was the daughter of [[Harun Babunagari]], founder of [[Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar]]. His mother's paternal grandfather, [[Sufi Azizur Rahman]], was one of the founders of the Hathazari madrasa and a descendant of Caliph [[Abu Bakr]].<ref name="nizami"/>


Junaid had three brothers and two sisters. Two of his younger brothers are Shuaib Babunagari, Ustadh of [[Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar|Babunagar Madrasa]], and Zubair Babunagari, Muhaddith of Sultanpur Madrasa in [[Raozan Upazila|Raozan]]. His sister, Rashidah, is married to Bengali author Abu Jafar Shahadat, former [[imam]] of [[Jamiatul Falah Mosque]]. His other sister, Mahmuda Khatun, is married to Mawlana Zakariyyah, principal of a madrasa in [[Madarsha Union|Madarsha]].<ref name="nizami"/>
Junaid had three brothers and two sisters. Two of his younger brothers are Shuaib Babunagari, Ustadh of [[Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar|Babunagar Madrasa]], and Zubair Babunagari, Muhaddith of Sultanpur Madrasa in [[Raozan Upazila|Raozan]]. His sister, Rashidah, is married to Bengali author Abu Jafar Shahadat, former [[imam]] of [[Jamiatul Falah Mosque]]. His other sister, Mahmuda Khatun, is married to Mawlana Zakariyyah, principal of a madrasa in [[Madarsha Union|Madarsha]].<ref name="nizami"/>


==Education==
==Education==
At the age of five, he entered [[Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar]] where he completed his [[hifz]] and basic Islamic and primary studies.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} After reading the entire Quran off by heart to Azharul Islam Dharmapuri, Babunagari proceeded to study at the [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]] in [[Hathazari Upazila|Hathazari]] in 1966.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} In 1976, he completed his Masters in [[Hadith studies]] at the madrasa where he was also first place in the examinations.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
At the age of five, he entered [[Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar]] where he completed his [[hifz]] and basic Islamic and primary studies.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} After reading the entire Quran off by heart to Azharul Islam Dharmapuri, Babunagari proceeded to study at the [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]] in [[Hathazari Upazila|Hathazari]] in 1966.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} In 1976, he completed his master's in [[Hadith studies]] at the madrasa where he was also first place in the examinations.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}


Babunagari was then admitted to the [[Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia]] in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]. He studied advanced Hadith studies for four years under [[Muhammad Yusuf Banuri|Yusuf Banuri]]. His thesis was titled ''Sīrah al-Imām ad-Dārimī wa at-Tarīkh bi-Shaykhihī'' (Biography of [[Al-Darimi|Imam Darimi]] and the history of his teachers) in 1978.<ref name="nizami">{{Citation|trans-title=Short Biography of Mawlana Junaid Babunagari|title=মাওলানা জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরীর সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী|author=Nizami, Mahbubur Rahman|year=2020}}</ref>
Babunagari was then admitted to the [[Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia]] in [[Karachi]], Pakistan. He studied advanced Hadith studies for four years under [[Muhammad Yusuf Banuri|Yusuf Banuri]]. His thesis was titled ''Sīrah al-Imām ad-Dārimī wa at-Tarīkh bi-Shaykhihī'' (Biography of [[Al-Darimi|Imam Darimi]] and the history of his teachers) in 1978.<ref name="nizami">{{Citation |trans-title=Short Biography of Mawlana Junaid Babunagari |script-title=bn:মাওলানা জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরীর সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী |author=Nizami, Mahbubur Rahman |year=2020}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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On 15 November 2020, Babunagari was elected the new Amir of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh, replacing the group's founder, [[Shah Ahmad Shafi]], who had died two month earlier.<ref name="DailyStar20210819" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Junayed Babunagari made new Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/politics/junayed-babunagari-made-new-ameer-of-hefazat-e-islam-1605435576 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=The Financial Express |date=15 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
On 15 November 2020, Babunagari was elected the new Amir of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh, replacing the group's founder, [[Shah Ahmad Shafi]], who had died two month earlier.<ref name="DailyStar20210819" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Junayed Babunagari made new Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/politics/junayed-babunagari-made-new-ameer-of-hefazat-e-islam-1605435576 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=The Financial Express |date=15 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
On 11 April 2021, during a press conference, Babunagari claimed that COVID-19 would not spread in madrasas and demanded that these institutions be allowed to remain open during the [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdown]]. Despite this public stance, Babunagari and several other Hefazat leaders later received their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to a media statement from Hefazat, Babunagari received his vaccine on 8 August 2021, with the intention of easing vaccine concerns among Islamic scholars in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haque |first=Nabban T |date=9 August 2021 |title=Hefazat leaders take U-turn, get Covid jabs |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/health/254802/hefazat-leaders-take-u-turn-get-covid-jabs |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
He has written and edited about 30 books in Arabic, Urdu and Bengali, including:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/author/34418/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80|title=Rokomari.com|website=www.rokomari.com|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>
He has written and edited about 30 books in Arabic, Urdu and Bengali, including:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/author/34418/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80|title=Rokomari.com|website=www.rokomari.com|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>

* ''Shab-e Baraat Between Excess and Rejection (বাড়াবাড়ি ছাড়াছাড়ির কবলে শবে বরাত)''
* ''Shab-e Baraat Between Excess and Rejection (বাড়াবাড়ি ছাড়াছাড়ির কবলে শবে বরাত)''
* ''Ruling on Beard in Islam (ইসলামে দাড়ির বিধান)''
* ''Ruling on Beard in Islam (ইসলামে দাড়ির বিধান)''
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* ''Muqaddimatul Ilm: Tafseer, Hadith, Fiqh, Fatwa (মুকাদ্দিমাতুল ইলম : তাফসীর হাদীস ফিকাহ ফতোয়া)''
* ''Muqaddimatul Ilm: Tafseer, Hadith, Fiqh, Fatwa (মুকাদ্দিমাতুল ইলম : তাফসীর হাদীস ফিকাহ ফতোয়া)''


The following books are compiled and edited by the direct supervision and guidance of Babunagari.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kitabghor.com/writers/maolana-junayed-babunogori.html|script-title=bn:কিতাবঘর.কম :: মাওলানা জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী এর সকল বই|website=www.kitabghor.com |language=bn |access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>
The following books are compiled and edited by the direct supervision and guidance of Babunagari:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kitabghor.com/writers/maolana-junayed-babunogori.html|script-title=bn:কিতাবঘর.কম :: মাওলানা জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী এর সকল বই|website=www.kitabghor.com |language=bn |access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>

* ''Islam vs Contemporary Doctrine (ইসলাম বনাম সমকালীন মতবাদ)''
* ''Islam vs Contemporary Doctrine (ইসলাম বনাম সমকালীন মতবাদ)''
* ''Common Fake Hadith: A Theoretical Analysis (প্রচলিত জাল হাদীস: একটি তাত্ত্বিক আলোচনা)''
* ''Common Fake Hadith: A Theoretical Analysis (প্রচলিত জাল হাদীস: একটি তাত্ত্বিক আলোচনা)''

Babunagari has written one of the prefaces to ''Al-Kitab al-Budoor al-Mudiyyah fi Tarajim al-Hanafiyyah'' by Mawlana Hifzur Rahman al-Kumillai.<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=التقاريظ}}</ref>


==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
After suffering from various diseases of old age including heart disease, kidney and diabetes for a long time, Junaid Babunagari died of a stroke at the age of 67 on 19 August 2021 at CSCR Hospital in Chittagong, Bangladesh.<ref name="DailyStar20210819">{{cite news |title=Hefajat Amir Junaid Babunagari dies |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/hefajat-amir-junaid-babunagari-dies-ctg-hospital-2155986 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=19 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="DTBarua20210819">{{cite news |last1=Barua |first1=Pimple |title=Hefazat-e-Islam Ameer Junaid Babunagari dies |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/people/2021/08/19/hefazat-e-islam-ameer-junaid-babunagari-dies |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=21 August 2021 |date=19 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:হেফাজতে ইসলামের আমীর জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী মারা গেছেন |trans-title= Junaid Babungari: Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam has died |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news-58266772 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=BBC News বাংলা |date=19 August 2021 |language=bn}}</ref><ref name="b">{{cite news|url=https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1928311|title=Hifazat-e Islam chief Junaid Babunagari dies in Chattogram hospital|publisher=Bdnews24|access-date= 19 August 2021}}</ref> His funeral, held in Hathazari on the grounds of the madrassa where he used to teach, was attended by tens of thousands of people.<ref name="GulfNews20210821">{{cite news |title=Bangladesh's firebrand Islamist leader Junaid Babunagari dies |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/bangladeshs-firebrand-islamist-leader-junaid-babunagari-dies-1.1629435513870 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=Gulf News |language=en}}</ref><ref name="DTBarua20210821">{{cite news |last1=Barua |first1=Pimple |title=Hefazat ameer Junaid Babunagari buried in Hathazari Madrasa |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2021/08/20/hefazat-ameer-junaid-babunagari-buried-in-hathazari-madrasa |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
After suffering from various diseases of old age including heart disease, kidney and diabetes for a long time, Junaid Babunagari died of a stroke at the age of 67 on 19 August 2021 at CSCR Hospital in Chittagong, Bangladesh.<ref name="DailyStar20210819">{{cite news |title=Hefajat Amir Junaid Babunagari dies |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/hefajat-amir-junaid-babunagari-dies-ctg-hospital-2155986 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=19 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="DTBarua20210819">{{cite news |last1=Barua |first1=Pimple |title=Hefazat-e-Islam Ameer Junaid Babunagari dies |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/people/2021/08/19/hefazat-e-islam-ameer-junaid-babunagari-dies |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=21 August 2021 |date=19 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:হেফাজতে ইসলামের আমীর জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী মারা গেছেন |trans-title= Junaid Babungari: Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam has died |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news-58266772 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=BBC News বাংলা |date=19 August 2021 |language=bn}}</ref><ref name="b">{{cite news|url=https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1928311|title=Hifazat-e Islam chief Junaid Babunagari dies in Chattogram hospital|publisher=Bdnews24|access-date=19 August 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819073433/https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1928311|url-status=dead}}</ref> His funeral, held in Hathazari on the grounds of the madrassa where he used to teach, was attended by tens of thousands of people.<ref name="GulfNews20210821">{{cite news |title=Bangladesh's firebrand Islamist leader Junaid Babunagari dies |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/bangladeshs-firebrand-islamist-leader-junaid-babunagari-dies-1.1629435513870 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=Gulf News |language=en}}</ref><ref name="DTBarua20210821">{{cite news |last1=Barua |first1=Pimple |title=Hefazat ameer Junaid Babunagari buried in Hathazari Madrasa |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2021/08/20/hefazat-ameer-junaid-babunagari-buried-in-hathazari-madrasa |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=20 August 2021}}</ref>


Junaid Babunagari left behind a wife, one son (Muhammad Salman Babunagari) and five daughters.<ref name="DTBarua20210819"/><ref name="nizami"/>
Junaid Babunagari left behind a wife, one son (Muhammad Salman Babunagari) and five daughters.<ref name="DTBarua20210819"/><ref name="nizami"/>
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Shaykhul Hadith, Hafez, Qaid-e Millat
Mohammad Junaid
Babunagari
Babunagari in 2017
Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
In office
15 November 2020 – 19 August 2021
Preceded byShah Ahmad Shafi
Succeeded byMuhibbullah Babunagari
Personal life
Born(1953-10-08)8 October 1953
Babunagar, Chittagong District, Pakistan
Died19 August 2021(2021-08-19) (aged 67)
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Resting placeAl-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam, Hathazari
NationalityBangladeshi
EraModern
Main interest(s)
Alma mater
OccupationHadith Teacher 2nd amir of Hefazat e Islam
RelativesMuhibbullah Babunagari (maternal uncle)
Harun Babunagari (maternal grandfather)
Sufi Azizur Rahman (maternal great-grandfather)
Religious life
Religionislam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Senior posting
Teacher
Influenced

Muḥammad Junaid, popularly known as Junaid Babunagari (Bengali: জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী; 8 October 1953 – 19 August 2021), was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, writer, researcher, Islamic speaker and spiritual figure. He was the Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Shaykhul Hadith of Darul Uloom Hathazari Madrasa, vice-president of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, Chairman of Chittagong Noorani Talimul Quran Board and Editor-in-Chief of Monthly Mueenul Islam.

Early life and family

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Muhammad Junaid was born on 8 October 1953, in the village of Babunagar in Fatikchhari Thana, Chittagong District, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[1] He belonged to a Bengali Muslim family of theologians and Qadis hailing from the village of Dhurung. His father, Muhammad Abul Hasan, was a scholar of Quranic exegesis and senior professor at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari.[2] Junaid's lineage is as follows: Muḥammad Junaid ibn Muḥammad Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Nadhīr Aḥmad ibn Shākir ʿAlī ibn Ghulām Nabī ibn Kahūlan ibn Muʿīn ad-Dīn al-Qāḍī ibn ʿAyn ad-Dīn al-Qāḍī.[3][4] His mother, Fatimah Khatun, was the daughter of Harun Babunagari, founder of Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar. His mother's paternal grandfather, Sufi Azizur Rahman, was one of the founders of the Hathazari madrasa and a descendant of Caliph Abu Bakr.[5]

Junaid had three brothers and two sisters. Two of his younger brothers are Shuaib Babunagari, Ustadh of Babunagar Madrasa, and Zubair Babunagari, Muhaddith of Sultanpur Madrasa in Raozan. His sister, Rashidah, is married to Bengali author Abu Jafar Shahadat, former imam of Jamiatul Falah Mosque. His other sister, Mahmuda Khatun, is married to Mawlana Zakariyyah, principal of a madrasa in Madarsha.[5]

Education

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At the age of five, he entered Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar where he completed his hifz and basic Islamic and primary studies.[citation needed] After reading the entire Quran off by heart to Azharul Islam Dharmapuri, Babunagari proceeded to study at the Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari in 1966.[citation needed] In 1976, he completed his master's in Hadith studies at the madrasa where he was also first place in the examinations.[citation needed]

Babunagari was then admitted to the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in Karachi, Pakistan. He studied advanced Hadith studies for four years under Yusuf Banuri. His thesis was titled Sīrah al-Imām ad-Dārimī wa at-Tarīkh bi-Shaykhihī (Biography of Imam Darimi and the history of his teachers) in 1978.[5]

Career

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Returning to Bangladesh in 1978, he began teaching at Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar and moved a few year later to Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari.[6][1] When Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh was formed in 2010, he became its secretary general.[6]

He was briefly imprisoned in the aftermath of the 2013 Shapla Square protests.[7][8]

On 15 November 2020, Babunagari was elected the new Amir of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh, replacing the group's founder, Shah Ahmad Shafi, who had died two month earlier.[6][9]

Controversy

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On 11 April 2021, during a press conference, Babunagari claimed that COVID-19 would not spread in madrasas and demanded that these institutions be allowed to remain open during the lockdown. Despite this public stance, Babunagari and several other Hefazat leaders later received their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to a media statement from Hefazat, Babunagari received his vaccine on 8 August 2021, with the intention of easing vaccine concerns among Islamic scholars in the country.[10]

Works

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He has written and edited about 30 books in Arabic, Urdu and Bengali, including:[11]

  • Shab-e Baraat Between Excess and Rejection (বাড়াবাড়ি ছাড়াছাড়ির কবলে শবে বরাত)
  • Ruling on Beard in Islam (ইসলামে দাড়ির বিধান)
  • Tawheed and Shirk: Type and Nature (তাওহীদ ও শিরক প্রকার ও প্রকৃতি)
  • Muqaddimatul Ilm: Tafseer, Hadith, Fiqh, Fatwa (মুকাদ্দিমাতুল ইলম : তাফসীর হাদীস ফিকাহ ফতোয়া)

The following books are compiled and edited by the direct supervision and guidance of Babunagari:[12]

  • Islam vs Contemporary Doctrine (ইসলাম বনাম সমকালীন মতবাদ)
  • Common Fake Hadith: A Theoretical Analysis (প্রচলিত জাল হাদীস: একটি তাত্ত্বিক আলোচনা)

Babunagari has written one of the prefaces to Al-Kitab al-Budoor al-Mudiyyah fi Tarajim al-Hanafiyyah by Mawlana Hifzur Rahman al-Kumillai.[2]

Death and legacy

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After suffering from various diseases of old age including heart disease, kidney and diabetes for a long time, Junaid Babunagari died of a stroke at the age of 67 on 19 August 2021 at CSCR Hospital in Chittagong, Bangladesh.[6][1][13][14] His funeral, held in Hathazari on the grounds of the madrassa where he used to teach, was attended by tens of thousands of people.[15][16]

Junaid Babunagari left behind a wife, one son (Muhammad Salman Babunagari) and five daughters.[1][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Barua, Pimple (19 August 2021). "Hefazat-e-Islam Ameer Junaid Babunagari dies". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman (2018). "التقاريظ". كتاب البدور المضية في تراجم الحنفية (in Arabic). Cairo, Egypt: Dar al-Salih.
  3. ^ Abul Hasan, Muhammad (1980). "المقدمة". تنظيم الأشتات في حلّ عويصات المشكاة (in Arabic). pp. 19–25.
  4. ^ al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman. ما ينبغي به العناية لمن يطالع الهداية (in Arabic). Maktabah Shaykh al-Islam. pp. 206–207.
  5. ^ a b c d Nizami, Mahbubur Rahman (2020), মাওলানা জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরীর সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী [Short Biography of Mawlana Junaid Babunagari]
  6. ^ a b c d "Hefajat Amir Junaid Babunagari dies". The Daily Star. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Babunagari remanded again". The Daily Star. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Babunagari taken on fresh 22-day remand". The Daily Star. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Junayed Babunagari made new Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam". The Financial Express. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  10. ^ Haque, Nabban T (9 August 2021). "Hefazat leaders take U-turn, get Covid jabs". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Rokomari.com". www.rokomari.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  12. ^ কিতাবঘর.কম :: মাওলানা জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী এর সকল বই. www.kitabghor.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  13. ^ হেফাজতে ইসলামের আমীর জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী মারা গেছেন [Junaid Babungari: Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam has died]. BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Hifazat-e Islam chief Junaid Babunagari dies in Chattogram hospital". Bdnews24. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Bangladesh's firebrand Islamist leader Junaid Babunagari dies". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  16. ^ Barua, Pimple (20 August 2021). "Hefazat ameer Junaid Babunagari buried in Hathazari Madrasa". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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