শাহসুফি সৈয়দ বদনা মিয়া শাহ্ (রহঃ) এর রওজা শরীফ

Beside a bend in one of the many tidal canals that thread the port city of Chittagong in south eastern Bangladesh, the Rawza Sharif of Shahsufi Sayyid Badana Miya Shah, may God have mercy upon him, honours a Bengali saint whose legacy of gentle piety continues to draw visitors from across the region. Chittagong, known in Bengali as Chattogram, has been a meeting place of faiths and cultures for more than a thousand years, its harbour welcoming traders from Arabia, Persia, China, and the wider Indian Ocean since the medieval period. The noble Arab scholar Sheikh Jalaluddin Tabrizi, arriving in the thirteenth century, is remembered as among the earliest teachers of Islam in the region, and his example inspired generations of Bengali saints.

The title Shahsufi expresses great love and reverence among Bengali Muslims for a learned and ascetic teacher whose prayers and instruction shaped many hearts during his lifetime. Sayyid Badana Miya Shah bore the noble lineage of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, through one of the noble Sayyid families that settled along the shores of the Bay of Bengal. His rawza, or shrine, carries forward the tradition of honouring the awliya of God as guides whose memory continues to draw believers towards repentance, humility, and the patient practice of the five daily prayers with a sincere heart.

Architecturally, the shrine follows the familiar Bengali Islamic pattern. A modest tomb chamber crowned with a small dome, a green painted enclosure covered with marigold garlands, a courtyard scented with burning frankincense and rose water, and a simple prayer hall adjoining the tomb welcome pilgrims for the five daily prayers. Qur'an recitation and remembrance gatherings on Thursday evenings draw devotees who sit cross legged on woven mats listening to the soft cadences of Bengali na'at poetry praising the Prophet.

This page provides accurate prayer timings for Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha at the shrine, together with its Chittagong address and practical notes for pilgrims arriving from Dhaka along the new expressway, from the hill tracts of Bandarban and Rangamati, or from the busy port terminals at Patenga. During the annual urs, the anniversary of the saint's passing, hundreds gather for sweet sinni rice, to offer supplications, and to remember the teaching of the Qur'an and Sunnah. Any traveller passing through the great Bengali port is warmly invited to enter respectfully, to recite al Fatiha beside the tomb, and to carry home the gentle spiritual fragrance that has risen from this beloved corner of the blessed Bengal delta for generation after peaceful generation.