Three of the subcontinent's best-known Islamic scholars are due in Bangladesh this November: Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani of Pakistan, Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, rector of Darul Uloom Deoband in India, and the centenarian scholar and spiritual guide Haji Miyaji Muhammad Ramzan Mewati. They will attend conferences, graduation ceremonies (dastarbandi) and gatherings organised by religious schools, Our Islam reported.
First to arrive, on 16 November, will be Haji Miyaji Muhammad Ramzan Mewati, on a 15-day visit. A khalifa of Maulana Sayyid Hussain Ahmad Madani, he will be accompanied by Maulana Hakimuddin Ashraf Utawri, known as Khatib-e-Mewat, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind organising president for Haryana, Punjab, Himachal and Chandigarh.
Mufti Taqi Usmani is due in Dhaka on 22 November and leaves on 28 November. The main event of his visit is the 70th-year dastarbandi conference of Faridabad Madrasa in the capital, running for three days from 22 November. He will also attend the 15th-year conference of the Shaikh Zakariya Islamic Research Centre at Kawla Namapara. Maulana Hanif Jalandhari, secretary general of Pakistan's Wifaq ul Madaris al-Arabia and rector of Khairul Madaris in Multan, is expected to travel with him.
Mufti Taqi Usmani, director general of Darul Uloom Karachi and president of Wifaq ul Madaris al-Arabia Pakistan, is known internationally for his work on hadith, fiqh and Islamic finance, and is a former judge of the Shariat Appellate Bench of Pakistan's Supreme Court.
Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, rector and senior hadith teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband, arrives on 25 November for two days. Maulana Nasirullah, a senior member of the visit committee and secretary general of the Khulna divisional Qawmi madrasa council, said he will attend events at Faridabad Madrasa, Nila Madrasa in Teknaf and Nanupur Madrasa in Chattogram, among others, before returning to Deoband on 27 November. He last visited Bangladesh in August, for four days.
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Source: Our Islam
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