Saifur Rahman Nizami
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.
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.
Career
Nizami was the first chief muhaddis 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. 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.