Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi

Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi was born on 22 July 1957.^[3] He graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1978.^[3] He is an authorized disciple of Mahmood Hasan Gangohi in Tasawwuf.^[4][5] He established Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah, one of the largest Islamic madrasa in Bandipore, Kashmir in 1979.^[6] The seminary follows the methodology of Darul Uloom Deoband.^[7] He is a founding member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and a senior member of the managing committee of Darul Uloom Deoband. He is also a member of the working committee of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.^[8][9][10]

In 2018, disagreeing with the J&K State Board of Madrasa Education Act, Qasmi said that, "We know how government interference deteriorated those religious institutions which are affiliated with Waqf."^[11] He also said that giving authorization to the boards to take control of accounts in these Madrasas will lead to malpractice in utilization of funds donated by people towards these institutions.^[11]

Qasmi’s books include:^[12]

• Immodesty in Islamic Perspective
• Unexpected Disaster
• Sailab! Aazmaish ya Azab (English: Flood! Test or Torment)
• Mazureen Ke Liye Kursi Par Namaz (English: Prayer on Chair for the Handicaps).
• Aazmin-e-Haramayn Sharifayn Ki Khidmat mai Hadya
• Ulama-e-Kiram awr Aulia-e-Izam Ki Touheen Se Bachiye (English: Don't Defame Scholars and Awliya).
• Khutbat-e-Iman (English: The Speeches of Faith)
• RahmatoN Ka Maheena, Zaruri Masail awr Guzarishat (English: The Month of Mercy, Important Questions and Their Answers).
• Ulama-e-Deoband and their love for Rasulullah^[13]

• Qasmi, Muhammadullah Khalili (December 2016). Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jami' wa Mukhtasar Tareekh (in Urdu) (2nd ed.). Deoband: Shaykhul Hind Academy. Retrieved 22 July 2022.