Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi

Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Siddiqi is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar[1] and current rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband.[2]

Maulana

Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi
2nd Rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband
Assumed office
3 September 2014
Preceded byMuhammad Salim Qasmi
Personal
Born (1954-09-26) 26 September 1954
ReligionIslam
Parents
RegionIndia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband, Aligarh Muslim University, Al-Azhar University
RelativesQari Muhammad Tayyib (grandfather), Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad (great-grandfather), Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi (great-great-grandfather)

Name and lineage

His ism (given name) is Muhammad Sufyan. His nasab (patronymic) is: Muhammad Sufyan ibn Muhammad Sālim ibn Muhammad Tayyib ibn Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad Qāsim ibn Asad Ali ibn Ghulam Shāh ibn Muhammad Bakhsh ibn Alāuddīn ibn Muhammad Fateh ibn Muhammad Mufti ibn Abd al-Samī ibn Muhammad Hāshim.[3]

Biography

Qasmi was born on 26 September 1954.[4] His father Muhammad Salim Qasmi was former rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband, whilst his grandfather Qari Muhammad Tayyib remained vice-chancellor of the Darul Uloom Deoband for about half century.[5][6]

Qasmi graduated with traditional dars-e-nizami from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1975[7] and studied intermediate classes in private from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He got a BA and MA degree from AMU in private and acquired master's degree in Kulyah ash-Sharia from Al-Azhar University.[8]

Qasmi joined Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband as a teacher in 1983 and later took administrative responsibilities as well. In the seminary, he teaches books of Hadith including Sahih Bukhari and Tirmidhi along with other primary books.[7][8] He served the seminary as deputy rector for 12 years[4] and was appointed as rector by the Advisory Board on 3 September 2014 [9] He is also a member of the executive council of All India Muslim Personal Law Board since 2007.[8]

Qasmi maintains the view that knowledge is a unit and it is wrong to divide it as Islamic and Non-Islamic. He argues that in Islam, knowledge can be grouped as profitable (نافع) and non-profitable (غیر نافع). [10]

See also

References
  1. "Famous Islamic Scholar Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi to speak in Birmingham". Daily Jang. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. "A Condolence Meet of Hazrat Maulana Salim Qasmi and Mufti Abdullah Kapodri". Baseerat Online. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. Gīlānī, Manāzir Ahsan. Sawānih Qāsmi [Biography of Qāsim] (in Urdu). 1. Deoband: Maktaba Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 113.
  4. "Maulana Mohammad Sufyan Qasmi, The Rector, Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband". dud.edu.in. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  5. "Deoband rector Maulana Salim Qasmi no more". Rising Kashmir. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  6. Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. 2. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1980 ed.). Deoband: Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 175.
  7. Mahtab, Ahsan, ed. (16–31 January 2017). "Urdu Ke Farogh Mai Ulama-e-Deoband Ka 150 Saala Kirdar" [150 year role of the scholars of Darul Uloom Deoband in the propagation of Urdu]. Fikr-e-Inqelab (in Urdu). All India Tanzeem Ulma-e-Haque Trust. 5 (112): 294-295.
  8. Noor Alam Khalil Amini. Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah (in Urdu). Deoband: Idara Ilm-o-Adab. p. 175.
  9. "Advisory Council constituted in Darul Uloom (Waqf), Deoband". The Milli Gazette. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  10. "عصری و دینی علوم کی تقسیم اسلامی مزاج کے مغائر" [Knowledge is a Unit]. The Siasat Daily. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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