{{Short description|Bangladeshi Islamic scholar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox religious biography|religion=[[Islam]] |honorific_prefix = [[Mawlana]] |name = Muhiuddin Khan |image = Muhiuddin Khan.jpg |caption = |title = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1935|4|19}} |birth_place = [[Pakundia Upazila|Chhaychir]], [[Kishoreganj District]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|6|25|1935|4|19}} |death_place = [[Bangladesh]] |death_cause = |resting_place = |other_names = |nationality = |ethnicity = |era = |region = |occupation = |denomination = [[Sunni]] |jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]] |creed = |movement = [[Deobandi]] |main_interests = [[Tafseer]] |notable_ideas = Seerat Literature, Practicing Islamic Literature in Bengali |notable_works = Mashik Madina, Translation of Maariful Qur'an |alma_mater = [[Govt. Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka]] |teachers = [[Abdur Rahman Kashgari]] |awards = |influences = |influenced = [[Humayun Ahmed]]<ref>{{cite news|title=হুমায়ূন আহমেদের নবীজি ও শেষ দিনগুলোতে মুহিউদ্দীন খানের প্রভাব|trans-title=Humayun Ahmed's Nabiji and the influence of Muhiuddin Khan in his final days|date=1 April 2018|language=bn|work=[[Jugantor]]|author=Abdullah, Syed Anwar}}</ref> | module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office1 = Secretary-General, [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh]] | term_start1 = 1976 | term_end1 = 1978 | predecessor1 = [[Shamsuddin Qasemi]] | successor1 = Shamsuddin Qasemi | office2 = Executive President, [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh|Jamiat Executive Council]] | term_start2 = 1996 | term_end2 = 2000 | predecessor2 = Shamsuddin Qasemi | successor2 = [[Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi]] | office3 = Acting President, Jamiat Executive Council | term_start3 = 20 May 2005 | term_end3 = 4 September 2005 | predecessor3 = Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi | successor3 = [[Abdul Momin Imambari]] | office4 = Executive President, Jamiat Executive Council | term_start4 = 26 June 2008 | term_end4 = 18 June 2012 | predecessor4 = Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi | successor4 = [[Mustafa Azad]] }} | disciple_of = [[Abdul Momin Imambari]] |signature = }} '''Muhiuddin Khan''' ({{langx|bn|মুহিউদ্দিন খান}}; 1935–2016) was an [[Islamic scholar]] from Bangladesh<ref name="srt25Jun2016" /><ref name="cs14Jun2008">{{Cite web |url=http://cybersylhet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:moulana-mohiuddin&catid=34:the-way-it-is&Itemid=61 |title=Moulana Mohiuddin |last=Rahman |first=Emdad |website=cybersylhet.com |date=14 June 2008 |language=en-gb |access-date=2017-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204065555/http://cybersylhet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:moulana-mohiuddin&catid=34:the-way-it-is&Itemid=61 |archive-date=2017-12-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FvReH2Dp024C&q=maulana+mohiuddin+khan&pg=PA59 |title=Eye to Eye: Women Practising Development Across Cultures |last1=Perry |first1=Susan |last2=Schenck |first2=Celeste Marguerite |date=2001 |publisher=Zed Books |isbn=9781856498470 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://greenwatchbd.com/moulana-muhiuddin-khan-passes-away/ |title=Moulana Muhiuddin Khan passes away |website=greenwatchbd.com |language=en-US |access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref> and editor of ''[[Monthly Madina]]''.<ref name="sun25Jun2016" /> Khan was also a Quranic commentator, journalist, poet, writer and translator.<ref name="srt25Jun2016" /><ref name="san27June2016" /> He translated for the first time tafseer [[Maariful Quran]] into [[Bengali language|Bengali]].<ref name="sun25Jun2016" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Harun |first=Mizan |url=https://www.noor-book.com/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-pdf |title=Rijal sanau al-tarikh wa khadamu al-Islam wa al-ilm fi Bangladesh lil-Shamilah |publisher=Darul Bayan |year=2018 |location=Dhaka |pages=563–577 |language=ar |access-date=9 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312022416/https://www.noor-book.com/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-pdf |archive-date=12 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Khan was born on 19 April 1935 at the home of his maternal grandfather in the village of Chhaychir in [[Pakundia Upazila|Pakundia]], [[Kishoreganj District]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]]. His mother's name was Mosammat Rabeya Khatun. Khan belonged to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family originally from Ansarnagar in [[Gafargaon Upazila|Gafargaon]], [[Mymensingh District]]. His father, Hakim Ansaruddin Khan, was an educationist and ''[[moulvi]]''.<ref>{{citation|title=মুহিউদ্দিন খাঁর বর্ণাঢ্য সীরাত|author=হালিম উল্লাহ}}</ref>
Khan passed ''Aalim'' in 1951 and ''Fazil'' in 1953 from the madrasa. In 1953, he was admitted to [[Govt. Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka]] where he studied under [[Abdur Rahman Kashgari]] and other schoalrs. In 1955, Khan received the ''Kamil'' degree in [[Hadith]] and in 1956 he got a ''Kamil'' degree in [[fiqh]] from the madrasa.<ref name="dnd29Jun2016">{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/detail/news/132255 |script-title=bn:স্মরণে বরণে মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দীন খান |work=The Daily Naya Diganta |date=29 June 2016 |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702170149/http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/detail/news/132255 |archive-date=2016-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.jugantor.com/islam-and-life/2016/07/01/42835/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8 |script-title=bn:মদিনা প্রেমিক মাওলানা মহিউদ্দিন খান {{!}} ইসলাম ও জীবন |work=Jugantor.com |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref>
==Career== Khan edited ''Weekly Naya Jamana'' in 1960, ''Monthly Dishari'' from 1963 to 1970. From 1961 until his death, he served as the editor of ''Monthly Madina'' and ''Aaj'' (Today).<ref name="inq27Jun2016">{{Cite news |url=https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/25631/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%87 |script-title=bn:মাসিক মদীনা সম্পাদক মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দীন খান স্মরণে |work=The Daily Inqilab |date=27 June 2016 |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref> Khan was appointed a member of the central executive committee of Saudi-based international organization Rabataye Aalame Islami in 1988.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=20292&cat=10/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87 |script-title=bn:মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দীন খান আর নেই |work=Manab Zamin |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03 |title=Mzamin }}</ref> He has been honored as a well-known writer in [[West Bengal]], [[Assam]], [[Tripura]].<ref name="dnd29Jun2016" /> He was the president of Mutamar al-Alam Al-Islami Bangladesh unit, the founder chairman of the Jatiya Seerat Committee of Bangladesh,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jamaat-e-islami.org/previous/details.php?artid=MjY5MTY= |script-title=bn:মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দীন খান আর নেই |website=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |language=bn |access-date=2025-03-04}}</ref> the chairman of the Nastik-Murtad Protirud Andolon Islami Murcha, and the leader of Jamiate Ulamae Islam.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SpFaBwAAQBAJ&q=maulana+muhiuddin+khan&pg=PA65 |title=Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh |last1=Riaz |first1=Ali |last2=Fair |first2=Assistant Professor of Security Studies C. Christine |last3=Fair |first3=C. Christine |date=2010-10-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136926242 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="sun25Jun2016">{{Cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/147163/Maulana-Mohiuddin-Khan-passes-away |title=Maulana Mohiuddin Khan passes away |work=Daily Sun |date=25 June 2016 |access-date=2017-12-03 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="san27June2016">{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailysangram.com/post/240529-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87 |script-title=bn:মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দীন খান আর নেই |work=The Daily Sangram |date=27 June 2016 |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702042433/http://www.dailysangram.com/post/240529-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87 |archive-date=2016-07-02}}</ref>
Khan co-operated and assisted the Bengali freedom fighters during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971.<ref>{{citation|title=জমিয়ত কেন করি?|last=Khadimani|first=Faizul Hasan|year=2018|publisher=কিলিজ প্রকাশন|location=[[Purana Paltan]], [[Dhaka]]|page=27}}</ref> In December 1976, the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh]] held a conference at the [[Patuakhali District|Patuakhali Jame Mosque]] in which [[Azizul Haque (scholar, born 1919)|Azizul Haque]] was made the party's president and Khan as its general-secretary. Khan resigned from this post in 1978. However, at the Jamiat Central Council of 1996, Khan was appointed as the executive president of a 51-member executive council. After the death of the council's erstwhile president, [[Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi]], on 20 May 2005, Khan was given the responsibility as acting president.<ref name="juei">{{cite book|url=https://jueibd.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PORICITI-A-4-pdf-1.pdf|language=bn|title=পরিচিতি ও কর্মসূচি|year=2016|publisher=[[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh]]|location=[[Purana Paltan]], [[Dhaka]]|pages=28–30|access-date=6 June 2022|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119184057/https://jueibd.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PORICITI-A-4-pdf-1.pdf}}</ref>
==Works== Khan wrote, edited and published Islamic literature in Bangla.<ref name="srt25Jun2016">{{Cite web |url=https://english.thesunrisetoday.com/index.php/the-famous-islamic-scholar-maulana-muhiuddin-khan-passed-away/ |title=The Famous Islamic Scholar Maulana Muhiuddin Khan passed away |website=The Sunrise Today |date=25 June 2016 |language=en-US |access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/others/2016/06/26/128150.html |script-title=bn:বিশিষ্ট ইসলামী ব্যক্তিত্ব মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দিন খান আর নেই {{!}} অন্যান্য |work=The Daily Ittefaq |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ennayadiganta.com/detail/news/24360 |title=Maulana Mohiuddin Khan no more |work=Daily Naya Diganta |language=en |access-date=2017-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204061411/http://www.ennayadiganta.com/detail/news/24360 |archive-date=2017-12-04}}</ref> He gave the realization of the fact that [[Muhammad]] can be a separate topic of literature, and it can be unique. Today, ''Seerat'' Literature is a rich section of Bengali language.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bhorer-dak.com/2015/09/09/24735.php |script-title=bn:বাংলা ভাষায় সিরাত সাহিত্যের জনক মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দীন খান |website=bhorer-dak.com |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03 |archive-date=4 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204062630/http://bhorer-dak.com/2015/09/09/24735.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has translated and compiled nearly 105 books.<ref name="inq27Jun2016" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/details/15606 |title=Moulana Muhiuddin Khan is no more - National |work=News Bangladesh |access-date=2017-12-03 |language=en |archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107084241/http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/details/15606 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/detail/news/132255 |script-title=bn:স্মরণে বরণে মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দীন খান |work=Daily Naya Diganta |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref><ref name="dnd29Jun2016" /> He translated the eight volume [[Tafsir]] book ''Maarreef al Quran'' of [[Muhammad Shafi]] from Urdu to Bengali.<ref name="sun25Jun2016" /> It is published from the ''Islamic Foundation Bangladesh''. In 1413 Hijri, the ''King Fahd Quran printing project'' of Madinah distributed the [[Tafseer]] printing in one volume in Bengali<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhtwCQAAQBAJ&q=maulana+muhiuddin+khan&pg=PA241 |title=What The Qur'an Says |last=Malik |first=Asaduzzaman |date=2007-07-26 |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781467019088 |language=en}}</ref> to the Bengali speakers throughout the world free of cost. Khan translated Al-Ghazali's ''Ihyau Ulumuddin'' and Abul Kalam Azad's ''Insaniat Mawt ki Darwaje Por (The form of humanity in the face of death)''. His established ''Madina Publications'' has published 600 quality books from the year 1957 in various subjects including the [[Quran]], [[Hadith]], Seerat-e Rasool, history, tradition and dictionary.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ourislam24.com/2016/11/07/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC/ |script-title=bn:মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দীন খান: বুদ্ধিবৃত্তিক অঙ্গনের পথপ্রদর্শক আলিম |website=ourislam24.com |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref>
'''List of books written or translated by [[Mohyeddin|Muhiuddin]] Khan<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kitabghor.com/writers/details/mawlana-muhi-uddin-khan |script-title=bn:কিতাবঘর.কম :: মাওলানা মুহিউদ্দীন খান এর সকল বই |website=www.kitabghor.com |language=bn |access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/author/8013/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8?page=2 |title=Rokomari.com |website=www.rokomari.com |access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref>''' * Islam and Our Life (ইসলাম ও আমাদের জীবন) * The Right Path (সিরাতুল মুস্তাকীম) * Maariful Qur'an (মারেফুল কোরআন সংক্ষিপ্ত বাংলা অনুবাদ সহ) * Holy Jamjam (জান্নাতের অমীয়ধারা পবিত্র যমযম) * Tajreedul Bukhari(তজরীদুল বোখারী) * Azadi Movement 1857 (আযাদী আন্দোলন-১৮৫৭) * Extra-Ordinary Incidents of Prophet Muhammad's Life (খাসায়েসুল কুবরা: নবী (সা:) জীবনের অত্যাশ্চর্য ঘটনাবলী ) * Biography of Prophet Muhammad's (সীরাতুন নবী)
== See also == * [[List of Deobandis]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
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