Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani
{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar (b. 1981)}}
{{Infobox scholar
| name = Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani
| image = Mufti Omar Abedeen at the 'Prophet for the World' Event (14-09-2024).jpg
| caption = Omar Abedeen Qasmi, announcing at the launch ceremony of his father Khalid Saifullah Rahmani's book Prophet for the World, on September 14, 2024.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-09-14 |title=Telangana CM releases book 'Prophet for the World' |url=https://theprint.in/india/telangana-cm-releases-book-prophet-for-the-world/2268204/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-09-15 |title=Revanth terms Asad Owaisi as the voice of poor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/revanth-terms-asad-owaisi-as-the-voice-of-poor/article68643041.ece |access-date=2024-11-29 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}
| education = Aalimiyyah, Fazīlah, B.A, Double M.A
| alma_mater = {{Bulleted list|Darul Uloom Sabil-us-Salam, Hyderabad|Darul Uloom Deoband|Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad|Maulana Azad National Urdu University|Osmania University|Islamic University of Madinah}}
| occupation = Islamic scholar, mufti, writer, researcher, educational trainer
| honorific_prefix = Maulana, Mufti
| birth_name = Omar Abedeen
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1981|10|13}}
| nationality = Indian
| parents = Khalid Saifullah Rahmani (father)
|relatives = {{Bulleted list|Mujahidul Islam Qasmi (great-uncle)|Zafar Abedeen Nadwi (brother)}}
| notable_works = {{Bulleted list|Uloom-ul-Hadīth|Hindustān Mein Islam Ki Aamad Aur Ishā'at|Huqūq Aur Unki Kharīd-o-Farokht|Qurān-e-Karīm: Aadāb o Ahkām|Ulama-e-Hind Ki Chand Aham Qurani Khidmāt}}
| website = {{URL|learndeenwithabedeen.com}}
}}
Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani is an Indian Islamic scholar, Mufti, and writer who serves as the deputy director of Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad. He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Sabil-us-Salam in Hyderabad, Darul Uloom Deoband, Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Osmania University, and the Islamic University of Madinah. He has authored several books, including Uloom-ul-Hadīth, Hindustān Mein Islam Ki Aamad Aur Ishā'at, Huqūq Aur Unki Kharīd-o-Farokht, Qurān-e-Karīm: Aadāb o Ahkām, and Ulama-e-Hind Ki Chand Aham Qurani Khidmāt.
Early life and education
Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani was born on October 13, 1981.{{Cite web |last=Mayurbhanji |first=Muhammad Rūhul Amīn |date=25 May 2024 |title=Maulana Mufti Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani: Mukhtasar Sawanihi Khaka |trans-title=Maulana Mufti Umar Abidin Qasmi Madani: A Brief Biographical Sketch |url=https://abulmahasin.com/مولانا-مفتی-عمر-عابدین-قاسمی-مدنی-مختص/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525021258/https://abulmahasin.com/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%81%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B5/ |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=abulmahasin.com |language=ur}} His father is Khalid Saifullah Rahmani.{{Cite news |author=Staff Reporter |date=2021-02-25 |title=AIMPLB secretary diagnosed with COVID |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/aimplb-secretary-diagnosed-with-covid/article33936021.ece |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |last=Hurairah |first=Syed |date=2023-06-03 |title=Maulana Rahmani of Hyderabad becomes 5th President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board |url=https://www.siasat.com/maulana-khalid-rahmani-of-hyderabad-becomes-5th-president-of-muslim-personal-board-2606223/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en}}
After completing the Dars-e-Nizami course at Darul Uloom Sabil-us-Salam, Hyderabad, in 1999, he pursued the final year of the curriculum, specializing in Hadith studies, at Darul Uloom Deoband in 2000 and received a certificate of excellence. From 2002 to 2004, he completed a two-year Mufti course, a one-year diploma in manuscript research, and a one-year diploma in English language, all at Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad. In 2004, he completed a BA in History and Sociology from Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. In 2006, he received an MA in Urdu literature from Osmania University. In 2010, he completed a four-year BA in Hadith at the Islamic University of Madinah. In 2015, he completed his MA (Islamic Studies) from Maulana Azad National Urdu University.{{Cite journal |last=Khalid |first=Obaidullah |date=April 2010 |title=Huqūq Aur Unki Kharīd-o-Farokht (a book review) |url=https://deobandi-books.aislam.org/book.php?b=500&p=13 |journal=Monthly Al-Farooque |location=Karachi |publisher=Jamia Farooqia |volume=26 |issue=5 |page=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706013812/https://deobandi-books.aislam.org/book.php?b=500&p=13 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |access-date=6 July 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Rahmani|first1=Ubaid Akhtar|last2=Nadwi|first2=Muhammad|title=Hazrat Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani: Hayāt-o-Afkār |publisher=Naeemia Book Depot|location=Deoband|edition=1st|year=2024|pages=159–160, 321|language=ur}}
Career
From 2010 to 2016, Madani taught as a lecturer in Hadith and Jurisprudence at Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad. From 2013 to 2016, he chaired the Islamic Courses (Department of Islamization of Textbooks). Between 2013 and 2014, he served as a Mufti on Munsif TV Hyderabad's question-and-answer program Rāh-e-Hidāyat ({{translation|The Path of instruction}}), and from 2014 to 2016, he served as a Mufti on ETV Hyderabad's program Sharī'at Ki Roshni Main ({{translation|In the Light of Shariah}}). In March 2024, he gave a speech titled Ramadan Ka Paigham ({{translation|The Message of Ramadan}}) on ETV Hyderabad's program Raunaq-e-Ramadan.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-03-15 |title=Raunaq-e-Ramadan: Māh-eMuqaddas Ka Roohani Paigham |trans-title=The Radiance of Ramadan: The Spiritual Message of the Holy Month |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/ur/!bharat/the-message-of-ramzan-urn24031505431 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706015716/https://www.etvbharat.com/ur/!bharat/the-message-of-ramzan-urn24031505431 |archive-date=2024-07-06 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=ETV Urdu |language=ur}}
He is the Deputy Director of Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad;{{Cite news |last=Mohammed |first=Syed |date=2020-04-08 |title=Discussions on culture, faith move to cyberspace |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/discussions-on-culture-faith-move-to-cyberspace/article31292716.ece |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Sonal |date=2020-11-23 |title=Students Reading in Seminary Viral as ‘Muslims Altering the Vedas’ |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/no-this-pic-does-not-show-muslims-tampering-with-the-vedas |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Priyanka |date=2020-07-28 |title=Old image of Muslim students studying Hinduism viral as "altering" Hindu scriptures |url=https://www.altnews.in/2014-image-from-hyderabad-where-muslim-students-study-about-hinduism-shared-with-false-claim-that-veda-upanishad-are-being-changed/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Alt News |language=en-GB}} the General Secretary of the All India Milli Council, Telangana;{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title=Madrasa in Hyderabad where practical life-saving techniques are taught along with spiritual education |url=https://munsifdaily.com/madrasa-in-hyderabad-where-practical-life-saving-techniques-are-taught-along-with-spiritual-education/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=The Munsif Daily |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Mohammed |first=Syed |date=2024-03-30 |title=Zakaat, the Islamic form of charity, frees jail inmates during Ramzan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/zakaat-the-islamic-form-of-charity-frees-jail-inmates-during-ramzan/article68009319.ece |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-12-16 |title=جامعہ اسلامیہ شانتاپورم کیرالا میں جلسہ تقسیم اسناد کی تیاری شباب پر |trans-title=Jamia Islamia Shanthapuram, Kerala, distribution of credentials, preparation in full swing |url=https://urdu.millattimes.com/archives/90315 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Millat Times}} a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (Doha, Qatar); and an Islamic legal adviser for IndiaZakat.com. He also serves as the President of the Imam Foundation for Training and Development, UK (India branch), the Friday Imam and Khatib at Jubilee Hills Mosque and Islamic Centre, and a member of the editorial board for the magazines Bahs-o-Nazar and Al-Modawana (Morocco). Additionally, he directs e-Madrasah (Learn Deen with Abedeen).{{Cite web |title=Mufti Mohammad Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani |url=https://indiazakat.com/Team?TeamID=32 |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=indiazakat.com}}
Political views
According to the TOI, while talking about Islamic feminism, Madani said that Islamic Shariah has given women the right and authority to terminate their marriages through Khul' if their husbands subject them to oppression and deprive them of their rights.{{Cite news |date=2023-12-10 |title=‘Shariah for women’s share in inheritance’ |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/shariah-for-womens-share-in-inheritance-understanding-muslim-personal-law/articleshow/105872332.cms |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
In connection with raising the slogan Bharat Mata, Madani said that love for the country and worshipping it are two separate subjects that should not be confused with each other. "Without worshipping it, one can love the country as much as any other countryman. The person is like any other patriot."{{Cite news |date=2016-03-22 |title=Islamic seminary issues fatwa on Bharat Mata slogan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/islamic-seminary-issues-fatwa-on-bharat-mata-slogan/articleshow/51503884.cms |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
During the COVID-19 period, he stated that taking the vaccine while fasting is permissible and does not break the fast, citing a hadith from Sahih al-Bukhari that emphasizes precautionary measures during a pandemic.{{Cite news |last=Mohammed |first=Syed |date=2021-04-10 |title=Taking vaccine while fasting does not invalidate roza |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/taking-vaccine-while-fasting-does-not-invalidate-roza/article34291894.ece |access-date=2024-07-10 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}
Madani expressed concerns over the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024. He criticized the bill for attempting to undermine the Waqf system and highlighted the unconstitutional inclusion of Hindus on Waqf panels. He emphasized that Waqf is a religious act, and the amendments could obstruct its purpose.{{Cite news |last=Mohammed |first=Syed |date=2024-09-05 |title=Muslim groups on same page against Waqf Amendment Bill |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/muslim-groups-on-same-page-against-waqf-amendment-bill/article68609415.ece |access-date=2024-09-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}
In October 2024, Madani condemned recent communal conflicts in Telangana, urging swift police intervention to restore peace and prevent divisive narratives. He highlighted the need for immediate action to curb activities and rhetoric that could increase communal tensions, reflecting his commitment to fostering unity in the region.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=21 October 2024 |title=All India Milli Council Telangana condemns rising communal incidents |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/all-india-milli-council-telangana-condemns-rising-communal-incidents/article68779382.ece |access-date=30 October 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=20 October 2024 |title=All India Milli Council condemn desecration of the Muthyalamma temple |url=https://telanganatoday.com/all-india-milli-council-condemn-desecration-of-the-muthyalamma-temple |access-date=30 October 2024 |website=Telangana Today |language=en}}
In early November 2024, Madani urged the Telangana government to release caste survey forms in Urdu and English to ensure accessibility and clarity for the public. He emphasized that many people are unaware of the information required for the ongoing survey and that providing forms in these languages, even as PDFs, would help them participate more effectively in the process.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=9 November 2024 |title=Telangana govt. urged to release caste survey forms in English and Urdu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-govt-urged-to-release-caste-survey-forms-in-english-and-urdu/article68849577.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109223639/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-govt-urged-to-release-caste-survey-forms-in-english-and-urdu/article68849577.ece |archive-date=9 November 2024 |access-date=20 November 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}
Literary works
Madani researched the hadiths included in the first volume of his father Khalid Saifullah Rahmani's Kitab al-Fatawa. He Islamized more than 30 school curriculum books from the first to the fifth grade and organized two dozen national and international conferences. He has presented papers in Urdu, Arabic, and English at over 100 seminars. His works include:{{Cite web |last=Madani |first=Muhammad Siddique |date=2013-11-12 |title=مسائل جدیدہ اور علماء ہند کی خدمات |trans-title=Modern Issues and Services of Indian Scholars |url=https://hamariweb.com/articles/39666 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706012557/https://hamariweb.com/articles/39666 |archive-date=2024-07-06 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Hamariweb.com |language=ur}}{{Sfn|Khalid|2010|p=13}}{{Sfn|Rahmani|Nadwi|2024|p=321}}
- Uloom-ul-Hadīth
- Hindustān Mein Islam Ki Aamad Aur Ishā'at (Arrival and Spread of Islam in India)
- Huqūq Aur Unki Kharīd-o-Farokht (Rights and their purchase and sale)
- Qurān-e-Karīm: Aadāb o Ahkām (The Holy Quran: Etiquette and Commandments)
- Ulama-e-Hind Ki Chand Aham Qurani Khidmāt (Some important Quranic services of Indian scholars)
- Islam Aur Amn-e-Aalam (Islam and world peace)
- Fiqh-e-Hanafi Ki Kitāb Halabi Kabīr Ke So Ahādīth Ki Takhrīj (Research work on the hundred hadiths of Ibrahim al-Halabi's Halabi Kabir, a book of hanafi jurisprudence)
References
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External links
- [https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDwLvB3mFY8AzyFsS3O WhatsApp channel]
- [https://youtube.com/@omarabedeen YouTube channel]
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