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{{Short description|Islamic scholar, educationalist}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muhammed Abdul Hakkim Azhari
| image = Abdul Hakkim Azhari Addressing the Suhba Camp at Markaz Knowledge City.jpg
| caption = Azhari addressing the Suhba Camp at Markaz Knowledge City
| office1 = Managing Director of [[Markaz Knowledge City]]
| term_start1 =
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| office2 = Founder and Director of [https://www.jamiamadeenathunnoor.org/Jamia Madeenathunnoor]
| module = {{Infobox religious biography|embed = yes
| religion = [[Islam]]
| denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]
| Madh'hab = [[Shafi‘i]]
|creed =
|movement =
|education = [[Al-Azhar University]] <br /> [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi|Ambedkar University Delhi]]<br />[[Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya]]
|father = [[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar]]
|website={{URL|drmahazhari.com}}
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'''Muhammed Abdul Hakkim Azhari''' (also known as MAH Al Kandi) د. محمد عبد الحكيم الكاندي is an Islamic scholar, educationalist and the managing director of the [[Markaz Knowledge City]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Muhammad Abdul Hakeem Azhary receives Imam Gazzali Award |url=https://www.awazthevoice.in/personality-news/dr-muhammad-abdul-hakeem-azhary-receives-imam-gazzali-award-26184.html |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=awazthevoice.in |language=en}}</ref> He is the President of Samastha kerala Sunni Yuvajana Samkham,
Member of samastha kerala jamiyyathul ulama kendra mushavara, former General Secretary of the Samastha Kerala Sunni Yuvajana Samgam (SYS)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-02 |title='Manava Sanjaram' Concludes in Thiruvananthapuram, Celebrating Harmonu |url=https://www.malayalamdailynews.com/english/663233/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |language=en-US}}</ref> and the founder and director of Jamia Madeenathunnoor, [[Poonoor]].

==Early life and education==
Abdul Hakim Azhari is the son of Islamic scholar [[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://alifglobalschool.com/teachers/dr-abdul-hakeem-azhari/|title=Dr. Abdul Hakeem Azhari}}</ref> He studied at the [[Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University]], in [[Bihar]] and the Jamia Markaz under [[Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya]] in [[Kerala]]. He completed a short-term diploma program at [[Al-Azhar University]] in [[Cairo]].

==Career==
Azhari has established educational institutions in various parts of Kozhikode. In 2001, he established Jamia Madeenathunnoor in Poonoor, Kozhikode. His organisation Sunni Yuvajana Sangam said in 2015 that they planned to open a hundred schools in [[Uttar Pradesh]] with a focus on primary education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/kerala-muslim-outfit-to-open-100-schools-in-up-48221.html|title=Muslim outfit from Kerala will open 100 schools in UP-IndiaTV News|date=5 March 2015|website=indiatvnews.com}}</ref> Azhari is the rector of Jamia Markaz under [[Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.news18.com/news/kerala/sys-general-secretary-ap-abdul-hakeem-azhari-clarifies-his-controversial-remarks-nj-tv-msk-366251.html|title = 'സമുദായത്തിന് നേരെ ആക്രമണം നടക്കുന്നത് വിശ്വാസികൾ നിസ്കരിക്കാത്തതുകൊണ്ട്'; വിവാദ പ്രസംഗത്തില്‍ വിശദീകരണവുമായി Sys സംസ്ഥാന സെക്രട്ടറി|date = 2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malabarnews.com/explanation-by-dr-hakeem-azhari-a-young-islamic-scholar-on-the-halal-controversy/|title='ഹലാൽ' വിവാദത്തിൽ യുവ ഇസ്‌ലാമിക പണ്ഡിതൻ ഡോ.ഹകീം അസ്ഹരിയുടെ വിശദീകരണം|website=malabarnews.com|date=18 January 2021|access-date=14 June 2021|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614145232/https://www.malabarnews.com/explanation-by-dr-hakeem-azhari-a-young-islamic-scholar-on-the-halal-controversy/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.madhyamam.com/india/gujarat-and-rohingya-muslims-burned-due-to-non-burning-of-prayers-kanthapuram-ap-with-strange-argument-abul-dul-hakeem-781725|title=Gujarat and Rohingyan Muslims were persecuted for not performing Namaz; Kanthapuram AP Abdul Hakeem|date=30 March 2021|website=english.madhyamam.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/dr-abdul-hakeem-azhari-criticize-pinarayi-government-in-social-justice-799986|title=പിണറായി സർക്കാറിനെതിരെ അബ്ദുൽ ഹകീം അസ്ഹരി; 'സാമ്പത്തിക നീതിയിലെ ഉത്സാഹം സാമൂഹിക നീതിയിൽ ഉണ്ടായില്ല' | Madhyamam|first=മാധ്യമം|last=ലേഖകൻ|date=20 May 2021|website=madhyamam.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.varthabharati.in/india/governments-should-create-conducive-atmosphere-for-welfare-of-minorities-ap-aboobacker-musliyar|title=Governments should create conducive atmosphere for welfare of minorities: A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar|first=Vartha|last=Bharathi|website=english.varthabharati.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/080219/kanthapuram-government-must-focus-on-development.html|title=Kanthapuram: Government must focus on development|date=8 February 2019|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

Azhari is the managing director of [[Markaz Knowledge City]], a residential and educational hub near Kozhikode city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/583682|title=India's largest iconic cultural center set to open in March 2020 in Calicut|date=28 November 2019|website=Saudigazette}}</ref> He supervised the establishment of Alif Global school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1396691/corporate-news|title=Kerala-based Alif Global School logo launched|date=30 October 2018|website=Arab News}}</ref> He said in a conference that "Our duty is to spread this message of Islam to save humanity from darkness."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2012may17/mso_holds_annual_meet_ajmer_vows_work_peace_society.html|title=MSO holds annual meet in Ajmer, vows to work for peace in society|date=17 May 2012}}</ref>

==Writing==
His books include a Shama’il-u-nabi – Anudhavanathinte Anandam: thirunabiyude jeevitha pakarppukal (trans. The Joy of Emulation: the Life of Prophet Muhammed ﷺ – which is one of the best sellers in Malayalam language and translated into various local and international languages;
* Biography- Vismaya Vilasam (trans: The Holy Address: Biography of Shaikh Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi)
* Travelogue - Bosfarasinte Bagyam (trans. The Fortune of Bosporus)
* Essays– Thiru kesham- madeenayude sammanam (trans. The Holy Relics of Prophet Muhammed ﷺ)
* Study– Qasedathul Burda; (trans. A Study on Qaseedathul Burda); the translation of Dr. Usama al-Azhari’s al- Haqq al-Mubeen fi raddi ala man tala’ba fi dheen (trans. Bheegarathayude adiverukal, The Roots of Extremism)

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AracelyIqbal at 11:09, 11 March 2026