Obaid Iqbal Asim

Early life and education Ubaid Iqbal Asim was born on 25 July 1959 (19 Muharram 1379 AH) in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh.

He began his educational journey at Darul Uloom Deoband, where he completed the Dars-e-Nizami course in 1980. He later pursued an M.A. in Arabic at Aligarh Muslim University in 1996 and obtained his Ph.D. in Arabic in 2002. Secretary of the All India Education Movement and the Uttar Pradesh Rabta Committee.

He is also a member of the Central Committee of the All India Majlis-e-Mushawarat and the All India Educational Caravan.

He has been associated with Aligarh Muslim University in some capacity.

Literary works Asim has mastery over Urdu and Arabic languages and has authored numerous books and research articles on academic and scholarly topics. His notable works include Ghubar-e-Khatir aur Uska Sha'iri Sarmaya, Ijtimai Nizam-e-Zakat, and Insaaf Ki Dastak.

He earned his Ph.D. by writing a thesis on the life and contributions of Zafar Ahmad Usmani. His literary journey began with contributions to the wall magazines of Darul Uloom Deoband and later expanded to writing for various journals and magazines. (A study of Ashraf Ali Thanwi's Quranic scholarship; ) Deoband: Tareekh-o-Tahzeeb ke Aaine Mein (Deoband – In the Mirror of History and Civilization) Para-e-'am ke Mozu'aat wa Mazameen (Topics and articles of the 30th Juz' of Quran) Sawaneh Maulana Mansoor Ansari – Sada Muhajir (Biography of Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari, co-authored with Arshad Mansoor Ghazi) Syed Hamid (Biography of Syed Hamid) Zikr-e-Ghazi (Biography of Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi)