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Mawlana
Syed Muhammad Ishaq
Pir Saheb Charmonai
Mawlana Syed Muhammad Ishaq Pir Saheb Charmonai
সৈয়দ মুহম্মদ এছহাক
Personal life
Born	1915; Pashurikathi, Charmonai, Backergunge District, Bengal Province
Died	1977 (aged 61–62); Charmonai, Barisal, Bangladesh
Children	Syed Fazlul Karim
Education	Jamia Islamia Ibrahimia; Bhola Alia Madrasa; Darul Uloom Deoband
Relatives	Rezaul Karim (grandson); Faizul Karim (grandson)
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Muslim leader
Successor	Syed Fazlul Karim
Disciple of	Ibrahim Ujani
	Disciples Syed Fazlul Karim;
	Influenced by Rashid Ahmad Gangohi;

Syed Muhammad Ishaq (Bengali: সৈয়দ মুহম্মদ এছহাক; 1915 – 1977) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, author, mufassir, debator and educationist. He was a disciple of Ibrahim Ujani. He was the inaugural Pir of Charmonai, having founded the Charmonai Darbar Sharif and Jamia Rashidia Ahsanabad, one of the largest Islamic institutions in South Bengal. He was succeeded by his son, Syed Fazlul Karim, and became posthumously known by his followers as Dada Huzur.^[1]

Early life and family

Ishaq was born in 1915 to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds in the village of Pashurikathi in Char Monai, located to the east of the Kirtankhola river in Backergunge District, Bengal Province. His father, Syed Amjad Ali, traced his lineage to Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam.^[2] His great great grandfather, Syed Ali Akbar, migrated from Baghdad to Bengal,^[3] settling in the village of Pashurikathi in Barisal. Akbar's younger brother, Syed Ali Asghar, founded the Syed family of Laktia, located west of the Kirtankhola.^[4]

Education

Ishaq started his primary education under his uncle Syed Muhammad Abdul Jabbar of Charmonai. He then became a student of Muhammad Ibrahim of Ujani at the Jamia Islamia Ibrahimia in Kachua, Chandpur, where he furthered his Qur'anic studies. After completing the seven qira'at under his teacher, he enrolled at the Bhola Darul Hadith Alia Madrasa in Bhola Island where he passed his jamat-e-ula. Ishaq then moved to India to study at the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary in Saharanpur.^[5]

Career

After returning to Bengal, Ishaq dedicated his life to teaching the Islamic sciences. In 1932, he founded the Charmonai Ahsanabad Rashidia Madrasa and Lillah Boarding (Orphanage) from his own home. It was named after his uncle Syed Ahsan and the Deobandi jurist Rashid Ahmad Gangohi respectively. He independently taught the Dars-i Nizami syllabus, before retiring in 1947. After 1947, through the efforts of Muhammad Esmatullah and his son-in-law Delwar Husain, the institution became an alia madrasa.^{[citation needed]} Among his students were Syed Fazlul Karim, Muhammad Abul Bashar of Shahtali and Azharul Islam Siddiqi of Manikganj.^[5]

Ishaq was a supporter of Bangladeshi independence. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Mohammad Abdul Jalil (commander of Sector 9), Captain Abdul Latif and other Barisali freedom fighters would seek advice and duas from Muhammad Ishaq in Charmonai.^[6] His institution, Jamia Rashidia Ahsanabad, became a base for Bengali freedom fighters where they would stay and return from battles. The institution provided two large rooms for the freedom fighters to use and accommodated for them. For the entirety of the nine-month war, several government officials based in Barisal would shelter themselves with their families at the Charmonai Madrasa.^[6]

Works

Ahmad was written 27 books:^[7]

Amparar Tafsir
Untrish Parar Tafsir
Sura Yasin Sharifer Tafsir
Sura ar-Rahman Sharifer Tafsir
Beheshter Shukh
Dozakher Dukh
Asheq-e-Mashuq
Bhed-e-Marefat
Marefate-Haq ba Talim-e-Zikr
Hazrat Bara Qari Ibrahim Saheber Jiboni
Khas Parda ba Shamir Khedmot
Namaz Shikkha
Dhoom Binash ba Dil Pak
Tabizer Kitab
Jihade Islam
Pir Hoiya Abar Kafer Hoy Keno?
Hadiyyatul Islamia (Calendar)
Faridpure Birat Bahas
Noakhalir Birat Bahas
Nuzhatul Qarir Sharal Byakhya
Eshq-e-Dewan ba Premer Gazal
Rah-e-Jannat 116 Prakar Dua
Sharshinar Sawal Charmonair Jawab
Qabare Azab - Mastabara Azab Dekhi Na Keno?
Jumar Namaz
Zikr-e-Jali ba Waz Haaler Akatya Dalil
Juktipurno Waz ba Mawlapaker Onushondhan

Personal life

Ishaq had three wives. With Syeda Rabeya Khatun, daughter of his uncle Syed Abdul Jabbar, he had two sons (Qari Syed Mubarak Karim and Syed Fazlul Karim) and three daughters. He had one son and three daughters with his second wife, and three sons and one daughter with his third wife Amena Begum.^[5]

Death

Ishaq died in 1977, and was buried in Charmonai.^[8]

References

^ Islam, Amirul (2012). "মাওলানা সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ ইসহাক রহ.". সোনার বাংলা হীরার খনি ৪৫ আউলিয়ার জীবনী (in Bengali). Dhaka: Kohinoor Library. pp. 188–191.
^ Habibur Rahman (2006). আমরা যাদের উত্তরসূরী (তাযকেরায়ে মাশায়েখে দেওবন্দ) (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Dhaka: Al-Kawthar. p. 234.
^ al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman (2018). "الشيخ الفاضل العالم الرباني السيّد فضل الكريم بن السيّد محمد إسحاق بن السيّد أمجد علي البريسالي". كتاب البدور المضية في تراجم الحنفية (in Arabic). Cairo, Egypt: Dar al-Salih.
^ Jakaria, Muhammad (2021). বাংলাদেশে ইসলামের প্রচার-প্রসার ও সামাজিক শৃঙ্খলা প্রতিষ্ঠায় পীর-মাশায়িখের অবদান: একটি পর্যালোচনা (PDF) (Thesis) (in Bengali). University of Dhaka. pp. 336–343.
^ ^a ^b ^c Khan, Yusuf Ali. চরমোনাইর মরহুম পীর সৈয়দ মোঃ এছহাক সাহেব কেবলার সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী (in Bengali). Bangla Bazar, Dhaka: Al-Eshaq Prakashani.
^ ^a ^b Shibli, Shaker Hosain. আলেম মুক্তিযোদ্ধার খোঁজে (in Bengali). Bangla Bazar, Dhaka: Al-Eshaq Prakashani. pp. 333–334.
^ ঐতিহ্যবাহী চরমোনাই দরবারের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা আল্লামা সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ এছহাক রহ.-এর রচনাবলী (in Bengali). Dhaka: Al-Eshaq Publications. 2007.
^ Begum, Amena (2008). আল্লামা সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ এছহাক রহ. এর সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী (in Bengali). Bangla Bazar, Dhaka: Mahmud Publications. ISBN 978-9848380123.