Background
He was born in Imam Nagar, Fatikchhari, Chittagong, in 1925. Abdur Rahman was born in 1920 at Imamnagar village of Fatikchhari, Chittagong District, British India to Chan Miah.
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He was born in Imam Nagar, Fatikchhari, Chittagong, in 1925. Abdur Rahman was born in 1920 at Imamnagar village of Fatikchhari, Chittagong District, British India to Chan Miah.
There Abdur Rahman successfully completed Dawra e Hadith and then engaged himself at the same institution in research in the field of Ifta (Islamic jurisprudence).
He was the founder director of Islamic Research Center Bangladesh, Dhaka. Then he went to Darul Uloom Deoband to acquire higher education. He is also the chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board Federation.
Besides these Mufti Abdur Rahman has been serving as the chairman of the North Bengal Madrasah Education Board consists of over a thousand institutions of Islamic education of 18 districts in the northern part of the country.
Islamic banking
He was elected Chairman of the Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh (CSBIB) in 2007. In the meantime, worked as chairman of the Shariah Council of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arafah Islami Bank and as vice chairman of the Shariah Board of Social Investment Bank.
He was also Shariah adviser of the Oriental Bank for a short period of time. He also serves as the Chairman of Shariah Board of Shahjalal Islami Bank.
Abdur Rahman participated in different seminars and traveled to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, India and Pakistan.
He died on 10 November 2015 in Bashundhara, Dhaka due to old age complications. The chairman of Bashundhara Group, Ahmed Akbar Sobhan expressed condolences at his death.
From 1983 to 1992 Mufti Abdur Rahman was a member of the 1st Shariah Council of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited. Since then, he played an important role in the Islamic banking sector as shariah supervisor in various banks of the country.
Married Rizwana Perween. Children: Ayesha, Yezdan Abdullah.