Career
He served as Registrar of Co-Operative Society. On completion of his postgraduate studies, he joined Allahabad University as Lecturer on the persecution of the Vice Chancellor Amarnath Jha of Allahabad University. Later he became Chairman of Allahabad University Delegacy and Head of the Urdu Department. A competition occurred between Rafique Hussain and Firdaus Fatima Naseer for the Professorship in Urdu.Bibliography
* ''Urdu Ghazal aur unski Nash-vo-Numa'', 1942 * ''Mir Hasan ki ḥayat aur Siḥrulbayān ka tanqidi jaizah'', 1960 * ''Dabistan'', 1964, * ''Guizār-E-aqīdat'', 1966 * ''Afsanvi uṣul aur fasanah-yi ajaib'', 1975 * ''Mas navi Siḥr al-bayan: yaʻnī, Qiṣṣah-yi Be Naẓīr va Badr-i Munīr'', 1978 * ''Azmat-e-Marasi'' * ''Pahli Tankid Pahla Naqad'' * ''Mawazna Anis wa Dabir'' * ''Masnawi Gulzar Naseem'' by Pt Daya Shankar "Naseem" with an introduction and notes by Rafiq HusainSee also
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Husain, Rafiq Urdu-language writers from India Poets from Uttar Pradesh Academic staff of the University of Allahabad University of Allahabad alumni Writers from Allahabad Indian Shia Muslims 1990 deaths 1913 births 20th-century Indian poets