Nematullah Azami
Bahr al-Uloom, Maulana Nematullah Azami | |
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| President Islamic Fiqh Academy, India | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Zafeeruddin Miftahi |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 24 December 1936 Pura Maroof, then Azamgarh district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (now Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Fiqh, Biographical evaluation |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| School | Isha'atul Uloom Pura Maroof Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Teachers | |
| Muslim leader | |
Nematullah Azami (born 24 December 1936), also written as Nematullah Azmi and Ni'matullah Azami, is an Indian Islamic hadith scholar, a commentator on the Quran (mufassir), and a faqīh (Islamic jurist). He is the president of India's Islamic Fiqh Academy. He has also been serving as a senior lecturer at Darul Uloom Deoband for forty years.