{{Short description|Bangladeshi Islamic scholar}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox religious biography | honorific_prefix = Amir-ul-Mujahidin, [[Mawlana]] | name = Muhammad Fazlul Karim | image = Fazlul Karim.jpg | caption = | title = Pir Saheb Charmonai | birth_name = Fazlul Karim | birth_date = 1935 | birth_place = [[Charmonai]], [[Barisal]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2006|11|25|1935}}<ref name="ds26Nov2006" /> | death_place = [[Charmonai]], [[Barisal]], Bangladesh | death_cause = | party = [[Islami Andolan Bangladesh]] | resting_place = | other_names = | ethnicity = | era = | region = | occupation = Politician, teacher | religion = [[Islam]] | denomination = [[Sunni]] | jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]] | movement = [[Deobandi]] | creed = | main_interests = [[Sufism]], [[political Islam]] | notable_ideas = | notable_works = | alma_mater = | Sufi_order = | disciple_of = | awards = | influences = | influenced = | website = | signature = | children = [[Syed Rezaul Karim]]<br />[[Syed Faizul Karim]] | image_upright = | spouse = | parents = [[Syed Muhammad Ishaq]] }} '''Syed Fazlul Karim''' ({{langx|bn|সৈয়দ ফজলুল করিম}}; 1935 – 25 November 2006) was an [[Islamic scholar]] and politician. He was the founder of [[Islami Andolan Bangladesh]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Countrymen want to see Islamic force in power: Charmonai Pir |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/countrymen-want-to-see-islamic-force-in-power-charmonai-pir |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=2005-06-16}}</ref> and founded a residential [[madrassah]] in Charmonai, [[Barisal]], southern [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hossain |first=Khalid |author-link=A F M Khalid Hossain |script-title=bn:নিভে যাওয়া দীপশিখা |publisher=Akabir Studies and Publishing House |year=2022 |isbn=9789849591405 |location=Chittagong |pages=142 |language=bn |trans-title=Extinguished lamp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kasemi |first=Mazharul Islam Osman |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/26343/bikhyato100-olama-mashayekher-chhatro-jibon |title=Student Life of 100 Famous Scholars |publisher=Baad Comprint and Publications |year=2015 |location=Bangladesh |pages=329 |language=bn |script-title=bn:বিখ্যাত ১০০ ওলামা-মাশায়েখের ছাত্রজীবন |trans-title=}}</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=437–447 |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== Syed Muhammad Fazlul Karim was born in 1935, in the village of Charmonai in [[Barisal]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anowari |first=Ibrahim |date=20 February 2020 |title=Maulana Fazlul Karim : His life and work |url=https://m.dailyinqilab.com/article/269410/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE |work=[[Daily Inqilab]]}}</ref> He belonged to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family who were the hereditary ''[[Sufi pir|Pir]]s of Charmonai'', with his grandfather, [[Sayed Amjad Ali]], being a descendant of [[Ali]], the fourth [[Caliph]] of [[Islam]]. His father, [[Syed Muhammad Ishaq]], was the first Pir of Charmonai. Karim began studying with his father at an early age, later joining his father's madrasa in Charmonai. After completing his degree in Islamic studies from alia madrasah, he joined [[Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh]], [[Dhaka]]. He completed ''Dawra e [[Hadith]]'' from this institution in 1957.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siddique |first=HM Abu Bakr |date=25 November 2021 |title=Maulana Syed Fazlul Karim (R.A.), a saint |url=https://www.jugantor.com/islam-life/491296/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%88%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9.-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%95 |work=[[Jugantor]]}}</ref>
==Career== Karim started his career as a teacher at Charmonai Madrasah.<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=376}}</ref> In 1987, he established [[Islami Andolan Bangladesh|Islami Shashontantra Andolan]]. He served as the head of the movement until his death in 2006.<ref name="ds26Nov2006" />
==Death== After long suffering from diabetes and kidney disease, Fazlul Karim died at the age of 71 in his own home at village Charmonai in Sadar upazila of [[Barisal]] district on 25 November 2006. He had two wives, seven sons and a daughter.<ref name="ds26Nov2006">{{cite news |title=Charmonai Pir passes away |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/11/26/d61126061975.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2006-11-26 |access-date=2016-02-01}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading == * {{Cite news |last=Ghazali |first=Tofail |date=1 September 2025 |title=Four shining stars of the Islamic movement |url=https://www.jugantor.com/islam-life/997692 |work=[[Jugantor]]}}
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