Muhaddith
Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami
Personal
Born1900
Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died1992(1992-00-00) (aged 90–91)
Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
ReligionIslam
MovementDeobandi
Notable work(s)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,[1] Maqalat e Abul Maasir.[2]
Alma materDarul Uloom Mau, Darul Uloom Deoband
Pen nameAbul Ma'sir
ProfessionMuhaddith Faqih
Muslim leader
TeacherDarul Uloom Mau, Darul Uloom Deoband, Miftah Al Uloom Mau, Mirqat al Uloom Mau
Students
ProfessionMuhaddith Faqih

Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami was born in Maunath Bhanjan,[3] Mau district (Uttar Pradesh), India. He was elected as Member of legislative assembly (U.P) from Muhammadabad constituency. He completed the formal education from Mau in 1922 and began teaching.[3] He is known for his scholarly work on Hadith and Fiqh.[4]

Services

His works may be divided in three categories:

  1. Editing of rare manuscripts of Hadith
  2. Original and independent works
  3. Polemical works

He helped to bring the Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani back to attention within the Muslim world.[5]

The works which fall into first category include:

His polemical work in Urdu include:

  • Raka’at al-Tarawih, A’lam Marfu’ah and Shari’ Haqiqi.

His Urdu books include:

  • 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").[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Ka Nazariya Hujjiyat e Hadees, سر سید احمد خان کا نظریہ".
  2. ↑ "Maqalat e Abul Maasir, Maulana Habib ur Rahman Azmi, مقالات ابوالمآثر".
  3. 1 2 Muhammad Asad, Islamic Culture, vol 69. p 60.
  4. ↑ Irfanullah, Dr; Mehmood, Sajid (30 June 2014). "Maulana Habib ur Rahman A l- Aazmi: Life and works (Biography)". Bannu University Research Journal in Islamic Studies. 1 (1). ISSN 2790-6493.
  5. ↑ Paul Cobb, The Lineaments of Islam: Studies in Honor of Fred McGraw Donner, p. 147. ISBN 9004218858
  6. ↑ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī; إبن حجر العسقلاني، أحمد بن علي، (1998). al-Maṭālib al-ʻāliyah bi-zawāʼid al-Masānīd al-thamāniyah. 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. (al-Ṭabʻah 1 ed.). al-Riyāḍ: Dār al-ʻĀṣimah. ISBN 9960-749-68-1. OCLC 39745401.
  7. ↑ Syed, Jawad; Pio, Edwina; Kamran, Tahir; Zaidi, Abbas (9 November 2016). Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-94966-3.
  8. ↑ Dr Muhammad Ghitreef Shahbaz Nadwi. Aalam-e-Islam Ke Chand Mashaheer (Sawaneh wa Afkar ka Mutala) (in Urdu) (March 2017 ed.). Rahbar Book Service, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi. pp. 216–217.
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