Nematullah Azami (born 24 December 1936), also written asNematullah Azmi andNi'matullah Azami, is an Indian Islamic hadith scholar, acommentator on the Quran (mufassir), and afaqīh (Islamic jurist). He is the president of India'sIslamic Fiqh Academy. He has also been serving as a senior lecturer atDarul Uloom Deoband for forty years.
Azami received his primary education at Madrasa Isha'atul Uloom Pura Maroof, where he studied Arabic language and pursued courses up toSullam al-Uloom, under the supervision of his elder brother, Amanatullah Azami.[2]
After graduation, Azami was a teacher for two years at Darul Uloom Hussainia, Tawli,Muzaffarnagar district, then taughtSahih al-Tirmidhi andSahih al-Bukhari for a few years in Damaipur, Malda, West Bengal. After that, he did teaching services in various madrasas like Jāmi'at-ur-Rashād Azamgarh, Misbah-ul-Uloom Kopaganj, Miftah-ul-Uloom Mau, and Mazhar-ul-Uloom Banaras. On the invitation ofHabib al-Rahman al-A'zami, he served for a few years in Miftah-ul-Uloom, Mau, asSheikh al-Hadith.[3][2] He also provided teaching services in some madrasas in Assam and Gujarat.[4]
In the meeting of the governing body of Darul Uloom Deoband held on Safar 1421 AH, on the advice ofAsad Madani, the proposal to establish a "Department of Specialization in Hadith" in Darul Uloom Deoband was approved, and Azami was appointed as its patron.[12][13][14][9][15]
He is convinced of the necessity ofijtihad in religious matters.[19]
In March 2019, Islamic jurists, including Azami, stated theSukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY), a scheme launched by the Indian government, is "illegal" according toIslamic Shari'a because it containsinterest as a part.[20]
Under the supervision of Azami, from the Department of Specialization in Hadith ofDarul Uloom Deoband, on the various terms ofJami al-Tirmidhi, some research books have been published in several volumes under the names ofAl-Hadith al-Hasan Fī Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi,Hasan an-Gharīb Fī Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, andHadith an-Gharīb Fī Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi.[1][15]
Ni'mat al-Mun'im (an Urdu commentary onSahih Muslim in two volumes)[23]
Taqrīb Sharḥ Maʿāni al-Āthār (5 volumes; translated also into English by Habib Bewley under the titleSharḥ Maʿāni al-Āthār: Explanation of the Meanings of the Traditions[24])
Al-Fawāid al-Muhimma Fī Dirāsat al-Mutūn wa Mukhtalaf al-Hadīth (important benefits of studying texts and different hadiths)
Madāris ar-Ruwāt wa Mashāhīr-u-Asātizatihā Ma'a Talāmidhatihim wa Tabaqātihim (Schools of Hadith narrators and their famous teachers, along with their students and their generations)
īsāiyat; Injīl Ki Roshni Mein (A Study of Christianity in the Light of theGospel)
Dirāsat u Tatbīq al-Amthilah Li ‘Anwā‘ al-ahadīth al-mukhtalifah (Study the application of examples to different types of hadiths)
Dirāsat al-Hadith as-Sahīh wa al-Hasan wa Aqsāmuha wa Fikratu Ibn as-Salah wa Dirāsat u Miqyās-i-Ma'rifat-i-Rijāl al-Hasan Li Zātih (in Arabic; studyingthe authentic hadith andthe good hadith and their divisions, the idea ofIbn al-Salah, and studying the standard of knowledge of the men ofthe good hadith in and of itself.)
Al-Ahādīth al-Mukhtārah Li al-Hifz Li Qism at-Takhassus Fi al-Hadīth (in Arabic; Hadiths selected for memorization for the Department of Specialization in Hadith)
^abAzmi, Abul Hasan (2004). "Maulana Nematullah Azmi".Hazrat Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi: Ek Dil Aawez Shakhsiyat (in Urdu). Deoband: Maktaba Sautul Qura. p. 41.
^abQasmi, Farooque Azam (2022). "Bahrul Uloom".Aasma'n Kaise Kaise (in Urdu) (1st ed.).New Delhi: Markazi Publications. pp. 34–42.
^Mubarakpuri, Arif Jameel (2021).Mausoo'a Ulama-u- Deoband [The Encyclopedia of Deobandi Scholars] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. p. 488.
^Barnī, Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Kawthar (1998).علماء ديوبند وخدماتهم في علم الحديث [Deobandi scholars and their services in Hadith science] (in Arabic). Deoband: Shaikh al-Hind Academy. p. 276.
