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Allama Sharif Muhammad Abdul Qadir (Rah.)- An Islamic Scholar in Bangladesh-

Allamah Sharif Muhammad Abdul Qadir (Rah.) (1921-2001) was born in Rahmatpur a sequestered village of Jhalakathi district. His father Maulana Abdul Ali was a school teacher. His ancestors came to this country in the eighteenth century from Baghdad to spread religion. In his childhood, Sharif Abdul Qadir was very gentle, polite and elegant in nature, in reality as his name signifies 'Sharif' i.e 'gentle'. At the age of nine, he lost his father, yet his unwavering interest for acquiring knowledge led him to success. After completing the first year of Kamil from Calcutta Alia Madrasah, he got gold medal having completed Kamil Examination from the Sarsina Alia Madrasah and later he got the honour of being first achieving first class in his M.A. Examination from Dhaka University. He started his career in teaching at Sarsina Alia Madrasah. Afterwards, he was appointed as the principal of that Madrasah and served there from 1976-89. In 1988, the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh appointed him as a member of the Board of Governors of the Islamic Foundation for three years, and he also served as the Chairman of the Foundation's big project 'Fataawa and Masail' and 'Diniyat'. He gave Khutbah(sermon) in the National Eidgah in 1991 and 1993 after being entrusted the responsibility of the Imamati. Allamah Sharif Abdul Qadir was the only representative of Bangladesh chapter of the International Fiqh Council, Jeddah, a branch of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). He participated in five sessions of OIC in different countries from 1988 to 1993 representing Bangladesh. He wrote a total of 24 Islamic texts, including 'Baro Chander Khutba', 'Women's Status in Islam', 'Model of Women's Life',  'Siratunnabi' to name only a few. He made poetic translation of some of the renowned poet's creations among them Sheikh Saadi's 'Kaarima' as entitled 'Kaarima-e-Saadi'. He also published a number of articles in various national and international research journals. He was the editor of a fortnightly entitled 'Tablig' He breathed his last in his home on July 18, 2001 at East Bashabo, Dhaka. Regarding his memory, there is a road named 'Sharif Abdul Qadir Road' in Dhaka at East Bashabo area.