Abdur Rahman Chatgami ( bn, আব্দুর রহমান চাটগামী; 1920–2015), also known as Faqihul Millat, was a

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Islamic scholar of the

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school. He was born in Imam Nagar,

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Chittagong D ...

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, in 1920. He was the founder director of the Islamic Research Center Bangladesh, Dhaka.

Early life and education

Abdur Rahman was born in 1920, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Imamnagar in

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, British India. His father was known as Chan Miah. Abdur Rahman completed his higher secondary education from Darul Uloom Muinul Islam Hathazari. Then he went to

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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 (

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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. Besides these Mufti Abdur Rahman has been serving as the chairman of the

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Madrasah Education Board consists of over a thousand institutions of

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of 18 districts in the northern part of the country.

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. 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.

Death

He died of old age on 10 November 2015 in Bashundhara, Dhaka. The chairman of

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Ahmed Akbar Sobhan Ahmed Akbar Sobhan (Shah Alam) (born on 15 February 1952) is a Bangladeshi business magnate and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of Bashundhara Group. Bashundhara Group operates in various lines of activities including real esta ...

expressed condolences.

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