Syed Mainuddin Ahmed Maizbhandari passed away early Wednesday at a Singapore Hospital from old age complications. He was 75.
Syed Mainuddin Ahmed spearheaded a campaign for spread of Islam, peace and interfaith harmony for the past several decades as the incumbent of Maizbhandari Darbar Sharif at Fatikchhari of Chittagong.
He is planned to be laid to eternal rest at the Darbar on Friday.
The Darbar sources said his first namaj-e-janaza will be held at 7:00am at Mirpur Shah Ali (Ra) Mazar at Mirpur circle 1 today.
They said he would be flown to his home town Chittagong and the body would be kept at his Chakbazar residence there from 12:00pm to 4:00pm today for viewing by followers and admirers.
His second namaj-e-janaza will be held at Jamiatul Falah Mosque in the port city after asr prayers then he would be taken to Maizbhandari Darbar Sharif at Fatikchhari.
He will be buried at the Darbar after the third namaj-e-janaza following the Jumaa prayers.
In a statement, prime minister Sheikh Hasina mourned the death and recalled his outstanding role in preaching Islam highlighting its non-communal spirit at home and abroad.
Born on February 10, 1938, Mainuddin Ahmed Miazbhandari at the Maizbhandari family originally was a banker by profession during the erstwhile Pakistan period but quit the profession as his father and spiritual predecessor entrusted him with the charge of leading the Maizbhandari spiritual campaign to promote Islam.
Source : New Age
