{{short description|Indian Islamic scholar (born 1954)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox religious biography |religion= [[Islam]] |honorific_prefix = {{small|Maulana}} |name = Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi |birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1954|9|26}} |birth_place = |father = [[Muhammad Salim Qasmi]] |region = [[India]] |denomination = [[Sunni]] |jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]] |movement = [[Deobandi]] |alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]], [[Aligarh Muslim University]], [[Al-Azhar University]] |office1= 2nd Rector of [[Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband]] |term_start1 =3 September 2014 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = [[Muhammad Salim Qasmi]] |relatives = [[Qari Muhammad Tayyib]] (grandfather), [[Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad]] (great-grandfather), [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]] (great-great-grandfather) }} '''Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Siddiqi''' (born 26 September 1954) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Sunni]] Muslim scholar<ref name="jang">{{cite news |title=Famous Islamic Scholar Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi to speak in Birmingham |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/725536-europe |accessdate=24 May 2020 |work=[[Daily Jang]] |date=24 January 2020}}</ref> and current rector of [[Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband]].<ref name="baseerat">{{cite news |title=A Condolence Meet of Hazrat Maulana Salim Qasmi and Mufti Abdullah Kapodri |url=https://english.baseeratonline.com/2018/07/20/a-condolence-meet-of-hazrat-maulana-salim-qasmi-and-mufti-abdullah-kapodri-ra/ |accessdate=24 May 2020 |work=Baseerat Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-19 |title=Chancellor Darul Uloom Deoband (Waqf) meets Mirwaiz in Srinagar |url=https://m.greaterkashmir.com/article/chancellor-darul-uloom-deoband-waqf-meets-mirwaiz-in-srinagar/341279 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=[[Greater Kashmir]] |language=en}}</ref>
==Biography== Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi was born on 26 September 1954 into the [[Siddiqi family of Nanauta]].<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 |accessdate=2 June 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref name="rising">{{cite news |title=Deoband rector Maulana Salim Qasmi no more |url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/deoband-rector-maulana-salim-qasmi-no-more |work=[[Rising Kashmir]] |accessdate=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="mahbub">{{cite book |last1=Rizwi |first1=Syed Mehboob |translator=Murtaz Husain F Quraishi |authorlink1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |title= Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband |trans-title= History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband |volume = 2 |page = 175|publisher=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |location=[[Deoband]] |edition=1980}}</ref>
Qasmi graduated in traditional [[dars-e-nizami]] from the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in 1975.<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=294-295 |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=Urdu}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="pasemargezindah">{{cite book |author1=[[Noor Alam Khalil Amini]] |title=Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah|publisher=Idara Ilm-o-Adab |location= Deoband |page=175|language=Urdu}}</ref>
Qasmi began teaching at the [[Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband|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.<ref name="fikreinqelab1"/><ref name="pasemargezindah" /> He served the seminary as the deputy rector for 12 years,<ref name="dud" /> and was appointed the rector on 3 September 2014.<ref name="milli">{{cite news |title=Advisory Council constituted in Darul Uloom (Waqf), Deoband |url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/11055-advisory-council-constituted-in-darul-uloom-waqf-deoband |accessdate=24 May 2020 |work=[[The Milli Gazette]] |date=30 September 2014}}</ref> He is also a member of the executive council of [[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]] since 2007.<ref name="pasemargezindah" />
== 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). <ref>{{Cite news|title=عصری و دینی علوم کی تقسیم اسلامی مزاج کے مغائر|trans-title=Knowledge is a Unit|url=https://urdu.siasat.com/news/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AC-%DA%A9%DB%92-950242/amp/|work=[[The Siasat Daily]]|date=5 January 2019|accessdate=30 May 2020|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703172755/https://urdu.siasat.com/news/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AC-%DA%A9%DB%92-950242/amp/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of Darul Uloom Deoband alumni]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Qasmi family}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Qasmi, Muhammad Sufyan}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Scholars from Uttar Pradesh]] [[Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]] [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Deobandis]] [[Category:Darul Uloom Deoband alumni]] [[Category:Al-Azhar University alumni]] [[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]] [[Category:Qasmi family]] [[Category:Muslim scholars]]