Abdur Rahman Chatgami

Mufti
Abdur Rahman
আব্দুর রহমান চাটগামী
Personal
Born
Abdur Rahman

1920
Imam Nagar, Fatikchhari, Chittagong District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died10 November 2015(2015-11-10) (aged 94–95)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
ReligionIslam
NationalityBangladeshi
RegionBangladesh
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Main interest(s)Islamic economics, Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence
Muslim leader
TeacherSultan Ahmad Nanupuri
Influenced by
  • Azizul Haq

Abdur Rahman Chatgami (Bengali: আব্দুর রহমান চাটগামী; 1920–2015), also known as Faqihul Millat, was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school.[1] He was born in Imam Nagar, Fatikchhari, Chittagong, in 1920. He was the founder director of the Islamic Research Center Bangladesh, Dhaka.[2][3]

Early life and education

Abdur Rahman was born in 1920, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Imamnagar in Fatikchhari, Chittagong District, British India. His father was known as Chan Miah.[4] Abdur Rahman completed his higher secondary education from Darul Uloom Muinul Islam Hathazari. Then he went to Darul Uloom Deoband for further studies. 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 served 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.[5] He is also the chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board Federation.[5] 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.[citation needed]

Islamic banking

From 1983 to 1992 Mufti Abdur Rahman was a member of the 1st Shariah Council of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. Since then, he played 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.[6][7] 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.[citation needed] He also serves as the Chairman of Shariah Board of Shahjalal Islami Bank.[8] Abdur Rahman participated in different seminars and traveled to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, India and Pakistan.[6]

Death

He died of old age on 10 November 2015 in Bashundhara, Dhaka.[2] The chairman of Bashundhara Group, Ahmed Akbar Sobhan expressed condolences.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Organization". Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Noted Islamic scholar Mufti Abdur Rahman passes away". BDChronicle. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Absolute Submission to the Almighty". fahadmahdi.webs.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Mufti Abdur Rahman's janaza in Bashundhara at 10am". Banglanews24.com. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Mufti Abdur Rahman Elected Chairman of CSBIB". 26 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Mufti Abdur Rahman elected Chairman of CSBIB". Probe News Magazine. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Bank Asia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Shariah Council". Shahjalal Islami Bank. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Mufti Abdur Rahman passes away". Daily Sun. Dhaka. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

External links

  • Qawmi Madrasa Education Board
  • Mufti Yousuf Sultan Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • Mufti Saeed Ahmad
  • Mufti Mizanur Rahman Sayed
  • Contribution of Faqihul Millat (RA) to the development of self-purification


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