Hathazari , Chittagong, Chittagong
Category: Madrasha, -Qawmi Madrasa,
Location: Hathazari , Chittagong, Chittagong
Address: Hathazari, Chittagong District, Bangladesh
Students: 8000
Teachers: 100
Campuses: 1
Established: 1901-01-01
Al-Jāmiʿah al-Ahliyyah Dār al-ʿUlūm Muʿīn al-Islām (Arabic: الجامعة الأهلية دار العلوم معين الإسلام),
popularly known as the Hāṭhazārī Madrasa (Bengali: হাটহাজারী মাদ্রাসা) or the Great
Madrassah (Bengali: বড় মাদ্রাসা,
romanized: Boṛo Madraśa), is a Qawmi institution of Hathazari, located in
Bangladesh's Chittagong District. Established in 1901, it is the largest and
oldest Deobandi seminary in the country. According to a 2009 National Bureau of
Asian Research report, the highly reputed institution ranks among top ten
madrasa in the subcontinent.
The Darul Ulum has divided
its education system into six major levels:
·
Primary level – Urdu; Persian; Arabic;
Nahu-Sarf; Siraat-un-Nabi; Fiqh etc. are taught along with the mathematics;
history; Bengali; English and geography.
·
Secondary level – higher Arabic grammar; Arabic
literature; Fiqh; logic.
·
Higher secondary level – higher Fiqh and
Usul-e-Fiqh; higher logic; higher Arabic literature; higher economics; higher
philosophy; higher Islam history.
·
Graduate level – Hadith; Tafsir; Arabic and
Persian poetry; solar science.
·
Post graduate level – six major Hadith Books:
Bukhari Sharif, Muslim Sharif, Abu Dawd Sharif, Tirmidi Sharif, Nasaee Sharif
and Ibn Majah are mainly taught.
·
Beyond post graduate level – further study in
the field of Islamic law; Arabic language and literature; higher Hadith study,
Bengali literature and Islamic studies.