Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi Sambhali is an

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Sunni Islamic scholar who established Al-Noor Public School,

Sambhal Sambhal (pronounced Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, sə̃bʰəl) is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city lies approximately 158 km (98 mi) east of New Delhi and 355 km (220 mi) north-west of the state capit ...

. He is an alumnus of

Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic university and seminary ( darul uloom) in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India, at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. Established in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayy ...

Delhi University The Delhi University (DU, ISO 15919, ISO: ), also and officially known as the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate research university, research Central university (India), central university located in Delhi, India. It ...

and the

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia is a Public university, public and research university located in Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British R ...

. He has authored ''Dars-e-Hadith'', ''Dars-e-Quran'', ''Islahi Mazameen'', ''Journey to Madina'', ''Qur'an and Hadith - Main Sources of Islamic Ideology'' and ''Umrah Ka Tariqah''

Biography

Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi is a grandson of Ismail Sambhali who was a hadith scholar and an activist of the

Indian Independence movement The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic ...

. Ismail Sambhali was professor of

hadith Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...

at the

Madrasa Shahi Madrassa Shahi (alternatively known as Jamia Qasmia) is an Islamic seminary in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1879 by the poor Muslims of Moradabad under the supervision of Islamic scholar, Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, who also est ...

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and his students include Athar Mubarakpuri and

Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi Nizāmuddīn Asīr Adrawi (also known as Asīr Adrawi; 1926 – 20 May 2021) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, biographer, historian and author in the Urdu language. He established the Madrassa Darus Salam in Adari and served as the Officer ...

. Najeeb Qasmi studied traditional

dars-e-nizami Dars-i Nizami () is a study curriculum or system used in many Islamic institutions (madrassas) and Darul Ulooms, which originated in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century and can now also be found in parts of South Africa, Canada, the United ...

at the

and graduated from there in 1994. He received a

B.A. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree ...

from

and an

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in Arabic from the

. He completed his

doctoral studies A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

at the Jamia Millia Islamia. Qasmi established Al-Noor Public School in

, Uttar Pradesh on 21 December 2018. The foundation stone was laid down by teachers of the Darul Uloom Deoband and Jamia Millia Islamia. His articles have appeared in ''Monthly al-Bayyinat'' of

Jamia Binoria Jamia Binoria Aalamia is an Islamic educational institute in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is regarded as one of the most modern madrassas. Noman Naeem is the principal (chancellor) of the seminary. History Jamia Binoria was founded by Muft ...

and in ''Jahan-e-Urdu''. His articles regularly appear in

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, The Munsif Daily,

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and other Indian and Pakistani newspapers like

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and

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. He also writes on his website, which was released in a function held in

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on 4 January 2013 by a number of Indian scholars.

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in its report called the website a brain child of Qasmi. At the launch program, Qasmi said, "Given the popularity of the Internet, many new websites with Islamic names are launched regularly, misinterpreting Islamic teachings. This website provides reliable Islamic content for users". He launched Hajj-e-Mabroor application to help provide accurate information about

Hajj Hajj (; ; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for capable Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetim ...

and

Umrah The Umrah () is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. It can be undertaken at any time of the year, in contrast to the '' Ḥajj'' (; "pilgrimage"), which has specific d ...

. It was released in 2015 in by

Muhammad Mustafa Azmi Muhammad Mustafa Al-A'zami (; 1930 – 20 December 2017) was an Indian Saudis, Indian-born Saudi Arabian contemporary hadith scholar best known for his critical investigation of the theories of fellow Islamic scholars Ignác Goldziher, David Mar ...

. The application has articles, books and videos of Qasmi in English,

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

and

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

covering various aspects of

and

. In 2019, Qasmi was conferred with the Watan Ke Ratna Award.

Literary works

Qasmi's set of 38 books was released by

whilst his six books were released in Ansari auditorium of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) by the former VC of JMI, Talat Ahmad, Akhtarul Wasey and

Abul Qasim Nomani Abul Qasim Nomani (born 14 January 1947) is an Indian Islamic scholar and the current Vice Chancellor and Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband. He has been ranked among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world. Biography Abul Qasim ...

. His books include: *''Dars-e-Hadith'' * ''Dars-e-Quran'' * ''Islahi Mazameen'' (released by Akhtarul Wasey) * ''Journey to Madina'' * ''Qur'an and Hadith - Main Sources of Islamic Ideology'' * ''Umrah Ka Tariqah''

References

External links

Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi Sambhali - Official WebsiteDr. Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi's posts - The Clear Evidence
{{Authority control Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Sambhal district Indian male writers Scholars from Uttar Pradesh Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Deobandis Darul Uloom Deoband alumni Delhi University alumni Jamia Millia Islamia alumni