Nizāmuddīn Asīr Adrawi (also known as Asīr Adrawi; 1926 – 20 May 2021) was an Indian

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Muslim scholar, biographer, historian and author in the Urdu language. He established Madrassa Darus Salam in

Adari Adari is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mau district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Indara junction is the nearest railway station. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calcu ...

and served as Officer In Charge of

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind () is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari Fi ...

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from 1974 to 1978. Asīr was an alumnus of Jamia Miftahul Uloom, Madrassa Ehya-ul-Uloom and the Madrasa Shahi. He taught Islamic sciences at the Madrasa Jamia Islamia in Rewri Talab,

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. His works include ''Maʼās̲ir-i Shaik̲h̲ulislām'', ''Tafāsīr mai Isrā'īli Riwāyāt'' and the biographies of

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.

Imamuddin Punjabi Abu al-Fadhl Imāmuddīn Khān Barāwli Chhachhrī (commonly known as Imamuddin Punjabi) (died 1916) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who established the Jamia Miftahul Uloom. Family background Imāmuddīn Punjabi's predecessors hailed from t ...

Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832 – 15 April 1880) () was an Indian Sunni Hanafi Maturidi Islamic Scholar, theologian and a Sufi who was one of the main founders of the Deobandi Movement, starting from the Darul Uloom Deoband. Name and ...

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and

Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī (182611 August 1905) ( ur, ) was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar, a leading figure of the Deobandi jurist and scholar of hadith. His lineage reaches back to Abu Ayyub al- ...

Biography

Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi was born in 1926 in

, Mau, then in the

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. He was schooled at Madrasa Faydh al-Ghuraba, in Adari, and then at the Jamia Miftahul Uloom where studied with

Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azmi Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami was born in Maunath Bhanjan,Muhammad Asad, Islamic Culture, vol 69. p 60. Mau district (Uttar Pradesh), India. He completed the formal education from Mau, Uttar Pradesh, Mau in 1922 and began teaching. He is known for ...

, Munshi Zahīr-ul-Haq Nishāt Simābi and Abdul Latīf Nomāni. He then went to Madrassa Ehya-ul-Uloom in

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, where he studied with scholars such as

Shukrullah Mubarakpuri Shukrullah Mubarakpuri (1895,1896 - 23 March 1942) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar. He was a leader and political activist in the Indian independence movement. Birth and education Shukrullah Mubarakpuri was born in 1895 or 1896 in Pura Rani ...

. He then moved to

Darul Uloom Mau Darul Uloom Mau is an Islamic Madrasa which was established in Mau in 1875. Notable alumni * Abdul Haq Azmi * Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azmi * Habibur Rahman Khairabadi * Manzur Nu'mani * Muhammad Mustafa Azmi * Mujahidul Islam Qasmi * Noor Alam Kh ...

where he studied '' Mishkat'' with Abdur Rasheed al-Hussayni and ''

Jalalayn ''Tafsīr al-Jalālayn'' ( ar, تفسير الجلالين, lit=Tafsir of the two Jalals) is a classical Sunni interpretation (tafsir) of the Qur'an, composed first by Jalal ad-Din al-Maḥalli in 1459 and then completed after his passing by Jal ...

'' with Qari Riyasat Ali. He applied for admission to

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 ...

but was unsuccessful and thus went to Madrasa Shahi for higher studies and graduated in 1942. He studied ''

Sahih 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 ...

'' with Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad, ''

Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim ( ar, صحيح مسلم, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim), group=note is a 9th-century ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj (815–875). It is one of the most valued bo ...

'' with Ismail Sambhali and ''

Tirmidhi Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā as-Sulamī aḍ-Ḍarīr al-Būghī at-Tirmidhī ( ar, أبو عيسى محمد بن عيسى السلمي الضرير البوغي الترمذي; fa, , ''Termezī''; 824 – 9 October 892 CE / 209 - 2 ...

'' with

Muhammad Miyan Deobandi Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (4 October 1903 - 24 October 1975) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, academic, historian, freedom struggle activist, who served as the fifth general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He wrote books such as ''Ase ...

. Asīr participated in the

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. He was associated with the

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until 1948, when he joined the

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. He established Madrassa Darus Salam in Adri, Mau in 1954, and taught in Adri for around sixteen years.He served as Officer In Charge of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow from 1974 to 1978 and thereafter taught Islamic Sciences at the Madrasa Jamia Islamia in Rewri Talab,

from 4 February 1978 till he was bedridden due to senescence. Asīr was the editor of ''3 monthly Tarjumān'' and wrote hundreds of articles for it. He was a columnist and a writer for the ''Weekly Al-Jamiat'' and ''Daily al-Jamiat'' of

. He wrote short stories and

legends A legend is a historical narrative, a symbolic representation of folk belief. Legend(s) or The Legend(s) may also refer to: Narrative * Urban legend, a widely repeated story of dubious truth * A fictitious identity used in espionage Books, co ...

including ''Itnā'', ''Do LāsheiN'', ''Nashīb-o-Farāz'' and ''Aetirāf-e-Shikast''. His legends such as ''Hand bag'' and ''Aspatāl'' were published in the Nawai Pakistan, Lahore. He also contributed to the ''Kāmyāb, Delhi'' and the ''Risālā Dārul Uloom'' of the Darul Uloom Deoband. Several of his works have been considered primary sources for various Darul Uloom Deoband related issues. Asīr died on 20 May 2021 in Adari,

Mau, Uttar Pradesh Mau, also now known as Maunath Bhanjan, is an industrial town and the headquarter of the Mau district. It is located in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, India. The town is known for its saree industry which is a traditional business and centur ...

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.

Literary works

Asīr wrote biographies of

Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832 – 15 April 1880) () was an Indian Sunni Hanafi Maturidi Islamic Scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; fe ...

Rahmatullah Kairanawi Rahmatullah Kairanawi (also known as Rahmatullah Kairanawi Al-Hindi; 1818–1891) was a Sunni Muslim scholar and author who is best known for his work, '' Izhar ul-Haqq''. Background Kairanawi was born in Kairana, Muzaffarnagar in 1818. He is a ...

and

Hussain Ahmed 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.

. He abridged the four-volume ''Tarīkh-e-Islām'' of Muinuddin Ahmad Nadwi into four thin volumes. His book ''Taḥrīk-i āzādī aur Musalmān'' () is part of the curricula of the

and several other affiliated

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

s. His other books include: * ''Afkār-e-Aalam'' * ''Dabistān-i Devband kī ʻilmī k̲h̲idmāt'' * ''Dārulʻulūm Devband, iḥyā-yi Islām kī ʻaẓīm taḥrīk'' * ''Fun asma-ur-Rijal'' * ''Maʼās̲ir-i Shaik̲h̲ulislām'' (Biography of Hussain Ahmed Madani) * ''Tafāsīr mai Isrā'īli Riwāyāt'' * ''Tārīkh Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind'' * ''Tārīkh-e-Tabri ka tehqīqi jayzah'' * ''Urdu sharah Dīvān-i Mutanabbī''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asir Adrawi, Nizamuddin 1926 births 2021 deaths Scholars from Uttar Pradesh Indian Islamic studies scholars Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Deobandis Sunni Muslim scholars 20th-century Indian historians Indian Muslim historians of Islam Madrasa Shahi alumni People from Mau district Students of Muhammad Miyan Deobandi