# Muhammad Rashid Azmi

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Indian Islamic scholar

Mawlana Muhammad Rashid Azmi Deputy Vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband Incumbent Assumed office October 2021 Preceded by Abdul Khaliq Sambhali Personal life Born (1959-12-16)16 December 1959 Bamhaur, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, India Religious life Religion Islam

**Muhammad Rashid Azmi** (born 16 December 1959) is an Indian Islamic scholar, Mufti, and educator. He has served as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Naib Mohtamim) of [Darul Uloom Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband) since October 2021, succeeding [Abdul Khaliq Sambhali](/source/Abdul_Khaliq_Sambhali).

## Early life and education

Muhammad Rashid Azmi was born on 16 December 1959, in the village of Bamhaur, [Azamgarh district](/source/Azamgarh_district), Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] His father, Muhammad Muslim Bamhauri Azmi, was also an Islamic scholar.[2] He began his early Islamic education at Madrasah Qurania and Jamia Husainia in [Jaunpur](/source/Jaunpur%2C_Uttar_Pradesh). In 1983, he enrolled at [Darul Uloom Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband) and completed the [Dars-e-Nizami](/source/Dars-i_Nizami) curriculum in 1984. He pursued further studies in Islamic jurisprudence (Ifta) at the same institution and graduated in 1985.[3]

## Career

After completing his studies, Azmi taught at Jamia Husainia in Jaunpur until 1991. In 1992, he joined Darul Uloom Deoband as a teacher, eventually becoming an instructor for advanced-level (Darja-e-'Ulya) classes. He has taught various Islamic texts, including *[Muwatta Imam Malik](/source/Muwatta_Imam_Malik)* and [*Sunan Ibn Majah*](/source/Sunan_ibn_Majah), and currently teaches [*Sunan Abu Dawood*](/source/Sunan_Abi_Dawud).[4][5]

In 1428 AH (2007 CE), Azmi was appointed as the head of the Tahaffuz-e-Sunnah (Preservation of Sunnah) department at Darul Uloom Deoband. His work in this department involves countering ideologies deemed inconsistent with Islamic orthodoxy.[6]

In October 2021, Azmi was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband by its governing council, succeeding [Abdul Khaliq Sambhali](/source/Abdul_Khaliq_Sambhali).[7]

Azmi is also a member of the executive committee of [Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind](/source/Jamiat_Ulama-e-Hind) (M).[8]

## Literary works

Azmi is the author of several works, including:[6][9]

- *Muhaadharaat-e-Ilmiyyah* (transl. Scholarly Discourses on the Refutation of Non-Conformist Ideology)

- *Mas'ala-e-Taqlīd* (transl. The Issue of [Taqlid](/source/Taqlid))

## See also

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Asānīd_1-0)** Muzaffarnagari, Muhammad Taslim Aarifi; Saharanpuri, Abdullah Sher Khan (2023). [*Asātizat-u-Dar al-Uloom Wa Asānīduhum Fi al-Hadith*](https://archive.org/details/20240305_20240305_1203) [*Asanīd of Hadith teachers of Darul Uloom*] (in Urdu) (2nd ed.). [Deoband](/source/Deoband): Maktaba al-Haramain. p. 100.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Azami_2-0)** Azmi, Abul Hasan (2020). *Yaadon Ki Kehkashān* (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Deoband: Al-Hira Book Depot. pp. 86, 640–641.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMuzaffarnagariSaharanpuri2023100_3-0)** [Muzaffarnagari & Saharanpuri 2023](#CITEREFMuzaffarnagariSaharanpuri2023), p. 100.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMuzaffarnagariSaharanpuri2023101_4-0)** [Muzaffarnagari, Saharanpuri & 2023](#CITEREFMuzaffarnagariSaharanpuri2023), p. 101.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Khalili_5-0)** [Qasmi, Muhammadullah](/source/Muhammadullah_Khalili_Qasmi) (October 2020). [*Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh*](https://archive.org/details/darul-uloom-deob-ki-jamey-wa-mukhtasar-tareekh-edition-2) (in Urdu) (3rd ed.). India: Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy. p. 768. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1345466013](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1345466013).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQasmi2020791_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQasmi2020791_6-1) [Qasmi 2020](#CITEREFQasmi2020), p. 791.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Choudhary, Sameer (4 October 2021). ["Mufti Muhammad Rashid Azmi banaye gaye Darul Uloom Deoband ke naye Naib Mohtamim..."](https://urdu.millattimes.com/archives/75770) [Mufti Muhammad Rashid Azmi has been appointed as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband...]. *Millat Times* (in Urdu). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211004120853/https://urdu.millattimes.com/archives/75770) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["National Executive Council of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind"](https://www.jamiat.org.in/ui/national_executive_council/). *jamiat.org.in*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240723084006/https://www.jamiat.org.in/ui/national_executive_council/) from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [*Mas-ala e Taqleed by Muhammad Rashid Azmi*](https://archive.org/details/20231026_20231026_1228) (in Urdu). Retrieved 5 January 2025.

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