{{Short description|Indian Muslim scholar and academic (1926–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox religious biography |religion= [[Islam]] |honorific_prefix = {{small|Khatīb al-Islām, Mawlānā}} |name =Muhammad Salim Qasmi |birth_date = 8 January 1926 |birth_place = [[Deoband]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], British Raj |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2018|04|14|1926|01|09}} |death_place = Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India |resting_place = [[Mazar-e-Qasmi]], Deoband |father = [[Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi]] |image = Muhammad Salim Qasmi gravestone (cropped) (cropped).jpg |caption = Gravestone |region = India |denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] |jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]] |creed = [[Maturidi]] |movement = [[Deobandi]] |main_interests = [[Ilm al-Kalam]], [[Islamic Philosophy]] |alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |notable_works = Mabaadi al Tarbiyat al Islami (Arabic) |office1 = Chief-Rector of [[Darul Uloom Waqf]] |term_start1 = 25 March 1982 |term_end1 = 3 September 2014 |successor1 = [[Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi]] |disciple_of = |founder = Darul Uloom Waqf }}

'''Muhammad Salim Qasmi Siddiqi''' (8 January 1926 — 14 April 2018) was an Indian [[Ulama|Muslim scholar]] who co-founded the [[Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband|Darul Uloom Waqf]] in [[Deoband]], [[India]] and served as its first rector. He was an alumnus of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. He received the fourth Shah Waliullah Award and was honoured with the Mark of Distinction from the [[Al-Azhar University]] in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].<ref name="obituary" />

==Birth and education== Muhammad Salim Qasmi was born on 8 January 1926 at [[Deoband]], [[India]] into the [[Siddiqi family of Nanauta]].<ref name="obituary">{{cite web |title=Obituary: Maulana Muhammad Salim Qasmi, an ocean of knowledge |url=http://twocircles.net/2018apr28/422881.html |website=TwoCircles.net |date=28 April 2018 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> He was the eldest son of [[Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi]].<ref name="life1">{{cite book |author1=Mohammad Shakaib Qasmi |author2=Sheikh Ghulam Nabi Qasmi |title=The Life and Times of Hakimul Islam Mawlana Qari Muhammad Tayyib |publisher=Hujjat al-Islam Academy |location=[[Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband]] |page=194|language=en}}</ref> He graduated from [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in 1948 where his teachers included [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], [[Izaz Ali Amrohi]], [[Ibrahim Balyawi]] and Fakhrul Hasan Moradabadi.<ref name="obituary"/> He studied ''Mizan'', a book of Arabic grammar with [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]].<ref name="obituary"/>

==Career== Qasmi was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband in 1949.<ref name="fikreinqelab1">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Mahtab |editor1-first=Ahsan |title=Urdu Ke Farogh Mai Ulama-e-Deoband Ka 150 Saala Kirdar |journal=Fikr-e-Inqelab |date=16-31 January 2017 |volume=5 |issue=112 |page=289 |trans-title=150 year role of the scholars of Darul Uloom Deoband in the propagation of Urdu |publisher=All India Tanzeem Ulma-e-Haque Trust |language=ur}}</ref> In 1982, alongside [[Anzar Shah Kashmiri]], he co-founded [[Darul Uloom Waqf]] and was appointed its chief rector.<ref name="ilmgate">{{cite web |author1=Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi |title=Mawlana Anzar Shah Kashmiri: A Tribute to His Life and Services |url=http://www.ilmgate.org/mawlana-anzar-shah-kashmiri-a-tribute-to-his-life-and-services/ |website=IlmGate.org |date=28 October 2010 |access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="rising">{{cite web |title=Deoband rector Maulana Salim Qasmi no more |url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/deoband-rector-maulana-salim-qasmi-no-more |website=RisingKashmir.com |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724012921/http://risingkashmir.com/news/deoband-rector-maulana-salim-qasmi-no-more |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="seminar">{{cite book |author1=M. Burhanuddin Qasmi |title=MAULANA MOHAMMAD SALIM QASMI AND HIS CONTRIBUTION THROUGH ALL INDIA MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW BOARD (AIMPLB) |url=https://www.academia.edu/37182650 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>

Qasmi served as the vice-president of the [[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]] and as the president of [[All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat]]. He was a member of the [[Aligarh Muslim University]]'s Court, member of [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]]'s advisory board and Managing Committee, and member of the [[Mazahir Uloom]]'s advisory board. He was a permanent member of the Fiqh Council of the [[Al-Azhar University]].<ref name="obituary" /> He patronised several institutions including Kul Hind Rabta Masajid and [[Islamic Fiqh Academy, India]].<ref name="ifa">{{cite book |title=A Brief Report (Islamic Fiqh Academy) Year 1989-2014 |publisher=[[Islamic Fiqh Academy, India]] |url=http://www.ifa-india.org/download.php?f=download/Brief_Report.pdf |access-date=2 June 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="obituary" />

==Literary works== He began his writing journey with ''[[Da'watul Haq]]''.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Qamruzzaman |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/57789 |title=Maulavi Wahiduzzaman Karanvi his contribution to Arabic language and literature in India |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University |year=2001 |p=112 |location=India |language=ar |hdl=10603/57789 |degree=PhD}}</ref> His works include:<ref name="chiefrector">{{cite web |title=Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Salim Qasmi (RA) |url=https://dud.edu.in/index.php/en?id=10 |website=dud.edu.in |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> *''Mabaadi al Tarbiyat al Islami'' (Arabic) *''Jaizah Tarjama Quran Karim'' *''Taajdar e Arze Haram ka Paigham'' *''Mardaan-e-Ghaazi'' *''Ek Azeem Tarikhi Khidmat'' *''Safar Nama Burma'' *''Khutbat e Khatibul Islam'' (collection of his speeches) has been published in 5 volumes.

==Awards and recognition== Qasmi received the Nishan-e-Imtiyaz (Mark of Distinction) from the Government of Egypt for being a distinguished scholar of the Indian subcontinent.<ref name="obituary" /> He was conferred with the fourth Shah Waliullah Award and the Imam Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi Award in 2014.<ref name="waliullah">{{cite web |title=Waliullah Award presented to Maulana Salim |url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/11367-waliullah-award-presented-to-maulana-salim |website=MilliGazette.com |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="imamqasim">{{cite web |title=Imam Muhammad Qasim Nanotwi award to Maulana Salim Qasmi |url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/9927-imam-muhammad-qasim-nanotwi-award-to-maulana-salim-qasmi |website=MilliGazette.com |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>

==Death and legacy== Muhammad Salim Qasmi died on Saturday 14 April 2018 in [[Deoband]], aged 92.<ref name="rising" /><ref name="ummid">{{cite web |title=Rector Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi dies at 92 |url=https://www.ummid.com/news/2018/April/14.04.2018/muhammad-salim-qasmi-passes-away.html |website=Ummid.com |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> [[Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband#Hujjatul Islam Academy|Hujjatul Islam Academy]] held a 3 days international seminar in August 2018 on ''The Life and Achievements of Qasmi''.<ref name="seminar" /> His son [[Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi]] has been the rector of [[Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband]] since 3 September 2014.<ref name="dud">{{cite web |title=Maulana Mohammad Sufyan Qasmi, The Rector, Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband |url=https://dud.edu.in/index.php/en?id=12 |website=dud.edu.in |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> [[Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah]] organized a one-day seminar in collaboration with the Islamic Studies department of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] on Qasmi's life and works. The seminar was held in the Ansari Auditorium of the [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] and was attended by [[Akhtarul Wasey]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://newsinkhabar.com/maulana-salim-qasmi-was-flag-bearer-of-unity/| title=مولانا محمد سالم قاسمی اتحاد امت کے عظیم پیامبر تھے: مقررین| date=3 March 2019| access-date=24 May 2020| archive-date=29 March 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329001725/http://newsinkhabar.com/maulana-salim-qasmi-was-flag-bearer-of-unity/| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{Qasmi family}} {{Darul Uloom Deoband}} {{Hanafi scholars}} {{Maturidi}} {{authority control}}

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