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{{Distinguish|Habibur Rahman Azami}}
{{Short description|Indian Hadith scholar (1941–2021)}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
|honorific_prefix = {{small|[[Mawlana]]}}
|name = Habibur Rahman Azami
|image = Habibur Rahman Azmi (Darul Uloom Deoband) 2021.jpg
|birth_date = 1941
|birth_place = Jagdishpur, [[Azamgarh district]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|05|12|1941}}
|death_place =Jagdishpur, Azamgarh district, [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
|alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Darul Uloom Mau]]|[[Darul Uloom Deoband]]}}
|nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
|religion= [[Islam]]
| denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi school|Hanafi]]
| movement = [[Deobandi movement|Deobandi]]
|occupation = Islamic Hadith scholar, writer
| main_interests =[[Hadith studies]], [[Hadith terminology]], [[biographical evaluation]], biography
|disciple_of = Mahmood Saharanpuri
|teachers = {{ubl|[[Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad]]|[[Ibrahim Balyawi]]|[[Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi]]|[[Sharif Hasan Deobandi]]|[[Habibur Rahman Azami|Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami]]}}
|students =
| office1 = Editor-in-chief of [[Monthly Darul Uloom]]
| term_start1 = 1985
| term_end1 = November 2016
| predecessor1 = Riyasat Ali Zafar Bijnori
| successor1 = [[Salman Bijnori]]
}}
'''Habibur Rahman Azami''' (1941–12 May 2021), also written as '''Habibur Rahman Qasmi Azmi''', was an Indian Islamic scholar, writer, and expert in the field of [[biographical evaluation]] of hadith narrators. He served as a professor of hadith at [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. He served as the 6th editor-in-chief of [[Monthly Darul Uloom]]. He authored several books, including ''Shuyukh al-Imam Abi Dawud al-Sijistani fī Kitab al-Sunan'' (The Teachers of [[Imam Abu Dawud]] in His [[Sunan Abi Dawud|Sunan]]), ''Tazkirah Ulama-e-Azamgarh'' (A Memoir of Islamic slars of Azamgarh), ''Ajodhya ke Islami Aathar'' (Islamic Heritage of [[Ayodhya]]), and ''Babri Masjid: Haqaiq aur Afsanay'' ([[Babri Mosque]]: Facts and Myths).

== Early life and education ==
Habibur Rahman Azami was born in 1361 AH (1941 CE) in Jagdishpur, Azamgarh district, British India.<ref name="Azami">{{Cite web |last=A'zmi |first=Abdul Aleem |date=30 June 2021 |title=مولانا حبیب الرحمن اعظمی: حیات وخدمات |trans-title=Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Azmi: Life and services |url=https://jahazimedia.com/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702095521/https://jahazimedia.com/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA/ |archive-date=2 July 2021 |accessdate=16 September 2024 |website=Jahazi Media}}</ref><ref name="Asānīd">{{cite book |last1=Muzaffarnagari|first1=Muhammad Taslim Aarifi|last2=Saharanpuri|first2=Abdullah Sher Khan|title=Asātizat-u-Dar al-Uloom Wa Asānīduhum Fi al-Hadith|trans-title=Asanīd of Hadith teachers of Darul Uloom|url=https://archive.org/details/20240305_20240305_1203 |publisher=Maktaba al-Haramain|location= [[Deoband]]|date=2023|edition=2nd|page=203|language=ur}}</ref>

He began his early education with ''Nazra'' (recitation) of the Qur'an and basic Persian books in his village and later in a nearby village, Baraipur. He then attended Madrasa Rauzatul Uloom in [[Phulpur, Azamgarh|Phulpur]], where he studied some introductory Arabic and Persian texts, including [[Gulistan (book)|Gulistan of Saadi]] with Abdul Ghani Phulpuri.<ref name="Azami"/>{{sfn|Muzaffarnagari|Saharanpuri|2023|p=203}}

Afterward, he went to Madrasa Bayt al-Uloom in [[Sarai Mir]], where he completed his middle grades in Arabic studies. He then pursued higher studies in Arabic until the seventh grade at [[Darul Uloom Mau]].<ref name="Azami"/> In 1962, he enrolled in [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] to complete his advanced Islamic studies, graduating in 1384 AH (1964 CE) after completing the ''Dawra-e-Hadith'' (final year of [[Dars-i Nizami]]).<ref name="Azami"/><ref name="Disciples">{{cite book |last1=Qasmi|first1=Muhammad Tayyib|title=Darul Uloom Diary: Disciples of Fakhr al-Muhadditheen|publisher=Idara Paigham-e-Mahmud|location=Deoband |page=39|year=2017|language=ur}}</ref>{{sfn|Muzaffarnagari|Saharanpuri|2023|p=203}}

His teachers of hadith at Darul Uloom Deoband included [[Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad]], [[Ibrahim Balyawi]], [[Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi]], Bashir Ahmed Khan Balundshahri, Fakhrul Hasan Muradabadi, [[Sharif Hasan Deobandi]], Islamul Haq Azmi, and Abdul Ahad Deobandi.<ref name="Azami"/>{{sfn|Muzaffarnagari|Saharanpuri|2023|pp=203–204, 206–207}}

He received permission ([[Ijazah]]) in [[Hadith]] from [[Habibur Rahman Azami|Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami]].<ref name="Salman">{{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}}</ref>

== Career ==
After graduating, he briefly joined the preaching department of Madrasa Rauzatul Uloom in Phulpur. He then began his teaching career at Madrasa Ashraf al-Madaris in [[Ghosi]], where he served as ''Sadr-ul-Mudarrisīn'' (Principal). Later, he moved to Madrasa Islamia in Reori Talab, [[Varanasi]], and subsequently taught for eight months at Madrasah Qurania in [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] and for a year at Madrasa Islamia in Mangrawan, Azamgarh. He eventually returned to Madrasa Islamia in Rewri Talab, Varanasi, where he taught until 1980.<ref name="Azami"/>

In 1980, upon the request of ''Mu’tamar-e-Fudala-e-Darul Uloom Deoband'' ({{translation|Conference of Alumni of Darul Uloom Deoband}}), particularly [[Asad Madani]], he moved to Deoband to oversee an international conference and edit its monthly journal, ''Al-Qasim''.<ref name="Aawāz"/><ref name="Khalili">{{Cite book |last=Qasmi |first=Muhammadullah |author-link=Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi|url=https://archive.org/details/darul-uloom-deob-ki-jamey-wa-mukhtasar-tareekh-edition-2|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh |publisher=Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy |edition=3rd|date= October 2020|page=686|location=India |language=ur|oclc=1345466013}}</ref><ref name="Mustafa">{{Cite journal |last=Qasmi |first=Khurheed Ālam Dawood |date=September 2021 |editor1-last=Banuri |editor1-first=Sulaiman Yusuf |title=Maulana Habibur Rahman Azmi Qasmi |url=https://www.banuri.edu.pk/bayyinat-detail/%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85-%D9%86-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%DB%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%81 |url-status=live |journal=[[Bayyināt]] |language=ur |location=Banuri Town, Karachi |publisher=[[Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia]] |volume=85 |issue=1 |page=59 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918163436/https://www.banuri.edu.pk/bayyinat-detail/%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85-%D9%86-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%DB%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%81 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |access-date=17 September 2024}}</ref><ref name=:"Mausoo'ah">{{cite book |last=Mubarakpuri|first=Arif Jameel|author-link=Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri|title=Mausoo'a Ulama-u- Deoband|trans-title=The Encyclopedia of Deobandi Scholars|date=2021|edition=1st|publisher=Shaikhul Hind Academy|location=Deoband|page=77|language=ar}}</ref> In 1402 AH (1982 CE), he was appointed a teacher at [[Darul Uloom Deoband]], and in 1985,{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=686}}<ref name="Nāyāb">{{cite book |last=Qasmi |first=Nayab Hasan |title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati Manzarnama|trans-title=Journalistic scenario of Darul Uloom Deoband|url=https://archive.org/details/DarulUloomDeobandKaSahafatiManzarNamah |pages=120–121|edition=first|year=2013 |language=ur}}</ref> he became the editor-in-chief of [[Monthly Darul Uloom]], a position he held until November 2016.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=686}}<ref name="Khursheed">{{Cite news |last=Qasmi |first=Khursheed Alam Dawood |date=28 July 2021 |title=Prolific Writer and Popular Teacher: Maulana Habibur Rahman Azmi Qasmi |work=Millat Times |url=https://millattimes.com/opinion-prolific-writer-and-popular-teacher-maulana-habibur-rahman-azmi-qasmi}}</ref>

In 1982–83, he was appointed as a member of the executive committee of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]], where he served until his death.<ref name="Almas">{{cite journal |date=September 2021 |editor1-last=Azmi |editor1-first=Sharfuddin |title=مولانا حبیب الرحمن اعظمی: حیات و خدمات |trans-title=Maulana Habibur Rahman Azmi: Life and Services |journal=Monthly Almas |language=ur |location=Shivaji Nagar, [[Govandi]] |publisher=Idara Fikr-o-Fan, Anwar Jama Masjid |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=44–45, 117, 139, 169}}</ref> In 1420 AH, he was appointed the supervisor and later the head of the Committee for Refutation of Christianity at Darul Uloom, a position he held until 1438 AH.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|pp=686–687}}

At Darul Uloom, he taught important texts like ''Sunan Abu Dawud'', ''Mishkat al-Masabih'', ''Nukhbat al-Fikr'', and ''Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah''.{{Sfn|Azmi|2021|pp=41, 85, 129–130, 143, 165}}{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=687}} After the demise of [[Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri]], he was also assigned parts of [[Sahih al-Bukhari]], but due to the [[COVID-19 lockdown in India|nationwide lockdown]] beginning on 24 March 2020, the madrasas were closed.<ref name="Azami"/>

He pledged allegiance to [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]]. After the demise of Kandhlawi, he was authorized by Mahmood Saharanpuri, an authorized disciple of Hussain Ahmad Madani.{{Sfn|Azmi|2021|p=166, 422, 426–431}}<ref name="Haleemi">{{Cite web |last=Haleemi |first=Tabrez Aalam |date=29 August 2021 |title=مولانا حبیب الرحمن اعظمی ؒ اور سلوک و تصوف |trans-title=Maulana Habibur Rahman Azmi and Sufism |url=https://qindeelonline.com/maulana-habiburrahman-azami-aur-sulook-o-tasawwuf/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925022324/https://qindeelonline.com/maulana-habiburrahman-azami-aur-sulook-o-tasawwuf/ |archive-date=25 September 2021 |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=Qindeel Online |language=ur}}</ref>

== Literary works ==
His works include:{{Sfn|Azmi|2021|pp=224–239}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Faridi |first=Mansuruddin |date=16 May 2021 |title=دارالعلوم دیوبند :مولانا حبیب الرحمن صاحب اعظمیؒ کا انتقال |trans-title=Darul Uloom Deoband: Demise of Maulana Habibur Rahman Sahib Azmi |url=https://www.urdu.awazthevoice.in/education-news/darul-uloom-deoband-death-of-maulana-habib-ur-rehman-sahib-azmi-2529.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516081906/https://www.urdu.awazthevoice.in/education-news/darul-uloom-deoband-death-of-maulana-habib-ur-rehman-sahib-azmi-2529.html |archive-date=16 May 2021 |access-date=12 August 2021 |website=Awaz – The Voice}}</ref>{{Sfn|Mubarakpuri|2021|pp=77–78}}
* ''Shuyukh al-Imam Abi Dawud al-Sijistani fi Kitab al-Sunan''
* ''Shajarat al-Tayyibah'' (Biography of Sheikh Tayyib Banarsi)
* ''Maqalat-e-Habib'' (a collection of his articles in three volumes)
* ''Tazkirah Ulama-e-Azamgarh'' (a memoir of Azamgarh's Islamic scholars)
* ''Sharh Urdu Muqaddimah Shaykh Abdul Haq'' (a commentary on the foreword later written by [[Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi]] for [[Mishkat al-Masabih]])
* ''Intiqā-u-Kitab al-Akhlaq''
* ''Hindustan mein Imarat-e-Shariah ka nizaam aur Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind ki jidd-o-jahd'' (the System of Imarat-e-Shariah in India and the Struggles of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind)
* ''Islam mein Tasawwur-e-Imārat'' (the Concept of Leadership in Islam)
* ''Mutahida Qaumiyat Ulama-e-Islam ki Nazar Mein'' (United Nationalism in the View of Islamic Scholars)
* ''Khumainiyat Asr-e-Haazir ka Azeem Fitna'' (Khomeinism: The Great Fitnah of Our Times)
* ''Firqah Asna Ashriyah Fuqaha-e-Islam ki Nazar Mein'' (The Twelver Shia Sect in the View of Islamic Jurists)
* ''Khalifa Mehdi Sahih Ahadith ki Roshni Mein'' (The Mahdi in the Light of Authentic Hadiths)
* ''Talaq-e-Thalath Sahih Makhaz ki Roshni Mein'' (Triple Talaq in the Light of Authentic Sources)
* ''Imam ke Peechay Muqtadi ki Qirat ka Hukm'' (The Ruling on Recitation Behind the Imam)
* ''Tahqeeq Masla Raf'ul Yadain'' Research on the Issue of ''Raf'ul Yadain'' (Raising the Hands During Salah)
* ''Masail-e-Namaz'' (Issues of Salah)
* ''Khawateen-e-Islam ki Behtareen Masjid'' (The Best Mosque for Muslim Women)
* ''Ilm-e-Hadith Mein Imam Abu Hanifa ka Maqam o Martaba'' (The Status of Imam Abu Hanifa in the Science of Hadith)
* ''Ayodhya ke Islami Asaar'' (Islamic Heritage of Ayodhya)
* ''Babri Masjid Haqaiq aur Afsanay'' (Babri Mosque: Facts and Myths)

== Death ==
He died on 30 Ramadan 1442 AH (12 May 2021 CE), a Thursday, at around 12:15 PM, following a brief illness. He was buried in his ancestral graveyard in Jagdishpur, Azamgarh.<ref name="Aawāz">{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Firoz |date=13 May 2021 |title=معروف عالم دین مولانا حبیب الرحمن اعظمی کا انتقال |trans-title=Renowned religious scholar Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Azmi passed away |url=https://www.urdu.awazthevoice.in/india-news/leading-religious-scholar-maulana-habib-ur-rehman-azmi-passed-away-2474.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812053517/https://www.urdu.awazthevoice.in/india-news/leading-religious-scholar-maulana-habib-ur-rehman-azmi-passed-away-2474.html |archive-date=12 August 2021 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Aawāz – The Voice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 May 2021 |title=दारुल उलूम के वरिष्ठ उस्ताद मौलाना हबीबुर्रहमान का इंतकाल |trans-title=Senior teacher of Darul Uloom Maulana Habibur Rahman passed away |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/story-darul-uloom-senior-ustad-maulana-habibur-rahman-39-s-death-4029964.html |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=[[Live Hindustan]] |language=hi}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[List of Deobandis]]

== References ==
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