1. Muhammad Junaid, popularly known as Junaid Babunagari, was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, writer, researcher, Islamic speaker and spiritual figure.
15 Facts About Junaid Babunagari
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Junaid Babunagari was the Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Shaykhul Hadith of Darul Uloom Hathazari Madrasa, vice-president of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, Chairman of Chittagong Noorani Talimul Quran Board and Editor-in-Chief of Monthly Mueenul Islam.
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Muhammad Junaid was born on 8 October 1953, in the village of Babunagar in Fatikchhari Thana, Chittagong District, East Bengal, Pakistan.
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Junaid Babunagari belonged to a Bengali Muslim family of theologians and Qadis hailing from the village of Dhurung.
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Junaid Babunagari's father, Muhammad Abul Hasan, was a scholar of Quranic exegesis and senior professor at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari.
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Junaid Babunagari was then admitted to the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Junaid Babunagari studied advanced Hadith studies for four years under Yusuf Banuri.
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Junaid Babunagari's thesis was titled Sirah al-Imam ad-Darimi wa at-Tarikh bi-Shaykhihi in 1978.
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Junaid Babunagari was briefly imprisoned in the aftermath of the 2013 Shapla Square protests.
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On 15 November 2020, Junaid Babunagari was elected the new Amir of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh, replacing the group's founder, Shah Ahmad Shafi, who had died two month earlier.
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On 11 April 2021, during a press conference, Junaid Babunagari claimed that COVID-19 would not spread in madrasas and demanded that these institutions be allowed to remain open during the lockdown.
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Junaid Babunagari has written and edited about 30 books in Arabic, Urdu and Bengali, including:.
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Junaid Babunagari has written one of the prefaces to Al-Kitab al-Budoor al-Mudiyyah fi Tarajim al-Hanafiyyah by Mawlana Hifzur Rahman al-Kumillai.
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Junaid Babunagari's funeral, held in Hathazari on the grounds of the madrassa where he used to teach, was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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Junaid Babunagari left behind a wife, one son and five daughters.