Muhammad Ishaq
Mawlana Muhammad Ishaq (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ ইসহাক) was an Islamic scholar and Sufi from Bengal.
Muhammad Ishaq | |
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মুহাম্মদ ইসহাক | |
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Born | 1883 Feni, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Died | November 19, 1938 54–55) | (aged
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sufism |
Muslim leader | |
Predecessor | Abdul Haqq Muhajir Makki |
Biography
Ishaq was born in the year 1883 CE, in Feni.[1] He received his primary religious education from the local religious institution. Then he got admitted into an 'alim course in Comilla.[1] Later, he travelled to Makkah where he got admitted into the Madrasah as-Sawlatiyah.[1] He studied Islamic studies and Arabic for eleven years in that institution, under Shaykhu'd-Dal'ail Abdul Haqq Muhajir Makki who treated him like his adopted son.[1] Later, he was appointed as a teacher of that madrasa. He got khilafat from his teacher and returned to his own country.[1]
After returning to Bengal, Ishaq also involved in sufistic practices. It is said that he had karamat.[1] People began to approach him for spiritual guidance. He travelled to Comilla, Noakhali, Barisal, Hatiya and Sandwip.[1] In these places many people became his murids. Later, he renewed his bay'at at the hands of Abdur Rabb who was the grandson of Karamat Ali Jaunpuri.[1] After that he began to be influenced by Jaunpuris.
Ishaq established an orphanage in 1936.[1] He donated all of his immovable properties for this orphanage. The orphanage is called "Ishaqiya Yatimkhana".[1] It is situated in Daganbhuiyan, Feni.[2] He also gave financial help to establish mosques, eidgahs and madrasas.
Ishaq wrote an Urdu book titled Ta'lim-e-Haqqani Wa Fuyud-e-Ishaqi.[1] In that book he described about Sufi problems, zikr and mediation. He kept himself away from active politics but supported the independence movement of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.[1] Ishaq died on 18 November 1938.[1]
References
- Quassem, MA (2012). "Ishaq, Mawlana Muhammad". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- "এতিমখানা". www.daganbhuiyan.feni.gov.bd (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 January 2020.