Dr., Mufti Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 7 January 1978 Jhamta, Saharsa district, Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Home town | Jhagrua, Darbhanga district, Bihar, India |
| Main interest(s) | Tafsir, Fiqh, Urdu literature |
| Notable work(s) | Tirāzi (commentary), Kulliyāt-e-Kashif (compilation), Mālā Budda Minhu (translation) |
| Education | Dars-e-Nizami (Aalimiyyah), M.A., MPhil, PhD |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, mufti, and writer |
| Teachers | |
Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi (born 7 January 1978) is an Indian Islamic scholar, mufti, and writer. He has been serving as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband since 2008. He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband and Maulana Azad National Urdu University.
As per official documents, Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi was born on 7 January 1978 in his maternal village, Jamtha, located in the Saharsa district of Bihar, India. His ancestral village is Jhagrua, situated in Darbhanga district. [1] [2] [3]
He received his primary and secondary education at Madrasa Maarif Uloom Jhagarua, Darbhanga, Madrasa Falah Al-Muslimeen, Bikram, Madrasa Qasim Uloom, Mungarawan, Azamgarh, and Madrasa Riyazul Uloom, Guraini, Jaunpur. [1] [3]
In 1996, he completed his graduation in Dars-e-Nizami from Darul Uloom Deoband. In 1997 and 1999, he completed his postgraduate courses in Islamic jurisprudence from there, respectively. [1] [4] [3] At the Deoband seminary, his teachers included Mahmood Hasan Gangohi, Nizamuddin Azami, Abdul Haq Azmi, Nematullah Azami, Habibur Rahman Khairabadi, Zafeeruddin Miftahi, Naseer Ahmad Khan, Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri, Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri, Arshad Madani, Habibur Rahman Azami, Usman Mansoorpuri, and Abdul Khaliq Madrasi. [1] [3]
He holds an MA, MPhil, and PhD in Urdu from Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad. [1] [5] [6] [7]
From 1999 to 2000, Qasmi was an assistant teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband. Between 2000 and 2008, he served as a teacher and Deputy Mufti at Darul Uloom, Hyderabad. He was appointed to Darul Uloom Deoband in 1430 AH (2008 AD) as a teacher and has been teaching there ever since. [1] [8] [9]
Qasmi's M.Phil. thesis was titled Chand Muntakhab Ulama-e-Deoband Ki Shayari Ka Tajziyāti Mutāla'a (transl. Analytical Study of Poetry of a Few Selected Scholars of Deoband), which consisted of an analytical study of the published poetry of Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani, and Riyasat Ali Zafar Bajnori. [10] [11] Also, his PhD thesis was entitled Ulama E Deoband Ki Swaneh Umriyon Ka Tanqeedi Tajziya [Azadi Se Qabl] (transl. A critical review of Deobandi scholars' Urdu biographies [pre-independence]). [12] [5] [13] [11] More than 250 of his articles have been published in national and foreign magazines and newspapers. [1]
His works include: [1] [14] [3] [10] [15] [16] [17]
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