Sufi Azizur Rahman
British Indian Deobandi Islamic Scholar
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. While 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.
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