1. Harun Babunagari was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, Sufi and an exegete of the Quran.
12 Facts About Harun Babunagari
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Harun Babunagari was the founder and first Principal of Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar, one of the oldest Qawmi Madrasa in Bangladesh.
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Harun Babunagari was born in 1902, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Babunagar in Fatikchhari, Chittagong District.
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Harun Babunagari completed his primary education at a primary school in Babunagar.
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Harun Babunagari studied various subjects there, including Saadi Shirazi's Gulistan - the most influential Persian prose in history.
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In Muharram 1341 AH, Harun Babunagari enrolled at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari, which was founded by his father.
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Harun Babunagari later completed studying Sihah Sittah with his elder brother, Amin.
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Harun Babunagari served as the madrasa's principal up until his death in 1986.
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Harun Babunagari served as a murid to Zamiruddin Ahmad for 18 years.
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Harun Babunagari died on 18 August, 1986 at the Chittagong Medicare Clinic.
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Harun Babunagari's janaza was performed the next day, led by his son Muhibbullah Babunagari.
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Harun Babunagari was buried at the Maqbara-e-Haruni in the southern part of his madrasa in Babunagar.