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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar (1918–1988)}}
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| name = Zahid Hasan
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| honorific_prefix = Mawlana
| office1 = Member of Legislative Assembly, Deoband constituency
| term_start1 = 1946
| term_end1 = 1952
| predecessor1 = Sheikh Zia-ul-Haq Khan Bahadur Rajupuri
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| module = {{Infobox religious biography |embed=yes
| religion = [[Islam]]
| birth_date = 1918
| birth_place = Ibrahimī village, [[Sarsawa]], [[Saharanpur district]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], British India (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1988|03|27|1918}}
| death_place = Civil Hospital, [[Saharanpur]], Uttar Pradesh
| alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
| teachers = {{bulleted list|[[Hussain Ahmad Madani]]|[[Asghar Hussain Deobandi]]|[[Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi]]|[[Izaz Ali Amrohi]]|[[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]]|[[Muhammad Shafi Deobandi]]|[[Abdul Haq Akorwi]]|[[Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi]]|[[Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi]]|[[Ahmed Ali Lahori]]}}
| denomination = [[Sunni Islam]]
| movement = [[Deobandi]]
| Madh'hab = [[Hanafi]]
| creed = [[Maturidi]]
| Sufi_order = [[Chishti Order|Chishtiya]]-[[Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari|Sabiriya]]-[[Haji Imdadullah Muhaajir Makki|Imdadiya]]
| disciple_of = {{Bulleted list|[[Abdul Qadir Raipuri]]|[[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]]|[[Asad Madani]]}}
| occupation = Islamic scholar, politician
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'''Zahid Hasan''' (1918 – 27 March 1988), known as '''Maulana Zahid Hasan''', was an Indian Islamic scholar, spiritual guide, and a participant in the [[Indian independence movement]]. From 1946 to 1952, he served as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) representing the Deoband constituency. He graduated from [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] and was a student and disciple of [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]]. As an active member of the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]], he worked in the religious, political, and educational spheres for nearly five decades.

== Early life and education ==
Zahid Hasan was born in 1918 in Ibrahimī village near [[Sarsawa]], [[Saharanpur district]], in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]] (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India). He belonged to the [[Khatana]] branch of the [[Gurjar]] community.{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|p=37}}<ref name="Khujnawari">{{Cite journal|last=Khujnawari|first=Muhammad Sajid|title=Sahib-e-Azimat: Hazrat Maulana Zahid Hasan Qasmi|magazine=Fikr-e-Inqelab – Special Issue: Remembrance of Elders of Darul Uloom Deoband (Vol. 2)|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/fikr-e-inqelab-shumara-number-228-ahsan-mahtab-magazines|date=1–15 January 2022|volume=10|issue=228|pages=247–249|publisher=All India Tanzim Ulama-e-Haq, Fikr-e-Inqelab|location=Delhi|language=ur}}</ref>

He received early education in Persian and Qur'anic recitation under Sayyid Sher Shah Haripuri in Sarsawa and Ahiba village near [[Nanauta]]. In 1934, he enrolled at [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] and graduated in 1941 (1360 AH).{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|pp=57–59}}

There, he studied under scholars such as [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], [[Asghar Hussain Deobandi]], [[Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi]], and [[Muhammad Shafi Deobandi]].{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|pp=57–59}}

After graduation, he also studied briefly under [[Ahmed Ali Lahori]].{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|p=68}}{{Sfn|Khujnawari|2022|p=249}}

== Career ==
=== Teaching ===
Hasan began his teaching career at Madrasa Sirajul Uloom in Damjhera, Saharanpur. In 1964, he founded another branch of the madrasa in the same village, where he taught Arabic, Persian, and Islamic texts including ''[[Mishkat al-Masabih]]''. He ended his formal teaching activities after 1978 due to growing public responsibilities.{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|pp=99–100}}

He also served as a lifelong patron of Jamia Ahmadul Uloom in Khanpur, [[Gangoh]].{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|p=100}}

=== Sufism ===
After graduating, Hasan pledged allegiance to [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]] and later to [[Abdul Qadir Raipuri]], from whom he received spiritual succession (''khilafah''). He also received permission to guide disciples from [[Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi]] and [[Asad Madni]].{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|pp=108–109, 115, 118}}{{Sfn|Khujnawari|2022|p=249}}

=== Public service and politics ===
Hasan was associated with the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]] for over four decades, serving as vice president and later as president of its Saharanpur branch.{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|p=284}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=مولانا زاہد ابراہیمی ؒہمیشہ قوم وملت کے لیے سرگرم اور متفکر رہتے تھے:مولانا سید ارشد مدنی|url=https://roznamakhabrein.com/maulana-zahid-ibrahimi-was-always-active-and-concerned-for-the-nation-maulana-syed-arshad-madani/|date=21 February 2022|access-date=16 May 2025|website=Daily Khabrein|language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=मदरसा कंजुल उलूम टिटौली मे हयात ए जाहिद कार्यक्रम हुआ आयोजन|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/nakur/news/the-book-on-the-life-story-of-freedom-fighter-maulana-zahid-hasan-hayate-zahid-was-released-129422257.html|date=20 February 2022|access-date=16 May 2025|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi}}</ref> He established a local Shariah council in Saharanpur to address community issues.{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|pp=160, 284}}

In the [[1946 Indian provincial elections]], he was elected as an MLA from Deoband as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]].{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|pp=161, 177}}{{Sfn|Khujnawari|2022|p=250}} He also contested parliamentary elections in 1977 and 1980, but was not elected.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha: Volume II (Constituency Data – Summary)|url=https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/4116-general-election-1977-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9750&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=552f9dc4058a84d1793ae045d8e7fcca|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |location=New Delhi |year=1978 |page=488 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha: Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)|url=https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/4117-general-election-1980-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9752&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=2e27df392ad30c38c6a344c3ba38ff0b|publisher=Election Commission of India |location=New Delhi |year=1981 |page=233 |language=en}}</ref>

Through his efforts, over forty Islamic seminaries (madrasas) were established in the region.{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|pp=197–199}}

== Honours ==
In 2023, a girls' school named ''Maulana Zahid Hasan Girls Inter College'' was established in Gangoh by Jamia Ahmadul Uloom Khanpur in his memory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=सहारनपुर: मौलाना जाहिद हसन गर्ल्स इंटर कॉलेज की रखी संगे बुनियाद |trans-title=Saharanpur: Maulana Zahid Hasan Girls Inter College foundation laid |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/story-saharanpur-maulana-zahid-hasan-laid-the-foundation-of-girls-inter-college-9118239.html |website=Live Hindustan |date=26 December 2023 |access-date=16 May 2025 |language=hi}}</ref>
== Death ==
Hasan died on 27 March 1988 (8 Sha'ban 1408 AH) after sustaining a serious head injury from a fall while returning from an educational tour near his native village, Ibrahimī. He was taken to the Civil Hospital in [[Saharanpur]] but did not survive.{{Sfn|Al-Majri|2022|pp=312–313, 388–389}}

He was buried in the family graveyard in his home village. He was survived by two daughters and five sons, including Muhammad Arif Qasmi, Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Muhammad Ashfaq Qasmi, Muhammad Sajid Zahidi, and Muhammad Asjad Husaini Qasmi.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Al-Majri|first1=Abdul Khaliq Qasmi|title=Hayāt-e-Zahid|url=https://archive.org/details/Hayat-e-Zahid |publisher=Publishing Department, Madrasa Islamia Kanz-ul-Uloom|location=Tadoli, near Gangoh, [[Saharanpur District]]|edition=1st|year=2022|pages=43–49|language=ur}}</ref>

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[[Category:1918 births]]
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[[Category:Indian Islamic religious leaders]]
[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:Darul Uloom Deoband alumni]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from Saharanpur district]]
[[Category:Hanafis]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslims]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]

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