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 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 F ...

in Lucknow from 1974 to 1978. Asīr was an alumnus of

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, Madrassa Ehya-ul-Uloom and the

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. He taught Islamic sciences at the Madrasa Jamia Islamia in Rewri Talab, Varanasi. His works include ''Maʼās̲ir-i Shaik̲h̲ulislām'', ''Tafāsīr mai Isrā'īli Riwāyāt'' and the biographies of Hussain Ahmad Madani, Imamuddin Punjabi,

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, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.

Biography

Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi was born in 1926 in Adari,

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, then in the United Provinces of British India. He was schooled at Madrasa Faydh al-Ghuraba, in Adari, and then at the

where studied with

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, Munshi Zahīr-ul-Haq Nishāt Simābi and Abdul Latīf Nomāni. He then went to Madrassa Ehya-ul-Uloom in Mubarakpur, where he studied with scholars such as Shukrullah Mubarakpuri. He then moved to Darul Uloom Mau where he studied '' Mishkat'' with Abdur Rasheed al-Hussayni and '' Jalalayn'' with Qari Riyasat Ali. He applied for admission to

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but was unsuccessful and thus went to

for higher studies and graduated in 1942. He studied '' Sahih Bukhari'' with

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, '' Sahih Muslim'' with Ismail Sambhali and '' Tirmidhi'' 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 Indian National Congress until 1948, when he joined the Congress Socialist Party. He established Madrassa Darus Salam in Adri,

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, Varanasi 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 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. Arshad Madani expressed grief on his death and said that "Asīr Adrawi's death is an irreparable loss."

Literary works

Asīr wrote biographies of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Imamuddin Punjabi, Rahmatullah Kairanawi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and Hussain Ahmed Madani. 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 madrasas. 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

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