Eminent Islamic scholar and speaker Mizanur Rahman Azhari

Mizanur Rahman Azhari is a Bangladeshi moderate speaker, scholar and preacher of Islam.He is the most popular Islamic scholar and preacher in Bangladesh. He is a highly educated person.He has contributed to Islam and Comparative Religion studies. He is also part of a few humanitarian, social, moral, educational and economic welfare activities. He also promotes moderate Islam. He gained popularity, especially from the young generation, by speaking about contemporary social issues in his speech.

Early Life

Azhari was born on 26 January 1990 in Demra, Dhaka, Bangladesh. His father is a Madrasah teacher and his mother is a housewife. He has a brother. His father’s original home district was Cumilla.

Quick Information

Full Name:	Mizanur Rahman Azhari
Nick Name:	Azhari
Birth Date:	26 January 1990
Age Now (as 2020)	29 Years
Birth Place:	Dhaka, Demra
Hometown:	Muradnagar, Kumilla
Profession:	Islamic Scholar
Years active:	2016-present
Nationality:	Bangladeshi

Height:	5’6”
Weight:	75 Kg
Facebook official page link:	Official Facebook page
Wife	Mrs Mizanur Rahman

Education

Dr Mizanur Rahman passed Dakhil Examination in 2004 with the GPA 5 and also Alim Examination in 2006 with the GPA 5 both in the institution of Darunnajat Siddiqia Kamil Madrasah and gained top place results in Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board.

In 2007, He took 1st place among thousands of students in the Egyptian Government Scholarship Examination which was organized by Islamic Foundation, then he went to Egypt for the undergraduate with the subject Department of Tafsir and Quranic Science at Al-Azhar University in Egypt. He successfully completed his graduation with 80% marks. He also completed post-graduation, MPhil, IELT and Ph.D. at the International Islamic University of Malaysia.

Career

Dr Mizanur Rahman started his career with Islamic singer and Qirat artist in 2010. Then he joined ATN Bangla Islamic show Islam o Deen where refereed and introduced by Tariq Munawar. In early 2015, he started his Waz Mahfil career.

On 25 January 2020, he announced to postpone all the Wazz Mahfil and other scheduling programs till March this year due to research in Malaysia. He wrote his facebook official page,

“This year’s Tafsir program is being put on hold for some reason around the world. So, until March, the rest of my programs were postponed. I am going back to Malaysia again for research work. If Allah Almighty gives the opportunity, will see you again and talk to In Sha Allah.”

There was no specific answer to the question as to why the sudden move to Malaysia and he did not mention what those reasons were

Television

Mr Azhari started his television career with ATN Bangla Islamic show Islam o Deen. Then he also contributed as a co-host of Boishakhi TV Islamic show Shantir Pothe. Azhari also contributed other Bangladeshi private television channel for the various Islamic show.

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Additional notes
2010	*Islam o Deen*	Co-Host	ATN Bangla	Islamic Talk Show
2011	*Apnar Jiggasa*	Co-Host	NTV	Islamic Talk Show Religious Problems and Solutions
2011	*Prosno Korun*	Guest Appearance	RTV	Religious Question and Solutions based Islamic live talk show
2012	*Islam O Sundor Jibon*	Co-Host	Boishakhi TV	Islamic show
2013	*Shantir Pothe*	Co-Host	Boishakhi TV	Sawyal Jawab

Awards and achievement

Scholarship of Distinction (Top Merit List in the Country), Bangladesh (Dakhil/S.S.C) – 2004
Scholarship in Higher Secondary Level, Bangladesh (Alim/H.S.C) – 2006.
Obtaining the First Position in the Examination of Al-Azhar Scholarship in Islamic Foundation Bangladesh under The Ministry of Religion. 2007.
Full Graduation Scholarship, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. – 2008
Grant from Sweden-Bangladesh Trust Fund, (Economic Relation Division, Ministry of Finance). – 2009

Personal Life

Azhari’s birth name was Mizanur Rahman but due to the studies at Al-Azhar University in Egypt the title of Azhari is associated with his last part of the name. He is proficient in Bengali, English and Arabic language very naturally.

Azhari was married on 29th January 2014. The couple have two daughter.

Social Media

Dr Azhari is the first Bangladeshi Islamic scholar who gained popularity on social media such as Facebook, Instagram and also from YouTube channel, where his Facebook official page reached 4 million followers and his Islamic Waz content also reached over 300 million total views on YouTube from separate channel, though he has no own YouTube channel.