Muhammad Naimuddin ( bn, মোহাম্মদ নইমুদ্দীন; 1832 - 1907/1916) was a

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Islamic scholar, writer and journalist. He was the chief editor of the Akhbare Islamia.

Early life and education

Naimuddin was born in 1832, to a

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family in the village of Shuruj in

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. He completed his initial education at the Dulai Madrasa in Sujanagar,

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and also completed

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. He later travelled through

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and other places to gain further religious knowledge. He was awarded the title of 'Alem-ud-Dahar' for his specialisation in Islamic knowledge.

Career

Naimuddin had numerous careers in his life. He was a school teacher as well as a qazi (marriage registrar) whilst in

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. He finally started concentrating on publishing magazines, writing books and spreading the message of Islam under the patronage of the Panni zamindars of Karatia. The family employed Naimuddin as the editor of the Akhbare Islamia journal. Aside from that, he began working on translating the entire

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into the

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Works

Naimuddin had written around 30 books relating to religion. The first volume of his translation of the

was published on 26 September 1891. From 1892 to 1908, he published the translation of 9 paras. In 1892, he also released a four-volume Bengali translation of the Fatwa-e-Alamgir with the assistance of

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and patronage of Hafez Mahmud Ali Khan Panni. He was made the chief editor of the Bengali monthly Akhbare Islamia in 1883, published from the Mahmudia Press. These works were sponsored by the Zamindar of Karatia Hafez Mahmud Ali Khan Panni. Some of his other notable books include: * Kalematul Kufr (1897) * Esabat-e-Akher Zohar (1897) * Adella-e-Hanifiyyah (1897) * Ensaf (1892) * Rafa-Yadayn (1896) * Ma'dan al-Uloom * Yusuf Surar Subistrirno

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* Seratul Mustaqim (New Edition) * Dhormer Lathi * Dhokabhavjan (1896) * Bukhari Sharif (1898) * Moulud Sharif (1895) * Beter * Tarabih * Jubda al-Masail (1873) * Fatwa-e-Alamgiri * Saheeh Shah Alomer Kiccha * Saheeh Alomgirer Kiccha * Saheeh Noorjahan Begomer Kiccha * Saheeh Alauddiner Kiccha * Saheeh

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er Kiccha * Gokando * Gomasta Darpan (1886) * Go-Jiban (1889), in response to

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's call for discontinuing sacrificing cows

Death

There is difference of opinion as to what year Naimuddin died.

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of ''

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'' claims it was on 23 November 1907 in his home village, while others say 1916.

References

{{Islam in South Asia Bengali writers 1832 births Translators of the Quran into Bengali 1908 deaths People from Tangail District Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam 19th-century Muslim scholars of Islam 19th-century Bengalis