Rehman died on Sunday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.

He was 85. Many community members paid tribute to the departed leader here at the meeting presided over by Behjat Ayub Zinjani, Rehman's nephew. Rehman served as a minister thrice in Uttar Pradesh. He was son of veteran freedom fighter and federal Cabinet minister Hafiz Mohammed Ibrahim and son-in-law of Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi.