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Fazlur Rahman Ansari

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Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari (14 August 1914 – 3 June 1974) was a Pakistani 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]

Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari
Personal
Born(1914-08-14)14 August 1914
Saharanpur, British India
Died6 June 1974(1974-06-06) (aged 59)
Karachi, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Alma materAligarh Muslim University
RelationsMuhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (father-in-law)
Shah Ahmad Noorani (brother-in-law)
Organization
Founder ofAleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies
Senior posting
Students

Early life and education

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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.

Later life and death

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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]

Books and booklets

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His books and booklets include:[7]

  • The Qurʼanic Foundations and Structure of Muslim Society in 2 volumes
  • Islam and Christianity in the Modern World; Being an Exposition of the Qurʼanic view of Christianity in the Light of Modern Research
  • Islam to the Modern Mind : Lectures in South Africa, 1970 & 1972
  • Foundations of Faith : a Commonsense Exposition
  • Through Science and Philosophy to Religion : Being a Rreatise on the Necessity of Divine Revelation
  • Islam versus Marxism; Being an Assay written for the Muslim - Christian convention held in Lebanon in 1954

References

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  1. ^ Dr. Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari (R.A) Archived 7 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine. caribbeanmuslims.com
  2. ^ Dr Hafiz Muhammad Fazlur Rehman Ansari Al Qadri (ra) Archived 13 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine. World Federation of Islamic Missions
  3. ^ Dr Maulana Fazlur Rahman Ansari, His Life, Works and Thoughts. archive.org
  4. ^ Islamic Order, vol. 1, p. 110
  5. ^ Maurits S. Hassankhan; Goolam Vahed; Lomarsh Roopnarine (10 November 2016). Indentured Muslims in the Diaspora: Identity and Belonging of Minority Groups in Plural Societies. Taylor & Francis. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-1-351-98686-1.
  6. ^ Syed Ali Ashraf in Muslim Education Quarterly, vol. 2, p. 82
  7. ^ Profile Archived 14 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine on WorldCat
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