According to his educational records, Dr. Maulana Hamid Al-Ansari Anjum was born on May 15, 1932, in the village of Karanjot Bazaar, District Basti (now in Sant Kabir Nagar district). He passed away on February 17, 2013, in his native village. His birth name was Abdul Hamid, but he became widely known as Hamid Al-Ansari Anjum and Anjum Jamal Athari. Over time, the name Hamid Al-Ansari Anjum became his identity.
Maulana Anjum’s initial education took place in his village, where he learned to read the Quran and the basics of Urdu from his father, Jan Muhammad Ansari. After completing his primary education, he pursued further studies in Arabic and Persian at Madrasa Darul Uloom in Fatehpur, Bansi Tehsil, District Basti (now Siddharth Nagar). He later attended another madrasa in Unchahra, District Basti, under the guidance of Maulana Ubaidur Rahman. Following this, he briefly studied at the renowned Madrasa Siraj-ul-Uloom in Jhanda Nagar, Nepal, before returning to Fatehpur for further studies under Maulana Shamsul Haq (a student of Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmani).
Continuing his education, he moved to Madrasa Miftah-ul-Uloom in Bhatt Para, where he studied various subjects, including Sunan Arba’a, Mishkat al-Masabih, and Jalalayn, under Maulana Khalilur Rahman. For higher religious education, he went to Delhi and enrolled at Madrasa Riyaz-ul-Uloom at Jama Masjid, where he studied hadith and fiqh with Sheikh-ul-Hadith Maulana Abdul Salam Bastawi, graduating in 1951.
He then enrolled in Tibia College in Ballimaran, where he earned a degree in Fadil al-Tibb wal-Jarahat (Doctor of Medicine and Surgery) in 1955. After completing his studies, he returned to his native place and founded “Madrasa Madinat-ul-Uloom,” which continues to operate to this day. However, he did not remain long as its principal, opting instead to focus on the Terai region along the India-Nepal border, where he established several madrasas and spread religious education. He also founded numerous mosques in the area.
The study of the newspapers “Al-Jamiyat” in Delhi and “Madina” in Bijnor ignited his passion for poetry, leading him to start writing poetry. Dr. Maulana Hamid Al-Ansari Anjum is renowned in the field of naat (Islamic devotional poetry), dedicating his poetic talents and creativity solely to this genre. His naat poetry covers numerous themes, all highly attractive and deserving of deep analysis. Maulana Anjum’s eleven poetry collections have been published, most of which consist of naat and Islamic poems.
His first naat collection, “Charagh-e-Haram,” was published in 1969 and became extremely popular, quickly going out of print. Local poets began imitating it, and when a novice poet published a naat collection with the same title, Anjum changed his collection’s name to “Sham-e-Haram,” which was published in 1986 and also soon went out of print. The demand for “Charagh-e-Haram” persisted, leading to the third edition being published under the original name in February 2003.
Other collections include “Manar-e-Haram” (First edition 1977, second edition February 2003), “Waqt ki Pukar” (First edition 1961 in the journal “Tarjuman,” second edition 1976, third edition September 2003), “Bachon ke Naghme” (1990), “Naghma Zaar Anjum” (October 2001), “Naat ke Phool” (September 2004), “Lahuti Naghme” (September 2004), “Islami Tarane” (September 2004), “Barbat Anjum” (November 2004), and “Madh-e-Sahaba” (2006). Unpublished works include “Tajdar-e-Haram” (naat collection), “Minbar-o-Mihrab” (Islamic poems), “Salar-e-Bait-ul-Haram” (prose biography), and “Khutbat Anjum” (sermons collection).
He launched three newspapers and magazines—Al-Hilal, Al-Mu’tamar, and Khbar Nama—which ran for several years. In recognition of his religious, scholarly, literary, and journalistic contributions, the Central Jamiat Ahle Hadith India awarded him a certificate and award at their 28th All India Conference held in Pakur, Jharkhand, in 2004.
His son, Dr. Shams Kamal Anjum, wrote a memoir on his life and services titled “Nuqoosh-e-Jawidan,” published in Delhi in 2008. His other son, Sohail Anjum, authored a biographical book, “Anjum Taban,” published in 2013. Sohail Anjum also compiled a book titled “Nuqoosh Anjum” (2021), featuring articles from various scholars. An edition commemorating World Urdu Day in 2017 was also published, highlighting Maulana Anjum’s contributions. Dr. Shams Kamal Anjum published all of Maulana Anjum’s printed and unpublished works in a collection named “Kulliyat-e-Anjum” in 2019.
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