Ashraf Ali Dharnondoli

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Ashraf Ali Dharnondoli
আশরাফ আলী ধর্মণ্ডলী
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Born
Ashraf Ali

(1920-03-23)23 March 1920
Nasirnagar, Brahmanbaria
Died12 February 1997(1997-02-12) (aged 76)
Brahmanbaria
Alma mater Darul Uloom Deoband
Organization International Majlis-e Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e Nobuwat Bangladesh
Known for Politics
Political party
Other political
affiliations		 Islami Oikya Jote
FatherMunshi Wazid Ali
Main interest(s) Politics
Religious life
Denomination Sunni
School Hanafi
Movement Deobandi
Senior posting
Teacher
Disciple of Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi

Ashraf Ali Dharnondoli was a 20th-century Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician, recognized for his oratory skills and nearly five decades of leadership in the Nizam-e-Islam Party. He served as the party's founding assistant secretary-general in 1952 and was a member of the United Front's steering committee, overseeing electoral management during the 1954 East Bengal election. In 1969, he became provincial secretary-general of Markazi Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Nizam-i-Islam, a reorganized form of the original party. After the Bangladesh Liberation War, Dharnondoli played a key role in reviving the party in the newly independent country as the Bangladesh Nezame Islam Party, serving as secretary-general from 1984 to 1988 and as president from 1988 until his death. He was also a founding figure of Islami Oikya Jote and the International Majlis-e Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e Nobuwat Bangladesh, and served for ten years as chairman of Dharnondol Union.

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Early background

Ashraf Ali Dharnondoli was born on 23 March 1920 in the village of Dharnondol, in what is now Nasirnagar Upazila of Brahmanbaria District, to Munshi Wazid Ali. [1] He began his education at a family-established ibtedayi madrasa and later studied at Shayestaganj Alia Madrasa and Sylhet Gachbari Alia Madrasa. [2] In 1938, he passed the Jamate Ulā examination and travelled to Uttar Pradesh, India, for advanced Islamic studies. He enrolled at Darul Uloom Deoband, where he studied for several years under teachers such as Muhammad Shafi, Idris Kandhlawi, Hussain Ahmad Madani, Izaz Ali Amrohi, and Rasul Khan Hazarwi, ultimately completing the Dawra-e-Hadith in 1945. [3] [1] During his time there, he also pledged spiritual allegiance (bay'ah) to Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi. [4]

Career

After returning from India, Dharnondoli began his professional career as the head teacher at Lauri Senior Madrasa in Manirampur. [5] He later served as a teacher of hadith and head maulana at several institutions, including Darul Uloom Jessore, Lakshmipur Senior Madrasa, and Manohardi Lauvpur Senior Madrasa. [3] In 1951, at the invitation of Syed Moslehuddin, he joined Hoibatnagar Anwarul Ulum Madrasa as a hadith instructor and, under the influence of Moslehuddin and Athar Ali, became active in politics. [1] Following the formation of the Nizam-e-Islam Party in 1952, he was elected assistant secretary general and later served as a member of the United Front's nomination and election steering committee during the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election. [1] He subsequently worked as the party's organizing secretary in 1955 and 1958, [1] became provincial secretary general in 1965, [6] and, in 1969, was elected provincial secretary general of Markazi Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Nizam-i-Islam. [3] After the independence of Bangladesh, the party was reorganized in 1981 under the leadership of Siddique Ahmad, with Dharnondoli elected central general secretary in 1984 and later president in 1988, a position he held until his death. [7] He was also a founding member of Islami Oikya Jote and the International Majlis-e Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e Nobuwat Bangladesh, and served for a decade as chairman of Dharnondol Union. [8]

Dharnondoli was known for his oratory and engaging style of speech, as well as his work as a writer and translator. [9] He began Bengali translations of Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya and Sahih al-Bukhari, though it remains uncertain whether these were completed. [4] He also edited and published a two-volume compilation of Siddique Ahmad's speeches under the title Islami Jiban Bidhan. Dharnondoli died on 12 February 1997 in Brahmanbaria town and was buried in his family graveyard in his native village. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Haque, A.K.M. Ashraful (3 November 2017). "Maulana Ashraf Ali Dharnondoli : A versatile talent". Daily Inqilab . Archived from the original on 6 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Jahangir, Salahuddin (2017). Renowned Ulama of Bengal (in Bengali). Vol. 2. Dhaka: Maktabaatul Azhar. p. 165.
  3. 1 2 3 Hossain, A F M Khalid (2005). "Ashraf Ali Dharnondoli". Encyclopedia of Islam (in Bengali) (2nd ed.). Dhaka: Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. p. 366. ISBN   984-06-0955-6.
  4. 1 2 Rizwi, Syed Mehboob (1980). History of Darul Uloom Deoband . Vol. 2. Translated by Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi (1st ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam. p. 124.
  5. ↑ Hossain, Javed (2017). The life and work of the Ulama-Mashaykh of Brahmanbaria (in Bengali) (2nd ed.). Dhaka: Anwar Library. p. 269. ISBN   9789849103530. Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Uddin, Md. Nesar (2008). Khatib-e-Azam Maulana Siddique Ahmad (R.) and His Revolutionary Thought (MPhil thesis) (in Bengali). Bangladesh: University of Dhaka. p. 31.
  7. ↑ Muhammad Yahya, Abul Fatah (1998). Deoband Movement: History, Tradition and Contribution (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh: Al-Amin Research Academy Bangladesh. p. 248.
  8. ↑ Hossain, AFM Khalid (2022). Extinguished lamp (in Bengali). Chittagong: Akabir Studies and Publishing House. p. 222. ISBN   9789849591405.
  9. 1 2 Hossain 2005, p. 367.
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