Bahr al-Uloom, Maulana
Nematullah Azami
President Islamic Fiqh Academy, India
In office
30 May 2011 –
Preceded byZafeeruddin Miftahi
Personal
Born (1936-12-24) 24 December 1936
Pura Maroof, then Azamgarh district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (now Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India)
ReligionIslam
NationalityIndian
SchoolIsha'atul Uloom Pura Maroof
Darul Uloom Deoband
Main interest(s)Hadith, Fiqh, Biographical evaluation
TeachersHusain Ahmad Madani
Izaz Ali Amrohi

Nematullah Azami (born 24 December 1936), also written as Nematullah Azmi, is an Indian Islamic scholar, muhaddith, a commentator on the Quran (mufassir), and a faqīh (Islamic jurist). He is the president of India's Islamic Fiqh Academy. He has also been serving as a senior lecturer at Darul Uloom Deoband for forty years.

Early life and education

Nematullah Azami was born on 24 December 1936, in Pura Maroof (Kurthi Jafarpur), Azamgarh District, United Provinces of British India (now Mau District, Uttar Pradesh).[1]

Azami received his primary education at Madrasa Isha'atul Uloom Pura Maroof, where he studied Arabic language and pursued courses up to Sullam al-Uloom, under the supervision of his elder brother, Amanatullah Azami.[2]

After that, he enrolled in Darul Uloom Deoband and graduated from the Hadith course in 1953 (1372 AH). He continued there for another year or two after graduation, spending time on various subjects.[3][4][2] At the Deoband seminary, his teachers included Hussain Ahmad Madani, Izaz Ali Amrohi and Ibrahim Balyawi.[5][2] His classmates included Anzar Shah Kashmiri and Qazi Mujahidul Islam Qasmi.[2][6]

Career

After graduation, Azami was a teacher for two years at Darul Uloom Hussainia, Tawli, Muzaffarnagar district, then taught Sahih al-Tirmidhi and Sahih al-Bukhari for a few years in Damaipur, Malda, West Bengal. After that, he did teaching services in various madrasas like Jāmi'at-ur-Rashād Azamgarh, Misbah-ul-Uloom Kopaganj, Miftah-ul-Uloom Mau, and Mazhar-ul-Uloom Banaras. On the invitation of Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami, he served for a few years in Miftah-ul-Uloom, Mau, as Sheikh al-Hadith.[3][2] He also provided teaching services in some madrasas in Assam and Gujarat.[4]

In 1982 (1402 AH), on the invitation of Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi, he came to Darul Uloom Deoband where he was appointed as a senior teacher.[2][7] He has taught books like Mebzi, Tafsir al-Baydawi, Musāmarah, Muwatta Imam Malik, Sunan Abu Dawood, and Sahih Muslim at Darul Uloom Deoband, and currently the teaching of the first volume of Jami al-Tirmidhi is related to him.[5][2][1]

After Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri, his name was suggested for the post of Sheikh al-Hadith and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, which he declined.[2] He is known by the title "Bahrul Uloom" (transl. The Ocean of Knowledge) due to his meticulous and extensive study of Hadith, biographical evaluation (ʿIlm al-rijāl), Christianity, and Judaism.[2]

In the meeting of the governing body of Darul Uloom Deoband held on Safar 1421 AH, on the advice of Asad Madani, the proposal to establish a "Department of Specialization in Hadith" in Darul Uloom Deoband was approved, and Azami was appointed as its patron.[8][9]

Azami was chosen president of the Islamic Fiqh Academy on May 30, 2011, after the demise of Zafiruddin Miftahi.[4][10][11][12]

Literary works

Under the supervision of Azami, from the Department of Specialization in Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband, on the various terms of Jami al-Tirmidhi, some research books have been published in several volumes under the names of Al-Hadith al-Hasan Fī Jami al-Tirmidhi, Hasan an-gharīb fī Jami al-Tirmidhi, and "Hadith an-gharīb fī Jami al-Tirmidhi.[1]

He has done the work of commenting on the book Al-Ilzāmāt by Al-Daraqutni.[3] His works include:[4][2][6]

  • Ni'm al-Bayān fī Tarjama al-Quran
  • Dars-e-Bukhari (compilation of the lectures of Hussain Ahmad Madani on Sahih al-Bukhari)
  • Ni'mat al-Mun'im (Vol. 1)
  • Ni'mat al-Mun'im (Vol. 2)
  • Taqrīb Sharḥ Maʿāni al-Āthār (5 volumes)
  • Al-Fawāid al-Muhimma Fī dirāsat al-mutūn wa mukhtalaf al-hadīth
  • Madāris ar-Ruwāt wa Mashāhīr-u-Asātizatihā ma'a Talāmidhatihim wa Tabaqātihim
  • 'īsāiyat; Injīl Ki Roshni Mein
  • Dirāsat u tatbīq al-amthilati Li anwā' al-hadīth al-mukhtalafah
  • Dirāsat al-hadith as-sahīh wal hasani wa aqsāmiha wa fikratu ibn as-Salahi wa dirāsat u miqyāsi ma'rifat i rijāl al-hasani li zātihi (in Arabic)
  • Al-ahādīth al-Mukhtārah Lil hifzi li qism at-takhassus fil hadīth (in Arabic)
  • Tashīlul Usool (in Arabic; coauthored with Riyāsat Ali Zafar Bijnori)
  • Hazrat Imām Abu Hanīfa par Irja’ Ki Tuhmat
  • Fuqaha‘ as-Sahāba
  • Hadīth e Jassāsa
  • Allah Par Imān Kiya Hai?

References

  1. 1 2 3 Khalili Qasmi, Muhammadullah. "Maulana Nematullah Azmi", "Current Lecturers of Darul Uloom Deoband". Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jāme' o Mukhtasar Tareekh [A comprehensive and brief history of Darul Uloom Deoband] (in Urdu) (October 2020 ed.). Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. pp. 685, 767.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Nasiri, Fuzail Ahmad (8 May 2021). "پچھلے علماء کی یادگار، اگل علماء کا معیار سراج المحدثین حضرت مولانا نعمت اللہ اعظمی صاحب مدظلہ" [The memory of the previous scholars, the standard of the next scholars Siraj ul-Muhaddithīn Maulana Nematullah Azmi]. Baseerat Online (in Urdu). Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Maroofi, Muhammad Usman (1976). "Sheikh al-Hadith Maulana Nematullah". Mashahīr-e-Pura Maroof (in Urdu). Pura Maroof, Baloh, Kurthi Jafarpur, Mau district: Maktaba Usmania. pp. 81–82.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Qasmi, Rafiuddin Hanif (26 February 2018). "Hazrat Maulana Nematullah Azmi". mazmeen.com (in Urdu). Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 Azmi, Abul Hasan (2004). "Maulana Nematullah Azmi". Hazrat Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi: Ek Dil Aawez Shakhsiyat (in Urdu). Deoband: Maktaba Sautul Qura. p. 41.
  6. 1 2 Qasmi, Farooque Azam (2022). "Bahrul Uloom". Aasma'n Kaise Kaise (in Urdu) (1st ed.). New Delhi: Markazi Publications. pp. 34–42.
  7. ↑ Zaman, Muhammad Qasim (2012). Modern Islamic Thought in a Radical Age. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 98. ISBN 9781139577182.
  8. ↑ Mubarakpuri, Muhammad Aarif Jamil (2021). Mausoo'a Ulama-u- Deoband [The Encyclopedia of Deobandi Scholars] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. p. 488.
  9. ↑ Maroofi, Muhammad Abdullah (2004). "Foreword by Marghubur Rahman Bijnori". Al-Hadith Al-Hasan Fī Jami al-Tirmidhi (in Urdu). Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. pp. 5–6.
  10. ↑ "Maulana Nematullah Azmi elected as president of Islamic Fiqh Academy". Two Circles. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Maulana Mohammad Naimatullah Azmi Elected As The President Of Islamic Fiqh Academy-India". The Indian Awaaz. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Maulana Nematullah Azmi Elected President of Islamic Fiqh Academy". Deoband Online. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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