Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi

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Mawlāna

Nizāmuddīn Asīr Adrawi
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Personal
Born1926 (1926)
Adri, Mau District, British India
Died20 May 2021(2021-05-20) (aged 94–95)
Adri, Mau, Uttar Pradesh
ReligionIslam
RegionIndia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Main interest(s)History
Notable work(s)
  • Tarikh Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
  • Tehreek-e-Azadi aur Musalman
  • Karwan-e-Rafta
Alma mater
Founder ofMadrassa Darus Salam, Adri
Senior posting
Influenced by

Nizāmuddīn Asīr Adrawi (also known as Asīr Adrawi; 1926 – 20 May 2021) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, biographer, historian and author in the Urdu language. He established Madrassa Darus Salam in Adri and served as Officer In Charge of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind in Lucknow from 1974 to 1978.

Asīr was an alumnus of Jamia Miftahul Uloom, Madrassa Ehya-ul-Uloom and the Madrasa Shahi. He taught Islamic sciences at the Madrasa Jamia Islamia in Rewri Talab Varanasi. His works include Maʼās̲ir-i Shaik̲h̲ulislām, Tafāsīr mai Isrā'īli Riwāyāt and the biographies of Hussain Ahmad Madani, Imamuddin Punjabi, Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.

Biography[]

Asīr Adrawi was born in 1926 in Adri, Mau, then United Provinces of British India.[1] He was schooled at Madrasa Faydh al-Ghuraba, Adri. He then went to Jamia Miftahul Uloom and studied there with Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azmi, Munshi Zahīr-ul-Haq Nishāt Simābi and Abdul Latīf Nomāni.[1] He then went to Madrassa Ehya-ul-Uloom in Mubarakpur, where he studied with Shukrullah Mubarakpuri, Bashir Ahmad Mazahiri, Muhammad Umar Mazāhiri and Muhammad Yaseen. He then moved to Darul Uloom Mau where he studied Mishkat with Abdur Rasheed al-Hussayni and Jalalayn with Qari Riyasat Ali.[1] He applied for admission to Darul Uloom Deoband but was unsuccessful and thus went to Madrasa Shahi for higher studies and graduated in 1942.[2][3] He studied Sahih Bukhari with Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad, Sahih Muslim with Ismail Sambhali and Tirmidhi with Muhammad Miyan Deobandi.[4]

Asīr participated in the Quit India Movement.[2] He was associated with the Indian National Congress until 1948, when he joined the Congress Socialist Party.[4] He established Madrassa Darus Salam in Adri, Mau in 1954, and taught in Adri for around sixteen years.[1]He served as Officer In Charge of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow from 1974 to 1978 and thereafter taught Islamic Sciences at the Madrasa Jamia Islamia in Rewri Talab, Varanasi from 4 February 1978 till he was bedridden due to senescence.[4][5] He wrote most of his works during his stay at Varanasi.[1]

Asīr was the editor of 3 monthly Tarjumān and wrote hundreds of articles for it. He was columnist and a writer for Weekly Al-Jamiat and Daily al-Jamiat.[6] He was known for his short stories. He wrote legends including Itnā, Do LāsheiN, Nashīb-o-Farāz and Aetirāf-e-Shikast.[4] His legends such as Hand bag and Aspatāl were published in the Nawai Pakistan, Lahore.[4] He also contributed to the Kāmyāb, Delhi and the Risāla Dārul Uloom of Darul Uloom Deoband.[4] A number of Asīr's works are considered primary sources for various Darul Uloom Deoband related issues.[2]

Asīr died on 20 May 2021 in Adri, Mau, Uttar Pradesh.[1][7] Arshad Madani expressed grief on his death and said that "Asīr Adrawi's death is an irreparable loss."[3]

Literary works[]

Asīr wrote biographies of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Imamuddin Punjabi, Rahmatullah Kairanawi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and Hussain Ahmed Madani.[6] His books include:[1][8]

  • Afkār-e-Aalam
  • Dabistān-i Devband kī ʻilmī k̲h̲idmāt
  • Dārulʻulūm Devband, iḥyā-yi Islām kī ʻaẓīm taḥrīk
  • Fun asma-ur-Rijal
  • Maʼās̲ir-i Shaik̲h̲ulislām (Biography of Hussain Ahmed Madani)
  • Tafāsīr mai Isrā'īli Riwāyāt
  • Taḥrīk-i āzādī aur Musalmān
  • Tārīkh Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
  • Tārīkh-e-Tabri ka tehqīqi jayzah
  • Urdu sharah Dīvān-i Mutanabbī

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Syed Inaamul Hasan (21 May 2021). "مولانا اسیر ادروی: ایک تعارف" [Mawlāna Asīr Adrawi: An Introduction]. Baseerat Online (in Urdu). Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Nayab Hasan. "مولانا نظام الدین اسیر ادروی:اسیرِ علم و قلم" [Mawlāna Asīr Adrawi: The prisinor of pen and knowledge]. Qindeel Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "مولانا نظام الدین اسیر ادروی کا انتقال ناقابلِ تلافی خسارہ:مولانا ارشدمدنی" [Maulana Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi's death is an irreparable loss: Arshad Madani]. Qindeel Online (in Urdu). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Aafi, Aaqib Anjum. "Mawlāna Nizāmuddīn Asīr Adrawi, Hayāt awr Kārnāme". HindustanUrduTimes.com (in Urdu). Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  5. ^ Asir Adrawi. Dastan Na'tamam (November 2009 ed.). Kutub Khana Husainia, Deoband. p. 13,21–28,331.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Urdu Ke Farogh Mai Ulama-e-Deoband Ka 150 Saala Kirdar". Fikr-e-Inqelab (in Urdu). All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Haque. 5 (112): 533. January 2017.
  7. ^ "مشہور مؤرخ اور درجنوں کتابوں کے مصنف مولانا اسیر ادروی نہیں رہے" [Famous historian and author Mawlāna Asīr Adrawi is no more]. Baseerat Online (in Urdu). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Books authored by Maulana Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi". viaf.org. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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