Ashraf Ali Dharnondoli

After returning from India, Dharmondoli began his professional career as the head teacher at Lauri Senior Madrasa in Manirampur.^[5] He later served as a teacher of hadith and head maulana at several institutions, including Darul Uloom Jessore, Lakshmipur Senior Madrasa, and Manohardi Lauvpur Senior Madrasa.^[3] In 1951, at the invitation of Syed Moslehuddin, he joined Hoibatnagar Anwarul Ulum Madrasa as a hadith instructor and, under the influence of Moslehuddin and Athar Ali, became active in politics.^[1] Following the formation of the Nizam-e-Islam Party in 1952, he was elected assistant secretary general and later served as a member of the United Front's nomination and election steering committee during the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election.^[1] He subsequently worked as the party's organizing secretary in 1955 and 1958,^[1] became provincial secretary general in 1965,^[6] and, in 1969, was elected provincial secretary general of Markazi Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Nizam-i-Islam.^[3] After the independence of Bangladesh, the party was reorganized in 1981 under the leadership of Siddique Ahmad, with Dharnondoli elected central general secretary in 1984 and later president in 1988, a position he held until his death.^[7] He was also a founding member of Islami Oikya Jote and the International Majlis-e Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e Nobuwat Bangladesh, and served for a decade as chairman of Dharnondol Union.^[8]

Dharmondoli was known for his oratory and engaging style of speech, as well as his work as a writer and translator.^[9] He began Bengali translations of Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya and Sahih al-Bukhari, though it remains uncertain whether these were completed.^[4] He also edited and published a two-volume compilation of Siddique Ahmad's speeches under the title Islami Jiban Bidhan. Dharnondoli died on 12 February 1997 in Brahmanbaria town and was buried in his family graveyard in his native village.^[9]

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