Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi

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Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi
2nd Rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband
Assumed office
3 September 2014
Preceded byMuhammad Salim Qasmi
Personal life
Born (1954-09-26) 26 September 1954 (age 71)
Parent
RegionIndia
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband, Aligarh Muslim University, Al-Azhar University
RelativesQari Muhammad Tayyib (grandfather), Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad (great-grandfather), Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi (great-great-grandfather)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi

Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Siddiqi (born 26 September 1954) is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar[1] and current rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband.[2][3]

Biography

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Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi was born on 26 September 1954 into the Siddiqi family of Nanauta.[4] 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.[5][6]

Qasmi graduated in traditional dars-e-nizami from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1975.[7] 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.[8]

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.[7][8] He served the seminary as the deputy rector for 12 years,[4] and was appointed the rector on 3 September 2014.[9] He is also a member of the executive council of All India Muslim Personal Law Board since 2007.[8]

Views on knowledge

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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). [10]

See also

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References

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