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{{Short description|Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (1920–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox religious biography |religion=[[Islam]]
|honorific_prefix = [[Mufti]]
|name = Abdur Rahman
|image = Abdur Rahman Chatgami.jpg
|caption =
|native_name = আব্দুর রহমান
|birth_name =
|birth_date = 1920
| birth_place = Imam Nagar, [[Fatikchhari Upazila|Fatikchhari]], [[Chittagong District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|11|10|1920}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|death_cause =
|resting_place =
|other_names =
|nationality = [[Bangladeshi]]
|era =
|region = [[Bangladesh]]
|occupation =
|denomination = [[Sunni]]
|jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
|creed =
|movement = [[Deobandi]]
|main_interests = [[Islamic economics]], [[Hadith]], [[Islamic jurisprudence]]
|notable_ideas =
|notable_works =
|alma_mater =
|teacher = [[Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri]]
|students = [[Abu Taher Nadwi]]
|disciple_of = [[Abrarul Haq Haqqi]]
|awards =
|influences = [[Azizul Haq (scholar, born 1903)|Azizul Haq]]
|influenced =
|module =
|website =
}}
'''Abdur Rahman''' ({{langx|bn|আব্দুর রহমান চাটগামী}}; 1920–2015), also known as '''Faqihul Millat''', was a [[Bangladeshi people|Bangladeshi]] [[Islamic scholar]] of the [[Deobandi]] school.<ref name=csb/> He was born in Imam Nagar, [[Fatikchhari Upazila|Fatikchhari]], [[Chittagong]], in 1920. He was the founder director of the [[Islamic Research Center Bangladesh]], [[Dhaka]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://fahadmahdi.webs.com/bengalipart.htm |title=Absolute Submission to the Almighty |website=fahadmahdi.webs.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722114235/http://fahadmahdi.webs.com/bengalipart.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2012 |access-date=22 April 2017}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Abdur Rahman was born in 1920, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in the village of Imamnagar in [[Fatikchhari Upazila|Fatikchhari]], [[Chittagong District]], British India. His father was known as Chan Miah.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mufti Abdur Rahman's janaza in Bashundhara at 10am |url=http://www.en.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/117251.html |access-date=12 November 2015 |work=Banglanews24.com |date=11 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114001847/http://www.en.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/117251.html |archive-date=14 November 2015}}</ref> Abdur Rahman completed his primary and higher secondary education from [[Al Jamiatul Arabia Nasirul Islam]] and [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam|Darul Uloom Muinul Islam Hathazari]]. Then he went to [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] for further studies. There Abdur Rahman successfully completed ''Dawra e Hadith'' and then engaged himself at the same institution in research in the field of Ifta ([[Islamic jurisprudence]]).<ref name=csb>{{cite web |url=http://www.csbib.org/organization.php |title=Organization |website=Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907005508/http://csbib.org/organization.php |archive-date=7 September 2011}}</ref>

==Career==
After graduating from Darul Uloom Deoband Abdur Rahman served as a teacher and principal in various Islamic seminaries, locally called madrasah including [[Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya]] of Chittagong and Jameel Madrasah of Bogra. He is the founder of [[Islamic Research Center Bangladesh]] and Jamiatul Abrarat Riverview, Dhaka.<ref name=bd>{{cite news |date=26 July 2008 |title=Mufti Abdur Rahman Elected Chairman of CSBIB |url=http://www.hawker.com.bd/news_details_print.php?news_id=25577 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325191906/http://www.hawker.com.bd/news_details_print.php?news_id=25577 |archive-date=25 March 2012}}</ref> He is also the chairman of Bangladesh [[Qawmi madrasa|Qawmi]] Madrasah Education Board Federation.<ref name=bd/> Besides these Mufti Abdur Rahman has been serving as the chairman of the [[North Bengal]] Madrasah Education Board consists of over a thousand institutions of [[Madrasah|Islamic education]] of 18 districts in the northern part of the country.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

=== Islamic banking ===
From 1983 to 1992 Mufti Abdur Rahman was a member of the 1st Shariah Council of [[Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd]]. Since then, he played an important role in the Islamic banking sector as shariah supervisor in various banks of the country. He was elected Chairman of the Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh (CSBIB) in 2007.<ref name="pnm">{{cite news |date=9 March 2011 |title=Mufti Abdur Rahman elected Chairman of CSBIB |url=http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=4150 |newspaper=Probe News Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324204157/http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=4150 |archive-date=24 March 2012 |url-status=usurped |access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bankasia-bd.com/report/BAAnnualReport2010.pdf |title=Annual Report 2010 |website=Bank Asia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525041435/http://www.bankasia-bd.com/report/BAAnnualReport2010.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> In the meantime, worked as chairman of the Shariah Council of Al Arafah Islami Bank and as vice chairman of the Shariah Board of Social Investment Bank. He was also Shariah adviser of the Oriental Bank for a short period of time.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} He also serves as the Chairman of Shariah Board of Shahjalal Islami Bank.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shahjalalbank.com.bd/Shariah.php |title=Shariah Council |website=Shahjalal Islami Bank |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119143907/http://www.shahjalalbank.com.bd/Shariah.php |archive-date=19 January 2012}}</ref> Abdur Rahman participated in different seminars and traveled to [[Saudi Arabia]], [[UAE]], [[Bahrain]], [[Qatar]], [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref name="pnm" />

==Death==
He died of old age on 10 November 2015 in [[Bashundhara Residential Area|Bashundhara]], [[Dhaka]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Noted Islamic scholar Mufti Abdur Rahman passes away |url=http://www.bdchronicle.com/detail/news/32/25208 |access-date=12 November 2015 |publisher=BDChronicle |date=11 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112173257/http://www.bdchronicle.com/detail/news/32/25208 |archive-date=12 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The chairman of [[Bashundhara Group]], [[Ahmed Akbar Sobhan]] expressed condolences.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mufti Abdur Rahman passes away |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/90106/Mufti-Abdur-Rahman-passes-away |newspaper=Daily Sun |location=Dhaka |date=11 November 2015 |access-date=12 November 2015 |archive-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202073234/http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/90106/Mufti-Abdur-Rahman-passes-away |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Deobandis]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hanafi scholars}}
{{Islam in South Asia}}
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[[Category:Deobandis]]
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[[Category:People from Fatikchhari Upazila]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi Islamic religious leaders]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Sunni Islamists]]
[[Category:Sunni imams]]
[[Category:Sunni Islamic movements]]
[[Category:20th-century imams]]
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[[Category:Darul Uloom Hathazari alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Bengali people]]
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[[Category:Disciples of Abrarul Haq Haqqi]]
[[Category:Al Jamiatul Arabia Nasirul Islam alumni]]

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