Azami received his primary education at Madrasa Isha'atul Uloom Pura Maroof, where he studied Arabic language and pursued courses up to Sullam al-Uloom, under the supervision of his elder brother, Amanatullah Azami.[2]
After graduation, Azami was a teacher for two years at Darul Uloom Hussainia, Tawli, Muzaffarnagar district, then taught Sahih al-Tirmidhi and Sahih al-Bukhari for a few years in Damaipur, Malda, West Bengal. After that, he did teaching services in various madrasas like Jāmi'at-ur-Rashād Azamgarh, Misbah-ul-Uloom Kopaganj, Miftah-ul-Uloom Mau, and Mazhar-ul-Uloom Banaras. On the invitation of Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami, he served for a few years in Miftah-ul-Uloom, Mau, as Sheikh al-Hadith.[3][2] He also provided teaching services in some madrasas in Assam and Gujarat.[4]
After Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri, his name was suggested for the post of Sheikh al-Hadith and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, which he declined.[2] He is known by the title "Bahrul Uloom" (transl. The Ocean of Knowledge) due to his meticulous and extensive study of Hadith, biographical evaluation (ʿIlm al-rijāl), Christianity, and Judaism.[2][11]
In the meeting of the governing body of Darul Uloom Deoband held on Safar 1421 AH, on the advice of Asad Madani, the proposal to establish a "Department of Specialization in Hadith" in Darul Uloom Deoband was approved, and Azami was appointed as its patron.[12][13][14][9][15]
He is convinced of the necessity of ijtihad in religious matters.[19]
In March 2019, Islamic jurists, including Azami, stated the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY), a scheme launched by the Indian government, is "illegal" according to Islamic Shari'a because it contains interest as a part.[20]
Under the supervision of Azami, from the Department of Specialization in Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband, on the various terms of Jami al-Tirmidhi, some research books have been published in several volumes under the names of Al-Hadith al-Hasan Fī Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, Hasan an-Gharīb Fī Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, and "Hadith an-Gharīb Fī Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi.[1][15]
Ni'mat al-Mun'im (an Urdu commentary on Sahih Muslim in two volumes)[23]
Taqrīb Sharḥ Maʿāni al-Āthār (5 volumes; translated also into Arabic by Habib Bewley under the title Sharḥ Maʿāni al-Āthār: Explanation of the Meanings of the Traditions[24])
Al-Fawāid al-Muhimma Fī Dirāsat al-Mutūn wa Mukhtalaf al-Hadīth (important benefits of studying texts and different hadiths)
Madāris ar-Ruwāt wa Mashāhīr-u-Asātizatihā Ma'a Talāmidhatihim wa Tabaqātihim (Schools of Hadith narrators and their famous teachers, along with their students and their generations)
'īsāiyat; Injīl Ki Roshni Mein (A Study of Christianity in the Light of the Gospel)
Dirāsat u Tatbīq al-Amthilah Li ‘Anwā‘ al-ahadīth al-mukhtalifah (Study the application of examples to different types of hadiths)
Dirāsat al-Hadith as-Sahīh wa al-Hasan wa Aqsāmuha wa Fikratu Ibn as-Salah wa Dirāsat u Miqyās-i-Ma'rifat-i-Rijāl al-Hasan Li Zātih (in Arabic; studying the authentic hadith and the good hadith and their divisions, the idea of Ibn al-Salah, and studying the standard of knowledge of the men of the good hadith in and of itself.)
Al-Ahādīth al-Mukhtārah Li al-Hifz Li Qism at-Takhassus Fi al-Hadīth (in Arabic; Hadiths selected for memorization for the Department of Specialization in Hadith)
^ abcMaroofi, Muhammad Usman (1976). "Sheikh al-Hadith Maulana Nematullah". Mashahīr-e-Pura Maroof (in Urdu). Pura Maroof, Baloh, Kurthi Jafarpur, Mau district: Maktaba Usmania. pp. 81–82.
^ abcdQasmi, Rafiuddin Hanif (26 February 2018). "Hazrat Maulana Nematullah Azmi". mazmeen.com (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
^ abAzmi, Abul Hasan (2004). "Maulana Nematullah Azmi". Hazrat Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi: Ek Dil Aawez Shakhsiyat (in Urdu). Deoband: Maktaba Sautul Qura. p. 41.
^ abQasmi, Farooque Azam (2022). "Bahrul Uloom". Aasma'n Kaise Kaise (in Urdu) (1st ed.). New Delhi: Markazi Publications. pp. 34–42.
^Mubarakpuri, Arif Jameel (2021). Mausoo'a Ulama-u- Deoband [The Encyclopedia of Deobandi Scholars] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. p. 488.
^Barnī, Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Kawthar (1998). علماء ديوبند وخدماتهم في علم الحديث [Deobandi scholars and their services in Hadith science] (in Arabic). Deoband: Shaikh al-Hind Academy. p. 276.