Abul Qasim Nomani

Mufti, Shaikhul Hadith
Abul Qasim Nomani
ابوالقاسم نعمانی
13th Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 July 2011
Preceded byGhulam Mohammad Vastanvi
10th Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 October 2020
Preceded bySaeed Ahmad Palanpuri
Personal life
Born
Abul Qasim Nomani

(1947-01-14) 14 January 1947 (age 77)
Benares, Benares State, British India
NationalityIndian
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Mau Jamia Miftahul Uloom
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Muslim leader
Disciple ofMahmood Hasan Gangohi
Part of a series on the
Deobandi movement
Ideology and influences
Founders and key figures
Notable institutions
Darul ulooms and madrasas
Centres (markaz) of Tablighi Jamaat
Associated organizations

Abul Qasim Nomani (born 14 January 1947) is an Indian Islamic scholar and the current Vice Chancellor[2] and Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband. He has been ranked among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world.[3][4]

Biography

Abul Qasim Nomani was born in Varanasi (Banaras) UP on 14 January 1947.[5] In 1960, Nomani took admission in Darul Uloom Mau for Arabic education. After that, in 1962, after studying for one year at Miftahul Uloom Mau, he went to Darul Uloom Deoband for higher education, and graduated from there in 1967. He became a member of Majlis ash-Shura (the Governing body) of Darul Uloom in 1992.[3]

Nomani was succeeded Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi as Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband on 24 July 2011.[6][7][8]

On 14 October 2020, Nomani was appointed as Sheikh al-Hadith in Deoband seminary.[9]

References

  1. ^ Qasmi 2020, pp. 748–749.
  2. ^ "India seminary urges bar on Salman Rushdie visit". BBC News. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Abul Qasim Nomani". TheMuslim500. Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ Arabi, Zikrullah (2019). Contribution of Darul Uloom Deoband to Arabic Journalism With Special Reference of Al-Die (Monthly Magazine) and Comprehensive Catalogue Upto 2013 (PhD thesis) (in Arabic). India: Maulana Azad National Urdu University. p. 57. hdl:10603/337869. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. ^ Qasmi, Muhammadullah Khalili (October 2020). Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh (in Urdu) (3rd ed.). India: Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy. p. 662. OCLC 1345466013.
  6. ^ Abantika Ghosh (25 July 2011). "Vastanvi axed as Darul V-C for praising Modi". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi removed as Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband". India Today. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Vastanvi removed as Darul Uloom chief". The Hindu. 24 July 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  9. ^ "مہتمم دارالعلوم دیوبند مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی شیخ الحدیث اور مولانا ارشد مدنی صدر المدرسین منتخب" [Abul Qasim Nomani, VC of Deoband appointed as Shaykh al-Hadīth, and Arshad Madani as the Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband]. AsreHazir. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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