Mufti Abdur Rahman

Abdur Rahman (; 1920–2015), also known as Faqihul Millat, was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school.

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. Abdur Rahman completed his primary and higher secondary education from Al Jamiatul Arabia Nasirul Islam and 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).

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. He is also the chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board Federation. 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. Abdur Rahman participated in different seminars and traveled to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, India and Pakistan. The chairman of Bashundhara Group, Ahmed Akbar Sobhan expressed condolences.