Shah Abdur Rahim

Abdur Rahim
شاه عبد الرحیم
Personal
Born1644
Died1719 (aged 74–75)
Resting placeMehdiyan, Delhi Gate
ReligionIslam
ChildrenShah Waliullah
Parent
  • Wajīhuddīn bin Muʿaẓẓam bin Manṣūr (father)
DenominationSunni
SchoolHanafi
Known forMadrasa Rahimiyya
Fatawa 'Alamgiri
RelativesShah Abdul Aziz (grandson)
Muslim leader
TeacherMir Zahid Harawi
Period in office17th-century

Shah Abdur Rahim (Persian: شاه عبد الرحیم; 1644-1719) was an Islamic scholar[1] and a writer who assisted in the compilation of Fatawa-e-Alamgiri, the voluminous code of Islamic law. He was the father of the Muslim philosopher Shah Waliullah Dehlawi. He became a disciple of Khwaja Khurd son of Khawaja Baqi Billah a revered Sufi of Delhi. He established Madrasa Rahimiyya in Delhi, a theological college which later played a part in the religious emancipation of Muslim India and became the breeding ground of religious reformers and mujahideen like Shah Waliullah and Shah Abdul Aziz.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Maulana Shah Abdur Rahim - Biography".
  2. ^ Sadia Dehlvi (26 December 2012). THE SUFI COURTYARD: DARGAHS OF DELHI. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 234–. ISBN 978-93-5029-473-4.
  3. ^ The Pakistan Review. Ferozsons. 1966.