Sufi Azizur Rahman
Mawlana Sufi Azizur Rahman | |
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সুফি আজিজুর রহমান | |
![]() Sufi Azizur Rahman in Islamic calligraphy | |
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Born | 1862 Babunagar, Fatikchhari, Chittagong District |
Died | 1922 (aged 59–60) |
Religion | Islam |
Children | |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Movement | Deobandi |
Notable work(s) | Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam |
Alma mater | Mohsinia Madrasa |
Relatives | Muhibbullah Babunagari (grandson) Junaid Babunagari (great grandson) |
Muslim leader | |
Influenced by |
Ṣūfī ʿAzīzur Raḥmān (Bengali: সুফি আজিজুর রহমান; 1862—1922) was a Muslim theologian, teacher and reformer. After being influenced by Abdul Wahid Bengali in his student life, he became associated with the spread of the Deobandi movement into Bengal. In 1896, he co-founded Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam.
Early life and family[]
Azizur Rahman was born in 1862, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Babunagar in Fatikchhari, Chittagong District. The family traced their ancestry to Caliph Abu Bakr. In his childhood, he was noted for his cleanliness and humbleness and was nicknamed Sufi Saheb.
His education began in Babunagar and he later enrolled at the Mohsinia Madrasa in Chittagong. Whilst studying for Jamat-e-Ula, he was introduced to Abdul Wahid Bengali. He was inspired after hearing Bengali's recitation of the Quran, and began regularly reciting the Quran to him. Abdul Wahid subsequently took him to Abdus Samad Pandit for religious homeschooling. Ultimately, Azizur Rahman gained the highest mark in his Jamat-e-Ula exam.[1][2]
Career[]
In response to topping the Jamat-e-Ula exams, the Mohsinia Madrasa staff requested Azizur Rahman to remain in the madrasa as a teacher. However, he did not take up this role as he did not want a job dependent upon the British government.[3] Instead, he joined the anti-colonial Deobandi movement under his mentor Abdul Wahid Bengali. The two joined Habibullah Qurayshi and Abdul Hamid to establish Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari. Two to three years after its establishment, Azizur Rahman began teaching at the institution and remained in this role for ten to fifteen years.[4]
Azizur Rahman noticed the lack of religious education facilities in Fatikchhari. As a solution, he established in Nazirhat Bazar. A few years later, he entrusted the madrasa to Nur Ahmad and left for his ancestral village in Babunagar. His plan was to establish a madrasa in Babunagar.[citation needed]
Death and legacy[]
Azizur Rahman died in 1922, before he could establish the madrasa of Babunagar. He left behind four children including , who established Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar in his father's owned land. Harun's son is Muhibbullah Babunagari, the incumbent Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh. Azizur Rahman's granddaughter, Fatima Khatun, was the mother of Junaid Babunagari, former Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Ahmadullah, Hafez; Hasan, Ahmad (2016). মাশায়েখে চাটগাম — ১ম খণ্ড (in Bengali) (3 ed.). Ahmad Prakashan. pp. 137–139. ISBN 978-984-92106-4-1.
- ^ Aminul Islam, SM; Islam, Samar (2014). বাংলার শত আলেমের জীবনকথা (in Bengali). Baighar. pp. 56–57.
- ^ Ubaydul Haq, Muhammad (2017). বাংলাদেশের পীর আওলিয়াগণ (in Bengali). Madina Publications. p. 32.
- ^ Nizampuri, Ashraf Ali (2013). দ্যা হান্ড্রেড (বাংলা মায়ের একশ কৃতিসন্তান) (in Bengali) (১ম ed.). Salman Prakashani. pp. 36–37. ISBN 112009250-7.
- Scholars of Sunni Islam
- Muslim scholars of Islam
- 19th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
- Hanafi fiqh scholars
- 1922 deaths
- 1862 births
- Deobandis
- 19th-century Bengalis
- 20th-century Bengalis
- Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam
- Bangladeshi people of Arab descent
- People from Fatikchhari Upazila
- Founding members of Darul Ulum Hathazari