Muhammad Jabir Qasmi
Mawlana Muhammad Jabir Qasmi | |
|---|---|
محمد جابر قاسمی | |
| 1st President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Odisha (M) | |
| In office 2008 – 17 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | "office established" |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Ghufran Qasmi |
| 5th President of United Jamiat Ulama-e-Orissa | |
| In office February 2008 – March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Sirajussajidin Katki |
| Succeeded by | "office bifurcated"
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| President of Odisha state unit of All-India Association of Islamic and Arabic Seminaries, Darul Uloom Deoband | |
| In office December 2006 – 17 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Sirajussajidin Katki |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Farooq Qasmi |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1943 |
| Died | 17 November 2020 (aged 76–77) Binjharpur, Jajpur district, Odisha, India |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Alma mater | |
| Teachers | |
| Tariqa | Chishtiya-Sabiriya-Imdadiya |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, Sufi shaykh, muslim leader |
| Muslim leader | |
| Disciple of | Asad Madani |
Muhammad Jabir Qasmi (1943–17 November 2020), also written as Muhammad Jabir Qasmi Binjharpuri and Maulana Muhammad Jabir, was an Indian Islamic scholar, Sufi sheikh, and Muslim leader. He was the first president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Odisha (M)[1][2] and a member of the working committee of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (M).
Early life and education[edit]
Muhammad Jabir Qasmi was born in 1943 in Binjharpur, Jajpur district, Orissa.[3]
He received his primary education from Maulana Irfan in his village, memorized only ten verses of the Quran due to his ill health, then traveled to Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur for higher education and stayed there to study up to the fifth grade of Arabic. At the Saharanpur seminary, his teachers included Zakariyya Kandhlawi and Yahya Saharanpuri, the father of Salman Mazahiri.[3][4]
Following Saharanpur, he moved to Deoband, enrolled in Darul Uloom Deoband, and graduated from there in 1966 (1366 AH).[3][4] He studied Sahih al-Bukhari with Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad at Darul Uloom Deoband.[4][5]
Career[edit]
After graduation, Qasmi started his teaching career at a madrasa in Begusarai, Bihar, and served there for five years. After that, on the insistence of Amanullah Binjharpuri and Abdul Ghaffar Binjharpuri, he served as the teacher at the Senior Madrasa in Binjharpur, Jajpur district, and taught Sahih Muslim there for years. He also served as a teacher at Madrasa Mishkat-ul-Uloom, Binjharpur.[3][4]
He was a lifelong member of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, having served it both before and after its split.[6] In the year 2008, he was elected as the president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Odisha,[7] and then, after the split of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on March 6, 2008, he was elected as the president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Odisha (M) and continued to serve for it till his lifetime. He also served as Ameer Shariat of Odisha Province; however, his emirate was confirmed by Osman Mansoor Puri at the beginning of his emirate period, i.e., 2010. Apart from this, he was a member of the working committee of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (M) and was also its special invitee for life. Being associated with the Jamiat, he performed social and welfare services in Odisha. He was also active during the 1999 Odisha Cyclone. He also organized a meeting on the occasion of an anti-terrorism conference organized by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (M) in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, in which Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was also invited as a special guest.[4]
He was an authorised disciple of Asad Madani in Sufism,[8][9] and for this reason, he also established a khanqah (Islamic monastery) in Binjharpur for the reform and education of the nation. Apart from this, their khanqahs were also established in other areas.[3]
In the working committee meeting of the All-India Association of Islamic and Arabic Seminaries, Darul Uloom Deoband [held: December 4, 2006, 12 Dhu Qa'da 1427 AH], after Sirajussajidin Katki, he was appointed as President of its provincial branch and elected its working committee member.[10]
Death[edit]
Qasmi died on November 17, 2020 (1st Rabi al-Thani 1442 AH) on Tuesday after a long illness. The funeral prayer was led by his son Arshad Zaki Qasmi in Binjharpur the same day after the Isha prayer, and he was buried there in Binjharpur.[3][4][6] Usman Mansoorpuri and Mahmood Madani delivered their condolences on his demise and stated that it was a loss to the Jamiat.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b c d e f Rahmani, Saeed; Quresh, Shaikh; Begum, Hasina, eds. (December 2020). "Aah Maulana Muhammad Jabir Qasmi Nahi Rahe" [Ah! Maulana Muhammad Jaber Qasmi is no more]. Sada-e-Orissa (in Urdu). 15 (9). Ghamadia New Colony, Cuttack: Shaikh Quresh: 6.
- ^ a b c d e f Mayurbhanji, Muhammad Rūhul Amīn (29 November 2023). "Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Jabir Sahib Qasmi Binjharpuri (1943–2020): Mukhtasar Sawānihi Khaka" [Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Jabir Sahib Qasmi Binjharpuri (1943–2020): Brief biographical sketch]. Qindeel Online (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Qasmi, Muhammad Tayyib. Darul Uloom Diary: Faizān-e-Fakhr-ul-Muhaddithīn Number (in Urdu) (2017 ed.). Deoband: Idara Paigham-e-Mahmood. pp. 42–46.
- ^ a b c "جمعیۃ علماء اڈیشہ کے صدر امیر شریعت مولانا محمد جابر قاسمی کا انتقال" [President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Odisha Ameer-e- Sharia'at Maulana Muhammad Jabir Qasmi passed away]. Qindeel Online (in Urdu). 2020-11-17. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Jamiat Ulema-e Hind elects its Orissa office bearers". Two Circles. 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Mansoorpuri, Muhammad Salman (April 2020). "Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Jabir Sahib Qasmi, Orissa". Zikr-e-Raftagāñ (in Urdu). Vol. 4. Lalbagh, Moradabad: Al Markaz Al Ilmi Lin Nashri Wat Tahqeeq. pp. 503–504.
- ^ Jami'i, Muhammad Salim, ed. (April 2007). "Fida-e-Millat Number". Al-Jami'at weekly (in Urdu). Madani hall, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi: Al-Jami'at office: 581.
- ^ Azmi, Habibur Rahman, ed. (May 2007). "رپورٹ اجلاس ششم مجلس عاملہ رابطہ مدارس اسلامیہ عربیہ دارالعلوم دیوبند: شوکت علی قاسمی بستوی، ناظم کل ہند رابطۂ مدارس اسلامیہ عربیہ، دار العلوم دیوبند" [Report of the 6th meeting of the Working Committee of the All-India Association of the Islamic and Arabic Seminaries, Darul Uloom Deoband: Shaukat Ali Qasmi Bastawi]. Monthly Darul Uloom (in Urdu). 91 (5). Darul Uloom Deoband: 49. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023.