Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir

Dr Khandaker A.N.M Abdullah Jahangir (Bengali: ড. খোন্দকার আব্দুল্লাহ জাহাঙ্গীর) is Bangladeshi Islamic Scholar, Professor, Writer and preacher of Islam. He was a professor at Islamic University, Kushtia. He has written many books on Islami, which include Hādīsēra nāmē jāliẏāti (Eng: Fraud in the name of Hadith). He discusses contemporary issues of Islam on various TV channel of Bangladesh. He used to hold Islamic Mahfil and Waj in different parts of the country.

 Early life 
Jahangir was born in 1 February 1961 in the village of Gobindpur-Dhopaghat village in Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila at Jhenaidah District. His Father name is Khandaker Anwaruzzaman and mother's name is Begum Lutfunnahar.

 Education 
He was educated up to class five at Bhutiargati Government Primary School in Jhenaidah. Then he passed Dakhil in 1973, Alim in 1975 and Fadil in 1977 from Jhenidah Siddikia Kamil Madrasah. Then He complete his Kamil degree from Government Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka on Al-Hadith department. He went to Saudi Arabia for higher study and he get chance Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh. He complete Honors in 1986 and Masters in 1992 from this university. Then He complete his PhD in 1997 at the same university. Studying university He was educated by Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen, Abdullah Ibn Jibreen and Saleh Al-Fawzan.

In addition to his studies at the Madrasa, he passed the SSC, HSC examinations from Government Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Magura and secured the first place in the Jessore Board. At that time, those who had won the first place in various education boards of Bangladesh, then President Ziaur Rahman took them on a boat trip as part of the state honors. Abdullah Jahangir was also among them. 

Studying at the university, he received two consecutive Student awards from the King of Saudi Arabia and the then Governor of Riyadh, Salman bin Abdul Aziz. In Bangladesh, He learned from Ayub Ali, Ubaidul Haq, Miya Muhammad Kasemi, Mawlana Abdur Rahim and so on.

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 Career 

After finishing Kamil at Dhaka Alia Madrasa, he taught Nasna Nurnagar Siddiquia Dakhil Madrasah, Jhenaidah for about two years. In his university life, he worked as a clerk and translator at the Northern Riyadh Islamic Center from 1993 to 1996. Complete his education life in Saudi Arab, He back Bangladesh and join as lecturer in 1998 at Islamic University in Al Hadith department. In 1999, he received advanced training in Islamic development and Arabic from Indonesia. In 2009, he was promoted to the post of Professor in the same department of the Islamic University, Bangladesh. He also taught as a part-time Hadith teacher at the Darussalam Madrasa in Dhaka.

He was the Imam of Jhenaidah Jame Mosque and Central Eidgah Maidan till his death. He was a popular speaker in the Waz mahfil. He used to visit remote areas of Bangladesh and recite the pure message of Islam to the people.

 Bibliography 
Jahangir write many book about three language. His Hādīsēra nāmē jāliẏāti book (Bengali: হাদিসের নামে জালিয়াতি) and Rāhē bēlāẏāta  (Bengali: রাহে বেলায়েত) is very popular in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. He write more than 30 books and 50 article in national and international journal. His selective Books are below:

 English language:
 A Woman From Desert (1995)
 Guidance For Fasting Muslims (1997)
 A Summary Of Three Fundamentals of Islam. (1997)
 Bengali language:
 Ēha'iẏā'usa sunnāha -- January 2007 (Bengali: এহইয়াউস সুন্নাহ)
 Kura'āna-sunnāhara ālōkē pōśāka -- January 2007 (Bengali: কুরআন-সুন্নাহর আলোকে পোশাক)
 Khutabātula isalāma, January 2008 -- (Bengali:খুতবাতুল ইসলাম)
 Isalāmēra nāmē jaṅgibāda, January 2009 -- (Bengali:ইসলামের নামে জঙ্গিবাদ)
 Kurabānī ō jabihullāha -- January 2010 (Bengali: কুরবানী ও জবিহুল্লাহ) ISBN Number: 9789849328293
 Rāhē bēlāẏāta -- January 2013 (Bengali:রাহে বেলায়াত) ISBN Number: 9789849005315
 Sālātula īdēra atirikta tākabīra -- January 2013 (Bengali: সালাতুল ঈদের অতিরিক্ত তাকবীর) ISBN Number: 9789849005346
 Pabitra bā'ibēlaḥ: paricita ō paryālōcanā -- January 2016 (Bengali:পবিত্র বাইবেলঃ পরিচিত ও পর্যালোচনা) ISBN Number: 9789849005377
 Hādīsēra nāmē jāliẏāti -- January 2017 (Bengali: হাদিসের নামে জালিয়াতি) ISBN Number: 9789849005315
 Kura'āna sunnāhēra ālōkē isalāmī ākidā -- January 2017 (Bengali: কুরআন সুন্নাহের আলোকে ইসলামী আকিদা) ISBN Number: 9789849328100
 Sālātēra madhyē hāta bādhāra bidhāna -- January 2017 (Bengali: সালাতের মধ্যে হাত বাধার বিধান) ISBN Number: 9789849005360
 Sahi māsanuna ajiphā  -- January 2017 (Bengali: সহি মাসনুন অজিফা) ISBN Number: 9789849005322
 Phuraphurāra pīra āllāmā ābu jāphara siddikī āla mā'ōjuẏāta -- January 2017 (Bengali: ফুরফুরার পীর আল্লামা আবু জাফর সিদ্দিকী আল মাওজুয়াত) ISBN Number:9789849328186
 Jijñāsā ō jabāba (4 Part) -- January 2018 (Bengali: জিজ্ঞাসা ও জবাব) ISBN Number: 9789849328216(1st part), 9789849328223 (2nd Part), 9789849363323 (3rd part) and 9789849363378 (4 part)
 Sālāta, dōẏā ō jikira -- January 2018 (Bengali: সালাত, দোয়া ও জিকির) ISBN Number: 9789849363316
 Rāmādānēra sa'ōgāta -- January 2018 (Bengali: রামাদানের সওগাত) ISBN Number: 9789849363309
 Īdē milādunnabī -- January 2018 (Bengali: ঈদে মিলাদুন্নবী) ISBN Number: 9789849328292
 Kitābula mōkāddasa, iñjila śarīpha ō īsāẏī dharma -- January 2018 (Bengali: কিতাবুল মোকাদ্দস, ইঞ্জিল শরীফ ও ঈসায়ী ধর্ম) ISBN Number: 9789849005308
Arabic language:
 Buhusuna phi ulūmila hādīsa -- January 2007  (Arabic: بحوث في علم الحديث)

 Translatation:
 Āla phikahula ākabara -- January 2014 (Bengali: আল ফিকহুল আকবর) ISBN Number: 9789849005353
 Phikahusa sunāna āla āsāra (3 Part) -- January 2019 (Bengali: ফিকহুস সুনান আল আসার) ISBN Number: 9789849363330(1st part), 9789849363354(2nd part), 9789849363361(3rd part) 
 Iyahārula haka (3 part) -- January 2020 (Bengali: ইযহারুল হক) ISBN Number: 9789849328247(1st),9789849363392(2nd) and 9789849363308(3rd)

 Contributes 
He establish many social and educational institute in his locality and abroad the country. There are:

 As Sunnah Trust: As Sunnah trust is a Islamic School situated at Jhenaidah city. About 350-400 Students come here for higher study on Islamic Reaserch. It has Madrasahtus Sunnah school amoung Boys and Girl section. And Islamic Scholar Shaikh Ahmadullah establish As-Sunnah Foundation organization follow As Sunnah Trust. Both Organization serve many humanity work.
 Al-Faruq Academy: It is like Alia Madrasah, but some Kawmi Madrasah syllabus was included.
 Jhenaidah Charity Foundation.

 Personal life 
He was married to Fatima, daughter of Pir Abdul Kahhar Siddiqui of Furfura Sharif. There are one son and three daughters. Many people and native Islamic scholars have praised him.

 Death 
Abdullah Jahangir died in a road accident on the spot on May 11, 2016 on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Magura in the collision of his microbus and covered-van. Many people condoled his death.


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