Habībur Rahmān Khairābadi was born on 11 August 1933 in
Khairabad, then in
Azamgarh. He was schooled at Madrasa Ehya-ul-Uloom in
Mubarakpur, the
Darul Uloom Mau and the Dārul Muballigheen in
Lucknow. He graduated from
Mazahir Uloom where he studied the
Sihah Sitta and books such as
Tafsir al-Baydawi. He received a
B.A and an
M.A from the
Aligarh Muslim University. He privately studied
Sahih Bukhari and ''
Jami' al-Tirmidhi'' with
Hussain Ahmad Madani; and
Al-Mutanabbi's
Dīwān with
Mirajul Haq Deobandi. After completion of his education, Khairābadi taught at the Mahd-e-Millat in
Malegaon for five years and then at the Idāra Maḥmudiyyah in
Lakhimpur for two years. He later joined Madrasa Hayāt-ul-Uloom in
Moradabad where he served the department of Islamic jurisprudence for twenty-three years. At the Darul Uloom Deoband, Khairābadi teaches the books of Islamic jurisprudence including
Al-Durr al-Mukhtar,
Rasm al-Mufti and
Sirāji. His students include the
Mufti's of
Madrasa Shahi Salmān Mansoorpuri and Shabbīr Aḥmad. Among his spiritual disciples is
Syed Rezaul Karim, leader of
Islami Andolan Bangladesh. In 2008, Khairābadi signed a religious edict from Darul Uloom Deoband against terrorism. The edict stated that, "Islam rejects all kinds of unwarranted violence, breach of peace, bloodshed, killing and plunder and does not allow it in any form. It is the basic principle of Islam that you assist each other in pursuit of good righteous causes and do not co-operate with anyone for committing sin or oppression. It is evident in the clear cut guidelines given in the Holy Quran that the allegation of terrorism against a religion like Islam which enjoins world peace is nothing but a lie. In fact Islam was born to wipe of all kinds of terrorism and to spread the message of global peace". The edict was said to be first ever such to be issued from the seminary. ==Literary works==