Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali

Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali (Bengali: আব্দুল লতিফ চৌধুরী ফুলতলী; 25 May 1913 – 16 January 2008), reverentially known as Saheb Qiblah, was a late-twentieth century Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, mufassir, qāriʾ, poet and orator.

Fultali was the leading figure of the Islamic Arabic University movement and the demand for fazil and kamil qualifications to be recognized as bachelor's and master's degrees.

[1] He is the founder of several influential organisations and institutions in Bangladesh and the United Kingdom such as Anjumane Al Islah, Hazrat Shahjalal Darussunnah Yaqubia Kamil Madrasa and Madrasah-e-Darul Qirat Majidiah.

[3] His father was Allamah Mufti Muhammad Abdul Majid Chowdhury Fultali Naqshbandi Mujaddidi, a Hanafi Jurist and Principal of Gangajal Hasania Senior Madrasa.

[7] At the age of 18, Allamah Fultali received ijazah in qira'at and in the Qadiri, Chishti, Naqshbandi and Muhammadi Sufi orders from his spiritual master Mawlana Abu Yusuf Shah Muhammad Yaqub Badarpuri Bundasili, who was a disciple of Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri.

Allamah Fultali received an ijazah in qira'at from his spiritual master Mawlana Abu Yusuf Shah Muhammad Yaqub Badarpuri Bundasili and also from Ustadh-ul-Qurrah Al-Hafiz Shaykh Abd-al-Rauf Karampuri Shahbazpuri.

[6][10] Mawlana Abd-un-Noor (1880–1963) of Gorkapon in Badarpur was a prominent scholar and Sufi-Saint of that time, who requested Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali to visit the mosque conjoined to Adam Khaki's shrine.

A memorandum strictly calling for the prohibition of shirki practices was signed by the leading Islamic scholars from Sylhet including Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali, Hormuz Ullah Shayda, Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri, Ibrahim Chatuli and Nur Uddin Gohorpuri.

[16] Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali married Muhtarama Musammat Khadijah Khatun, daughter of his respected Shaykh and Mentor Abu Yusuf Shah Muhammad Yaqub Badarpuri Bundasili (Hatim Ali), in 1345 BS (1938 CE).