Qazi Mu'tasim Billah

Muḥaddith al-ʿAẓīm
Qazi Mu'tasim Billah
কাজী মুতাসিম বিল্লাহ
Personal life
Born
Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Bahar

15 June 1933
Died15 July 2013(2013-07-15) (aged 80)
Resting placeShahjahanpur Graveyard, Dhaka
Parent
  • Qazi Sakhawat Husayn (father)
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
TariqaChishti (Sabiri-Imdadi)
Naqshbandi
Qadri
Suhrawardy
MovementDeobandi
Muslim leader
TeacherHussain Ahmad Madani
Ibrahim Balyawi
Izaz Ali Amrohi
Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi
Disciple ofHussain Ahmad Madani
Tajammul Ali
Students
Influenced by
Principal of Jamia Shar'iyya Malibagh
In office
1969–2013
Succeeded byAshraf Ali
Principal of Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Madania
In office
1969–1977
Succeeded byTajammul Ali
Personal details
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam

Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Bahar (Bengali: কাজী মুতাসিম বিল্লাহ বাহার; 15 June 1933 – 15 July 2013) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher, author and politician. He was the principal of Jamia Shar'iyya Malibagh for over four decades, a former professor at the University of Dhaka and the founding principal of Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Madania in Jatrabari, Dhaka. He has written many books and articles in the Bengali language and pioneered the introduction of a Bengali-medium among the Qawmi madrasas of Bangladesh.