Sufi Mufti Azangachi Saheb ( bn, আজানগাছী সাহেব, ar, ; 1828 – 19 December 1932) was a
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
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Sufi saint
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
who founded the
Haqqani Anjuman
Haqqani Anjuman (Hindi: हक़्क़ानी अंजुमन; Bengali:হাক্কানী আঞ্জুমান ; Urdu:حقانی انجمن ; Tamil : ஹக்கானி அஞ்சுமான் ; Telugu : హక్కా ...
, a non-governmental Sufi organisation. Haqqani Anjuman established by "Hazrat Maulana" Sufi Mufti Azangachi is a non profit sufi organization. Sufi Azangachi established this darbar by claiming the Muslims of this world who are mislead by current ulema and mufits about the true Islam. Haqqani Anjuman of Sufi Azangachi upholds the true spirit of Islam by preaching the exact "teachings of Allah" which Muhammad preached.
Biography
He was born in 1828 to a
Bengali Muslim
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family in the village of Azangachhi,
Howrah District
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.
[ His father, Raqibuddin Ahmad Faruqi, was a local ]mufti
A Mufti (; ar, مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion ('' fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatwas'' played an important rol ...
. The Saheb died on 19 December 1932 in the Bagmari area of Calcutta
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, Bengal Province.
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1828 births
1932 deaths
Indian Sufis
People from West Bengal
Haqqani Anjuman
20th-century Bengalis
19th-century Bengalis
People from Howrah district
Hanafis