Habibur Rahman Azami
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{{Short description|Hadith scholar (1901–1992)}}
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| alma_mater = Darul Uloom Mau, Darul Uloom Deoband
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| birth_date = 1900
| birth_place = Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| title = "The Greatest Scholar of The Islamic World"
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| Teachers = Darul Uloom Mau, Darul Uloom Deoband, Miftah Al Uloom Mau, Mirqat al Uloom Mau
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| students = Sheikh Muhammad Awwamah , Zafeeruddin Miftahi, Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda, Sa'id al-Afghani, Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi, Habibur Rahman Azami, Abul Qasim Nomani{{Cite journal |last=Nomani |first=Abul Qasim|author-link=Abul Qasim Nomani|date=September 2021 |editor1-last=Bijnori |editor1-first=Salman |title=Habīb-e-Mā, Rafīq-e-Mā|trans-title =My beloved, My friend|url=https://darululoom-deoband.com/urduarticles/archives/3571 |url-status=live |journal=Monthly Darul Uloom |language=ur |location=Deoband|publisher=Darul Uloom Deoband |volume=105 |issue=8 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917074420/https://darululoom-deoband.com/urduarticles/archives/3571 |archive-date=17 September 2024 |access-date=17 September 2024}}
| Influenced by = Shabbir usmani,Asghar hussain deobandi
| works = Nusrat al-hadith, Insab wa kifa'at ki sharai haisiyat,Tahqeeq e Ahle Hadith, Rakat e Traweeh, Ta'deel Rajjal e Bukhari, Beema aur uski Shara i Ahmiyat, Husn e Adab aur uski Ahmiyat, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Ka Nazariya Hujjiyat e Hadees,{{Cite web|url=https://quranwahadith.com/product/sir-syed-ahmed-khan-ka-nazariya-hujjiyat-e-hadees/|title=Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Ka Nazariya Hujjiyat e Hadees, سر سید احمد خان کا نظریہ}} Maqalat e Abul Maasir.{{Cite web|url=https://quranwahadith.com/product/maqalat-e-abul-maasir/|title = Maqalat e Abul Maasir, Maulana Habib ur Rahman Azmi, مقالات ابوالمآثر}}
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Habibur Rahman Azami was an Indian Islamic scholar and a researcher of Hadith. His works include the restoration of Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq.
Early life
A'zami was born in Maunath Bhanjan ,Muhammad Asad, Islamic Culture, vol 69. p 60. Mau district (Uttar Pradesh), India. He completed his formal education in Mau in 1922 Darul Uloom Mau and began teaching. He is known for his scholarly work on Hadith and Fiqh.{{Cite journal |last=Irfanullah |first=Dr |last2=Mehmood |first2=Sajid |date=2014-06-30 |title=Maulana Habib ur Rahman A l- Aazmi: Life and works (Biography) |url=http://www.burjis.com/index.php/burjis/article/view/44 |journal=Bannu University Research Journal in Islamic Studies |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1 |issn=2790-6493}}
Services
A'zami's works are divided in three categories comprising Editing of Hadith manuscripts, his own original works, and those related to Polemic. He helped to bring the Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani back to attention within the Muslim world.Paul Cobb, The Lineaments of Islam: Studies in Honor of Fred McGraw Donner, p. 147. {{ISBN|9004218858}} His works include:
- Kitab al-Zuhd wa’l-Raqa’iq of ‘Abd-Allah ibn Mubarak (d.181 A.H.)
- Sunan of Sa’id ibn Mansur (d. 227 A.H.)
- Musnad of Imam Humaydi (d. 219 A.H.)
- Musannaf of ‘Abd al-Razzaq (d. 211 A.H.)
- Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah (d. 235 A.H.)
- al-Matalib al’Aliyah{{Cite book |last=Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī |first=Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39745401 |title=al-Maṭālib al-ʻāliyah bi-zawāʼid al-Masānīd al-thamāniyah |last2=إبن حجر العسقلاني، أحمد بن علي، |date=1998 |publisher=Dār al-ʻĀṣimah |others=ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Muḥsin Tuwayjirī, Saʻd ibn Nāṣir ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz. Shithrī, تويجري، عبد الله بن عبد المحسن., شثري، سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز. |isbn=9960-749-68-1 |edition=al-Ṭabʻah 1 |location=al-Riyāḍ |oclc=39745401}} of Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani (d.752 A.H.)
- Majma ‘Bihar-al-Anwar of Tahir Patni (d. 986 A.H.)
- al-Targhib wat-Tarhib by Mundhiri (d. 656 A.H.)
- Raka’at al-Tarawih, A’lam Marfu’ah and Shari’ Haqiqi.
- A’yan al-Hujjaj in two volumes, provides crisp and insightful accounts of scholar-pilgrims.
- Dastakar Ahl-i Sharaf (published in 1406 A.H.) deals with the biographies of men of eminence distinction who were weavers by profession.
Legacy
Although various research scholars have made Habib al-Rahman the title of their thesis, one thesis of M.Phil. standard has been written about him. Masood Ahmad Azmi wrote ‘‘Hayat abul Ma'asir Allama Habib al-Rahman al-Azmi (حیات ابو المآثر علامہ حبیب الرحمن الاعظمی)’’ in two volumes. It has been published by Madrassa Mirqatul Uloom, Mau. It is over and about 1500 pages and discusses various aspects of the life of Maulana Azmi. Abdel-Halim Mahmoud gave him the title of "The Greatest Scholar of The Islamic World" ("اکبر علماء العالم الاسلامی").{{Cite book|last1=Syed|first1=Jawad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Mx5DQAAQBAJ|title=Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan|last2=Pio|first2=Edwina|last3=Kamran|first3=Tahir|last4=Zaidi|first4=Abbas|date=2016-11-09|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-94966-3|language=en}}{{cite book |author1=Dr Muhammad Ghitreef Shahbaz Nadwi |title=Aalam-e-Islam Ke Chand Mashaheer (Sawaneh wa Afkar ka Mutala) |publisher=Rahbar Book Service, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi |pages=216–217|edition=March 2017 |language=Urdu}}
6-7 July 2019: Institute of Objective Studies' two-day national conference on the life and contributions of Allama Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami in the Speaker Hall, Constitution Club of India, New Delhi.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.iosworld.org/recentactivitydetails.aspx?raid=82 Habibur Rahman Azmi]
- [https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/387955 Moulana Habeebur Rahman Zahid Azmi Ki Ilmi O Adabi Khidmath]
- [https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/326145 Maulana Habibur Rahman Azmi ki Khidmaat Uloom e Islami ke Hawale se]
- [http://www.ustb.edu.pk/burjis/images/Articles_pdf/English_Article_1.pdf Habib al-Rahman al-'Azmi: Life and works (Biography)]
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