Habib al-Rahman al-'Azmi was born in Maunath Bhanjan,Muhammad Asad, Islamic Culture, vol 69. p 60.

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Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

), India. He completed the formal education from

Mau Mau may refer to: Places Kenya * Mau Escarpment * Mau Forest India * Mau, Bhind, a town in Madhya Pradesh * Mau, Mawal, Pune district, Marahrashtra * Mau, Punjab, a village in Punjab * Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India * Mau district, Uttar P ...

in 1922 and began teaching. He is known for his scholarly work on

Hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

and

Fiqh ''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...

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His works may be divided in three categories: # Editing of rare

manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced ...

s of Hadith # Original and independent works #

Polemic Polemic () is contentious rhetoric intended to support a specific position by forthright claims and to undermine the opposing position. The practice of such argumentation is called ''polemics'', which are seen in arguments on controversial topics ...

al works He helped to bring the Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani back to attention within the Muslim world. The works which fall into first category 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 ʻAbd al-Razzāq ( ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الرزاق) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Razzāq'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise ...

(d. 211 A.H.) * Musannaf of

Ibn Abi Shaybah Ibn Abī Shaybah or Imām Abū Bakr Ibn Abī Shaybah or Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Ibn Abī Shaybah Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUthmān al-ʿAbasī al-Kūfī ( Arabic: امام أبو بكر عبد الله بن محمد بن أبي شيبة إب ...

(d. 235 A.H.) * al-Matalib al’Aliyah of

Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī or ''Ibn Ḥajar'' ( ar, ابن حجر العسقلاني, full name: ''Shihābud-Dīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Nūrud-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī al-Kināni'') (18 February 1372 – 2 Febru ...

(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.) His polemical work in Urdu include: * Raka’at al-Tarawih, A’lam Marfu’ah and Shari’ Haqiqi. His

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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,

. It is over and about 1500 pages and discusses various aspects of the life of Maulana Azmi.

Abdel-Halim Mahmoud Abdel-Halim Mahmoud ( ar, الإمام الأكبر عبدالحليم محمود) (12 May 1910 – 17 October 1978; 2 Jumaada al-awal 1328 A.H. - 14 The al-Qi`dah 1398 A.H.) served as Grand Imam of al-Azhar from 1973 until his death in 1978. ...

gave him the title of "The Greatest Scholar of The Islamic World" ("اکبر علماء العالم الاسلامی").

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Habib al-Rahman al-'Azmi: Life and works (Biography)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Azmi, Habib-ur-Rahman Hanafis Maturidis Deobandis Hadith scholars Muslim scholars of Islamic jurisprudence Indian Sunni Muslims People from Mau 1901 births 1992 deaths People from Azamgarh district