Azizur Rahman Bijnori
Indian mufti and writer (d. 2004)
Azizur Rahman Bijnori (1927 – 21 September 2004) was an Indian Islamic scholar, jurist, teacher, and author associated with the Deobandi movement.
He studied at Darul Uloom Deoband under Hussain Ahmed Madani, later taught in Bijnor, and established the madrasa Madīnat al-ʿUlūm.
He wrote extensively, with works including Anfās-i Qudsiyya, Tadhkira Shaykh al-Hind, Tadhkira Mashāʼikh Deoband, Tārīkh al-Aḥkām, and Tafsīr Taqrīr al-Qurʾān.
Early life and education
Azizur Rahman Bijnori was born in January 1927 in Nehtaur, Bijnor district. His father was ʿAbd al-Rahman and his grandfather was Ḥusain Bakhsh. His great-grandfather Ḥāfiẓullāh was killed during the 1857 uprising. Originally from Mandawar, the family later resided in Tarkola village where his grandfather was raised by a Sayyid household.
Bijnori began his schooling in Nehtaur and Bijnor, excelling in mathematics and other subjects.
After working in various forms of manual labour, he was appointed as a primary-school teacher in Mahmoodpur village.
In 1949 he resigned from government service to pursue advanced studies in Persian and Arabic under Hamid Hasan Gangohi (father of Mahmood Hasan Gangohi).
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