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|name        = Muhammed Abdur Rahiman Sahib<br />മുഹമ്മദ് അബ്ദുറഹിമാൻ സാഹിബ്  <br />{{nq|محمد عبدرحمان صاحب}}

'''Muhammad Abdu Rahiman''' ([[Arabi Malayalam]]: {{nq|محمد عبدرحمان}}, {{lang-ml|മുഹമ്മദ് അബ്ദുറഹിമാൻ }}, also Muhammad Abdu Rahiman Sahib; 1898 – 23 April 1945) was an [[Indian freedom fighter]], Muslim leader,<ref>This movement was led by progressive leaders like Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi, Freedom fighters Mohammed Abdurahiman sahib, E Moidu Moulavi, K M  Seethi Sahib, K M Moulavi etc. and supported by political leaders like C H Muhammad Koya. People from all quarters should come forward to support this genuine Islamic entity of Kerala..."</ref>  scholar,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://falconpost.in/tag/mohammed-abdur-rahiman/|title=Mohammed Abdur Rahiman Archives - FalconPost - Malayalam News Portal|website=Falconpost.in|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> and politician from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mapping the life of a freedom fighter|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/22/stories/2010062250460200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411021112/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/22/stories/2010062250460200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|access-date=26 February 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 June 2010}}</ref><ref>Educational Empowerment of Kerala Muslims: A Socio-historical ... 2007..."</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/|title=Kozhikode - Latest News, Politics, Events, Entertainment|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> He served as president of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]](Malabar) in 1939.

Mohammed Abdur Rahman Sahib was editor and publisher of the [[Malayalam]] daily ''Al-Ameen''<ref name="JN246">{{cite book |last1=Natarajan |first1=J |title=History of Indian Journalism |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India |page=246 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofindianj00nata/page/246/mode/1up |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref> which was published from [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] during 1924–1939. The paper aimed to strengthen the freedom movement and nurture nationalism among the Muslims of Malabar. However conservatives in the community opposed to his progressive views conspired with the colonial authorities to repeatedly disrupt its publication. The paper was finally close down in 1939 by the British authorities. According to a local legend, an anonymous admirer of his offered him valuable jewellery to restart the paper after it closed but he refused it.<ref name="pressacademy" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Special editions and rubber plantations|url=http://www.himalmag.com/component/content/article/1807-Special-editions-and-rubber-plantations.html|website=Himalmag.com|access-date=26 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411022324/http://www.himalmag.com/component/content/article/1807-Special-editions-and-rubber-plantations.html|archive-date=11 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sahib was a member of Calicut Municipal Council from 1931 to 1934 and the [[Malabar District]] Board of [[Madras Presidency]] from 1932. He was elected to [[Madras Presidency]] from [[Malappuram]] constituency in 1937. He became President of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC) and a member of [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC) in 1939. Mohammed Abdur Rahiman always [[opposition to the partition of India|opposed]] the [[Two-Nation Theory]] of the [[All-India Muslim League]] and he was the leader of Nationalist Muslims in Kerala.<ref name="DI6460">{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Islam |publisher=E.J Brill |page=460 |url=https://archive.org/stream/EncyclopaediaDictionaryIslamMuslimWorldEtcGibbKramerScholars.13/06.EncycIslam.NewEdPrepNumLeadOrient.EdEdComCon.BosDonLewPel.etc.UndPatIUA.v6.Mah-Mid.Leid.EJBrill.1990.1991.#page/n481/mode/1up |access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="Naqvi2017">{{cite web |last1=Naqvi |first1=Raza |title=Meet the Muslim freedom fighters who strongly opposed the Partition of India |url=https://www.inuth.com/india/meet-the-muslim-freedom-fighters-who-strongly-opposed-the-partition-of-india/ |website=Inuth.com|access-date=22 August 2020 |language=English |date=14 August 2017}}</ref> His last days were spent convening meetings and creating awareness among Muslims [[opposition to the partition of India|against the division of India]]. For this, he suffered a lot from the Muslim League Party in Malabar.

Being an admirer of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] ("Netaji"), Muhammad Abdur Rahman sahib associated himself with the [[All India Forward Bloc]] formed by Bose. After the [[Second World War]] broke out and Abdur Rahiman Sahib was jailed from 1940 to 1945 by the British Raj. After the release from jail, he returned to Calicut and started active participation in Congress activities. He died on 23 November 1945 aged 47 at Pottashery village near [[Chennamangallur]] (in the present-day [[Kozhikode district]]) just after addressing a public meeting at [[Kodiyathur]]<ref name="pressacademy" /> The medical records state that he died of a massive [[heart attack]], but still some others believe that he was poisoned. The Kerala government took over Sahib's house at Eriad to protect it as a ''Nasrul Islam''.

In 1998, the [[India Post|Department of Posts and Telegraph]] issued a commemorative stamp in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|title=India 1998 Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib|url=http://www.ebay.in/itm/India-1998-Muhammed-Abdurahiman-Sahib-Phila-1622-FDC-/170913064463|website=Ebay.in|access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> The Mohammed Abdurahman Memorial Orphanage College<ref>{{Cite web|title=MAMOC|url=http://www.mamocollege.org/sahib.php|access-date=2021-05-22|website=Mamocollege.org}}</ref> and the Indianness Mohammed Abdurahman Sahib Academy, Kozhikode have been named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Mohammed Abdurahman Memorial Orphanage College|url=http://www.mamocollege.org/about_us.html|publisher=Mohammed Abdurahiman Memorial Orphanage College|access-date=26 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415130030/http://www.mamocollege.org/about_us.html|archive-date=15 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SHASHI THAROOR INAUGURATES ACADEMY|url=http://tharoor.in/press/shashi-tharoor-inaugurates-academy/|access-date=26 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305100859/http://tharoor.in/press/shashi-tharoor-inaugurates-academy/|archive-date=5 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Poet [[Edasseri Govindan Nair]] immortalised Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib in his famous poem Muhammed Abdurahiman which is acclaimed for both its poetic and lyrical qualities. The poem refers to historic events and the valiant role he played against the British and the stance he took against partition.

[[Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri]]'s poem ''Maranamillatha Manushyan'' that dwells on religious amity and the need to imbibe the spirit of the [[Koran]] was written in memory of Sahib.<ref>{{cite news|title=On the expanse of time|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/on-the-expanse-of-time/article4339760.ece|access-date=26 February 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 January 2013}}</ref>

In 2011, the Malayalam film ''[[Veeraputhran]]'', based on N.P. Mohammed's book ''Mohammed Abdurahiman Oru Novel'', was released. Directed by [[P. T. Kunju Muhammed]], it had the actor [[Narain (actor)|Narain]] playing Abdur Rahiman Sahib. The movie became controversial after writer [[Hameed Chennamangaloor]] alleged it of insinuating that Sahib was poisoned to death while medical reports and Sahib's official biography state that he died of a heart attack. The [[Indian Union Muslim League]] also expressed its reservations over its depiction in the film.<ref>{{cite news|title=Director rues row over Veeraputhran|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/director-rues-row-over-veeraputhran/article2561525.ece?css=print|access-date=26 February 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Veeraputhran distorts history|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/veeraputhran-distorts-history/article2566543.ece|access-date=26 February 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 October 2011}}</ref>