Muhammad Jabir Qasmi Explained

Muhammad Jabir Qasmi
Native Name:محمد جابر قاسمی
Native Name Lang:ur
Honorific Prefix:Mawlana
Office1:1st President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Odisha (M)
Term Start1:2008
Term End1:17 November 2020
Predecessor1:"office established"
Successor1:Muhammad Ghufran Qasmi
Office2:5th President of United Jamiat Ulama-e-Orissa
Term Start2:February 2008
Term End2:March 2008
Predecessor2:Sirajussajidin Katki
Successor2:"office bifurcated"
Office3:President of Odisha state unit of All-India Association of Islamic and Arabic Seminaries, Darul Uloom Deoband
Term Start3:December 2006
Term End3:17 November 2020
Predecessor3:Sirajussajidin Katki
Successor3:Muhammad Farooq Qasmi
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Birth Date:1943
Birth Place:Binjharpur, Jajpur district, Orissa, India
Death Place:Binjharpur, Jajpur district, Odisha, India
Nationality:Indian
Religion:Islam
Denomination:Sunni
Madh'hab:Hanafi
Creed:Maturidi
Movement:Deobandi
Sufi Order:Chishtiya-Sabiriya-Imdadiya
Occupation:Islamic scholar, Sufi shaykh, 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

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.

Following Saharanpur, he moved to Deoband, enrolled in Darul Uloom Deoband, and graduated from there in 1966 (1366 AH). He studied Sahih al-Bukhari with Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad at Darul Uloom Deoband.[4] [5]

Career

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.

He was a lifelong member of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, having served it both before and after its split. In the year 2008, he was elected as the president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Odisha,[6] 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.

He was an authorised disciple of Asad Madani in Sufism,[7] [8] 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.

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.[9]

Death

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.[10] Usman Mansoorpuri and Mahmood Madani delivered their condolences on his demise and stated that it was a loss to the Jamiat.

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2015-12-24 . Odisha to probe Abdur Rahman’s visit to Secretariat, says Minister . 2024-02-15 . . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  2. News: 2015-12-24 . Odisha Muslim body asks madrasas to cooperate with govt. 2024-02-15 . Business Standard. en.
  3. Rahmani. Saeed. Quresh. Shaikh. Begum. Hasina. Aah Maulana Muhammad Jabir Qasmi Nahi Rahe. Ah! Maulana Muhammad Jaber Qasmi is no more. Sada-e-Orissa. 15. 9. December 2020. Shaikh Quresh. Ghamadia New Colony, Cuttack. 6. ur.
  4. Web site: 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 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240215024104/https://qindeelonline.com/maulana-mohd-jabir-qasmi-by-mohd-ruhul-amain/ . 15 February 2024 . 15 February 2024 . Qindeel Online . ur.
  5. Book: Qasmi. Muhammad Tayyib. Darul Uloom Diary: Faizān-e-Fakhr-ul-Muhaddithīn Number. Idara Paigham-e-Mahmood. . 42–46. 2017. ur.
  6. Web site: 11 February 2008 . Jamiat Ulema-e Hind elects its Orissa office bearers . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240215052123/https://twocircles.net/2008feb11/jamiat_ulema_e_hind_elects_its_orissa_office_bearers.html . 15 February 2024 . 15 February 2024 . . en-US.
  7. Book: Mansoorpuri. Muhammad Salman. Zikr-e-Raftagāñ. Al Markaz Al Ilmi Lin Nashri Wat Tahqeeq. Lalbagh, Moradabad. 503–504. April 2020. Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Jabir Sahib Qasmi, Orissa. 4. ur.
  8. Jami'i. Muhammad Salim. Fida-e-Millat Number. Al-Jami'at weekly. April 2007. 581. Al-Jami'at office. Madani hall, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. ur.
  9. May 2007 . Azmi . Habibur Rahman . 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 . live . . ur . Darul Uloom Deoband . 91 . 5 . 49 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231216101911/https://darululoom-deoband.com/urduarticles/archives/657 . 16 December 2023.
  10. Web site: 2020-11-17 . 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 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240215042756/https://qindeelonline.com/jamiat-ulama-odisha-ke-sadar-ameer-shariyat-maulana-muhammad-jabir-qasmi-ka-intiqal/ . 15 February 2024 . 2024-02-15 . Qindeel Online . ur.