Obaidullah Hamzah

Obaidullah Hamzah
ওবায়দুল্লাহ হামযাহ
Hamzah in 2022
6th Chancellor of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya
Assumed office
7 July 2022
Preceded byAbdul Halim Bukhari
Secretary-General of Bangladesh Tahfizul Quran Organisation
Assumed office
13 August 2019
Preceded byRahmatullah Kawthar Nizami
Personal details
Born1972 (age 5253)
Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Alma materAl Jamia Al Islamia Patiya
Signature
Parent
  • Amir Hamzah (father)
Main interest(s)
Notable work(s)
  • Charity in Islam : Benefits and Excellences
  • Human Dignity and Dead Body Management in Islam
Religious life
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Senior posting
Disciple ofZulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi
Influenced by

Obaidullah Hamzah (Bengali: ওবায়দুল্লাহ হামযাহ; born 1972) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, educator and economist. He is the sixth Director-General of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya and the head of its Arabic department. He is also the secretary-general of Anjuman-e-Ittihadul Madaris Bangladesh and Bangladesh Tahfizul Quran Organisation, chairman of the sharia supervisory committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd and Social Islami Bank Limited, the chief editor of the Bengali monthly At-Tawhid and the chief editor of Arabic magazine Balagh ash-Sharq.