15 Facts About Ubaidul Haq

Ubaidul Haq, spelt Obaidul Haq, was a Bangladeshi teacher, muhaddith, mufassir and writer.

Ubaidul Haq was the former khatib of the national mosque of Bangladesh.

Obaidul Haq was born on 2 May 1928 into a traditional Bengali Muslim family in Barothakuri, Zakiganj, Sylhet District.

Ubaidul Haq's father, Maulana Zahurul Haq was a notable student of Ashraf Ali Thanwi and graduated in Hadith studies from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1335.

Ubaidul Haq's younger brother, Mawlana Abdul Haq, was a graduate of the Government Madrasah-e-Alia in Dhaka and a teacher of Hadith at a Qaumi Madrasa.

Obaidul Ubaidul Haq first studied at the Ghungadi Madrasah where he was taught Persian books such as Mizan Munshaib by Maulana Shamsul Ubaidul Haq.

Obaidul Ubaidul Haq then studied at Munshibazar Ayargaon Madrasa, founded by his father.

Obaidul Ubaidul Haq started his career as a teacher in joined Dhaka's Hossainya Ashraful Ulum Madrasa near Bara Katra from 1949, teaching hadith studies.

Ubaidul Haq returned to Bengal in 1954, joining as a teacher at the Dhaka Alia Madrasa, where he taught hadith studies between until 1971 and served as the additional vice principal from 1973 through 1979.

Ubaidul Haq was the Shaikhul Hadith at Chittagong's Patia Madrasa between 1986 and 1987, and held the same position at Sylhet's Jamia Qasimul Uloom Dargah Madrasa from 1987 until his death.

Ubaidul Haq was a professor at Faizul Uloom Madrasa at Azimpur in the Dhaka.

Ubaidul Haq was the longest serving khatib of Baitul Mukarram, the national mosque of Bangladesh.

Ubaidul Haq then sought a writ petition which overturned the government's decision.

Ubaidul Haq remarked that those who were killing people with bombs, were the enemies of Islam and people as well.

Ubaidul Haq died in the month of Ramadan on October 6,2007.