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Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari (14 August 1914 – 3 June 1974) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher.
Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari | |
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Born | Saharanpur, British India | 14 August 1914
Died | 6 June 1974 59) Karachi, Pakistan | (aged
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Creed | Maturidi |
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
Relations | Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (father-in-law) Shah Ahmad Noorani (brother-in-law) |
Organization | |
Founder of | Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies |
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He was the founder of the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies and Founder President of the World Federation of Islamic Missions.[1]
Muhammad was born in Saharanpur, British 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.[2]
In 1933, Ansari enrolled for his BA degree at the Aligarh Muslim University, and majored in philosophy, English and Arabic.[3] He eventually earned a PhD in philosophy.[4]
He was later trained by Abdul Aleem Siddiqi, his future father-in-law, in the mid-1930s as the Resident-Missionary and Editor of Genuine Islam.
He migrated to Pakistan in 1947, on the advice of his father-in-law, the scholar Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi, he worked with him to defend Sunni-Barelvi practices and traditions such as Mawlid and Ziarah.[5]
He died in Karachi in 1974, few weeks before turning 60, during his last years being a teacher of Islamic Studies at the Karachi University.[6]
His books and booklets include:[7]
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