Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari

Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari (14 August 1914 – 3 June 1974) was an islamic scholar and philosopher. He was the founder of the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies and Founder President of the World Federation of Islamic Missions.[1][2]

Early life and education

Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari was born in Saharanpur, India, on 14 August 1914. At the age of six and a half years, he memorised the Quran at the Madrassah Islamiah of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

In 1933, Ansari enrolled for his BA degree at the Aligarh Muslim University, and majored in Philosophy, English and Arabic. Concurrently with his studies at this institution, he did the Dars-e-Nizami course under the tutorship of professor Syed Sulaiman Ashraf, Chairperson of the Department of Theology. Here he studies Islamic studies including the Quran, Hadith, Kalam (theology), and Tasawwuf (Islamic Spirituality). By 1937, Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi had sent him on his first missionary errand to Singapore and Malaysia. Here he edited the English Islamic journal Genuine Islam and became the first director of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society.[3]

References

  1. ↑ His Eminence Dr Hafiz Muhammad Fazlur Rehman Ansari Al Qadri (ra). World Federation of Islamic Missions
  2. ↑ Dr. Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari (R.A). caribbeanmuslims.com
  3. ↑ Dr Maulana Fazlur Rahman Ansari, His Life, Works and Thoughts. archive.org

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