{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar (1928 – 2016)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox religious biography |religion = Islam |honorific_prefix = Shaykh Saani, Shaykh al-Hadith, Maulana |name = Abdul Haq Azmi |image= Abdul Haq Azmi.jpg |birth_date = 1928 |birth_place = Jagdishpur, [[Azamgarh district]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], British India |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|12|30|1928|12|17}} |death_place = [[Deoband]], Uttar Pradesh, India |alma_mater =[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |main_interests = [[Hadith]] |jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]] |denomination = [[Sunni]] |creed = [[Maturidi]] |movement = [[Deobandi]] |occupation = [[Muhaddith]] |notable_works = |disciple_of = [[Talha Kandhlawi]] |influences= [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], [[Izaz Ali Amrohi]] |students= [[Noor Alam Khalil Amini]], [[Salman Mansoorpuri]], [[Salman Bijnori]], [[Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi]], [[Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi]] |relatives = [[Rana Ayyub]] }} '''Abdul Haq Azmi''' (1928 – 30 December 2016) was an Indian Islamic scholar who was a senior professor of [[hadith]] at the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. He was an alumnus of [[Darul Uloom Mau]] and Darul Uloom Deoband.
==Biography== Abdul Haq Azmi was born on 17 December 1928 in Jagdishpur, [[Azamgarh]].<ref name="najeeb" />{{Sfn|Qasmi Madani|2017|p=50}} He attended local schools and then Madrasa Bayt al-Ulum in [[Sarai Mir]], [[Azamgarh]]. He later studied at [[Darul Uloom Mau]] up to 7th grade of Arabic and then entered the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in 1373 AH (1953) and graduated in 1374 AH (1954) after studying with scholars [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], [[Izaz Ali Amrohi]] and [[Ibrahim Balyawi]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Qasmi Madani|first=Muhammad Shakir|date=January–February 2017 |editor-last=Bijnori |editor-first=Muhammad Salman |editor-link=Salman Bijnori |title=Aah! Shaikh Abdul Haq al-Azmi|url=https://darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/articles/tmp/1508649042%2009-Aah%20Shaikh%20Abdul%20Haq%20RA_MDU_1%20&%202_Jan-Feb_17.htm |journal=[[Monthly Darul Uloom]] |publisher=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |volume=101 |issue=1–2 |pages=50–52}}</ref><ref name="Diary">{{cite book |last=Hardoi|first=Tayyib Qasmi|title=Darul Uloom Diary (Lail o Nahar): Faizan e Shaykhul Islam Number|publisher=Idara Paigham e Mahmood|location=[[Deoband]] |date=2015|page=75|language=ur}}</ref> He studied rational sciences with his stepfather Muslim Jaunpuri, who was a disciple of [[Majid Ali Jaunpuri]].<ref name="gazette">{{cite web |title=Rich tributes paid to Maulana Azmi |url=http://live.saudigazette.com.sa/article/170763/Rich-tributes-paid-to-Maulana-Azmi |website=SaudiGazette.com |accessdate=14 September 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="dud">{{Cite web|url=http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/magazine/new/tmp/11-Shaikhul%20Hadith%20HM%20Abdul%20Haq%20RA_MDU_1%20&%202_Jan-Feb_17.htm|title=Shaykh Abdul Haq Ahwal-o-Aasar|website=darululoom-deoband.com|accessdate=15 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="najeeb">{{cite web |title=Ah! Sheikh-ul-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband, Maulana Abdul Haq Azmi is no more in this world |url=http://www.najeebqasmi.com/articles/english-articles/112-madaris/2036-ah-sheikh-ul-hadith-of-darul-uloom-deoband-maulana-abdul-haq-azmi-is-no-more-in-this-world |author=[[Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi]] |website=NajeebQasmi.com |accessdate=14 September 2019 |archive-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713000601/http://www.najeebqasmi.com/articles/english-articles/112-madaris/2036-ah-sheikh-ul-hadith-of-darul-uloom-deoband-maulana-abdul-haq-azmi-is-no-more-in-this-world |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was an authorized disciple of [[Talha Kandhlawi]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Saharanpuri|first=Muhammad Shahid|title=Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi: Ek Zakir-o-Zahid Shakhsiyyat|url=https://archive.org/details/maulana-muhammad-talha-kandhlawi-ek-zakir-o-zahid-shakhsiyyat_202408 |edition=1st|year=2020|page=238|publisher=Maktaba Yadgar-e-Shaikh|location=[[Saharanpur]]|lang=ur}}</ref>
Azmi taught at the Mata'ul Uloom, Banaras for over sixteen years.<ref name="najeeb" /> As a mufti at [[Darul Uloom Mau]] for thirteen years, he issued nearly 13,000 rulings.<ref name="obituary" /> He was later appointed as hadith teacher at the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in 1982 where he taught ''[[Mishkat al-Masabih]]'' and the second volume ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]''. He taught ''Sahih al-Bukhari'' in the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] for 34 years. His students included [[Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi]], [[Mahmood Madani]], [[Noor Alam Khalil Amini]] and Salman Mansoorpuri.<ref name="obituary" /><ref name="gazette"/><ref name="najeeb" />
Azmi died on 30 December 2016 (30 [[Rabi' al-awwal]] 1438 [[Hijri year|AH]]) and was buried in the Qasmi cemetery of the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. His funeral prayer was led by [[Arshad Madani]]. He is survived by his wife and twelve children. His son Abdul Bar Azmi is Professor of Hadith in Madrasa Bayt al-Ulum [[Sarai Mir]] in [[Azamgarh]].<ref name="obituary">{{cite web |title=Obituary: Hadhrat Maulana Shaikh Abdul Haq Azami (1928-2016) |url=http://www.deoband.net/blogs/obituary-hadhrat-maulana-shaikh-abdul-haq-azami-1928-2016 |website=Deoband.net |accessdate=14 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="najeeb" /> [[File:The Inscription on the grave of Maulana Abdul Haque Azmi, Former Professor of Hadith at Darul Uloom Deoband (cropped).jpg|thumb|Grave inscription of Abdul Haque Azmi]]
==Personal life== Azmi was married to Muhammad Ayyub Waqif's maternal cousin sister, who is also the father of Indian journalist [[Rana Ayyub]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Yaad-e-Ayyam|author=Muhammad Ayyub Waqif|language=Urdu|page=41|publisher=Tehreer-e-Nau Publications|edition=2017}} </ref>
== See also == * [[List of Deobandis]]
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Madani |editor1-first=Muhammad Shakir Nisar |title=Tadhkirah Qutb-e-Zamaan |publisher=Idara Pasban Ilm-o-Adab |date=July 2018 |language=ur}} {{refend}} [[Category:Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]] [[Category:Deobandis]] [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Indian Islamic religious leaders]] [[Category:People from Azamgarh district]] [[Category:Darul Uloom Deoband alumni]] [[Category:Academic staff of Darul Uloom Deoband]] [[Category:Burials at Qasmi Cemetery]]