{{short description|Islamic scholar from Bengal (1882–1967)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Mujahid-e-Millat | children = | other_party = | party = | country = | alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Hathazari]] | successor = | term_end = | term_start = | office = | spouse = 4 | name = Shah Ahmad Hasan | resting_place = | death_place = [[East Pakistan]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|1882}} | birth_date = 1882 | birth_place = [[Patiya Upazila|Jiri, Patiya]], [[Chittagong District]], [[Bengal Presidency]] | caption = Hasan's gravestone | image = Shah Ahmad Hasan's Gravestone at Al-Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Ziri.jpg | module = {{Infobox religious biography | embed = yes | main_interests = {{hlist|Education|[[Sufism]]}} | relatives = [[Hafez Ahmadullah]] (grandson) | disciples = | disciple_of = [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]]<br />[[Qazi Muazzam Husayn]] | other_name = | notable_ideas = | movement = [[Deobandi]] | jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]] | denomination = [[Sunni]] | religion = [[Islam]] | influences = [[Abdul Hamid Madarshahi]] | teachers = [[Habibullah Qurayshi]], [[Zamiruddin Ahmad]], [[Saeed Ahmad Sandwipi]] | students = [[Azizul Haq (scholar, born 1903)|Azizul Haq]] | notable_works = [[Al-Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Ziri]]}} }} '''Shah Ahmad Hasan''' ({{langx|bn|শাহ আহমদ হাসান}}), was a [[Bangladeshi]] Islamic scholar and educationist. He was an early student of [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]] in [[Hathazari]]. Hasan established [[Al-Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Ziri]], which was the second [[Qawmi madrasa]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nijampuri |first=Ashraf Ali |url=https://www.kitabghor.com/books/the-handrede-bangla-mayer-kriti-sontan.html |title=The Hundred (100 Great Scholars from Bangladesh) |publisher=Salman Publication |year=2013 |isbn=978-112009250-2 |edition=1st |location=Hathazari, Chittagong |pages=78–79 |access-date=2022-05-08}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Ahmad Hasan was born in 1882 to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in the village of Jiri in western [[Patiya Upazila|Patiya]] under the [[Chittagong District]] of the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref name=":2" /> He received his primary education at home from a tutor. He studied the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Farsi|Persian]] and [[Urdu]] languages with a tutor named Rafiqullah.<ref name=":0" /> In 1315 AH (1897-98 CE), Hasan enrolled at the [[Government Hazi Mohammad Mohsin College|Mohsinia Madrasa]], which was the only ''[[madrasa]]'' in [[Chittagong]]. He began systematically studying at the state-run madrasa from Jamaat-e-Dahum.<ref name=":2" /> In 1318 AH (1901 CE), the [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam|Madrasa Moinul Islam]] was established in [[Hathazari]], which was the first ''[[Deobandi|qawmi madrasa]]'' in Bengal. After coming into contact with [[Abdul Hamid Madarshahi]], Hasan was admitted to Hathazari from Jamaat-e-Nahum. Among his teachers in Hathzari were [[Habibullah Qurayshi]] and [[Zamiruddin Ahmad]].<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 المولى العلامة أحمد حسين بن وصي الرحمن الجِيْرُوِي}}</ref><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=110–112 |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>
== Career == Whilst studying as Jamaat-e-Ula at Hathazari, Ashraf Ali of Kaiyagram used to have a [[jagir]] in their house. Hasan once came home with him in consultation and decided to establish the second [[Qawmi madrasa]] of Bengal. According to the decision, he first started the madrasa education in a shop room. Later, he relocated the madrasa to his village in Jiri.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Islam |first1=Aminul |script-title=bn:বাংলার শত আলেমের জীবনকথা |last2=Islam |first2=Samar |publisher=Book House |year=2014 |isbn= |location=Dhaka |pages=109–113 |language=bn |trans-title=Biographies of hundreds of Bengali scholars}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Ahmadullah |first1=Hafez |script-title=bn:মাশায়েখে চাটগাম |last2=Qadir |first2=Ridwanul |publisher=Ahmad Publication |year=2018 |isbn=978-984-92106-4-1 |location=[[Dhaka]] |pages=184–164 |language=bn |trans-title=Mashayekh-e Chatgam}}</ref>
==Sufism== Hasan was a ''[[murid]]'' of [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]]. After his death, he then became a disciple of [[Qazi Muazzam Husayn]] of [[Mirsharai Upazila|Mirsarai]], a ''[[Khalifah (Sufism)|khalifah]]'' (spiritual successor) of [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]]. Shah Ahmad Hasan received the ''khilafat'' from Husayn.<ref name=":1"/>
==Death and legacy== He died in 1967. He was the father of five daughters. Abdul Wadud Sandwipi presided over his [[janaza]]. He was buried next to Jiri Madrasa.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Babunagari |first=Junaid |url=https://www.boibazar.com/book/kotipoy-ujjol-nokkhotro |title=Some bright stars from Darul Uloom Hathazari |publisher=Bukhari Academy |year=2003 |edition=1st |location=Hathazari, Chittagong |pages=162–167 |language=bn |author-link=Junaid Babunagari |archive-date=2 April 2022 |access-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402195745/https://www.boibazar.com/book/kotipoy-ujjol-nokkhotro |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jahangir |first=Salauddin |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/143778/banglar-borennyo-alem---1 |script-title=bn:বাংলার বরেণ্য আলেম |publisher=Maktabatul Azhar |year=2017 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=162–167 |language=bn |trans-title=The eminent scholar of Bengal}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of Deobandis]]
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Hanafi scholars}}
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