HADOOP-19650. [ABFS][Backport-3.4.2] Fixing NPE when close() called on uninitialized AzureBlobFileSystem

[anujmodi2021]

Description of PR

PR on trunk: #7880
JIRA: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-19650

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[anujmodi2021]

FYI, @steveloughran @ahmarsuhail
Let me know if it is good to merge?
Thanks