Saifur Rahman Nizami

Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman Nizami
সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ ছাইফুর রহমান নিজামী
Nizami in 2025
Personal life
Born1916 (age 109–110)
Chittagong District, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationIslamic scholar
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
Muslim leader
AwardsEkushey Padak

Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman Nizami Shah is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and researcher of Hadith. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2020 by the government of Bangladesh.[1][2][3]

Birth and early life

Nizami was born in the village of North Ichakhali of Ichakhali union in Mirsharai Upazila of Chittagong District in 1916. His father was Syed Shah Golam Rahman Echmati.[4]

Career

Nizami was the first chief muhaddis (hadith scholar) at Jamia Ahmadiyya Sunnia Kamil Madrasa, Chittagong. He is the founder of Jameya Rahmania Fazil Madrasa in Mirsarai, Chittagong.

Contributions

Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, he delivered the first prayer broadcast on Chittagong Radio, a recording of which is preserved in the Chittagong Radio archives.[5] In 1973, he founded a charitable organization named Anjuman-e-Ikhwat-e-Ma‘rifat Trust. In 1975, he established the Shah Golam Rahman Orphanage in Mastan Nagar, Mirsarai, and in 1978, he founded Jamea Rahmania Fazil Madrasa. He currently serves as the chief adviser of the World Sunni Movement, Insaniyat Biplob Bangladesh and the World Insaniyat Revolution.[6]

References

  1. ^ "20 individuals, one organisation to receive Ekushey Padak 2020". The Daily Star. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  2. ^ "21 named for Ekushey Padak 2020". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  3. ^ "21 named for Ekushey Padak 2020". risingbd.com. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  4. ^ ইসলামী গবেষণায় একুশে পদক পাচ্ছেন মীরসরাইয়ের সন্তান হাফেজ ক্বারী আল্লামা সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ ছাইফুর রহমান নিজামী শাহ. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
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  6. ^ "ইসলামি গবেষণায় একুশে পদক পেতে যাচ্ছেন সৈয়দ সাইফুর রহমান নিজামী শাহ - মানব বার্তা". Manob Barta (in Bengali). 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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