Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi (born 7 January 1978) is an Indian Islamic scholar,mufti, and writer who has been serving as a teacher atDarul Uloom Deoband since 2008. He is an alumnus of both Darul Uloom Deoband andMaulana Azad National Urdu University.

As per official documents, Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi was born on 7 January 1978 in his maternal village, Jamtha, located in theSaharsa district of Bihar, India. His ancestral village is Jhagrua, situated inDarbhanga district.^[1][2][3]

He received his primary and secondary education at Madrasa Maarif Uloom Jhagarua, Darbhanga, Madrasa Falah Al-Muslimeen,Bikram, Madrasa Qasim Uloom, Mungarawan, Azamgarh, and Madrasa Riyazul Uloom, Guraini, Jaunpur.^[1][3]

In 1996, he completed his graduation inDars-e-Nizami fromDarul Uloom Deoband. In 1997 and 1999, he completed his postgraduate courses inIslamic jurisprudence from there, respectively.^[1][4][3] At the Deoband seminary, his teachers includedMahmood Hasan Gangohi,Nizamuddin Azami,Abdul Haq Azmi,Nematullah Azami,Habibur Rahman Khairabadi,Zafeeruddin Miftahi,Naseer Ahmad Khan,Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri,Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri,Arshad Madani,Habibur Rahman Azami,Usman Mansoorpuri, andAbdul Khaliq Madrasi.^[1][3]

He holds anMA,MPhil, andPhD inUrdu fromMaulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad.^[1][5][6][7]

From 1999 to 2000, Qasmi was an assistant teacher atDarul Uloom Deoband. Between 2000 and 2008, he served as a teacher and Deputy Mufti at Darul Uloom, Hyderabad. He was appointed to Darul Uloom Deoband in 1430AH (2008 AD) as a teacher and has been teaching there ever since.^[1][8][9]

Qasmi's M.Phil. thesis was titledMuntakhab Mazhabī ʿUlamā Ke Sheʿrī Majmūʿoṅ Kā Tanqīdī Jāʾiza (transl. A Critical Study of the Poetic Collections of Selected Religious Scholars), which consisted of an analytical study of the published poetry ofMuhammad Tayyib Qasmi,Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani, and Riyasat Ali Zafar Bajnori.^[10][11][12] Also, his PhD thesis was entitledUlama E Deoband Ki Swaneh Umriyon Ka Tanqeedi Tajziya [Azadi Se Qabl] (transl. A critical review of Deobandi scholars' Urdu biographies [pre-independence]).^{[13][5][14][11]} More than 250 of his articles have been published in national and foreign magazines and newspapers.^[1]

His works include:^{[1][15][3][10][16][17][18]}

• Tirāzi (an Urdu commentary onSiraj al-Din al-Sajawandi'sSirāji; it is translated intoPersian,Pashto, andBangla as well.)
• Sab Se Āsān Tarjama-e-Quran Majīd (an Urdu translation of the Quran)
• Khāssiyāt-e-Fusool-e-Akbari (Research and footnote on Ali Akbar Hussaini's authored bookFusool-e-Akbari)
• Mukhtasar Khāssiyāt-e-Abwāb (a partial Urdu translation of Hussaini's same book)
• Maulan Bastavi Ka Zikr-e-Jamīl (a biographical sketch of Abdur Rahim Bastavi)
• Maulan Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi Ka Zikr-e-Jamīl (a biographical sketch ofSaeed Ahmad Akbarabadi)
• Zaib o Zeenat Ke Ahkām (transl. Islamic rules of adornment)
• Kulliyāt-e-Kāshif (Compilation of Usman Kashif Al-Hashmi's Poetry Collection[19]^[20])
• Mā lā Budda Minhu (An Urdu translation ofSanaullah Panipati's Persian book,Mā lā Budda Minhu, is included in the curriculum of the Persian department of Darul Uloom Deoband.^[11])
• An-Noor Al-Faïd (an Urdu translation and commentary ofAnwar Shah Kashmiri's Persian verse booklet and accompanyingSyed Fakhruddin Ahmad's continuation.)
• Imān Bachāiye! (transl. Savefaith!)
• Ansari Sāhab Ka Zikr-e-Jamīl (a biographical sketch of Rahīmuddīn Ansari, former head of Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom, Hyderabad)^[21]

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