Muhammad Azam Nadwi
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- Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (ʿĀlimiyyat, Faḍīlah)
- University of Lucknow (B.A.)
- Maulana Azad National Urdu University (M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.)
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 Left: Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, Right: Muhammad Azam Nadwi, during the launch of Rahmani's book "Prophet for the World", held on 14 September 2024. | |
| Born | 15 December 1984 Jamshedpur, Bihar, India (now in Jharkhand) |
| Occupations | Islamic scholar, writer, professor |
| Known for | Arabic and Urdu writings on Islamic jurisprudence and reform |
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| Doctoral advisor | Mohammad Sharfe Alam |
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| Era | Contemporary |
| Region | South Asia |
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Muhammad Azam Nadwi (born 15 December 1984) is an Indian Islamic scholar, writer, and professor, recognized for his work in Arabic literature and Islamic jurisprudence. He has authored and translated numerous scholarly articles and books in both Arabic and Urdu, focusing on Islamic law, contemporary Muslim identity, and classical scholarship. Nadwi currently teaches Islamic sciences—including Ḥadīth and Fiqh—at Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad.
Muhammad Azam Nadwi was born on 15 December 1984.[1] His father, Sayyid Hussain Ahmad ‘Ārif Gayāwī (1941–2020), was an Islamic scholar and Urdu poet, and a student of Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad. He served as the imam and khatib of the Jāmiʿ Masjid in Sakchi, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), for 27 years, from 1983 to 2010.[2][3]
He memorized the Qur’an and received certification in Qirā’ah from Madrasa Hussainia in Jamshedpur and Ranchi. He then pursued traditional Islamic studies and completed the ʿĀlimiyyah course at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, followed by the Faḍīlah specialization in Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh) in 2004 — a qualification considered equivalent to a Master’s degree in Islamic Studies. He later obtained a Bachelor's degree from the University of Lucknow, and subsequently earned an M.A. in Arabic language and literature from Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad.[4][5][6]
He was awarded an M.Phil. in Arabic from the same university in 2017 for a dissertation titled Biographical Works of Mohammad Akram Nadwi on Indian Eminent Personalities: An Analytical and Critical Study, supervised by Abdul Quddoos, Associate Professor in the Department of Arabic.[7] On 1 March 2023, he received his Ph.D. in Arabic from the same university for a dissertation titled Intertextuality in the Modern Literary Criticism & its Manifestations in the Writings of Shaikh Abul Hasan Ali Al Hasani Al Nadwi, under the supervision of Assistant Professor Mohammad Sharfe Alam.[8][9][10]