Shaikh Muqtada Hasan Azhari (1939-2009)

He was born on 8 august 1939 in Mao Nath Bhanjan in UP province, in a poor family, his father used to make clothes, and his mother was the daughter of Molana Muhammad Numan A'zami, a student of Mian Nazeer Husayn Dehlawi.

He did his primary studies in Mao Nath Bhanjan, his Alimiyat degree in Jamiyah Islamiyah Faidh e Aam in Mao Nath Bhanjan. He obtained degree in Arabic and Persian in Jamiyah Athariyah Dar Al-Hadith in Mao Nath Bhanjan. He obtained his Aalim degree in 1960 and his Fazil degree in 1962.

In 1963 he went to Egypt to Azhar university and obtained a MA in 1966. In 1972 he did his Mphil in AliGharh Muslim University and obtained his doctorate in AliGharh university in 1975, and his Maqalah was on "Takhrij Ahadith Bahjatul Majalis li ibn Abdil Barr" second Juzz

He taught in Jamiyah Islamiyah Faidh e Aam in Mao Nath Bhanjan for 2 years, then in Ali Gharh University for 1 year and after in Jamiyah Salafiyah Banaris from 1968 to his death in 2009.

His teachers include:

Sh Abdul Mueed Banarsi,
sh Habib Ar-Rahman Faizi,
sh Abdullah Shaiq Maowi,
sh Azeemullah Maowi,
sh Shamsul Haq Salafi (father of sh Ozair Shams),
sh Muhammad A'zami
sh AbdurRahman ibn Shaykh Ubaydullah Mubarakpuri
Dr Shawqi Dayf
Dr Ali Abdul Wahid Wani
Sh Abdul Aliy ibn Shaykh Abdullah Maowi

His writings:

Urdu:

1) Tarikh Adab Arabi (5 vol)
2) Khatun Islam
3) Muslim Nojawan or Islami Tarbiyat
4) Asr Hazir mein Muslalmanon ki science wa Tachnology ki Zarurat
5) Quran Kareem par Ghor wa Tadabbur Mazhabi Fareedha he
6) Ramadhan or Eed Al-Fitr Tarbiyati Nuqtah Nazar se
7) Hindustan mein tahreek Ahl e Hadith or Jadeed Taqaze
8) Shah Abdul Aziz ibn AbdirRahman Aal Su'ud or Mamlakah Tawheed Su'udi Arab
9) Musalman or Islami Thaqafat
10) Ham kiya Parhen?
11) Islam or Insani Samaj

Arabic books:

12) Mansoor Al-Faqeeh Hayatuhu wa Shi'ruhu
13) Nazaratu ila Mawaqif Al-Muslimeen min Ahdath Al-Khaleej
14) Mushkilah Al-Masjid Al-Babri fi Daw Tarikh wal Kitabat A-Mua'sarah
15) Haqiqatu Al-Adab wa Wazifatuhu
16) Qiraatu fi Kitab "Al-Jalatu Al-Khalqiyah lil Aalam Al-Islami" lil Ustaz Asrar Aalam
17) Al-Qadiyaniyah

Translations from Urdu or Persian to Arabic:

1) Qadaya Kitabah At-Tarikh Al-Islami wa Hulooliha, of Dr Mazhar Siddiqi
2) Rahmatun Lil Alamin of Qadi Muhammad Sulayman Mansurpuri
3) Islam Tashkeel Jadeed lil Hadarah, of Sh Muhammad Taqi Amini
4) Bayna Al-Insan At-Tabi'i wal Insan Sana'i of sh Muhammad Taqi Amini
5) Asr Al-Ilhaad of sh Muhammad Taqi Amini
6) An-Nizam Al-Ilahi of sh Muhammad Taqi Amini
7) Harakah Al-Intilaq Al-Fikri wa Juhud Shah Waliyullah (translation of Tahreek e Azadi Fikr of sh Isma'eel Salafi)
8) Masalah Hayat An-Nabi (saw) of sh Isma'eel Salafi
9) Ziyarat Al-Quboor of sh Isma'eel Salafi
10) An-Nasraniyah Al-Haadhirah fi Daw At-Tarikh Al-Bahth Al-Ilmi of sh Muslih Ad-Din A'zami
11) Hujjiyatul Hadith An-Nabawi of sh Isma'eel Salafi
12) Quratul Aynayn fi Tafdheel Ash-Shaykhayn of Shah Waliyullah Dehlawi
13) Al-Ikseer fi Usul At-Tafseer of Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan
14) Jama'atul Mujahideen of sh Ghulam Rasool Mehr

Translations Arabic to Urdu

1) Rah Haqq ke Taqaze, translation of summary of Iqtida Sirat Mustaqeem of shaykhul Islam ibn Taymiyah
2) Mukhtasar Zad Al-Ma'ad, of ibn Al-Qayim summarised by sh Muhammad ibn AbdilWahab
3) Islah Al-Masajid of sh Jamaludin Qasimi
4) Aap Beti of 'Abbas Mahmood Al-'Uqad
5) Izmat Raftah of Abdul Haleem Uwais (Suqut Thalathin Dawlah)
6) Risalat ke sare mein of Abdul Haleem Uwais (fi Zilal Ar-Rasool)
7) Khadim Haramayn Sharifayn ka Haqiqat Afroz Bayan (Kalimaat Muntaqah min Khadim Al-Haramayn Ash-Sharifayn)
8) Islami Shari'at mein A'dha ki Piyundkari (diverse Maqalat of scholars on organ donations)

Tahqiqat wa Ta'liqat:

1) Fath Al-Mannan fi Tasheel Al-Itqan, summary of Al-Itqan of Suyuti
2) Husul Al-Mamun min Ilm Al-Usul, notes on Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan's book
3) Azmatul Khaleej fi Mizan Ash-Shar' wal Aql (Maqalat of scholars)

Maqalat

358 articles in Arabic Magazine "Sawt Al-Jami'ah" and Sawt Al-Ummah
22 articles in Arabic Magazine "Al-Manar"
200 Urdu articles in Sawt Al-Jamiyah and Muhadith magazine

and others in other magazines

Positions held in different organizations:

1) Member of AliGharh Muslim University
2) Member of Muslim personal Law Board (Hind)
3) Member of Markazi Jamiat Ahl e Hadith Hind
4) Member of Alami Rabitah Adab Al-Islami
5) Member of Jam'iyah Al-Muthaqifin
6) Member of Rabitah Al-Alam Al-Islami Makkah
7) Member of Deeni wa Ta'limi Council Uttar Pradesh
8) Wakeel of Jamiyah Salafiyah Banaris up to 2006
9) Director or Idarah Al-Buhuth Al-Islamiyah of Jamiyah Salafiyah up to 2006
10) President of Jamiyah Salafiyayh Banaris
11) In charge of Majlis Nida e Waqt Mao Nath Bhajan
12) Member of Ta'limi Committee of Jamiyah Muhammadiyah Maliyagaon
13) Member of Idarah Islah Al-Masajid in Mumbay

The Shayikh students are many including Shaikh Salahdin Maqbool Ahmad, Sh Ozair Shams, sh AbdurRahman Feraway, and sh Asghar Ali Imam Mahdi.

source: Gulistan Hadith of Sh Ishaq Bhatti