Abdur Rahman (Islamic scholar)

Mufti Abdur Rahman
Full name Mufti Abdur Rahman
Born 1925 AD
Imam Nagar,[1] Fatikchhari, Chittagong
Era Modern era
Region Islamic scholar
School Sunni Hanafi
Main interests Islamic economics, Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence
Notable ideas Islamic Research Center Bangladesh

Mufti Abdur Rahman, also known as Faqihul Millat, is an eminent Islamic Scholar of Bangladesh.[2][3]He was born in Imam Nagar, Fatikchhari, Chittagong, 1925 AD. At present, Mufti Abdur Rahman is the director of Islamic Research Center Bangladesh at Bashundhara and chairman of Center Darul Ifta, Bashundhara, Dhaka.[4] Maulana Abdur Rahman is one of the renowned disciples of Hazrat Maulana Shah Abrarul Hoque in Bangladesh.[5]

Deobandi Movement

Key figures

Qasim Nanotvi  Rashid Gangohi
Husain Madani  Mehmud Hasan
Shabbir Usmani  Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Anwar Kashmiri  Ilyas Kandhlawi
Ubaidullah Sindhi  Taqi Usmani

Notable Institutions

Darul Uloom Deoband, India
Mazahirul Uloom Saharanpur, India
Hathazari Madrassah, Bangladesh
Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama, India
Darul Uloom Karachi, Pakistan
Jamia Uloom ul Islamia, Pakistan
Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan, Iran
Darul Uloom London, England
Darul Uloom New York, United States
Darul Uloom Canada
Madrasah In'aamiyyah, South Africa

Movements

Tablighi Jamaat
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat
Sipah-e-Sahaba
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Taliban

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Education

Mufti Abdur Rahman has completed his higher secondary education from Darul Uloom Muinul Islam Hathazari. Then he goes to Darul Uloom Deoband to acquire higher education. There Abdur Rahman successfully completed Dawra e Hadith and then engaged himself at the same institution in research in the field of Ifta (Islamic jurisprudence).[1]

Career

After graduating from Darul Uloom Deoband Abdur Rahman serves as a teacher and principal in various Islamic seminaries, locally called madrasah including Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya of Chittagong and Jameel Madrasah of Bogra. He is the founder of Islamic Research Center Bangladesh and Jamiatul Abrarat Riverview, Dhaka.[6] He is also the chairman of Banglaesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board Federation.[6] Mufti Abdur Rahman was a member of the 1st Shariah Council of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. established in 1983. Since then, he has been playing an important role in the Islamic banking sector as shariah supervisor in various banks of the country. He was elected Chairman of the Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh (CSBIB) in 2007.[7][8] In the meantime, worked as chairman of the Shariah Council of Al-Arafah Islami Bank and as vice chairman of the Shariah Board of Social Investment Bank. He was also Shariah adviser of the Oriental Bank for a short period of time. He also serves as the Chairman of Shariah Board of Shahjalal Islami Bank.[9] Abdur Rahman participated in different seminars and traveled to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, India and Pakistan.[7] Besides these Mufti Abdur Rahman has been serving as the chairman of the North Bengal Madrasah Education Board consists of over a thousand institutions of Islamic education of 18 districts in the northern part of the country.

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