12 Facts About Azizul Haq

Mufti Azizul Haq was an Islamic scholar and social reformer from present-day Bangladesh.

Azizul Haq was the founder of Al-Jamiah al-Islamiyyah Patiya and served as its first chancellor.

Azizul Haq was born in 1903, to a Bengali Muslim family of Munshis in Charkanai, Patiya of the Bengal Presidency's Chittagong District.

Azizul Haq lost his father, Mawlana Nur Ahmad, at the age of eleven months.

In 1924, Azizul Haq completed his Hadith studies at Jiri and set off for Hindustan for further education.

Azizul Haq studied in Darul Uloom Deoband and Mazahir Uloom, both in Saharanpur district.

Azizul Haq returned to Bengal after spending nine months under Ashraf Ali Thanwi.

Azizul Haq returned to Jiri, serving as the madrasa's mufti and mufassir from 1927 to 1940.

Azizul Haq spent the rest of his life as the chancellor of this madrasa.

Azizul Haq died just before the Friday prayer of 3 March 1961, at the age of 63.

Azizul Haq's janaza was performed by the Abdul Karim Madani at the Jamia Patiya ground.

Azizul Haq was buried in the madrasa graveyard, which is known as Maqbara-e-Azizi.