Rahman was born in Alagdi, Jagannathpur, Sunamganj, Sylhet District, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
[1] He attended Pandit Horidas Ganguly School[2][3] where he learned North Indian classical music.
Rahman composed music for all 12-tracks, which were arranged by Qutbuddin and the lyrics were written by Abdul Mukit, Nurul Ghani, Delwar Khan and Shamsheer Qureshi.
[2][3] His musical influences are Mohammed Rafi, Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali,[1] Nurul Ghani[2][3] and Talat Mahmood.
Rahman moved onto making spiritual and religious music and was selected by Ekushey Television to be the voice of the Adhan (call to prayer).