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Allama Shafi laid to eternal rest (video)

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Published: 16:21, 19 September 2020   Update: 16:37, 19 September 2020
Allama Shafi laid to eternal rest (video)

Hefazat-e-Islam Amir Allama Ahmad Shafi was laid to eternal rest at Hathazari Madrasah graveyard in Chattogram on Saturday.

The religious scholar was buried around 3:00pm after his namaz-e-janaza held on the madrasah premises after Zuhr prayers. His elder son Maulana Mohammad Yusuf led the namaz-e-janaza.

Shah Ahmad Shafi worked as the rector of Al-Jamiatul Alia Darul Unum Moinul Islam Hathazari for about 34 years. He breathed his last at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday evening at the age of 103.

Earlier, an ambulance carrying the body of Allama Shafi entered Hathazari Madrasa ground around 9.00am. Huge people gathered there to see the body for the last time.

Seven magistrates were assigned to maintain overall law and order situation in four upazilas including Hathazari of Chattogram on the occasion of Namaz-e-Janaza of Hefazat-e-Islam Amir Allama Ahmad Shafi.

***Lakhs of people attend Allama Shafi’s Janaza

Chattogram/Rezaul/Nasim