Teungku Chik Abdurrahim al-Hafidz appears in the traditional lineage of Dayah Tanoh Abee in Seulimeum, Aceh Besar, as head of the dayah after its founder Teungku Chik Nayan al-Fairusi and before Teungku Chik Muhammad Saleh al-Fairusi. The title al-Hafidz usually marks one who has memorised the Qur'an. Available sources give no dates, teachers or works for him, so his role can only be understood as a link in the al-Fairusi family's leadership of the dayah, which preserved Tanoh Abee's scholarly tradition and manuscript collection.