Munshi Azimuddin Hanafi was a Bengali Islamic scholar, social reformer, orator, poet and author.
13 Facts About Azimuddin Hanafi
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Munshi Azimuddin was born in 1838 to a Bengali Muslim family of Munshis in the village of Gozadia in the Mymensingh District of the Bengal Presidency.
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Azimuddin Hanafi studied at the local maktab up until the age of eleven years.
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Azimuddin Hanafi then pursued further Islamic studies in Calcutta and Bombay.
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Azimuddin Hanafi became a disciple of Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, founder of the Taiyuni movement, and associated himself with the Hanafi school of jurisprudence.
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Munshi Azimuddin Hanafi rose to prominence as he engaged in literary and physical debates with Faraizi scholars, particular regarding Friday prayers.
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Azimuddin Hanafi performed the Hajj pilgrimage twice, travelling to Mecca by foot on both occasions.
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Azimuddin Hanafi supported the idea that British India was not a territory of war.
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Azimuddin Hanafi wrote most of his books in Bengali in the puthi format and covered a variety of topics such as Islamic theology, history and women's rights.
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Azimuddin Hanafi has a large body of work titled Asrar as-Salah.
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Azimuddin Hanafi translated the Futuh al-Sham by Al-Waqidi into Bengali for the first time.
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Azimuddin Hanafi's works are preserved at the library of the India Office in London.
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In 2005, Muhammad Abdur Rashid Bhuiyan published a research paper on Azimuddin Hanafi's life titled Munshi Azimuddin Hanafi Nama.