Muhammad Salih Bengali
Shaykh Muhammad Salih Bengali (Bengali: মুহম্মদ সালেহ বাঙ্গালী, Persian: محمد صالح بنگالی) was an 18th-century Islamic scholar and teacher from Bengal.[1] He is mentioned in the works of Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi and Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti, where he is described as one of the leading scholars in the fields of Islamic jurisprudence, its principles, hikmah, kalam and logic.[2]
Muhammad Salih Bengali | |
|---|---|
মুহম্মদ সালেহ বাঙ্গালী | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 17th-century |
| Died | 18th-century |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Hanafi |
| Other names | Saleh Bangali |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Shihab ad-Din Gupamawi Mir Zahid Harawi |
| Period in office | 18th-century |
Biography
Muhammad Salih originated from Bengal, hence the suffix Bengali is found attached to his name in historical literary works. He studied the Islamic sciences under Shihab ad-Din, the Qadi of Gopamau, in Hindustan.[3] After that, he joined the halaqa of Mir Zahid Harawi (d. 1689) who was one of the teachers of Shah Abdur Rahim that was serving as a Qadi at the Mughal imperial court. He benefitted a lot from this teacher.[4] Thereafter, Salih became a teacher of Islamic studies himself. Among his many students was Qutb ad-Din, the son of his former teacher Shihab ad-Din, who also became a Qadi. Qutb ad-Din traced (isnad) the works of Zahid Harawi from Muhammad Salih, and was the teacher of Majduddin.[1]
References
- Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi (1947). Nuzhat al-khawatir (in Arabic). Vol. 6. Maṭbaʻat Dāʹirat al-Maʻārif al-ʻUthmānīyah. p. 824.
- al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman (2018). "الشيخ الفاضل محمد صالح البنغالي" [The honourable Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Bangālī]. كتاب البدور المضية في تراجم الحنفية (in Arabic). Cairo, Egypt: Dar al-Salih.
- Khan, Abdussalam (1996). بر صغير كے علماءے معقولات و انكى تصنيفات (in Urdu). Patna, Bihar: Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library.
- Bhatti, Muhammad Ishaq (1981). "شیخ محمد صالح بنگالی". Fuqaha-e-Hind. Rekhta (in Urdu). Vol. 5.2. Mohammad Ashraf Daar. p. 190.