By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Ulema Hazrat Maulana Aslam Qasmi, the great-grandson of Hazrat Maulana Qasim Nanotavi Rahmatullah – the founder of Darul Uloom Deoband – and son of Hazrat Tayyab, passed away on Monday.
Maulana Qasmi, who was 80 years old, was buried in the Qasmi graveyard near the Deoband. After his demise, Deoband is in great shock. Until his last days, Maulana Qasmi had been working as Nazim in the Darul Uloom Waqf, which was established by his great-grandfather Maulana Rahmatullah. Born in 1937, Maulana Qasmi always held a high and respectable stature in Deoband fraternity due to his behaviour and dialogue with others.
According to those who participated, Maulana Qasmi’s Janaza – the last journey was attended by thousands of people, including non-Muslims who attended Maulana Qasmi’s janaza in heavy numbers. Qasmi was famous for authoring several books, which are still being read in Deoband and other scholarly circles. Having a good command over Arabic and Persian, Maulana Qasmi has a great command of the English language. He used this excellence in his in propagating the idea of Darul Uloom Deoband to western countries.
He also travelled to European countries like France, England, Italy, Germany and US as well as Canada with his literature. His tours seemed to have helped Darul Uloom Deoband for establishing itself. Even after his employment in Deoband in 1967, he continued to write several books of religious and social repute. He was well known to establish an interrelation between Qur’an and Science through his writings.