Sad News: Maulana Marghoobur Rahman, Mohtamim of Darul Uloom Deoband Dies
Deoband 08/12/2010
The new Hijri year 1432 came with a sad news.
Just we have come to know that Maulana Marghoobur Rahman, Mohtamim of Darul Uloom Deoband, died in his hometwon Bijnor UP. He was suufering from various diseases and was bedridden from past several months. He was 96 and one of the most senior Ulama of Deoband.
Maulana Marghoobur Rahman was born in 1914 in Bijnor. He came to Darul Uloom Deoband in 1929 and studied on Shaikhul Islam Maulana Hussain Madani and other great Ulama.
He was appointed as Member Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1962. Later, after Hakimul Islam Qari Muhammad Tayyib sb, in 1981 he was assigned the post of Mohtamim which he continued to hold till now.
His janaza is being brought from Bijnor to Deoband. The janaza salah (funeral prayer) will be held in Deoband after Isha at 9 pm.
Some Links about Mohtamim sb:
OBITUARY: Maulana Marghoobur Rahman (1914-2010) http://www.indianmuslimobserver.com/2010/12/obituary-maulana-marghoobur-rahman-1914.html
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Link from Darul Uloom Website:
Urdu News: http://darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/news/shownews.php?id=54
English News: http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/english/news/shownews.php?id=13
Tajweez-e-Ta'ziat: http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/news/shownews.php?id=55
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