Educational Journey of
Faqihe Millat Maulana Zubair
Ahmad Qasmi (1936-2019)
By: Khursheed Alam Dawood
Qasmi*
Email: qasmikhursheed@yahoo.co.in
Heartbreaking News:
13th
January 2019, was a shocking day for me and many others. Early in morning, we
received the heartbreaking news of the demise of well-versed scholar of Fiqh
and Hadeeth after his prolonged illness which he had been fighting for about
three years. As he was famous for his deep knowledge and understanding of Fiqh,
he was also well-known for his academic quality of the science of Hadeeth. Due
to his knowledge and sound opinion in the field of Fiqh specially, he was held
in high esteem by several towering contemporary personalities. His opinions
were valued and respected by the authentic scholar of Fiqh like Qazi Mujahidul
Islam Qasmi (1936-2002). These words refer to the grieving death of my revered
teacher Faqihe Millat Maulana Zubair Ahmad Qasmi, in a hospital in Madhubani
district of his hometown, Chandarsainpur in Bihar.
Faqihe Millat’s Birth:
Faqihe Millat
was born in a middle class family of a famous village known as Chndarsainpur of
district Madhubani in Bihar province of India on 1st January 1936 to
late Abdush Shakur. The father passed away when he was a child. This village is
well-known in the area because of being the birthplace several pious and expert
Islamic scholars.
Educational Journey:
Faqihe Millat
began his basic education in a Maktab (nursery school) in his village. He
completed reciting the Glorious Qura’an and reading basic Urdu books in the
village from Maulana Ameerul Haq Miftahi (Rh.A). After the completion of the
nursery level education, he left for Madrasa Basharatul Uloom which is situated
in his neighbouring town Khirayan Pathra of Darbhanga district.
In Madrasa
Basharatul Uloom, Khirayan Pathra, Faqihe Millat started from the primary level
education of Persian language. Following the completion of the Persian language,
he stared the basic of Aalim Course until he finished the first two parts of
Hidayah, a celebrated book of jurisprudence of Hanafi school of thought and
Jalalain, a famous book of Tafseer in that Madrasa. It must be noticed here
that he learned from Persian language up to Jalalain from only one teacher, his
uncle Maulana Saeed Ahmad Qasmi, an expert teacher of Darse Nizaami and
student of Sheikhul Islam Maulana Sayyid Husain Ahmad Madani
(1879-1957).
Following the
primary and secondary level education at Madrasa Basharatul Uloom, he moved to
Deoband to get admission in the great revolutionary seminary Darul Uloom
Deoband to quench his thirst of knowledge of the sciences of Tafseer and
Hadeeth. He got admission in 1377 AH and remained two years in Darul Uloom
Deoband until he completed his Fazilat-Graduation in Islamic Studies in 1379
AH. In Darul Uloom, he learnt from the expert scholars of Tafseer and Hadeeth
like Sheikh Allamah Fakhruddin (1307-1393 AH), Allamah Muhammad Ibrahim Baliawi
(1886-1967), Sheikh Basheer Ahmad Khan (D. 1966), Qari Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi
(1897-1983), Sheikh Zahoor Ahmad Doebandi (1900-1963), Sheikh Jalil Ahmad
Kairanvi (D. 1968), Sheikh Fakhrul Hasan, Sheikh Sayyid Hasan, etc.
Teaching Journey:
After completing
his graduation, in the same year 1379, Faqihe Millat was appointed as a teacher
at Madrasa Basharatul Uloom, Khirayan Pathra. Following almost one and half
year, he resigned from this Madrasa on 15th Rabiul Awwal 1380 and
joined Madrasa Islamia, Mughla Khar in Nawadah District in Bihar. As the pupils
in this Madrasa were of primary level, it was unsatisfactory and he had to
resign just after few months and again he joined Madrasa Basharatul Uloom and
taught till Jumadal Ukhra 1387 almost 6 years then he resigned.
In Ashraful Uloom as Head-Teacher:
In Shawwal 1387,
Faqihe Millat was appointed in Jamia Ashraful Uloom, Kanahwan, Sitamarhi
(Bihar) as head-teacher by its long serving pious and sincere rector, Maulana
Qari Muhammad Tayyib. With his struggles and efforts, he took the educational
standard to high level. In his headship, Jamia progressed by leaps and bounds
from each angles. The progress was observed everywhere. One and all valued him
and praised the standard of Jamia where he took it. After serving for 10 years
tirelessly as head-teacher, he resigned in Dhul Hijjah 1397 AH.
In Jamia Rahmani:
In Muharram 1398
AH, Faqihe Millat was called by Sheikh Minnatullah Rahmani (1912-1991) to teach
in Jamia Rahmani, Munger. He taught the books of Fiqh and Hadeeth in Jamia.
Sheikh Rahmani had every confidence in his teaching ability and appreciated his
teaching methodology. He enjoyed teaching in Jamia and served here about 9
years. Then due to some internal circumstances and situations, he resigned on
10th Shawwal 1406 AH unwillingly.
In Miftahul Uloom:
After Jamia
Rahmania, he reached Jamia Miftahul Uloom, Maunath Bhanjan on 16th
Shawwal 1406 AH where he was called to teach Bukhari Shareef. He requested the
authority to let the Bukhari Shareef being taught by another teacher and he
would teach it in the coming year. He taught here completely one year. Next
year, he resigned from Miftahul Uloom on 5th Shawwal 1407 as the
environment was not suiting him.
From Sabilus Salam to Jamia Rahmani:
Maulana Rizwanul
Qasmi (1944-2004), the rector and Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, the
head-teacher of Darul Uloom Sabilus Salam, Hyderabad requested him several
times to arrive in Sabilus Salam as Sheikhul Hadeeth. He left for Hyderabad on
15th Shawwal 1407 AH. But Daurah Hadeeth had not then started, so he
couldn’t manage to be there, but for few months and he came back and again he
joined Jamia Rahmani, Munger on 17th Muharram 1408, following the
directive of Sheikh Rahmani.
In Sabilus Salam as Sheikhul Hadeeth:
In the next
academic year, in Shawwal 1408, as Daurah Hadeeth had started in Sabilus Salam,
Hyderabad, the rector and head-teacher were insisting him to arrive again. So,
he joined Sabilus Salam the second time on 21st Shawwal 1408 AH as
Sheikhul Hadeeth. He taught in Sabilus Salam as Sheikhul Hadeeth 4 years. In
this period, he was requested several times to join Jamia Ashraful Uloom,
Kanahwan as head-teacher as the situation of Ashraful Uloom was deteriorating.
He decided to join Jamia Ashraful Uloom, so he resigned from Sabilus Salam on
14th Sha’aban 1412 AH. In the next academic year, Shawwal 1412, he
joined Jamia Ashraful Uloom with his own terms and conditions which were
accepted by the governing body of Ashraful Uloom.
Rector of Ashraful Uloom:
After few years,
Hazrat Maulana Anwarul Haq, the rector of Ashraful Uloom, passed away. Now,
Faqihe Millat was made Rector. He served Jamia Ashraful Uloom for a long period
of time. Almost three year back, he suffered from a heart illness. He underwent
a heart operation on 7th October, 2016 in a hospital in Patna, the
capital city of Bihar. After operation, he continued suffering from different
illness. Actually, he didn’t recover after heart operation fully. Then he
decided to remain at his home in Chandarsainpur, Madhubani, Bihar, but
frequently he used to visit Ashraful Uloom for a week or so to know and observe
the activities taking place and to guide the teachers and pupils wherever the
guidance was required.
When he was
sick, he got proper treatment in Madhubani, Patna and New Delhi, but due to the
old age, he grew weaker as well as the health continued deteriorating. Last
time again his family members took him to a Hospital in Madhubani where he
breathed his last in the hospital at 07:30 am, on 13th January 2019.
As his death news went viral on social media, the people started gathering in
his home village, where his funeral prayer was to be offered. A delegation from
Ashraful Uloom reached his village under the leadership of recently selected
rector of Ashraful Uloom, Maulana Izharul Haq Mazahiri to attend his funeral.
One another delegation came from Imarat Shariah to attend his funeral prayer.
Similarly, from different Madaaris the Ulama and other people visited his
village to participate in his funeral prayer. His funeral prayer was led by his
elder son, Maulana Owais Qasmi on the same day following Asr Salaah. Before the
funeral prayer, Maualan Izharul Haq Mazahiri delivered a brief speech.
Thousands of people participated in his funeral prayer and they laid him in his
ancestral graveyard to rest. May Allah forgive his all human shortcomings and
grant him eternal peace in Jannah!
His Survivours:
Following the
completion of his education, Faqihe Millat got married with the daughter of
late Haji Muhammad Idris of Parsauni, Dist.: Madhubani. He is survived by his
wife, two daughters and five sons. Maulana Hafiz Owais Anzar Qasmi is working
in KSA. He was present at the time of his beloved father’s death. He led the
funeral prayer. Hafiz Usaid Anzar is teaching in a certain Madrasa in his area.
Muhammad Sajjad resides at home. Maulana Hafiz Zafar Siddiqi Qasmi is teaching
in Delhi in Madrasa Talimul Qura’an. He had been a classmate of this writer.
During the period of learning, he was an intelligent pupil. He is a remarkable
calligrapher, though he didn’t choose it as his profession. His last born is
Mr. Afzal Husain, who completed school following his basic Islamic education in
a Madrasa. Currently he is in Saudi Arab. ···
* Head: Islamic Department, Moon Rays Trust School,
Zambia, Africa
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