Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari


Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari 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.

Early life

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.

Education

In 1933, Ansari enrolled for his BA degree at the Aligarh Muslim University, and majored in Philosophy, English and Arabic. He eventually earned a PhD in Philosophy.

Later life and death

Having migrated to Pakistan in 1947, on the advice of his father-in-law, the scholar Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi, he worked with him specially in Guyana to defend Sunni Barelvi practices and traditions such as Mawlid and Ziarah.
he passed away in Karachi in 1974, at the age of 60, during his last days being a teacher of Islamic studies at the Karachi University.

Books and booklets

His books and booklets include: