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Indian Hadith scholar (b. 1967)

Mawlana, Mufti Abdullah Maroofi Maroofi (first from the left) at the 34th Fiqhi Seminar of the Islamic Fiqh Academy (India), held in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, in 2025. Personal life Born 1967 (age 58–59) Purana Poora, Poora Maroof, Azamgarh district, (now Mau district), Uttar Pradesh, India Main interest(s) Hadith studies, Hadith terminology, biographical evaluation Occupation Islamic Hadith scholar, mufti, writer Religious life Religion Islam Denomination Sunni Jurisprudence Hanafi Teachers Naseer Ahmad Khan Abdul Haq Azmi Nematullah Azmi Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri Arshad Madani Abdul Khaliq Madrasi Yunus Jaunpuri Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri Zainul Abideen Azmi Movement Deobandi Muslim leader Disciple of Talha Kandhlawi

**Abdullah Maroofi** (born 1967) is an Indian Islamic scholar, [mufti](/source/Mufti), and writer who specialises in [Hadith studies](/source/Hadith_studies). Since 2001, he has been serving as a lecturer in the department of specialisation in Hadith at [Darul Uloom Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband) and is currently the supervisor of the department.

## Early life and education

Abdullah Maroofi was born in 1967 (1386 AH) in [Pura Maroof](/source/Kurthi_Jafarpur), Azamgarh District (now [Mau District](/source/Mau_district)) in Uttar Pradesh. His uncle, Zainul Abideen Azami, was the former supervisor of [Mazhir Uloom Jadeed](/source/Mazahir_Uloom_Jadeed)'s Hadith department.[1]

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](/source/Madrasatul_Islah), Sarai Mir, Azamgarh between 1978 (1398 AH) and 1982 (1402 AH).[1][2]

In 1982 (1402 AH), he enrolled in [Darul Uloom Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband)[3] on the advice of Azami[4] and was admitted to Arabic Fifth, and in 1986 (1406 AH), he graduated from there. In 1987, he completed the [Ifta](/source/Mufti#Mufti's_activity_(iftāʾ)) course at Darul Uloom Deoband.[1][4]

His hadith teachers included [Naseer Ahmad Khan](/source/Naseer_Ahmad_Khan_(scholar)), [Abdul Haq Azmi](/source/Abdul_Haq_Azmi), [Nematullah Azami](/source/Nematullah_Azami), [Qamaruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri](/source/Qamaruddin_Ahmad_Gorakhpuri), [Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri](/source/Saeed_Ahmad_Palanpuri), [Arshad Madani](/source/Arshad_Madani), [Mirajul Haq Deobandi](/source/Mirajul_Haq_Deobandi), Muhammad Hussain Bihari, Zubair Ahmad Deobandi, [Abdul Khaliq Madrasi](/source/Abdul_Khaliq_Madrasi), and Riyasat Ali Zafar Bijnori.[1]

He received permission ([Ijazah](/source/Ijazah)) in [Hadith](/source/Hadith) from [Yunus Jaunpuri](/source/Yunus_Jaunpuri), [Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri](/source/Ashiq_Ilahi_Bulandshahri), [Zainul Abideen Azmi](/source/Zainul_Abideen_Azmi), and Ahmad Hasan Tonki.[1]

## Career

After graduating in 1407 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at [Rampur](/source/Rampur%2C_Uttar_Pradesh)'s Madrasa Matla'-ul-Uloom. Between 1988 (1408 AH) and 1996 (1416 AH), he worked as a teacher at Jamia Islamia Reori Talab, [Banaras](/source/Banaras), for about eight years.[5]

In 1996 (1416 AH), he was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Hadith at [Mazahir Uloom Jadeed](/source/Mazahir_Uloom_Jadeed) upon the recommendation of [Salman Mazahiri](/source/Salman_Mazahiri).[6][1][7] He served in this role for approximately five years until 2001 (1421 AH).[8]

Since 2001 (1421 AH), he has been serving as a lecturer in the department specializing in Hadith at Darul Uloom Deoband.[6][1] He has taught the book [Introduction to the Science of Hadith](/source/Introduction_to_the_Science_of_Hadith) for almost twenty years. Currently, he serves as a supervisor and lecturer in the department.[1]

Since 1440 AH (2019), he has also served as a lecturer of Hadith studies in the [Darse Nizami](/source/Dars-i_Nizami) curriculum of Darul Uloom Deoband.[9][1]

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](/source/Talha_Kandhlawi), the son of [Muhammad Zakaria Kandhlawi](/source/Zakariyya_Kandhlawi),[1] and was authorized by him in [Sufism](/source/Sufism) on [Ramadan](/source/Ramadan) 29, 1423 AH (5 December 2002).[7][10]

## Literary works

He supervised the following academic and research works:[1][8][11]

- *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:[1]

- *Al-'Arf adh-Dhakiyy Fi Sharh Jami' al-Tirmidhi* (an Arabic commentary on [Jami' al-Tirmidhi](/source/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](/source/Al-Bukhari)'s [Al-Adab al-Mufrad](/source/Al-Adab_al-Mufrad) in four volumes)

- *Muaddamat Ad-Durr al-Munaddad* (Introduction to Al-Durr al-Munaddad)

- *Hadīth aur Fehm-e-Hadīth*[12][13]

- *Al-'Arf al-Fayyāh Fī Sharh Muqaddama Ibn as-Salāh* (his lectures on [Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah](/source/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).[14][15]

- *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)[8]

## See also

- [List of Deobandis](/source/List_of_Deobandis)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-Amīn1_1-11) Mayurbhanji, Muhammad Rūhul Amīn (12 April 2023). ["Maulana Mufti Abdullah Maroofi: Mukhtasar Sawanihi Khaka"](https://qindeelonline.com/maulana-abdullah-marufi-by-ruhul-amin/) [Maulana Mufti Abdullah Maroofi: A Brief Biographical Sketch]. *Qindeel Online* (in Urdu). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230417181439/https://qindeelonline.com/maulana-abdullah-marufi-by-ruhul-amin/) from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

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Ali Lahori (1887–1962) Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi (1900–1962) Sardar Ahmad Chishti (1903–1962) Muhammad Sanaullah (1905–1963) Badre Alam Merathi (1898–1965) Yusuf Kandhlawi (1917–1965) Ibrahim Raza Khan (1907–1965) Shah Ahmad Hasan (1882–1967) Wasiullah Fatehpuri (1895–1967) Tajul Islam (1896–1967) Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (1896–1969) Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (1895–1970) Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970) Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–1970) Muhammad Ali Jalandhari (1895–1971) Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (1907–1971) Abdur Rahman Kashgari (1912–1971) Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad (1889–1972) Abdul Batin Jaunpuri (1900–1973) Idris Kandhlawi (1899–1974) Deen Muhammad Khan (1900–1974) Zafar Ahmad Usmani (1892–1974) Fazlur Rahman Ansari (1914–1974) Momtazuddin Ahmad (1889–1974) Muhammad Abu Zahra (1898–1974) Amimul Ehsan Barkati (1911–1974) Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (1903–1975) Ghulam Mohiuddin Ghaznavi (1902–1975) Ghulam Mohiyuddin Gilani (1891–1974) Moinuddin Ahmad Nadwi (1903–1974) Abul Wafa Al Afghani (1893–1975) Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri (1882–1976) Ibrahim Balyawi (1887–1976) Muhammad Faizullah (1892–1976) Abdul Wahhab Pirji (1895–1976) Athar Ali (1891–1976) Muhammad Shafi (1897–1976) Abdul Majid Daryabadi (1892–1977) Yusuf Banuri (1908–1977) Syed Muhammad Ishaq (1915–1977) Sharif Hasan Deobandi (1920–1977) Mohammad al-Hasani (1935-1979) Mehboob Rizwi (1911–1979) Sahvi Shah (1923–1979) Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979) Ehtisham ul Haq Thanvi (1915–1980) Mehmood-ur-Rehman (1919–1980) Mustafa Raza Khan (1892–1981) Ziauddin Madni (1877–1981) Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi (1906–1981) Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi (1896–1981) Shah Abdul Wahhab (1894–1982) Zakariyya Kandhlawi (1898–1982) Tayyib Qasmi (1897–1983) Shamsul Haq Afghani (1901–1983) Muslehuddin Siddiqui (1918–1983) Ibrahim Chatuli (1894–1984) Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901–1984) Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984) Shafee Okarvi (1930–1984) Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985) Azhar Shah Qaiser (1920–1985) Harun Babunagari (1902–1986) Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900–1986) Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (1913–1986) Siddique Ahmad (1903–1987) Muhammadullah Hafezzi (1895–1987) Abdur Rahim Firozpuri (1918–1987) Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910–1987) Abdul Aziz Malazada (1917–1987) Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988) Abdul Haq Akorwi (1912–1988) Abdul Jalil Badarpuri (1925–1989) Muntakhib al-Haqq (fl. 1980s) Abdul Matin Fulbari (1915–1990) Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990) Ahmed Muhyuddin Nuri Shah Jilani (1915–1990) Mirajul Haq Deobandi (1910–1991) Minnatullah Rahmani (1913–1991) Sayed Moazzem Hossain (1901–1991) Taqi Amini (1926–1991) Habibur Rahman Azami (1900–1992) Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi (1909–1992) Muhammad Yunus (1906–1992) Masihullah Khan (1912–1992) Abul Hasan Jashori (1918–1993) Shams Naved Usmani (1931–1993) Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993) Waqaruddin Qadri (1915–1993) Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994) Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi (1918–1995) Ayub Ali (1919–1995) Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi (1930–1995) Abuzar Bukari (d. 1995) Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996) Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996) Mukhtar Ashraf (1916–1996) Abdul Haque Faridi (1903–1996) Shamsuddin Qasemi (1935–1996) Manzoor Nomani (1905–1997) Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri (1914–1997) Ashraf Ali Dharmandali (1920–1997) Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda (1917–1997) Habibullah Mukhtar (1944-1997) Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917–1997) Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani (1920–1997) Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi (1935–1998) Sadruddin Islahi (1917–1998) Karam Shah Azhari (1918–1998) Abdul Rasheed Nomani (1915–1999) Syed Ata-ul-Mohsin Bukhari (1939–1999) Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999) Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000) Ahmed Ali Badarpuri (1915–2000) Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001) Mujahidul Islam Qasmi (1936–2002) Ajmal Khan Lahori (1930–2002) Arshadul Qadri (1925–2002) Ibrahim Siddiqui (1930–2002) Naeem Siddiqui (1916–2002) Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003) Harun Islamabadi (1938 – 2003) Jameel Khan (1953–2004) Ismail Katki (1914–2005) Nur Uddin Gohorpuri (1924–2005) Ishaq Faridi (1957–2005) Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005) Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani (1942–2006) Syed Fazlul Karim (1935–2006) Shah Oliur Rahman (1916–2006) Abdullah Abbas Nadwi (1925–2006) Sirajussajidin Katki (1939–2006) Abrarul Haq Haqqi (1920–2006) Ubaidul Haq (1928–2007) Hasan Jan (1938–2007) Abdul Latif Fultali (1913–2008) Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008) Muhammad Abdullah (1932–2008) Obaidul Haque Wazirpuri (1934–2008) Azizur Rahman Qayed (1911–2008) Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani (1949–2009) Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009) 15th/21st Marghoobur Rahman (1914–2010) Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali (1945–2010) Naseer Ahmad Khan Bulandshahri (1918–2010) Khawaja Khan Muhammad (1916–2010) Zamiruddin Nanupuri (1936–2011) Zafeeruddin Miftahi (1926–2011) Azizul Haque (1919–2012) Abdus Sattar Akon (1929–2012) Saeed Ahmed Raipuri (1926–2012) Fazlul Haque Amini (1945–2012) Wahbi Sulayman Ghawji (1923–2013) Zainul Abideen Azmi (1932–2013) Muhammad Fazal Karim (1954–2013) Qazi Mu'tasim Billah (1933–2013) Abdullah Hasani Nadwi (1957–2013) Zubairul Hasan Kandhlawi (1950–2014) Nurul Islam Farooqi (1959–2014) Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman (1941–2014) Bahauddin Farooqi (1927–2014) Ahmad Naruyi (1963–2014) Asad Muhammad Saeed as-Sagharji (d. 2015) Abdur Rahman (scholar) (1920–2015) Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi (1935–2015) Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari (1935–2015) Sibtain Raza Khan (1927–2015) Muhiuddin Khan (1935–2016) Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi (1937–2016) Shah Turab-ul-Haq (1944–2016) Saleemullah Khan (1921–2017) Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017) Alauddin Siddiqui (1938–2017) Muhammad Abdul Wahhab (1923–2018) Salim Qasmi (1926–2018) Akhtar Raza Khan (1943–2018) Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi (1922–2019) Talha Kandhlawi (1941–2019) Yusuf Motala (1946–2019) Ghulam Nabi Kashmiri (1965–2019) Khalid Mahmud (1925–2020) Abdul Haleem Chishti (1929–2020) Tafazzul Haque Habiganji (1938–2020) Muhammad Abdus Sobhan (1936–2020) Abdul Momin Imambari (1930–2020) Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (1940–2020) Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020) Shah Ahmad Shafi (1945–2020) Adil Khan (1957–2020) Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966–2020) Nur Hossain Kasemi (1945–2020) Azizur Rahman Hazarvi (1948–2020) Yahya Alampuri (1947–2020) Zar Wali Khan (1953–2020) Muhammad Naeem (1958–2020) Nurul Islam Jihadi (1916–2021) Abdul Razzaque Khan (1925–2021) Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021) Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni (1930–2021) Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021) Wali Rahmani (1943–2021) Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943–2021) Usman Mansoorpuri (1944–2021) Syed Ata-ul-Muhaimin Bukhari (1944–2021) Abdul Khaliq Sambhali (1950–2021) Muhammad Wakkas (1952–2021) Noor Alam Khalil Amini (1952–2021) Junaid Babunagari (1953–2021) Ebrahim Desai (1963–2021) Faizul Waheed (1964–2021) AbdulWahid Rigi (d. 2022) Abdul Halim Bukhari (1945–2022) Rafi Usmani (1936–2022) Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (1940–2023) Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi (1953–2023) Shahidul Islam (1960–2023) Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri (1938–2024) Nadeem al-Wajidi (1954–2024) Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (1935–2025) Hafez Ahmadullah Chatgami (1941–2025) Mukhtaruddin Shah (1950–2025) Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi (1950–2025) Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi (1953–2025) Abu Taher Nadwi (1960–2026) Living Saifur Rahman Nizami (b. 1916) Ghulam Rasool Jamaati (b. 1923) Syed Waheed Ashraf (b. 1933) Muhammad Ishaq (b. 1935) Muhibbullah Babunagari (b. 1935) Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri (b. 1935) Nematullah Azami (b. 1936) Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı (b. 1938) Madni Miyan (b. 1938) Muhammad 'Awwamah (b. 1940) Zia Uddin (b. 1941) Arshad Madani (b. 1941) Taqi Usmani (b. 1943) Kamaluddin Zafree (b. 1945) Muneeb-ur-Rehman (b. 1945) Qamaruzzaman Azmi (b. 1946) Ahmed Khanpuri (b. 1946) Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi (b. 1946) Abul Qasim Nomani (b. 1947) Idrees Dahiri (b. 1947) Farid Uddin Chowdhury (b. 1947) Farid Uddin Masood (b. 1950) Sameeruddin Qasmi (b. 1950) Mahmudul Hasan (b. 1950) Ilyas Qadri (b. 1950) Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi (b. 1951) Tahir-ul-Qadri (b. 1951) Abul Kalam Qasmi Shamsi (b. 1951) Mustafa Cerić (b. 1952) Tariq Jamil (b. 1953) Fazal-ur-Rehman (b. 1953) Abdul Khaliq Madrasi (b. 1953) Sufyan Qasmi (b. 1954) Abdul Quddus (b. 1954) Nurul Islam Walipuri (b. 1955) Sajjad Nomani (b. 1955) Abdul Quddus Kumillai (b. 1955) Ghousavi Shah (b. 1955) Ameen Mian Quadri (b. 1955) Pir Sabir Shah (b. 1955) Abu Taher Misbah (b. 1956) Kaukab Noorani Okarvi (b. 1957) Hamid Saeed Kazmi (b. 1957) Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi (b. 1957) Hifzur Rahman (b. 1958) AFM Khalid Hossain (b. 1959) Muhammad Rashid Azmi (b. 1959) Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (b. 1959) Abdul Aziz Ghazi (b. 1960) Ruhul Amin Faridpuri (b. 1962) Siraj-ul-Haq (b. 1962) Hanif Jalandhari (b. 1963) Husein Kavazović (b. 1964) Khurshid Anwar Gayavi (b. 1964) Sajidur Rahman (b. 1964) Ibrahim Mogra (b. 1965) Saad Kandhlawi (b. 1965) Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (b. 1967) Abdullah Maroofi (b. 1967) Salman Mansoorpuri (b. 1967) Arshad Misbahi (b. 1968) Lutfur Rehman (b. 1968) Abu Reza Nadwi (b. 1968) Mahfuzul Haque (b. 1969) Ilyas Ghuman (b. 1969) Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi (b. 1969) Muhammad Abdul Malek (b. 1969) Qasim Rashid Ahmad (b. 1970) Asjad Raza Khan (b. 1970) Syed Rezaul Karim (b. 1971) Riyadh ul Haq (b. 1971) Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri (b. 1971) Obaidullah Hamzah (b. 1972) Raza Saqib Mustafai (b. 1972) Manzoor Mengal (b. 1973) Syed Faizul Karim (b. 1973) Mamunul Haque (b. 1973) Salah Abu al-Haj (b. 1974) Husamuddin Fultali (b. 1974) Abdur Rahman Mangera (b. 1974) Faraz Rabbani (b. 1974) Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi (b. 1974) Adnan Kakakhail (b. 1975) Muhammad al-Kawthari (b. 1976) Amer Jamil (b. 1977) Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (b. 1982) Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (b. 1985) Abbas Siddiqui (b. 1987) Hasheem Ahmad Siddiqui (b. 1997) Kaif Raza Khan (b. 2001) Sheikh Hissamuddin Moinuddin Ruhi Anas Madani Fayez Ullah Chatgami Abdul Malek Halim Izharul Islam Chowdhury Tawqir Raza Khan Subhan Raza Khan Amjad M. Mohammed Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani Mukarram Ahmad Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Abdul Khabeer Azad Sahibzada Hamid Raza Muzaffar Qadri Scholars of other Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence Hanbali Maliki Shafi'i Zahiri

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