A prolific poet, his Urdu poem Tarana-e-Assam is part of the 12th class curriculum of the state education board of Assam.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Maulana Abul Hussain Mazumdar – popularly known as Sabiri Saab – the eminent Islamic scholar, writer as well as the first Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) member from the north-east India, has passed away.
Aged 72, Mazumdar passed away on March 19 at his residence in Hailakandi district of Assam, according to his son Tarique Aman Mazumder.
File photo of Maulana Abul Hussain Sabiri – popularly known as Sabiri Saab – (elderly man in in white, receiving the award), who died on March 19
Sabiri Saab had been suffering from various physical ailments for a long period of time. He leaves behind his wife, three sons, one daughter, one grand-daughter, and numerous admirers.
Apart from being the first member of JIH in NE India and a Majlis-e-Numaaindegan member, Sabiri Saab also served the Muslim ummah as a part of the JIH in different various organizational roles. These included chairman of the JIH South Assam Media Monitoring Cell. “Because of his tireless efforts, Jamaat took its first steps in the northeastern part of India. As a Jamaat member, he went to imprisonment for 18 months during the emergency of 1975,” Tarique Mazumder said.
Despite fighting almost his entire life against various diseases such as cancer, osteonecrosis, and vocal-cord damage, accompanied by financial crisis, Maulana Mazumdar never stopped his quest for knowledge and had enormous knowledge in various fields ranging from literature to religion. Because of his multi-faceted contribution to the ummah and the society, Sabiri Saab received a number of awards and felicitated by both Muslim world and the society as a whole.
While serving as a lecturer of English literature in his professional life, Sabiri Saab was also a qualified Aalim (Mumtazul Muhaddiseen) and an authority in Islamic philosophy and theology. His scholarly write-ups have been published in many reputed national and international magazines and journals — including Radiance Viewsweekly—in several languages, such as Bengali, English, Urdu and Assamese.
As a prolific poet, he has a number of article and poetry collections to his credit. His Urdu poem Tarana-e-Assam is part of the 12th class curriculum of the state education board of Assam. His English poetry collection ‘After So Many Deaths’ is one of the pioneering works in the English poetry movement of India. His death is considered a great loss for the society and being mourned throughout the North East India by almost every section of the society.