Allama Gohorpuri Rahimahullah
| Allama Gohorpuri | |
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| Born |
Muhammad Nur Uddin Ahmed 11 October 1923 Gohorpur, Sylhet, Bangladesh |
| Died |
26 April 2005 (aged 81) Dewan bazar Gohorpur Mullapara |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | Muhaddith, Jurist, public speaker, Shaykh al-Islām, Allamah, Sheikh |
| Years active | 1952–2005 |
| Notable work |
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| Religion | Islam (Sunni) |
| Website |
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Shaykhul Islam Sayyid Hussain Ahmad Al Madni (rahimahullah) was the longest serving Shaykhul Hadith of the world-famous Islamic institute, Darul Uloom Deoband in India. He served as "Shaykhul Hadith" (senior lecturer of Hadith) for 32 years, and 4,200 students studied Sahih Al Bukhari and Jami' Al Tirmidhi under him. Amongst those 4,200 fortunate students was Shaykhul Hadith Allama Nooruddin Ahmad Gohorpuri (rahimahullah), who studied Hadith under him and passed the annual exam in the final year with distinction and held the first position in the class in the academic year 1950 in Darul Uloom Deoband.
While Allama Gohorpuri Rahimahullah was in the final year, an appeal was made to Darul Uloom Deoband to send a Shaykhul Hadith to Barisal division of Bangladesh to teach Sahih Al Bukhari. Shaykhul Islam Sayyid Husain Ahmad Madani (rahimahullah) sent Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) as the Shaykhul Hadith immediately after his graduation.
Consequently, Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) started his khidmah of deen as a Shaykhul Hadith in Barisal and then transferred to Maymansingh (Mumin Shahi) Jamia Islamia as a Shaykhul Hadith. After serving in these two districts for six years, Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) then came back to his own district, the well known religious capital of Bangladesh, Sylhet.
In 1957, Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) opened the well known Islamic institute of Bangladesh, Jamiah Islamiah Hussainia Gohorpur in his locality. Normally, institutes are started from basics to higher levels, but Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) unusually started his madrasa from the final class, known as "Dawra-e Hadith", and gradually opened the lower classes.
Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) was born in April 1925. After receiving primary and secondary education in Sylhet, he was admitted to Darul Uloom Deoband by his teacher, Shaykhe Bhagha Allama Bashiruddin (rahimahullah), who was the most senior Khalifa (disciple) of Shaykul Islam Madni (rahimahullah). After graduating from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1950, he served as the Shaykhul Hadith for many madaris in Bangladesh for 55 years continuously until his demise.
Since 1957, he served as the Muhtamim (principal) of Jamia Gohorpur and many other Madaris in Bangladesh until April 2005 when he died. Jamia Gohorpur is the well known institute which has produced many of the senior muhaddithun of Bangladesh. Many of the madaris throughout Bangladesh and specifically in Sylhet have their Hadith teachers who are graduates of Jamia Gohorpur.
In spirituality (Tasawwuf), Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) had taken bai'at to Shaykhul Islam Madni (rahimahullah) and was spiritually trained by him. However he received his Ijazah in spirituality from Maulana Habibur Rahman Shaykhe Raipuri (rahimahullah), who was the disciple of Shaykhul Islam Madni (rahimahullah). Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) had very strong bond with Maulana Bashiruddin Shaykhe Bhagha (rahimahullah), Allama Mushahid Ali Shaykhe Bayampuri (rahimahullah), Maulana Lutfur Rahman Shaykhe Baruni (rahimahullah), Maulana Sayyed Abdul Khalique Shaykhe Syedpuri (rahimahullah), Maulana Abdul Mateen Shaykhe Fullbari (rahimahullah), Maulana Badre Alam Shaykhe Renga (rahimahullah), Maulana Abdul Karim Shaykhe Kauria (rahimahullah), Shaykhul Hadith Allama Azizulhaq (rahimahullah) and many other spiritual mentors who were direct students and deciples of Shaykhul Islam Madni (rahimahullah). [Note: In Bangladesh all the Mashaikh who have Ijazah in tasawwuf are titled as "Shaykh" and referred towards their locality such as Maulana Habibur Rahman "Shaykhe Raipuri".]
In Islamic politics, Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) was affiliated with Jamiate Ulama-e Islam of East Pakistan and he participated in the general election of 1970 from this party and had a very strong contest with General Ataul Ghani Usmani. However he lost the contest only for 250 votes.
After formation of Bangladesh in December 1971, Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) did not take part in any practical politics, but he was always practising as a guardian for all the mainstream Islamic political parties of Bangladesh, such as Jamiate Ulama-e Islam, Bangladesh khilafat Andulan and Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis etc, and he supported all the Islamic movements.
In 1996, Allama Gohorpuri (rahimahullah) was selected as the chairman of the largest Madrasa education board in Bangladesh, Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, and he served as the chairman of this board for two terms until he died in 2005.