Professor Muhammad Mustafa Al-A’zami’s Books are Donated to Our Library

Ibn Haldun University Library enriches its collection day by day. The charitable donations made by the philanthropists also play an important role in this enrichment. The famous hadith scholar of India, Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Al-A’zami’s collection was donated by his family to the Ibn Haldun University Library. This collection, which has more than 5,000 books, is rapidly continuing its classification and listing activities and will be available to researchers in a short while.

The famous hadith scholar, who recently died, Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Al-A’zami has left behind numerous scientific studies. He is commemorated at the International Muhammad Mustafa al-Azami Symposium organized by our University on 19-20 December 2018 and, he is also our esteemed rector Prof. Recep Şentürk’s professor.

Who is Professor Muhammad Mustafa Al-A’zami?

Al-A’zami was born in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Although his exact date of birth is unknown, It is said that he was born in 1928 or 1932.

Al-A’zami took Arabic, Persian, and Quran lessons from his father before starting school.

He completed his primary school, high school, and bachelor’s education in India. He received his master’s degree in 1955 from al-Azhar University and his doctorate in 1966 from the University of Cambridge. Between 1955 and 1964, he worked at the National Library of Qatar. After completing his doctorate, he lectured as an instructor at various universities in Saudi Arabia, England, and the USA.

Mohammed Mustafa al-A’zami, who has many works, is a researcher who rejects the claims of the orientalists who claim that the hadiths do not come in a reliable way. The orientalist studies on the Sunnah and the hadith, which started at the end of the 17th century in the West, brought up the claim that there are doubts about the reliability of the Qur’an and the Sunnah in particular. They made publications questioning whether the hadiths belonged to the Prophet Muhammad. Al-A’zami as a scholar, followed the world of Western science very well and has a great knowledge of the works of orientalists, and made great contributions to Islamic sciences, especially Hadith. He refuted these claims within the framework of scientific methods.

Works Written and Contributed by Muhammed Mustafa Al-A’zami: