Zainul Abideen Azmi

Mawlana
Zainul Abideen Azmi
Mawlana Zainul Abideen Azmi
Personal life
Born	30 October 1932; Pura Maroof, Azamgarh district (now Mau district), United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died	28 April 2013 (aged 80); Pura Maroof, Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Main interest(s)	Hadith studies; Biographical evaluation; Islamic jurisprudence;
Notable work(s)	Takmilah Imdād al-Bārī; Wafayātu Man Yu'tamad Qawluhu fī al-Jarḥ wa al-Ta'dīl; A'lām al-Muḥaddithīn; Nukhab min Asmā' Rijāl al-Ṣiḥāḥ;
Alma mater	Madrasa Maroofia, Pura Maroof; Madrasa Ihyaul Uloom, Mubarakpur; Darul Uloom Deoband;
Occupation	Islamic scholar, muhaddith, jurist, writer
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Teachers	Hussain Ahmad Madani; Izaz Ali Amrohi; Ibrahim Balyawi; Fakhrul Hasan Moradabadi; Naseer Ahmad Khan; Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri;
Movement	Deobandi
Muslim leader
	Students Abdullah Maroofi; ;

Zainul Abideen Azmi (1932–2013) was an Indian Islamic scholar, muhaddith (hadith specialist), jurist, and writer associated with the Deobandi tradition. He was educated at Darul Uloom Deoband and remained engaged with the teaching, transmission, and study of hadith and related Islamic sciences for nearly six decades.

Azmi taught at a number of Islamic seminaries in different capacities, including advanced hadith instruction. In the later part of his career, he served at Mazahir Uloom Jadeed, Saharanpur, where from 1995 until his death he headed the Department of Specialisation in Hadith. He also authored and edited several works in Arabic and Urdu, particularly in the fields of hadith studies and biographical criticism.