BANGLADESH

Khatib of Baitul Mukarram Maulana Salahuddin passes away

Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Khatib and Islamic scholar professor Maulana Muhammad Salahuddin passed away (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raji’un). He breathed his last at Labaid Hospital in the capital at around 5:30 pm on Thursday.  He was 87.

Salahuddin fell sick at his Jigatala residence in Dhaka in the afternoon and was rushed to Lab Aid Hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead, said a press release issued by cultural affairs ministry.

He left his wife, a son and three daughters to mourn his death.

He was suffering from old age complications for long, the release said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Professor Maulana Muhammad Salahuddin.

In a message of condolence, she prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.

State minister for cultural affairs ministry KM Khalid also expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death the Islamic scholar.

The Ministry of Religious Affairs appointed Maulana Salahuddin as the Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on January 1, 2009.

Born in 1944 at Hazradi village of Kalagachia UP of Bandar Thana in Narayanganj, Maulana Muhammad Salahuddin was moved to Kalabagh villag of Bandar UP in 1966.

In 1964, Salahuddin got first place in the first class in Kamil from the East Pakistan Madrasa Board and earned first place in the first class in Adab and Adab Kamil in 1965 from the same board respectively.

In 1977, Salahuddin passed MA in first class from Dhaka University. He was admitted to the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia for higher studies and in 1984, he got first place in the first class from Arabic Diploma from the Islamic University of Madinah.

He has been the Chairman of Shariah Council of Exim Bank, Prime Bank, ICB Bank, South East Bank, Jamuna Bank. He was also a member of Dhaka Bank, City Bank Shariah Council and Islami Bank Central Shariah Board.

Maulana Muhammad Salahuddin also served as the Chairman of Sharia Council of Sandhani Life Insurance Islami Takaful. He was a member of the steering committee of Dhaka City College and Kakoli High School and chairman of the steering committee of Sreepur Bagnahati Kamil Madrasa.

Maulana Salahuddin is the father of three daughters and a son. Though he was born in the Narayanganj district, currently lives in Jhigatala, Dhaka.

Maulana Salahuddin became the acting principal of Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka in late 1999. He resigned in 2001 as the head Maulana of the same madrasa. Besides, he has served as Khatib of Gausul Azam in Mohakhali Mosque.

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