Qazi Mu'tasim Billah

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Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Bahar (

Mu'tasim Billah's education began under his parents, and then at the Gopalpur primary school. He studied there until class 2, when he moved to his maternal home where he studied until class 4. After that, Mu'tasim Billah became a student at his father's workplace, the Lauri-Ramnagar Alia Madrasa in Manirampur where he completed his Fazil qualification. In 1953, he set off for Hindustan after Ramadan to study at the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary in Saharanpur, where he enrolled at the Faculty of Arts. In 1956, he enrolled at the Faculty of Hadith studies and gained a sanad from Hussain Ahmed Madani. Among his teachers in Deoband were Hussain Ahmed Madani, Ibrahim Balyawi, Izaz Ali Amrohi and Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Bashir Ahmad Khan and Jalil Ahmad Kairanvi. In Bangladesh, he studied under Tajammul Ali, Qamaruddin Silhati and Ashraf Ali Dharmanduli.^[4][5]

Teaching career

Mu'tasim Billah returned to Bengal in 1957 after graduating, and began his career as a teacher at the Lauri-Ramnagar Alia Madrasa. In 1959, he joined the Bara Katara Madrasa in

Mu'tasim Billah was a long-time member of the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh's editorial board, having edited 42 of the Foundation's books and reviewed 51 books. Among his written works are:

1. ইসলামের দৃষ্টিতে জন্ম নিয়ন্ত্রণ (Islamer Drishtite Jonmo Niyontron)
2. বৈচিত্র্যের মাঝে ঐক্যের সুর (Boichtrer Majhe Oikker Shur, two volumes)
3. জমিয়ত পরিচিতি (Jamiat Parichiti)
4. Kitab al-Adab (Bengali translation)
5. Tanwir al-Mishkat (Bengali translation with annotations)
6. Hedaya (Bengali translation of Kitab al-Athar volume 4)
7. মসজিদের মর্মবাণী (Masjider Mormobani, Bengali translation)
8. রদ্দে মওদুদিয়্যাত (Radd-e-Mawdudiyyat, unpublished refutation)
9. বৈচিত্র্যের মাঝে ঐক্যের সুর (Boichtrer Majhe Oikker Shur, remaining volumes)

Political career

Mu'tasim Billah was never associated with politics in his student life, although his family were actively connected with the

On 12 June 1959, Mu'tasim Billah married the daughter of Shah Sufi Haji Abdul Hamid of Collegepara in Magura. They had four sons and one daughter (d. 2011). His eldest son, Qazi Arif Billah is a teacher at the Mahbub Hefzkhana and his second son, Qazi Mahmud, is a mosque and madrasa custodian. His third son, Mawlana Qazi Mansur, is based in Saudi Arabia and his fourth son, Qazi Maruf, is based in Jessore.^[5]

Death and legacy

Mu'tasim Billah died on 15 July 2013. His

• Abul Hasan Jashori
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