Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi

Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi (known as Qari Muhammad Tayyib) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar who served as Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband for more than half a century. He was grandson of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, the founder of the Darul Uloom Deoband.^[3][4]

Qari Muhammad Tayyib قاری محمد طیب
10th Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband
In office 1929 – 9 August 1982
Preceded by	Habibur Rahman Usmani
Succeeded by	Marghoobur Rahman Bijnori
Personal details
Born	Muzaffaruddin/Khurshid Qasim May 1897 (1897-05) Deoband, British India
Died	17 July 1983(1983-07-17) (aged 86) Deoband, India
Resting place	Deoband, India
Children	Muhammad Salim Qasmi (son)
Parent	Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad (father)
Relatives	Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (grandfather), Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi (grandson), Abidullah Ghazi (grandson)
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Notable work(s)	Human Being: A Distinguished Creature, The Maslak of Ulama of Deoband, Mas'ala Zuban-e-Urdu Hindustan Mein
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Founder of	All India Muslim Personal Law Board
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi[1]
Movement	Deobandi
Muslim leader
Disciple of	Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Students Tafazzul Haque Habiganji[2] Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Naseer Ahmad Khan

Biography

Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi was born in 1892 or 1897 into the Siddiqi family of Nanauta.^[a][5] He served as Deputy Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband from 1344 AH to 1347 AH (1924 to 1928 AD).^[6][7][b] He succeeded Habibur Rahman Usmani as Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom in mid-1348 AH (1929 AH) and resigned on August 9, 1982 AD (Dhu al-Qadah 18, 1402 AH), after disagreements and disturbances erupted in Darul Uloom Deoband in 1980 (1400 AH).^{[9][7][10][11][12]} He also founded the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and headed it until his death.^[3][4]

He wrote devotional poetry in Urdu to Muhammed, entitled Nabi e Akram Shafi e Azam. His poetical compositions have been published as Irfan-e-Arif.^[4]

He died in Deoband on 17 July 1983. His funeral prayer was led by his eldest son Muhammad Salim Qasmi.^[3][13]

Literary works

Muhammad Tayyib’s books include:^[4]

• Al-Tashabbuh fil-Islam
• Mashaheer-e-Ummat
• Kalimat-e-Tayyibat
• Atyab al-Thamar fi Mas'alat al-Qaza wal-Qadr
• Science aur Islam
• Talimat-e-Islam aur Maseehi Aqwaam
• Mas'alah Zuban-e-Urdu Hindustan Mein
• Din-o-Siyasat
• Asbab Urooj-o-Zawaley Aqwaam
• Islami Azadi Ka Mukammal Program
• Al-Ijtehad wal Taqleed
• Usool Dawat-e-Islam
• Islami Masawat
• Fitri Hukumat

Translations of his books

• Human Being: A Distinguished Creature ^[14]
• The Maslak of Ulama of Deoband^[15]
• Islam and Sectarianism^[16]

See also

• List of Darul Uloom Deoband alumni

Notes

1. Shakaib Qasmi and Ghulam Nabi Qasmi state the birth year to be 1892 and Syed Mehboob Rizwi and Noor Alam Khalil Amini maintain the point that Qari Tayyab was born in 1897. However, both mention 1315 AH as his birth year.^[3][4]
2. In 1341 AH, he was appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor, but he resigned so that he could engage in academic and educational pursuits with equality; however, he had to assume this position again.^[8]