Abdus Salam Chatgami

Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943 – 8 September 2021) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, educator, writer, and researcher. He served as the Grand Mufti in both Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Early life and education Abdus Salam Chatgami was born in 1943, to a Bengali Muslim scholarly family in the village of Naldia in Anwara, Chittagong, Bengal Presidency. His genealogy is as follows: Shaykh Abdus Salam, son of Shaykh Khalilur Rahman, son of Shaykh Abdul Khaliq, son of Shaykh Raushan Ali. In 1967, he completed Dawra-e Hadith degree from Jamia Islamia Jiri. Among his teachers in Bengal were Abdul Wadud Sandwipi, Mufti Nurul Haq Chatgami, Grand Mufti Ahmadul Haq, Harun Babunagari, Muhammad Yunus, Ali Ahmad Boalvi, Nurul Islam al-Jadid, Ahmad Husayn of Burumchhara, Muhammad Ismail of Naldia, Mawlana Abdus Subhan, Mawlana Muhammad Ali, Mawlana Ahmad Hasan, Mawlana Abdul Ghani, Mawlana Farrukh Ahmad, Qari Ahmadullah, Shaykh Abdul Jabbar, Kabir Ahmad Rauzani and Shaykh Salih Ahmad Chatgami. Among his other teachers in Karachi were Allama Syed Hamid Miyan, Allama Idris Mirathi, Allama Fazl Muhammad Swati, Shaykh Badiuzzaman, Shaykh Muhammad Ishaq Sandelvi and Shaykh Syed Masabihullah Hazarvi. Chatgami received ijazat in Hadith from Rasul Khan Hazarvi, Zakariyya Kandhlawi, Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Shamsul Haq Afghani, Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi and Abdul Haq Haqqani.