# Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad

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British Indian Muslim Scholar (d. 1928)

Shamsul Ulama, Mawlana Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad 8th Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband In office 1895–1928 Preceded by Muhammad Munir Nanautavi Succeeded by Habibur Rahman Usmani Grand Mufti of Hyderabad State In office 1922–1925 Personal details Born 1862 Nanauta, British India Died 18 October 1928(1928-10-18) (aged 65–66) Nizamabad railway station, British India Children Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi Parent Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (father) Relatives Muhammad Salim Qasmi (grandson), Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi (great grandson)

**Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad** (also known as **Muhammad Ahmad Nanautawi**) (1862–1928) was an Indian Muslim scholar, who served as the [vice chancellor](/source/List_of_Vice_Chancellors_of_Darul_Uloom_Deoband) of the [Darul Uloom Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband) for thirty five years. He was the [Grand Mufti](/source/Grand_Mufti) of the [Hyderabad State](/source/Hyderabad_State) from 1922 to 1925.

## Early life and education

Ahmad was born in 1862 in [Nanauta](/source/Nanauta) into the [Siddiqi family](/source/Siddiqi_family_of_Nanauta); his father was Islamic scholar [Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi](/source/Muhammad_Qasim_Nanautawi).[1] He attended Madrasa Manba-ul-Ulum in Gulauthi and then [Madrasa Shahi](/source/Madrasa_Shahi) in [Moradabad](/source/Moradabad). He later returned to [Darul Uloom Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband) where he studied with [Mahmud Hasan Deobandi](/source/Mahmud_Hasan_Deobandi). He studied parts of the *[Jami` at-Tirmidhi](/source/Jami%60_at-Tirmidhi)* with [Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi](/source/Muhammad_Yaqub_Nanautawi) and specialized in [hadith](/source/Hadith) with [Rashid Ahmad Gangohi](/source/Rashid_Ahmad_Gangohi).[2][3] He was a disciple of [Imdadullah Muhajir Makki](/source/Imdadullah_Muhajir_Makki).[4]

## Career

At [Darul Uloom Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband), he taught *[Mishkat al-Masabih](/source/Mishkat_al-Masabih)*, *[Tafsir al-Jalalayn](/source/Tafsir_al-Jalalayn)*, *[Sahih Muslim](/source/Sahih_Muslim)*, *[Sunan ibn Majah](/source/Sunan_ibn_Majah)* for ten years, and served as vice chancellor for 35 years.[5][3] His students included [Anwar Shah Kashmiri](/source/Anwar_Shah_Kashmiri), [Shabbir Ahmad Usmani](/source/Shabbir_Ahmad_Usmani), [Ubaidullah Sindhi](/source/Ubaidullah_Sindhi), [Hussain Ahmad Madani](/source/Hussain_Ahmad_Madani), [Kifayatullah Dehlawi](/source/Kifayatullah_Dehlawi), [Sayyid Asghar Hussain Deobandi](/source/Sayyid_Asghar_Hussain_Deobandi), [Qari Muhammad Tayyib](/source/Qari_Muhammad_Tayyib), [Muhammad Shafi](/source/Muhammad_Shafi), [Manazir Ahsan Gilani](/source/Manazir_Ahsan_Gilani) and [Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad](/source/Syed_Fakhruddin_Ahmad).[6]

Ahmad was honored with the title of Shamsul Ulama by the [British Government of India](/source/British_Raj),[7][8] which he returned in 1920.[9] He also served as the [Grand Mufti](/source/Grand_Mufti) of [Hyderabad State](/source/Hyderabad_State) from 1922 to 1925.[10][9]

## Death and legacy

Ahmad died on 18 October 1928 (Jumad al-Ula 3, 1347 AH) while travelling in a train near [Nizamabad Junction railway station](/source/Nizamabad_Junction_railway_station) and was buried in a special graveyard Khitta-e-Salihin with the consent of [Mir Osman Ali Khan](/source/Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan).[11][12][13] His son [Qari Muhammad Tayyib](/source/Qari_Muhammad_Tayyib) was vice chancellor of [Darul Uloom Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband) for fifty years.[5] His other son was Tahir Qasmi,[14] the father of Pakistani [qaris](/source/Qari) [Shakir Qasmi](/source/Shakir_Qasmi), Waheed Zafar Qasmi and [Zahir Qasmi](/source/Zahir_Qasmi).[15]

## See also

- [List of Deobandis](/source/List_of_Deobandis)

## References

### Citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sawaneh_1-0)** [Gīlānī, Manāzir Ahsan](/source/Manazir_Ahsan_Gilani). *Sawānih Qāsmi* [*Biography of Qāsim*] (in Urdu). Vol. 1. [Deoband](/source/Deoband): Maktaba Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 113.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gail_2-0)** Minault, Gail (1982). [*The Khilafat Movement: Religious Symbolism and Political Mobilization in India*](https://books.google.com/books?id=gAW8GreFqjkC&q=Hafiz+Muhammad+Ahmad&pg=PA27). Columbia University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780231050722](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780231050722). Retrieved 5 June 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-history_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-history_3-1) [Syed Mehboob Rizwi](/source/Syed_Mehboob_Rizwi). [*History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband (Volume 2)*](https://archive.org/download/2VolumeBookOnTheHistoryOfDarAlUlumDeoband/HistoryOfTheDarulUloomDeoband-VolumeTwo1981.pdf) (PDF). Translated by Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi (1981 ed.). Idara-e-Ehtemam, [Dar al-Ulum Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband). pp. 37–38, 170–174. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-tayyabqasmi_4-0)** [Tayyib, Qari Muhammad](/source/Qari_Muhammad_Tayyib) (July 1999). Bukhari, Akbar Shah (ed.). [*50 Misaali Shaksiyaat*](https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/darul-uloom-deoband-ki-pachaas-misali-shakhsiyaat-qari-mohammad-tayyab-ebooks) [*50 Exemplar personalities*] (in Urdu). [Deoband](/source/Deoband): Maktaba Faiz-ul-Qur'an. p. 95.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tayyab_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tayyab_5-1) Ernst, Carl W.; Martin, Richard C. (27 November 2012). [*Rethinking Islamic Studies: From Orientalism to Cosmopolitanism*](https://books.google.com/books?id=YjoMCAAAQBAJ&q=hafiz+muhammad+ahmad+deoband&pg=PT355). Univ of South Carolina Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781611172317](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781611172317). Retrieved 9 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShakaib_QasmiNoushad_Qasmi201471–95_6-0)** [Shakaib Qasmi & Noushad Qasmi 2014](#CITEREFShakaib_QasmiNoushad_Qasmi2014), pp. 71–95.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Metcalf, Barbara (December 2012). [*Husain Ahmad Madani: The Jihad for Islam and India's Freedom*](https://books.google.com/books?id=TQjrAQAAQBAJ&q=hafiz+muhammad+ahmad+deoband&pg=PT24). Oneworld Publications. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781780742106](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781780742106).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Deobandi, Syed Muhammad Miyan](/source/Syed_Muhammad_Miyan_Deobandi). "Differences between Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind and Mohtamims". [*Silk Letters Movement*](http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/books/tmp/1388990860%20Silk%20Letter%20Movement.pdf) (PDF). Translated by Muhammadullah Qasmi. [Darul Uloom Deoband](/source/Darul_Uloom_Deoband): Shaikhul Hind Academy. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ulama_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ulama_9-1) [Muhammad Miyan Deobandi](/source/Muhammad_Miyan_Deobandi). "Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad". *Ulama-e-Haq awr Unke Mujahidana Kaarname* (in Urdu). Vol. 1. Deoband: Faisal International. pp. 162–163.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAdrawi201617_10-0)** [Adrawi 2016](#CITEREFAdrawi2016), p. 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETayyib1999108–109_11-0)** [Tayyib 1999](#CITEREFTayyib1999), pp. 108–109.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERizwi1981173_12-0)** [Rizwi 1981](#CITEREFRizwi1981), p. 173.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [Qasmi, Muhammadullah](/source/Muhammadullah_Khalili_Qasmi) (October 2020). [*Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh*](https://archive.org/details/darul-uloom-deob-ki-jamey-wa-mukhtasar-tareekh-edition-2) (in Urdu) (2nd ed.). India: Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy. p. 531. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1345466013](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1345466013).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShakaib_QasmiNoushad_Qasmi2014473_14-0)** [Shakaib Qasmi & Noushad Qasmi 2014](#CITEREFShakaib_QasmiNoushad_Qasmi2014), p. 473.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShakaib_QasmiNoushad_Qasmi2014464_15-0)** [Shakaib Qasmi & Noushad Qasmi 2014](#CITEREFShakaib_QasmiNoushad_Qasmi2014), p. 464.

### Bibliography

- Rizwi, Syed Mehboob (1981). [*History of Dar al-Ulum Deoband*](https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfDarAlUlumDeoband1981VolumeTwo). Vol. 2. Translated by Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi (1st ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam.

- [Adrawi, Asir](/source/Asir_Adrawi) (April 2016). *Karwān-e-Rafta: Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind* [*The Caravan of the Past: Discussing Indian scholars*] (in Urdu) (2nd ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen.

- Sulaiman, A. F. M. (2011). [*Indian Contributions to Arabic Literature: A Study on Mohd Rabe Hasani Nadwi*](https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/92992). *University* (Ph.D.). Assam University. p. 68–71. [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10603/92992](https://hdl.handle.net/10603%2F92992) – via Shodhganga.

- Shakaib Qasmi, Muhammad; Noushad Qasmi, Muhammad (May 2014). [*Aks-e-Ahmad*](https://dud.edu.in/index.php/ur/publications-2/164-title-of-2-publications-2) (in Urdu). [Darul Uloom Waqf](/source/Darul_Uloom_Waqf): Hujjatul Islam Academy. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788192944135](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788192944135). Retrieved 6 April 2023.

v t e Qasmi family Parents Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi: 1832 – 15 April 1880) - Children Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad: (1862-1930) Grandchildren Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi: (May 1897-17 July 1983) Great grandchildren Muhammad Salim Qasmi (8 January 1926 — 14 April 2018) Hajra Nazli Muhammad Aslam Qasmi Shakir Qasmi Zahir Qasmi Great great grandchildren Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi (born 26 September 1954) Saud (actor) See also Abdullah Ansari, Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari, Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi, Abidullah Ghazi

v t e Darul Uloom Deoband People Founders Qasim Nanawtawi Yaqub Nanautawi Rafiuddin Deobandi Sayyid Muhammad Abid Fazlur Rahman Usmani Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi Vice-chancellors Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad Marghubur Rahman Abul Qasim Nomani Rafiuddin Deobandi Sayyid Muhammad Abid Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi Academic staff Category:Academic staff of Darul Uloom Deoband Alumni List of Darul Uloom Deoband alumni List of students of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi‎ Publications Monthly Darul Uloom Al-Daie Da'watul Haq Darulifta-Deoband.com Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband History of Darul Uloom Deoband Legacy Bibliography Centenary Celebration Related Deobandi movement Index of Deobandi movement–related articles Qasmi Cemetery Category:Darul Uloom Deoband

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