Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Siddiqi is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar[1] and current rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband.[2]
Maulana Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi | |
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| 2nd Rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband | |
| Assumed office 3 September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Salim Qasmi |
| Personal | |
| Born | 26 September 1954 |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Region | India |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband, Aligarh Muslim University, Al-Azhar University |
| Relatives | Qari Muhammad Tayyib (grandfather), Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad (great-grandfather), Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi (great-great-grandfather) |
Biography
editMuhammad Sufyan Qasmi was born on 26 September 1954 into the Siddiqi family of Nanauta.[3] His father Muhammad Salim Qasmi was former rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband, whilst his grandfather Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi remained vice-chancellor of the Darul Uloom Deoband for about half century.[4][5]
Qasmi graduated in traditional dars-e-nizami from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1975.[6] He studied intermediate classes in private from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He got a BA and an MA degree from the AMU in private and acquired an MA in Islamic theology from the Al-Azhar University.[7]
Qasmi began teaching at the Darul Uloom Waqf in 1983. He has taught the books of Hadith such as Sahih Bukhari and Tirmidhi along with other primary books of dars-e-nizami.[6][7] He served the seminary as the deputy rector for 12 years,[3] and was appointed the rector on 3 September 2014.[8] He is also a member of the executive council of All India Muslim Personal Law Board since 2007.[7]
Views on knowledge
editQasmi 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). [9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Famous Islamic Scholar Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi to speak in Birmingham". Daily Jang. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "A Condolence Meet of Hazrat Maulana Salim Qasmi and Mufti Abdullah Kapodri". Baseerat Online. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Maulana Mohammad Sufyan Qasmi, The Rector, Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband". dud.edu.in. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Deoband rector Maulana Salim Qasmi no more". Rising Kashmir. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. Vol. 2. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1980 ed.). Deoband: Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 175.
- ^ a b 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). 5 (112). All India Tanzeem Ulma-e-Haque Trust: 294-295.
- ^ a b c Noor Alam Khalil Amini. Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah (in Urdu). Deoband: Idara Ilm-o-Adab. p. 175.
- ^ "Advisory Council constituted in Darul Uloom (Waqf), Deoband". The Milli Gazette. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "عصری و دینی علوم کی تقسیم اسلامی مزاج کے مغائر" [Knowledge is a Unit]. The Siasat Daily. 5 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.