Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Siddiqi (born 26 September 1954) is an

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Muslim scholar and current rector of

Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband Al-Jamia Al-Islamia Darul Uloom Waqf Deoband (known as Darul Uloom Waqf) is a madrasa situated in the Indian town of Deoband. It was established by scholars led by Muhammad Salim Qasmi and Anzar Shah Kashmiri in 1982 as a result of administra ...

Biography

Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi was born on 26 September 1954 into the

Siddiqi family of Nanauta The Siddiqi family of Nanauta are the descendants of the first Rashidun Caliph, Abu Bakr, based primarily in the town of Nanauta in India. The notable people of this family include Mamluk Ali Nanautawi, Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Muhammad Yaqub ...

. His father

Muhammad Salim Qasmi Muhammad Salim Qasmi Siddiqi (8 January 1926 — 14 April 2018) was an Indian Muslim scholar who co-founded the Darul Uloom Waqf in Deoband, India and served as its first rector. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband. He received the fourt ...

was former rector of

, whilst his grandfather

Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi (known as Qari Muhammad Tayyib) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar who served as Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband for more than half a century. He was grandson of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, the founder of the Darul ...

remained vice-chancellor of the

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 ...

for about half century. Qasmi graduated in 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 ...

from the

in 1975. He studied intermediate classes in private from

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Research university, research university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Kh ...

(AMU). He got a BA and an MA degree from the AMU in private and acquired an MA in Islamic theology from the

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. Qasmi began teaching at the Darul Uloom Waqf in 1983. He has taught the books of Hadith such as ''

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'' and ''Tirmidhi'' along with other primary books of dars-e-nizami. He served the seminary as the deputy rector for 12 years, and was appointed the rector on 3 September 2014. He is also a member of the executive council of

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since 2007.

Views on knowledge

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).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qasmi, Muhammad Sufyan Living people Scholars from Uttar Pradesh Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam 1954 births Deobandis Darul Uloom Deoband alumni Al-Azhar University alumni Aligarh Muslim University alumni Qasmi family Muslim scholars

Biography

Views on knowledge

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