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{{short description|Kashmiri Mufti}}
{{similar names|Nazir Ahmed (disambiguation){{!}}Nazir Ahmed}}
{{Infobox religious biography
|religion = [[Islam]]
|honorific_prefix = {{small|[[Mufti]]}}
|name = Nazir Ahmad Qasmi
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1965|6|1}}
|birth_place = Bonjwah, [[Kishtwar district|Kishtwar]]
|alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
|denomination = [[Sunni]]
|jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
|office1 = Grand Mufti of [[Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah]]
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 =
|term_start1 = "unknown"
}}
'''Nazir Ahmad Qasmi''' (born 1 June 1965) is a [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist who serves as the Grand Mufti of [[Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah]]. He is an alumnus of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] and the Imārat-e-Sharia; and a member of the [[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]] and general secretary of the Majlis-e-Fiqhi, [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].

Qasmi's works include ''Mirzaiyat ka radd - Usūl awr Tarīqa-e-Behs'' and ''Islam awr AIDS se tahaffuz ka tarīqa''. His religious edicts appear regularly in the Friday edition of Kashmir Uzma.

==Biography==
Nazir Ahmad Qasmi was born on 1 June 1965 in Bonjwah, [[Kishtwar district|Kishtwar]].<ref name="edu">{{cite book |author1=Aftāb Ghāzi Qāsmi |author2=Abdul Haseeb Qāsmi |title=Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmat|trans-title=Services of the Graduates of Deoband in Islamic Jurisprudence|page=420|edition=February 2011 |language=Urdu}}</ref> He memorized the [[Quran]] at Madrasa Asghria in [[Deoband]] and studied primary books of Arabic language at Madrasa Khādim al-Ulūm in [[Muzaffarnagar]].<ref name="edu"/> He graduated from [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in the traditional [[dars-e-nizami]] course in 1404 [[Hijri year|A.H]] and then studied [[ifta]] for one year. Qasmi specialized in Islamic law at Imārat-e-Sharia in [[Patna]].<ref name="edu"/> His teachers include [[Abdul Haq Azmi]], [[Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri]] and Riyasat Ali Bijnori.<ref name="books" />

After completing his studies, Qasmi began teaching at [[Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah]].<ref name="edu"/> At the Raheemiyyah seminary, he serves as the Head Mufti.<ref name="gk">{{cite news |title=Mufti Nazir for social reformist groups |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/more/news/mufti-nazir-for-social-reformist-groups/ |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=[[Greater Kashmir]] |date=14 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mufti Nazir Qasmi to deliver Friday sermon at Qamarwari |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/srinagar/mufti-nazir-qasmi-to-deliver-friday-sermon-at-qamarwari/ |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=[[Greater Kashmir]] |date=31 March 2017}}</ref> He is a founding member of [[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]] and general secretary of Majlis-e-Fiqhi, [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="edu"/> His [[Fiqh|fiqhi]] answers appear regularly in the Friday issue of Kashmir Uzma, a sister project of [[Greater Kashmir]].<ref name="books"/>

==Legal rulings==
In July 2017, speaking in "Conservation of Environment and role of religion", a two-days conference organized by [[Central University of Kashmir]], Qasmi said, "Conservation and preservation of water and other natural resources is a religious obligation for all mankind and not complying is a violation against the compassion of the Creator."<ref>{{cite news |title=CUK’s 2-day international conference on conservation and role of religion begins |url=https://kashmirvision.in/2017/07/06/cuks-2-day-international-conference-on-conservation-and-role-of-religion-begins/ |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Kashmir Vision |date=6 July 2017}}</ref> Concerning [[Urdu language]], Qasmi rules that, "To learn, write, and gain expertise in Urdu language is a religious obligation upon the Muslims living here (Kashmir)".<ref>{{cite book |author1=Faiz Qāziābādi |title=Madāris awr Urdu |trans-title= Madrassas and Urdu |publisher=Kitabi Dunya |location=[[Delhi]] |isbn=978-93-84271-27-5 |page=345 |edition=2019 |language=Urdu}}</ref>

==Literary works==
Books include:<ref name="books">{{cite book |author1=Aftāb Ghāzi Qāsmi |author2=Abdul Haseeb Qāsmi |title=Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmat|trans-title=Services of the Graduates of Deoband in Islamic Jurisprudence|page=421|edition=February 2011 |language=Urdu}}</ref>
* ''Mirza Qadiyani ke Jhūt''
* ''Mirza Qadiyani na Mehdi na Masīh''
* ''Mirzaiyat ka radd - Usūl awr Tarīqa-e-Behs''
* ''Islam awr AIDS se tahaffuz ka tarīqa''

==References==
===Citations===
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
*{{cite book |author1=Aftāb Ghāzi Qāsmi |author2=Abdul Haseeb Qāsmi |title=Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmat|trans-title=Services of the Graduates of Deoband in Islamic Jurisprudence |publisher=Kutub Khana Naimia |location=[[Deoband]] |pages=420-421 |chapter = Mufti Nazīr Ahmad Kashmiri|edition=February 2011 |language=Urdu}}

==External links==
* [https://www.kashmiruzma.net/NewsDetail?action=view&ID=57441 Kitāb-o-Sunnat Ke Hawāle Se Masā'il Ka Hal i.e. Problems and their Islamic solutions] from 31 May 2019 issue of [[Kashmir Uzma]].

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[[Category:Deobandis]]

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