Muhammad Mustafa Azmi
Muhammad Mustafa Al-A‘zami | |
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| File:Renowned Muhaddis Dr. Mohammad Mustufa Azmi is launching the 39 Electronic Books of Dr. Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi on 19 March 2016.jpg Azmi (second from the left) while launching 39 electronic books of Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1930 |
| Died | 20 December 2017 (aged 86-87) |
| Resting place | Al-Rajhi Mosque, Riyadh |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband Al-Azhar University University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Muhaddith |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Awards | King Faisal International Award in 1980 (Islamic Studies Branch) |
Muhammad Mustafa Al-A'zami (Arabic: محمد مصطفى الأعظمي; 1930 – 20 December 2017) was an Indian-born Saudi Arabian[1] contemporary hadith scholar best known for his critical investigation of the theories of fellow Islamic scholars Ignác Goldziher, David Margoliouth, and Joseph Schacht.
Life and education
[edit | edit source]He was born in Mau, India then in the Azamgarh district (hence his nisba) in the early part of the year 1930. Al-A'zami received his education successively at Darul Uloom Deoband (1952), Al-Azhar University (M.A., 1955), and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom (Ph.D., 1966).[2]
Muhammad Mustafa Azmi died on 20 December 2017, aged 87.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Azmi was a Professor Emeritus at King Saud University where he also chaired the department of Islamic Studies. He served as curator of the National Public Library of Qatar, Associate Professor at Umm al-Qura University, visiting scholar at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Visiting Fellow at St Cross College, Oxford, King Faisal Visiting Professor for Islamic Studies at Princeton University, and visiting scholar at the University of Colorado at Boulder.[4] He was also an Honorary Fellow in Islamic Studies at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.[5]
Awards and recognition
[edit | edit source]In 1980, he was the recipient of the King Faisal International Award for Islamic Studies.[6] Much of A'zami's work focused on challenging Western scholarship on hadith literature, especially on highlighting the fact that there was already intense literary activity on hadiths during the lifetime of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, at his encouragement.[7]
Literary works
[edit | edit source]- Studies in Early Hadith Literature, His doctoral thesis at the University of Cambridge
- Hadith Methodology and Literature, a general introduction to the subject
- The History of the Qur'anic Text from Revelation to Compilation: A Comparative Study with the Old and New Testaments
- On Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence
- Dirasat fi al-Hadith an-Nabawi[8]
- Kuttab an-Nabi
- Manhaj an-Naqd 'ind al-Muhaddithin
- al-Muhaddithun min al-Yamamah
His forthcoming works include The Qurʾānic Challenge: A Promise Fulfilled and The ʾIsnād System: Its Origins and Authenticity.
Edited works
[edit | edit source]- al-ʿIlal of Ibn al-Madini
- Kitāb at-Tamyiz of Imam Muslim
- Maghāzi Rasulullah of Urwah ibn Zubayr
- Muwatta Imam Malik
- Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
- Sunan ibn Majah
See also
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Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- الشيخ محمد مصطفى الأعظمي ومساهمته العلمية في الحديث النبوي
- الشيخ محمد مصطفى الأعظمي ومساهماته العلمية في مجال الحديث النبوي: دراسة استقرائية
- Muhammad Mustafa Azamis Contribution to and hadith Literature and his Critique of Orientalists
External links
[edit | edit source]- Interview with al-A'zami (In the Arabic language)
- King Faisal International Award for Islamic Studies, 1980, winner: Al-A'zami
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- Saudi Arabian curators
- 1930 births
- 2017 deaths
- People from Mau
- Hadith scholars
- Fellows of St Cross College, Oxford
- Princeton University faculty
- University of Michigan faculty
- University of Colorado Boulder faculty
- People associated with University of Wales Trinity Saint David
- Academic staff of King Saud University
- 20th-century Indian Muslims
- Biographical evaluation scholars
- Deobandis
- People from Azamgarh
- Muslim scholars of Islamic studies