Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

Nizāmuddīn Asīr Adrawi (also known as Asīr Adrawi; 1926 – 20 May 2021) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, biographer, historian and author in the Urdu language. He established Madrassa Darus Salam in Adari and served as Officer In Charge of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind in Lucknow from 1974 to 1978.

Asīr died on 20 May 2021 in Adari, Mau, Uttar Pradesh. Arshad Madani expressed grief on his death and said that “Asīr Adrawi’s death is an irreparable loss.”

Asīr participated in the Quit India Movement. He was associated with the Indian National Congress until 1948, when he joined the Congress Socialist Party. He established Madrassa Darus Salam in Adri, Mau in 1954, and taught in Adri for around sixteen years.He served as Officer In Charge of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow from 1974 to 1978 and thereafter taught Islamic Sciences at the Madrasa Jamia Islamia in Rewri Talab, Varanasi from 4 February 1978 till he was bedridden due to senescence.

Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi was born in 1926 in Adari, Mau, then in the United Provinces of British India. He was schooled at Madrasa Faydh al-Ghuraba, in Adari, and then at the Jamia Miftahul Uloom where studied with Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azmi, Munshi Zahīr-ul-Haq Nishāt Simābi and Abdul Latīf Nomāni. He then went to Madrassa Ehya-ul-Uloom in Mubarakpur, where he studied with scholars such as Shukrullah Mubarakpuri. He then moved to Darul Uloom Mau where he studied Mishkat with Abdur Rasheed al-Hussayni and Jalalayn with Qari Riyasat Ali. He applied for admission to Darul Uloom Deoband but was unsuccessful and thus went to Madrasa Shahi for higher studies and graduated in 1942. He studied Sahih Bukhari with Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad, Sahih Muslim with Ismail Sambhali and Tirmidhi with Muhammad Miyan Deobandi.