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Former Rector, Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband Khatib alalal-al ---IslaIslaIslaIslamm MaMaMauMa uuullllaaaannnnaaaa MMMoMooohhhhammadammad Salim Qasmi R.A. Former Rector ofofof Darul Uloom Waqf Deoband Life Thoughts Contribution A compilation of papers presented in the “International seminar on Life and Achievements of Khatib al-Islam Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi R.A” Held on Sunday- Monday, 12 th -13 th August, 2018, at Darul Uloom Waqf Deoband Ḥujjat al-Isl ām Academy Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband- 247554 Khatib al-Islam Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi R.A. Life Thoughts Contribution 1st Edition: 2019 ISBN: 978-93-84775-11-7 © Copyright 2019 All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Published & Distributed by Hujjat al-Islam Academy Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband, +91 1336 222 752 Website: www.dud.edu.in, Email: [email protected] Table of Contents I. Foreword 06 II. Report 15 III. Welcome Speech 100 IV. Chapter One: Life and Personality 106 o Maulana Salim R.A., The End of Golden Scholarly Era Mohammad Asjad Qasmi 107 o Khatib al-Islam Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi as a Great Speaker 1926-2018 Jaseemuddin Qasmi 129 o Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi: A Man of Courage and Conviction Dr. Atif Suhail Siddiqui 135 o Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi: Literary Style of Writing Dr. Saeed Anwar 141 o Hazrat Khatib al-Islam as a Lecturer Mohammad Javed Qasmi 152 o Hazrat Maulana Mohammad Salim Sahab Qasmi, The Orator Mohammad Asad Jalal Qasmi 162 V. Chapter Two: Thoughts and Ideas 176 o Unity of the Muslim Ummah: An Overview of Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi's Thoughts Hifzur Rahman Qasmi 177 o Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi: Tracing the Legacy of His Theological Paradigms and Intellectual Dimensions Mohammadullah Khalili Qasmi 189 o Modernization of Madrasas and Maulana Salim Sb. Arif Masood Qasmi 203 VI. Chapter Three: Contribution and Services 212 o Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi and His Contribution Through All India Muslim Personal Law Board M. Burhanuddin Qasmi 213 o Khatib al-Islam Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi: A Versatile Religious Leader Muddassir Ahmad Qasmi 229 o Hazrat Khatib al-Islam Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi: Literary Services Mohammad Sajjad Husain Qasmi 238 o Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi (1926-2018AD): His Services in Academic Works Jamshed Adil Qasmi 254 Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi Life Thoughts Contribution Foreword By: Maulana Mohammad Sufyan Qasmi (1) A fair review of the 1400 year long period of learning and practice of the blessed Ummah in the perspective of historical facts will reveal a truth; that not a single period, century or region has ever been totally devoid of the multi- dimensional services and efforts of God-fearing theologians and truthful men of knowledge and practice. However, it is another matter that the scenarios were always subjected to change. Sometimes, there is abundance of sincere scholars at a place and sometimes, in another period, the same area witnesses a shortage and decrease in their number. At times, a particular branch of knowledge appears flourishing in a way that it seems the stream of the scholars is heading in the same direction, and innovative minor and major researches emerge in a specific field of science and knowledge, while at other times various people of knowledge and cognizance are seen active in different academic fields, quenching the thirst of an entire era with their scholarly profoundness and peculiarities, offering solutions to ongoing problems, uncovering new dimensions of knowledge and wisdom, and the knowledge appears moving on the track of evolution and progression as per its nature, looking as though the following generation took the science and art to the position higher than where the (1) Rector of Darul Uloom Waqf Deoband . 6 Foreword Maulana Mohammad Sufyan Qasmi preceding generation had left it. Thus, the science and knowledge continued to develop in every age, highly influenced by viewpoints and outlooks and the nature of rejection and acceptance of every period. The well-informed and enlightened men have always recognized the importance of this reality of development as the basic rule owing to their vast vision and farsightedness. On the contrary, the religious, social and economical scenario of other nations and religions of the world looks empty in terms of these viewpoints and outlooks, as compared to the Islamic history. Even if any development and prosperity is seen anywhere on any level whatsoever, be it scholarly or moral; artistic or social; societal or economical, there must underlie the glimpse of the borrowings from Islam, and somewhere or the other and on some stage or the other, it will appear indebted to Islamic sciences and knowledge, and it seems that without considering the borrowings of developmental characteristics from Islam as the basis, the avenues of development were blocked even for them. The Almighty Allah has laid foundation of survival of the cosmos and development of humankind by honouring them with His special attribute of knowledge and has bestowed on human beings such talent and ability that they could continue to develop by unearthing the hidden secrets of science and knowledge. '( ) *+, - , - , *+, ) '( & " $% ! "# . % !." If we think over in the light of this established rule, this fact comes up by a slight deliberation that the Exalted Being has set up two systems in this mortal world for the survival and growth of the cosmos. Survival of the world concerns the system of guidance, while the growth of the 7 Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi Life Thoughts Contribution world relates to the system of power. Both systems have their respective rules and laws. As long as the prescribed rules and laws of the Almighty remain effective in human life, their healthy and positive results will guarantee its survival and development, and when these rules and laws are neglected, their fallout and consequences will be fatal. This rule applies to both systems. For example, the link of domination and subjugation of nations on each other is connected to the system of power which can easily be understood by the example that the falsehood of the West is not confined to the western world, rather its deadly effects have prevailed all over the East including the East Asia, Middle East and Far East. If we analyze the effects of global dominance of the West and oppressive subjugation of the East, it sums up to only three reasons: first the power, second the knowledge and third the ethics. Since the dominance and subjugation is linked to the system of power, here knowledge means the sciences and knowledge of the contemporary world. So, the law of the nature is that even if an evil worshipper adapted to this system, he too would overcome the world, and even if a believer defies it, he too will be overpowered. To take an example, poison is a lethal object. If a believer eats, he will die, and if a disbeliever eats, he will also die. As the nature of the poison and its effects are connected to the natural law, the result of poison cannot be different for Muslims and non- Muslims. So, power, knowledge and ethics are the components of the West’s global materialistic and ideological dominance which are entirely connected to the rules and laws of the nature set by the Almighty. Hence, the history of dominance and subjugation of every nation, 8 Foreword Maulana Mohammad Sufyan Qasmi including the Muslim Ummah, will look indebted to the same components, and in the base of the nation’s rise and fall, the effects of compliance and defiance of the same principles will be seen. In the same context, now let’s talk of the guidance system set by Allah which has achieved basic status in the survival of the universe. This system is ranging from metaphysical world to the physical world in a way that its results and effects spread from spiritual world to the materialistic world. The Almighty God has set its own rules and laws. The common thing between the system of guidance and the system of power is that as the compliance of the rules and laws prescribed by Allah was obligatory there in order to get positive results, so is here, and as the deviation from the rules and regulations was fatal there, same will be here as well. The historical events of that system were witness to the rise and fall of humankind; likewise this system has also preserved the evidences of countless occurrences of rise and growth; recognition and popularity; disgrace and humiliation in the pages of the history. Just as the power, knowledge, and ethics are essential in producing good results from the system of nature, so the knowledge, ethics, and power are also the components, with difference in the intents. There, power meant the power of people and material, knowledge meant varied types of contemporary sciences, and ethics meant realization and exercise of the rules of world administration. Exactly the same power, knowledge, and ethics are the foundation of guidance system as well. The difference is that here knowledge means divine sciences and cognizance in the light of Qur’an, power means the 9 Maulana Mohammad Salim Qasmi Life Thoughts Contribution positive and good effects and results produced from those sciences and cognizance and the power derived from actions and deeds, and ethics mean following what the Prophet ( PBUH ) did and explained. Just like there, the compliance and defiance will result in subjugation and domination accordingly, here too the results will come up according to the controlling factors, that is, the good and fatal effects of the either system depend on true compliance and regular practice of the rules and laws set by the Almighty for the two systems.