Muhammad Ishaq
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মুহম্মদ ইসহাক
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| Born | 1883 |
| Died | 19 November 1938(1938-11-19) (aged 54–55) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Education | Madrasah as-Sawlatiyah |
| Muslim leader | |
| Disciple of | Abdur Rab Jaunpuri |
Mawlana Muhammad Ishaq (Bengali: মুহম্মদ ইসহাক; 1883 – 18 November 1938) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, Sufi, author and philanthropist.
Ishaq was born in 1883 CE to a Bengali Muslim family in Feni, Noakhali District, Bengal Presidency.[1] He received his primary religious education from the local religious institution. Then he got admitted into an 'alim course in Comilla.[1] Later, he travelled to Makkah where he got admitted into the Madrasah as-Sawlatiyah.[1] He studied Islamic studies and Arabic for eleven years in that institution, under Shaykhu'd-Dal'ail Abdul Haqq Muhajir Makki who treated him like his adopted son.[1] Later, he was appointed as a teacher of that madrasa. He got khilafat from his teacher and returned to his own country.[1]
After returning to Bengal, Ishaq also involved in sufistic practices. It is said that he had karamat.[1] People began to approach him for spiritual guidance. He travelled to Comilla, Noakhali, Barisal, Hatiya and Sandwip.[1] In these places many people became his murids. Later, he renewed his bay'at at the hands of Abdur Rab Jaunpuri who was the grandson of Karamat Ali Jaunpuri.[1] After that he began to be influenced by Taiyunis.
In 1936, Ishaq established the Ishaqiya Orphanage in Daganbhuiyan, Feni.[2] He donated all of his immovable properties for this orphanage.[1] Ishaq also gave financial help to establish mosques, eidgahs and madrasas.
Ishaq wrote an Urdu book titled Ta'lim-e-Haqqani Wa Fuyud-e-Ishaqi.[1] In that book he described about Sufi problems, zikr and mediation. He kept himself away from active politics but supported the independence movement of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.[1]
Ishaq died on 18 November 1938.[1]
