Muhammad Sameeruddin Qasmi (; born 6 November 1950), also written as Samīruddīn Qasmi, is an Indian Islamic scholar based in the UK, specializing in

Islamic astronomy Medieval Islamic astronomy comprises the astronomical developments made in the Islamic world, particularly during the Islamic Golden Age (9th–13th centuries), and mostly written in the Arabic language. These developments mostly took place in th ...

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 ...

, Hanafi jurisprudence, and

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Early life and education

Qasmi was born on 6 November 1950 in the village of Ghutti,

Godda district Godda district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. It lies in the northeastern part of the state. The geographical area that now comprises Godda district used to be part of the erstwhile Santhal Parganas dis ...

, in the former state of

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

, India (now

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

). He began his early education at a local maktab and continued his studies at various religious institutions across India. He completed his advanced studies at

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 ...

in 1970, studying under notable scholars such as

Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad (1889-1972) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and jurist who served as the Principal of Madrasa Shahi, and the sixth President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He was a professor of hadith at the Darul Uloom Deoband. Biography Sy ...

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 ...

Anzar Shah Kashmiri Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008) was an Indian Islamic scholar who established the Jamia Imam Anwar Shah and co-founded the Darul Uloom Waqf in Deoband. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband. He was youngest son of Hanafi scholar Anwa ...

, Naseer Ahmad Khan,

Mahmood Hasan Gangohi Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (July 1907 – 2 September 1996) was an Indian mufti, Islamic scholar and former Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur. He was the most senior disciple of Zakariyya Kandhlawi. Among his notable ...

Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi Wahīduzzamān Kairānawi (1930–1995), also spelt as Waheed-uz-Zaman Keranvi, was an Indian Islamic scholar, writer, lexicographer, and professor who specialised in Arabic. He spent around 27 years instructing Hadith and Arabic at Darul Uloom ...

, and

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 ...

. He has particularly benefited from Naseer Ahmad Khan in the field of Islamic astronomy and from Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi in Arabic.

Career

Qasmi began teaching in

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, India, before moving to the United Kingdom, where he taught in institutions including Darul Uloom of Dewsbury and Jamia Islamia of

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and Manchester. In 2000, he transitioned to full-time writing and has authored several works in Islamic jurisprudence and theology. He serves as the Chairman of the Religious Committee at the Moon Research Centre, UK. He has also participated in seminars of the Islamic Fiqh Academy. In December 2021, Qasmi denied allegations linking

Tablighi Jamaat Tablighi Jamaat ( , also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party") is an international Islamic schools and branches, Islamic religious movement. It focuses on exhorting Muslims to be more religiously observant and encourages f ...

to terrorism in a video message from the UK. He stated that the Tablighi Jamaat opposes, condemns, and disowns terrorism, focusing solely on the five pillars of Islam and refraining from any negative comments on religions, communities, or countries. Qasmi suggested that the Saudi government may have been misled in its decision to ban the organization.

Literary works

Qasmi has written extensively on Islamic law and theology. His work is often referenced in the field of Islamic beliefs and theology, particularly in the analysis of various intellectual and conceptual perspectives on Allah. Notable works include: * ''Athmār al-Hidayah'' (a thirteen-volume Urdu commentary on Al-Marghinani's ''

Al-Hidayah ''Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi'' (d. 593 AH/1197 CE) (, ''al-Hidāyah fī Sharḥ Bidāyat al-Mubtadī''), commonly referred to as ''al-Hidayah'' (lit. "the guidance", also spelled ''Hedaya'' Charles Hamilton (trans.) ''The Hedaya: Comm ...

'' in Hanafi jurisprudence) * ''Al-Sharh al-Thamīri'' (a four-volume Urdu commentary on

Al-Quduri Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Quduri (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد القدوري), full name Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja'far al-Quduri, known commonly as Imam al-Quduri (973–1037/972–1036) was a renowned Iraqi Muslim scholar ...

's Mukhtasar in Hanafi jurisprudence) * ''Thamart-un-Najāh'' (a two-volume Urdu commentary on Ash-Shurunbulali's ''Noor Al-Idaah'') * ''Thamarat al-Aqāid'' (a book on

in which 350

beliefs A belief is a subjective Attitude (psychology), attitude that something is truth, true or a State of affairs (philosophy), state of affairs is the case. A subjective attitude is a mental state of having some Life stance, stance, take, or opinion ...

are outlined, with each belief supported by ten verses and ten hadiths as evidence, translated into multiple languages, including English and Arabic) * ''Thamarat-ul-Falkiyyāt'' (a book on

) * ''Thamrat al-Awzān'' * ''Thamīri Calendar'' * ''Science Aur Qur’ān'' (; in which 95 scientific topics are discussed in the light of the Quran with scholarly analysis). * ''Hanafiyah ka maslak ihtiyaaṭ par hai'' () Maulana Samiruddin book

His publications focus on Hanafi jurisprudence, aiming to provide detailed discussions on Islamic legal principles and theological issues.

References

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