Sufi Mufti Azangachi Saheb (, ; 1828 – 19 December 1932) was a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

Sufi saint The term ''wali'' is most commonly used by Muslims to refer to a saint, or literally a "friend of God in Islam, God".John Renard, ''Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood'' (Berkeley: University of California Press ...

who founded the

Haqqani Anjuman Haqqani Anjuman (; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is an Islamic Sufi non-governmental organisation that serves the regions of Bangladesh and India. The organisation was established in 1876 by Maulana Sufi Mufti Azangachhi Shaheb, and has its head office in ...

, a non-governmental Sufi organisation. Haqqani Anjuman established by "Hazrat Maulana" Sufi Mufti Azangachi is a non profit sufi organization. Sufi Azangachi established this darbar by claiming the Muslims of this world are mislead by current ulema and muftis about the true Islam. Haqqani Anjuman of Sufi Azangachi upholds the true spirit of Islam by preaching the exact "teachings of Allah" which Prophet Muhammad preached.

Biography

He was born in 1828 to a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims (; ) 'Mussalman'' also used in this work./ref> are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising over 70% of the global Bengali population, they are the second-largest ...

family in the village of Azangachhi,

Howrah District Howrah district (, ) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. ...

. His father, Raqibuddin Ahmad Faruqi, was a local

mufti A mufti (; , ) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion ('' fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatāwa'' have played an important role thro ...

. The Saheb died on 19 December 1932 in the Bagmari area of

Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...

, Bengal Province.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Azangachhi Saheb 1828 births 1932 deaths Indian Sufis People from West Bengal Haqqani Anjuman 20th-century Bengalis 19th-century Bengalis People from Howrah district Hanafis