{{Short description|Indian Hadith scholar (b. 1967)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox religious biography |honorific_prefix = {{small|[[Mawlana]], [[Mufti]]}} |name = Abdullah Maroofi | image = Ateeque Ahmad Bastawi, Ubaidullah Asadi, Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi, Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, and Abdullah Maroofi (from right to left) at the 34th Fiqhi Seminar of the Islamic Fiqh Academy (India), held in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, in 2025.jpg | caption = Maroofi (first from the left) at the 34th Fiqhi Seminar of the [[Islamic Fiqh Academy (India)]], held in [[Jamshedpur]], [[Jharkhand]], in 2025. |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}} |birth_place = Purana Poora, [[Kurthi Jafarpur|Poora Maroof]], Azamgarh district, {{small|(now [[Mau district]])}}, Uttar Pradesh, India |alma_mater = {{Bulleted list|Madrasa Ishā'at-ul-Uloom, Poora Maroof|[[Madrasatul Islah]]|[[Darul Uloom Deoband]]}} |nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] |religion= [[Islam]] | denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] | jurisprudence = [[Hanafi school|Hanafi]] | movement = [[Deobandi movement|Deobandi]] |occupation = Islamic Hadith scholar, mufti, writer | main_interests =[[Hadith studies]], [[Hadith terminology]], [[biographical evaluation]] |disciple_of = [[Talha Kandhlawi]] |teachers = {{Bulleted list|[[Naseer Ahmad Khan (scholar)|Naseer Ahmad Khan]]|[[Abdul Haq Azmi]]|[[Nematullah Azmi]]|[[Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri]]|[[Arshad Madani]]||[[Abdul Khaliq Madrasi]]|[[Yunus Jaunpuri]]|[[Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri]]|[[Zainul Abideen Azmi]]}} |students = }}
'''Abdullah Maroofi''' (born 1967) is an Indian Islamic scholar, [[mufti]], and writer who specialises in [[Hadith studies]]. Since 2001, he has been serving as a lecturer in the department of specialisation in Hadith at [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] and is currently the supervisor of the department.
== Early life and education == Abdullah Maroofi was born in 1967 (1386 AH) in [[Kurthi Jafarpur|Pura Maroof]], Azamgarh District (now [[Mau district|Mau District]]) in Uttar Pradesh. His uncle, Zainul Abideen Azami, was the former supervisor of [[Mazahir Uloom Jadeed|Mazhir Uloom Jadeed]]'s Hadith department.<ref name="Amīn1">{{Cite web |last=Mayurbhanji |first=Muhammad Rūhul Amīn |date=12 April 2023 |title=Maulana Mufti Abdullah Maroofi: Mukhtasar Sawanihi Khaka |trans-title=Maulana Mufti Abdullah Maroofi: A Brief Biographical Sketch |url=https://qindeelonline.com/maulana-abdullah-marufi-by-ruhul-amin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417181439/https://qindeelonline.com/maulana-abdullah-marufi-by-ruhul-amin/ |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Qindeel Online |language=ur}}</ref>
He received his initial education in Madrasah Ishā'at-ul-Uloom Purah Maroof. After that he continued his Arabic education from Arabic I to Arabic IV under the guidance of Zainul Abideen Azami in [[Madrasatul Islah]], Sarai Mir, Azamgarh between 1978 (1398 AH) and 1982 (1402 AH).<ref name="Amīn1"/><ref name="Maroofi">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Maroofi|editor1-first=Ansār Ahmad|title=Maulana Zainul Abideen Azmi number|journal=Monthly Paigham|url=https://archive.org/details/Maulana-Zain-ul-Abideen-Azmi-ra-Number-Mujallah-Paigham |date= January–March 2014|volume=15|issue=6–8 |publisher=Al-Ma'arif Darul Mutāla'ah|location=Pura Maroof, Kurthi Jafarpur, [[Mau district]]|language=ur|pages=34–44}}</ref>
In 1982 (1402 AH), he enrolled in [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]<ref name="Yasir">{{cite journal |date=August–September 2017 |editor1-last=Bijnori |editor1-first=Muhammad Salman |title=Will dream for a long time.... by Abdullah Marufi |url=https://darululoom-deoband.com/urduarticles/archives/2661 |journal=[[Monthly Darul Uloom]] |language=ur |location=Deoband |publisher=Monthly Darul Uloom office |volume=101 |issue=8–9 |pages=45–50}}</ref> on the advice of Azami{{sfn|Maroofi|2014|pp=47–48}} and was admitted to Arabic Fifth, and in 1986 (1406 AH), he graduated from there. In 1987, he completed the [[Mufti#Mufti's activity (iftāʾ)|Ifta]] course at Darul Uloom Deoband.<ref name="Amīn1"/>{{sfn|Maroofi|2014|pp=47–48}}
His hadith teachers included [[Naseer Ahmad Khan (scholar)|Naseer Ahmad Khan]], [[Abdul Haq Azmi]], [[Nematullah Azami]], [[Qamaruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri]], [[Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri]], [[Arshad Madani]], [[Mirajul Haq Deobandi]], Muhammad Hussain Bihari, Zubair Ahmad Deobandi, [[Abdul Khaliq Madrasi]], and Riyasat Ali Zafar Bijnori.<ref name="Amīn1"/>
He received permission ([[Ijazah]]) in [[Hadith]] from [[Yunus Jaunpuri]], [[Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri]], [[Zainul Abideen Azmi]], and Ahmad Hasan Tonki.<ref name="Amīn1"/>
== Career == After graduating in 1407 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]]'s Madrasa Matla'-ul-Uloom. Between 1988 (1408 AH) and 1996 (1416 AH), he worked as a teacher at Jamia Islamia Reori Talab, [[Banaras]], for about eight years.{{sfn|Maroofi|2014|pp=47–49}}
In 1996 (1416 AH), he was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Hadith at [[Mazahir Uloom Jadeed]] upon the recommendation of [[Salman Mazahiri]].<ref name="Sirāj">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Khairabadi|editor1-first=Ziyaul Haq|title=Maulana Zainul Abideen Azmi number|url=https://archive.org/details/Mujallah-Siraj-ul-Islam-Maulana-Zain-ul-Abideen-Maroofi-ra-Number/page/n201/mode/1up |journal=Sirajul Islam Quarterly|date= November 2013 |volume=1 |issue=1|pages=200–201|publisher=Madrasa Sirajul Uloom|location=Siraj Nagar, Chhapra, [[Mau district]]|language=ur}}</ref><ref name="Amīn1"/><ref name="Farīd"/> He served in this role for approximately five years until 2001 (1421 AH).<ref name="Yāsir">{{Cite journal |last=Abdullah |first=Muhammad Yasir |date=September 2016 |editor1-last=Iskander |editor1-first=Abdur Razzaq |title=Uloom-e-Hadīth Mein Ikhtisās: Ahmiyat-o-Zaroorat |trans-title=Specialization in Hadith Sciences: Importance and necessity |url=https://www.banuri.edu.pk/bayyinat-detail/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AB-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A7%DB%81%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA |journal=[[Bayyināt]] |language=ur |location=Banuri Town, Karachi |publisher=[[Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia]] |volume=79 |issue=10 |pages=38–39 |editor1-link=Abdur Razzaq Iskander}}</ref>
Since 2001 (1421 AH), he has been serving as a lecturer in the department specializing in Hadith at Darul Uloom Deoband.<ref name="Sirāj"/><ref name="Amīn1"/> He has taught the book [[Introduction to the Science of Hadith]] for almost twenty years. Currently, he serves as a supervisor and lecturer in the department.<ref name="Amīn1"/>
Since 1440 AH (2019), he has also served as a lecturer of Hadith studies in the [[Dars-i Nizami|Darse Nizami]] curriculum of Darul Uloom Deoband.<ref name="Khalīli">{{Cite book|last=Qasmi|first=Muhammadullah Khalili |author-link=Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi|url=https://archive.org/details/darul-uloom-deob-ki-jamey-wa-mukhtasar-tareekh-edition-2|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh |publisher=Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy |edition=2nd|date= October 2020|location=India |language=ur |page=768|oclc=1345466013}}</ref><ref name="Amīn1"/>
He pledged allegiance to Abdul Jabbar Azami (d. 1989) in 1987 (1407 AH); after his death, he pledged allegiance to Zainul Abidin Azmi in 1411 AH. But later, he came under the spiritual training of [[Talha Kandhlawi]], the son of [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi|Muhammad Zakaria Kandhlawi]],<ref name="Amīn1"/> and was authorized by him in [[Sufism]] on [[Ramadan]] 29, 1423 AH (5 December 2002).<ref name="Farīd">{{cite book |last1=Maroofi |first1=Abdullah |title=Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi: Shakhsiyat-o-Kamālāt... |last2=Deolawi |first2=Farīd |date=April 2021 |publisher=Maktaba Usmania |edition=1st |location=Deoband |pages=26, 49 |language=ur}}</ref><ref name="Shahid">{{cite book |last1=Saharanpuri|first1=Muhammad Shahid|title=Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi: Ek Zakir-o-Zahid Shakhsiyyat|publisher=Maktaba Yadgar-e-Shaikh|location= [[Saharanpur]]|page=240 |edition=1st|date=2020 |language=ur}}</ref>
== Literary works == He supervised the following academic and research works:<ref name="Amīn1"/><ref name="Yāsir" /><ref name="Dar">{{cite web|title=Al-Kutub al-Arabiyya|url=https://darululoom-deoband.com/books/archives/category/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d8%aa%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9|website=|access-date=17 July 2024|language=ar}}</ref> * ''Al-Hadith al-Hasan Fī Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi: Dirāsatun Wa Tatbīq'' (in one volume; 1425 AH) * ''Hadith an-Gharīb Fī Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi: Dirāsatun Wa Tatbīq'' (in two volumes; 1427 AH) * ''Hasan-un-Sahīh Fī Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi: Dirāsatun Wa Tatbīq'' (in three volumes; 1429 AH)
His works included:<ref name="Amīn1"/> * ''Al-'Arf adh-Dhakiyy Fi Sharh Jami' al-Tirmidhi'' (an Arabic commentary on [[Jami' al-Tirmidhi]] in five volumes, the remaining sixteen volumes of which are under publication.) * ''Tahdhīb ad-Durr al-Munaddad Fī Sharh al-Adab al-Mufrad'' (an Arabic commentary on [[Al-Bukhari]]'s [[Al-Adab al-Mufrad]] in four volumes) * ''Muaddamat Ad-Durr al-Munaddad'' (Introduction to Al-Durr al-Munaddad) * ''Hadīth aur Fehm-e-Hadīth''<ref name=":Kaleem">{{Cite thesis |last=Kaleem |first=Mohd |title=Contribution of Old boys of Darul uloom Deoband in Hadith Literature |publisher=Department of Sunni Theology, [[Aligarh Muslim University]] |year=2017 |location=India |language=ur |hdl=10603/364028 |type=PhD |pages=319–320 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/364028 |access-date=17 July 2024|archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024044219/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/364028 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Muneer Ahmad |title=Uloom-e-Hadith par Barr-e-Saghir ki Urdu Kutub Ka Ta'ārufi o Tajziyāti Mutāla'ah (1905 ta Asr-e-Hazir) |journal=Rāhatul Qulūb |date=January–June 2017 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=64–65, 84 |url=https://rahatulquloob.com/index.php/rahat/article/download/6/302 |access-date=17 July 2024|trans-title=An Introductory and Analytical Study of Urdu Books of Usool-e-Hadith in the Subcontinent (1905 to Present) |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226034923/https://rahatulquloob.com/index.php/rahat/article/download/6/302 |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Al-'Arf al-Fayyāh Fī Sharh Muqaddama Ibn as-Salāh'' (his lectures on [[Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah]], compiled by Mushahid al-Islam Amrohi) * ''Jawāb ar-Risālah'' (in which he made a detailed review of the criticism and cross-examination of the Syrian scholar Muhammad Awwamah on the moderate method of ordering the hadiths described in his book Muqadmat Al-Durr al-Munaddad.) * ''Ghair Muqallidiyyat: Asbāb-o-Tadāruk'' * ''Fazaail-e-Amaal Par I'terazāt: Ek Usooli Jaizah'' (in Urdu; translated into Arabic, English, and Bangla).<ref name="Fazīl">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Ahmad |editor1-first=Shakib|title=Fazāil-e-A'māl Par E'tirāzāt ka Jawab Fazāil-e-A'māl se: Abdur Rahman Bajrai Shaf'i|trans-title=Answer to the Objections on the Fazāil-e-A'māl by Abdur Rahman Bajrai Shaf'i|url=https://mag.sarbakaf.com/2019/02/fazail-amal-6.html|journal=The Bi-monthly Digital Magazine 'Sar Bakaf'|date= May–June 2016|volume=|issue=6|pages=200–201|language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ObjectionOnFazail-E-Amaal-ABasicAnalysisByShaykhAbdullahMaroofi|title=Objection On Fazail - e - A'maal - A Basic Analysis By Shaykh Abdullah Maroofi|website=archive.org|date=25 September 2012|access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref> * ''Haqīqat-uz-Ziyādah 'Alal-Quran Bi Khabaril Wāhid Wa Isti'rādun 'Ilmiyyun Li Īrādāti Ibn al-Qayyim 'Alal-Hanafiyyah Binā'an 'ala hādhal asl'' (edited and improved by him)<ref name="Yāsir"/>
== See also == * [[List of Deobandis]]
== References == {{reflist}}
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