Habib al-Rahman al-'Azmi was born in Maunath Bhanjan,Muhammad Asad, Islamic Culture, vol 69. p 60.
Mau district
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Uttar Pradesh
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), India. He completed the formal education from Mau 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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Services
His works may be divided in three categories:
# Editing of rare
manuscript
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s of Hadith
# Original and independent works
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Polemic
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Musannaf
Musannaf hadīth collections are defined by their arrangement of content according to topic and constitute a major category within the class of all such works. Etymologically, ''musannaf'' is the passive particle of the Arabic verb ''sannafa'', ...
Musannaf
Musannaf hadīth collections are defined by their arrangement of content according to topic and constitute a major category within the class of all such works. Etymologically, ''musannaf'' is the passive particle of the Arabic verb ''sannafa'', ...
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
M.Phil.
The Master of Philosophy (MPhil; Latin ' or ') is a postgraduate degree. In the United States, an MPhil typically includes a taught portion and a significant research portion, during which a thesis project is conducted under supervision. An MPhil ...
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
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. C ...
gave him the title of "The Greatest Scholar of The Islamic World" ("اکبر علماء العالم الاسلامی").