DHAKA: One of the eminent Islamic scholars Faqihul Millat Mufti Abdur Rahman has been laid to rest at New Graveyard in Bashundhara on Wednesday.

He was buried at 11:45am.

His namaz-e-janaza was held at Bashundhara central mosque around 10:10am. The deceased’s eldest son Mufti Arshad Rahmani conducted the prayers.

Hundreds of people started thronging the central mosque since early morning and joined the janaza of the founder chairman of Bashundhara Islamic Research Centre.

Earlier on Tuesday night, he died at Bashundhara Islamic research center in city at the age of 91.

Mufti Abdur Rahman was born at Imam Nagar village in Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong in 1920.

His father’s name was Chan Mia. He completed primary, secondary and higher secondary educations in Nazirhat and Hathazari madrasas.

Later, he obtained higher degree from Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh in India.

He set up a unique and research-oriented organization — Islamic Research Centre, Bashundhara — in 1991. He also opened a department of Islamic economics and banking in the Islamic Research Centre in 2002.

Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan expressed deep condolence at the death of Islamic scholar Mufti Abdur Rahman.

He also prayed for salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy for the bereaved family members

** Mufti Abdur Rahman’s janaza held at Bashundhara

BDST: 1406 HRS, Nov 11, 2015
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