Abdul Haq Azmi (1928 – 30 December 2016) was an

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Muslim scholar who was a senior professor of

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 ...

at the

Darul Uloom Deoband The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary (darul uloom) in India at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. It is located in Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The seminary was established by Muhammad Qasim ...

. He was an alumnus of

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and Darul Uloom Deoband. His students included Mahmood Madani,

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and

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Biography

Abdul Haq Azmi was born in 1928 in Jagdishpur,

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. He attended local schools and then Madrasa Bayt al-Ulum in

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. He later studied at

up to 7th grade of Arabic and then entered the

in 1948 and graduated after studying with scholars

Hussain Ahmad Madani Hussain Ahmad Madani (6 October 1879 – 5 December 1957) was an Indian Islamic scholar, serving as the principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was among the first recipients of the civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1954.

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and Ibrahim Balyawi. He studied rational sciences with his stepfather Muslim Jaunpuri, who was a disciple of

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. Azmi taught at the Mata'ul Uloom, Banaras for over sixteen years. As a mufti at

for thirteen years, he issued nearly 13,000 rulings. He was later appointed as hadith teacher at the

in 1982 where he taught ''

Mishkat al-Masabih ''Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ'' ( ar, مشكاة المصابيح, lit=The Niche of Lanterns) by Walī ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Khaṭīb at-Tibrīzī (d.1248) is an expanded and revised version of al-Baghawī's '' ...

'' and the second volume ''

Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...

''. He taught ''Sahih al-Bukhari'' in the

for 34 years. His students included

, Mahmood Madani,

and Salman Mansoorpuri. Azmi died on 30 December 2016 (30 Rabi' al-awwal 1438 AH) and was buried in the Qasmi cemetery of the

. His funeral prayer was led by

Arshad Madani Arshad Madani (born in 1941) is an Indian Muslim scholar and the current Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He succeeded Asad Madni as the eighth president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.Sarai Mir Sarai Mir is a town and a nagar panchayat in Azamgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics As per the 2011 Indian Census, Sarai Mir had a total population of 19,055, of which 9,760 were males and 9,295 were females. Popula ...

Personal life

Azmi was married to the maternal cousin sister of Muhammad Ayyub Waqif, the father of Indian journalist

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* {{refend Sunni Muslim scholars Deobandis 1928 births 2016 deaths Indian Islamic religious leaders People from Azamgarh district Darul Uloom Deoband alumni Darul Uloom Deoband faculty Burials at Mazar-e-Qasmi