Fazlur Rahman Ansari

Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari
Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari
Personal
Born	14 August 1914; Saharanpur, British India
Died	6 June 1974 (aged 59); Karachi, Pakistan
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University
Relations	Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (father-in-law) ; Shah Ahmad Noorani (brother-in-law)
Organization
Founder of	Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies
Senior posting
	Students Imran N. Hosein;

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]

Early life and education

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

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

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