Professor Golam Azam has become from a respected family. He was born in 7th November'1922 at his maternal gandfather's laxmibazar house in Dhaka. His father Maolana Golam Kabir and mother Sayeda Ashrafunnisa. The root of his family is in the Birgaon of Nabinagar thana under Brahmanbaria district. In 1908 his father bought a piece of land at Maghbazar and from then Golam Azam has been residing there.
His maternal grandfather late Shah Sayed Abdul Monaem and grand father Sheikh Shahabuddin were famous Aleem. Maolana Golam Kabir was an islamic and modern man. He was the theacher of a high school.
Golam Azam has 4 brothers and 4 (now 3) sisters. All the brothers are genious and brilliant.. Golam Azam is the eldest son of his father. His 2nd brother Dr. Golam Moazzom passed the M.B.B.S degree from Calcutta Medical College. He was a gold medalist in his batch in which national professor Nurul Islam was also his batchmate. He was the principal of Sylhet and Rangpur Medical college and professor of Acra Medical College in Ghana through Commonwealth invitation.He wrote several books. two of the books are Science in Quran and Quran and Medical Science . These books have been written in Bengali. The third brother is an electrical engineer and was chief engineer in a section in Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC). His 4th brother Dr. Mahdiuzzaman also is an Electrical Engineer. He was a professor in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Husbands of three sisters of Golam Azam are Advocate Moshihur Rahman, Late Maolana Alauddin Al-Azhari and Maolana Kazi Shariatullah (Secretary General of Bangladesh Kazi Association).
Professor Azam married Sayeda Afifa Khatun daughter of Maolana Mir Abdus Salam of Bogra in 28th december'1951. Professor Azam has 6 sons with no daughter. Ist son has completed his honors and masters in Economics from the university of Manchestor , London . 2nd, 3rd and 5th sons have been doing business respectively in London and Dhaka. 4th son is an officer in Bangladesh Army. And the youngest son is a journalist and passed from the Alighar University, calcutta.
