Qasim Nanawtawi

{{Short description|Indian Muslim scholar and co-founder of Darul Uloom Deoband}}

{{Infobox religious biography

| religion = Islam

| region = Indian Subcontinent

| era = Modern era

| name = Muhammad Qasim Nanawtawi

| honorific-prefix = Hujjat al-Islam
Qasimul-Uloom wal-Khairat{{cite book|last=Muhammad Yousuf|first=Banuri|title=Nafhatul Anbar|publisher=Al-Majlis al-Ilmi|pages=258}}

| image = Inscription on the grave of Qasim Nanawtawi.jpg

| birth_date = 1832

| birth_place = Nanauta, Mughal Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1880|4|15|1832}}

| death_place = Deoband, British India

| occupation = Islamic scholar

| denomination = Sunni

| jurisprudence = Hanafi

| creed = Maturidi{{cite journal|url=https://brill.com/view/journals/wdi/60/2-3/article-p293_6.xml?language=de#FN000073|title=Salafī Challenge and Māturīdī Response: Contemporary Disputes over the Legitimacy of Māturīdī kalām|year=2020|publisher=Brill|doi=10.1163/15700607-06023P06|last1=Bruckmayr|first1=Philipp|journal=Die Welt des Islams|volume=60|issue=2–3|pages=293–324|doi-access=free}}

| main_interests = Aqidah, Tafsir, Tasawwuf, Hadith, Fiqh, Kifaya, Usul, Ma'aani, Mantiq, Falsafa,

| influenced = Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Ahmad Hasan Amrohi, Abdul Wahid Bengali, Deoband alumni

| notable_ideas = Widow Re-marriage

| children = Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad (son)

| relatives = Siddiqi family of Nanauta

| resting_place = Mazar-e-Qasmi

| founder = Darul Uloom Deoband, Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi

| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes

|serviceyears = 1857

|battles = Indian War of Independence

{{small|Battle of Shamli}} }}

}}

Muhammad Qasim Nanawtawi (1832 – 15 April 1880) ({{Langx|ur| مولانا محمد قاسم نانوتوی}}) was an Indian Sunni Hanafi Maturidi Islamic Scholar, theologian and a Sufi who was one of the main founders of the Deobandi Movement, starting from the Darul Uloom Deoband.

Name and lineage

His ism (given name) was Muhammad Qasim. His nasab (patronymic) is: Muhammad Qāsim ibn Asad Ali ibn Ghulam Shāh ibn Muhammad Bakhsh ibn Alāuddīn ibn Muhammad Fateh ibn Muhammad Mufti ibn Abd al-Samī{{efn|At Abd al-Samī, the nasab of Nanautawi meets with that of Mamluk Ali Nanautawi.}} ibn Muhammad Hāshim{{cite book |last1=Gīlānī |first1=Manāzir Ahsan |author-link1=Manazir Ahsan Gilani |title=Sawānih Qāsmi |trans-title=Biography of Qāsim|publisher=Maktaba Darul Uloom Deoband |location=Deoband|volume=1|language=ur |page=113}}{{cite book |author1=Professor Nur al-Hasan Sherkoti |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband |publisher=Nawaz Publications |location=Deoband|volume = 2 |pages=90–214 |edition=January 2000 |language=ur |chapter=Hadhrat Mawlāna Muhammad Yāqūb Nanautawi}}

The "nasab" meets Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr after 44 links.{{cite book |last1=Adrawi |first1=Nizāmuddīn Asīr |author-link1=Asir Adrawi |title=Maulānā Muḥammad Qāsim Nānautvī, ḥayāt aur kārnāme |trans-title = Mawlāna Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi: Life and Works]|page=42 |edition=2015 |language=ur}}

Early life and education

Nanautawi was born in 1832 (either in Sha'ban or Ramadan, 1248 AH) into the Siddiqi family of Nanauta, a town near Saharanpur, India.{{cite thesis |last=Qasmi|first=Mohd. Azam |date= 1988 |title=Molana Mohd. Qasim Nanautvi's. Contribution to Islamic Thought With Special Reference to Al-Kalam|type=PhD |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144511523.pdf |access-date=3 October 2020|page=72}}

Nanautawi was schooled at Nanauta, where he memorized the Quran and learned calligraphy.{{cite book |last1=Adrawi |first1=Asīr |author1-link=Asir Adrawi |title=Mawlāna Muḥammad Qāsim Nanautawi: Hayāt awr Kārnāme |trans-title=Mawlāna Muḥammad Qāsim Nanautawi: Life and works|pages=43–59}} Aged nine, Nanautawi moved to Deoband where he studied at the madrasa of Karamat Hussain. The teacher at this "madrasa" was Mehtab Ali, the uncle of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi. Under the instruction of Mehtab Ali, Nanautawi completed the primary books of Arabic grammar and syntax.Thereafter, his mother sent him to Saharanpur, where his maternal grandfather Wajīhuddīn Wakīl, who was a poet of Urdu and Persian, lived. Wakīl enrolled his grandson in the Persian class of Muḥammad Nawāz Sahāranpūri, under whom, Nanautawi, then aged twelve, completed Persian studies.

In 1844, Nanautawi joined the Delhi College, where he studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi. According to Asir Adrawi, "Nanautawi although was enrolled in the college, he would take private classes at his teachers home, instead of the college". He studied the major books with Mamluk Ali, including "mantiq" and philosophy, and few other books with Mufti Sadruddīn. According to Ashraf Ali Thanwi, "Mamluk Ali, the teacher of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and Nanautawi was a government employee at Dār al-Baqā", in Delhi, which suggests that Nanautawi possibly studied there.{{cite book |last1=Gilāni |first1=Manāzir Ahsan |author1-link=Manazir Ahsan Gilani |title=Sawāneh Qāsmi |trans-title=Biography of Qāsim|volume=1|page=223}} Manazir Ahsan Gilani has tried to reconcile the reports concerning Nanautawi's education at the college. He says that, the name of Nanautawi appeared in the official registry of the college in the first year and argues, "whatsoever it is, but it is not right that he gained education there, since the starting".{{cite book |last1=Gilāni |first1=Manāzir Ahsan |author1-link=Manazir Ahsan Gilani |title=Sawāneh Qāsmi |trans-title=Biography of Qāsim|volume=1|page=224}} Nanautawi stayed in Delhi for around five or six years,{{cite book |last1=Gilāni |first1=Manāzir Ahsan |author1-link=Manazir Ahsan Gilani |title=Sawāneh Qāsmi |trans-title=Biography of Qāsim|volume=1|page=230}} and graduated, aged seventeen.{{cite book |last1=Gilāni |first1=Manāzir Ahsan |author1-link=Manazir Ahsan Gilani |title=Sawāneh Qāsmi |trans-title=Biography of Qāsim|volume=1|page=229}} Gīlāni says that, Nanautawi studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi, but not the syllabus of the college, rather studied at his home.{{cite book |last1=Gilāni |first1=Manāzir Ahsan |author1-link=Manazir Ahsan Gilani |title=Sawāneh Qāsmi |trans-title=Biography of Qāsim|volume=1|pages=226–227}} It is commonly accepted that Nanautawi did not appear in the college exams.{{cite book |author1=Abdur Rasheed Arshad |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 2 |page=12 |edition=January 2000 |language=Urdu |chapter=Hadhrat Mawlāna Muhammad Qāsim Nanautawi}}

Career

= Academic career =

After the completion of his education, Nanautavi became the editor of the press at Matbah-e-Ahmadi. During this period, at Ahmad Ali's insistence, he wrote a scholium on the last few portions of Sahihul Bukhari. Before the establishment of Darul Uloom Deoband, he taught Euclid for some time at the Chhatta Masjid. His lectures were delivered at the printing press. His teaching produced a group of accomplished Ulama, the example of which had not been seen since Shah Abdul Ghani's time.

In 1860, he performed Hajj and, on his return, he accepted a profession of collating books at Matbah-e-Mujtaba in Meerut. Nanautavi remained attached to this press until 1868. He performed Hajj for the second time and then accepted a job at Matbah-e-Hashimi in Meerut.

= Polemical debates =

On 8 May 1876, a "Fair for God-Consciousness" was held at Chandapur village, near Shahjahanpur (U. P.), under the auspices of the local Zamindar, Piyare Lal Kabir-panthi and Padre Knowles, and with the support and permission of the collector of Shahjahanpur, Robert George. Christians, Hindus, and Muslims were invited through posters to attend and prove the truthfulness of their respective religions. At the suggestion of Muhammad Munir Nanautavi and Maulvi Ilahi Bakhsh Rangin Bareillwi, Nanautavi, accompanied by numerous colleagues, also participated. All of these Ulama delivered speeches at the fair. Nanautavi repudiated the Doctrine of the Trinity, speaking in support of the Islamic conception of God. One newspaper wrote:

In the gathering of 8 May of the current year (1876), Muhammad Qasim gave a lecture and stated the merits of Islam. The Padre Sahib explained the Trinity in a strange manner, saying that in a line are found three attributes: length, breadth and depth, and thus Trinity is proven in every way. The said Maulawi Sahib confuted it promptly. Then, while the Padre Sahib and the Maulawi Sahib were debating regarding the speech, the meeting broke up, and in the vicinity and on all sides arose the outcry that the Muslims had won. Wherever a religious divine of Islam stood, thousands of men would gather around him. In the meeting of the first day, the Christians did not reply to the objections raised by the followers of Islam, while the Muslims replied the Christians word by word and won.

= Political and revolutionary activities =

He participated in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in the Battle of Shamli between the British and the anti-colonialist ulema. The scholars were ultimately defeated at that battle.{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2012feb18/sir_syed_and_maulana_qasim_nanotvi.html |author=Maulana Nadeem-ul-Wajidi|title=Sir Syed and Maulana Qasim Nanotvi|publisher=TwoCircles.net website|date=18 February 2012|access-date=16 August 2018}}[https://bricsmagazine.com/en/articles/the-clash-of-academic-civilizations The Clash of Academic Civilizations on BRICS Business Magazine website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719152919/https://bricsmagazine.com/en/articles/the-clash-of-academic-civilizations |date=19 July 2021 }} Retrieved 16 August 2018

=Establishment of Islamic schools=

He established Darul Uloom Deoband in 1866 with the financial help and funding of the Muslim states within India and the rich individuals of the Muslim Indian community.[https://www.dawn.com/news/701816/past-present-resentment-in-response Past present: Resentment in response (founders of Deoband Movement)] Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 March 2012, Retrieved 4 March 2019

He conformed to the Shari'a and worked to motivate other people to do so. It was through his work that a prominent madrasa was established in Deoband and a mosque was built in 1868. Through his efforts, Islamic schools were established at various other locations as well.[http://haqislam.org/maulana-qasim-nanotwi/ Profile of Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi on haqislam.org website] Retrieved 16 August 2018

His greatest achievement was the revival of an educational movement for the renaissance of religious sciences in India and the creation of guiding principles for the madaris (schools). Under his attention and supervision, madaris were established in areas such as Thanabhavan, Galautti, Kerana, Danapur, Meerut, and Muradabad. Most of them still exist, rendering educational and religious services in their vicinity. Funding of these religious schools initially was done by the rulers of the Muslim states and the rich individuals of the Muslim Indian community.

Under Muhammad Qasim Nanautvi's guidance, these religious schools, at least in the beginning, remained distant from politics and devoted their services to providing only religious education to Muslim children. The curriculum at these schools was studying the Quran, Hadith, Islamic law, and logic.

Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi was established under his supervision.{{cite book |author1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |author-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |translator=Prof. Murtaz Hussain F. Quraishi |title=Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband|trans-title=History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband |volume=1 |publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam, Dar al-Ulum Deoband|location= Deoband |page=361 |language=en}}

Death and legacy

Nanautavi died on 15 April 1880 at the age of 47. His grave is to the north of the Darul-Uloom. Since Qasim Nanautavi is buried there, the place is known as Qabrastan-e-Qasimi, where countless Deobandi scholars, students, and others are buried.[https://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-mohammad-qasim-nanutvi Profile of Maula Mohammad Qasim Nanotvi on storyofpakistan.com website] Retrieved 4 March 2019

Well-known Muslim educationist of that time Syed Ahmad Khan had great respect for Nanautavi and wrote an emotional and long article on his death.

He has been given the title of Hujjat al-Islam by his followers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deoband.org/2013/03/history/biographies-of-scholars/the-proof-of-islam-shaykh-qasim-al-nanotwi/|title = The Proof of Islam: Shaykh Qasim al-Nanotwi|date = 5 March 2013}}Asir Adrawi, Maulana Qasim Nanautawi Hayat awr Karnamy, Deoband: Shaykh al-Hind Academy

Family

Nanautavi's son Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad was a Grand Mufti of Hyderabad State from 1922 to 1925{{cite book |last1=Adrawi |first1=Asir |author-link1=Asir Adrawi |title=Tazkirah Mashahir-e-Hind: Karwan-e-Rafta |publisher=Darul Muallifeen |location=Deoband |page=17 |edition=1st, 1994 |language=ur}}{{cite book |author1=Muhammad Miyan Deobandi |author-link=Muhammad Miyan Deobandi |title=Ulama-e-Haq awr Unke Mujahidana Kaarname |volume = 1|location = Deoband |publisher=Faisal International|pages=162–163 |language=ur |chapter=Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad}} and served as the Vice Chancellor of Deoband seminary for thirty five years.{{cite book |title=Tārīkh Darul Uloom Deoband |trans-title=History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband|author1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi|author-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi|translator=Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi |volume= 2 |publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam |location=Dar al-Ulum Deoband |pages=37–38, 170–174|edition=1981}}

Nanautawi's grandson Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi served as the Vice Chancellor of Deoband seminary for more than five decades and co-founded the All India Muslim Personal Law Board,{{cite book |author1=Noor Alam Khalil Amini |author-link=Noor Alam Khalil Amini |title=Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah|publisher=Idara Ilm-o-Adab, Deoband |pages=108–172 |language=ur}} while Tayyib's son Muhammad Salim Qasmi founded the Darul Uloom Waqf seminary.{{cite book |last1=Butt |first1=John |author-link1=John Mohammed Butt |title=A Talib's Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman |year=2020 |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=9788184004397 |page=173 |edition=2020}} Salim's son Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi is the rector of Darul Uloom Waqf.{{cite news |title=A Condolence Meet of Hazrat Maulana Salim Qasmi and Mufti Abdullah Kapodri |url=https://english.baseeratonline.com/2018/07/20/a-condolence-meet-of-hazrat-maulana-salim-qasmi-and-mufti-abdullah-kapodri-ra/ |access-date=24 May 2020 |work=Baseerat Online}}

Publications

Aab-i Hayat (commentary on the life of the prophet Muhammad
Tahzir al-Nas
Mubahisah Shahjahanpur[https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22qasim+nanotvi%22&page=2 Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi books on Archived link] Retrieved 16 August 2018
Tasfiyat al-Aqa'id
Tauseeq-ul-Kalam
Sadaqat-i- Islam{{Cite journal |last1=Haq |first1=Wali Ul |last2=Ahmad |first2=Dr Rashid |date=2020 |title=Critical review of the book "Sadaqat-i- Islam written by Maolana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi |url=http://www.al-azhaar.org/index.php/alazhar/article/view/42 |journal=Al-Azhār |language=en |volume=6 |issue=1 |issn=2519-6707}}

Notes

References

= Encyclopedias =

{{Cite book

|url=https://archive.org/download/jan-21/URDU_DAIRA_MARIF_E_ISLAMIA_VOL_19.pdf

|title=Mohammad Qasim Nanutawi |work=Urdu Daira Maarif Islamiya |publisher=University of the Punjab |year=2001 |volume=19 |editor-last=Shafi |editor-first=Muhammad |location=Lahore, Pakistan |pages=504–510 |language=ur}}

{{Cite book |last=Hossain |first=AHM Mujtaba |title=Mohammad Qasim Nanutawi |url=https://archive.org/details/IslamicOthersBooks/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B7%20%20%E0%A7%A8/page/n270 |work=Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam |volume=02 |pages=270–271 |year=1982 |edition=5th |location=Sherbangla Nagar, Dhaka |publisher=Islamic Foundation Bangladesh |language=bn |isbn=984-06-0252-7}}

= Biographies =

{{cite book |last=Adrawi |first=Nizamuddin Asir |author-link=Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi |title=Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautvi, hayat aur karnamay |trans-title = Mawlāna Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi: Life and Works|publisher=Shaikhul Hind Academy |location=Darul Uloom Deoband |edition=2015 |language=ur}}
{{cite book |author1=Al-Afriqui |first=Abd Allah bin Muhammad |url=http://ia600900.us.archive.org/26/items/IntroducingImamMuhammadQasimNanautwi/ImamMuhammadQasimNanautwi_1.0.pdf |title=Introducing Imam Muhammad Qasim al-Nanautwi |publisher=Imam Gangohi Academy of Research |year=2013 |edition= |location=Johannesburg, South Africa |language=en |oclc=881388119}}
{{Cite book |last=Gilani |first=Manazir Ahsan |url=https://archive.org/details/Swaneh-Qasmi |title=Swaneh Qasmi |publisher=Maktabah-yi Rahmaniyyah; Maktabah-yi Caragh-i Islam |year=1980 |location=Lahore, Pakistan |language=ur |oclc=9894175 |author-link=Manazir Ahsan Gilani}}
{{Cite book |last=Siddiqui |first=Atif Suhail |title=Life and thoughts of Ḥujjat al-Islām Imām Muḥammad Qāsim al-Nānawtawī: founder of Darul Uloom Deoband |url=https://archive.org/details/life-and-thoughts-of-hujjat-al-islam-imam-muhammad-qasim-al-nanawtawi |date=2016 |publisher=Deoband Institute of Islamic Thought |isbn=978-81-89857-66-0 |location=Deoband}}
[https://archive.org/details/imam-qasim-nanootvi-ki-fikar-aur-madaris-ki-tarjihaat Imam Qasim Nanootvi Ki Fikar Aur Madaris Ki Tarjihaat]

= Theses =

{{Cite thesis |last=Ahmad |first=Wakeel |title=Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanutavi (RA) - Athar-W-Afkar |publisher=University of Sindh |year=2012 |location=Pakistan |language=ur |url=http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/14638 |degree=PhD |access-date=2023-07-10 |archive-date=2022-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025060058/http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/14638 |url-status=live }}
{{Cite thesis |last=Hai |first=Ammar Abdul |title=Unneeswin wa beeswin sadi ke Hindustan mein muslim mufakkirin ka tasawwur e talim Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Mohd Qasim Nanautvi, Shibli Nomani, Abul Kalam Azad, Manazir Ahsan Geelani, Syed Abu al Ala Maududi, Khwaja Ghulam Sayyedain ke Hawale se |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/handle/10603/313157 |publisher=Department of Urdu, Jamia Millia Islamia |year=2017 |location=India |language=ur |hdl=10603/313157 |degree=PhD |access-date=2023-07-11 |archive-date=2023-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711043228/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/313157 |url-status=live }}
{{Cite thesis |last=Naeem |first=Fuad S. |url=https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/761512 |title=Interreligious Debates, Rational Theology, and the ʿUlamaʾ in the Public Sphere: Muḥammad Qāsim Nānautvī and the Making of Modern Islam in South Asia |publisher=Georgetown University |year=2015 |location=United States |language=en |degree=PhD |access-date=2023-07-10 |archive-date=2023-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627054726/https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/761512 |url-status=live }}
{{cite thesis |last=Qasmi |first=Mohd. Azam |date=1988 |title=Molana Mohd. Qasim Nanautvi's. Contribution to Islamic Thought With Special Reference to Al-Kalam |degree=PhD |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144511523.pdf |access-date=2023-07-11 |archive-date=2022-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021080557/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144511523.pdf |url-status=live }}
{{Cite thesis |last=Thanwi |first=Muhammad As'ad |url=http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/8814 |title=Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nadvi Ki Deeni O Ilmi Khidmat Ka Tahqiqi Mutala |publisher=University of Karachi |year=2005 |location=Pakistan |language=ur |type=PhD |access-date=2023-07-19 |archive-date=2022-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830142051/http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/8814 |url-status=live }}

= Journals =

{{Cite journal |last=Ahmad Saed |first=Abdur Rahman |date=2014 |title=Al-Imam al-Nanotawi wa al-rad 'ala al-Hindak |url=http://www.islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-2.pdf |journal=Islamic Literature Review |language=ar |location=India |publisher=Deoband Institute of Islamic Thought |volume=1 |issue=1 |issn=2349-1795 |access-date=2023-07-11 |archive-date=2016-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613102955/http://islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-2.pdf |url-status=live }}
{{Cite journal |last=Bin Abdul Karim |first=Mujammal Haque |date=2014 |title=Ishamat al-Imam al-Nanotawi fi al-rudda 'ala shubuhat al-Hindakah |url=http://www.islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-4.pdf |journal=Islamic Literature Review |language=ar |location=India |publisher=Deoband Institute of Islamic Thought |volume=1 |issue=1 |issn=2349-1795 |access-date=2023-07-11 |archive-date=2016-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613042420/http://islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-4.pdf |url-status=live }}
{{Cite journal |last=Bin Hussain Ahmad |first=Muhammad Khalid |date=2014 |title=Al-Imam Muhammad Qasim Al-Nanotawi wa jihaduhu dafatah al-tabshir al-Masihiy fi al-Hind |url=http://www.islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-1.pdf |journal=Islamic Literature Review |language=ar |location=India |publisher=Deoband Institute of Islamic Thought |volume=1 |issue=1 |issn=2349-1795 |access-date=2023-07-11 |archive-date=2016-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613022236/http://islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-1.pdf |url-status=live }}
{{Cite journal |last=Bin Muhammad Younus |first=Muhammad Sajjad |date=2014 |title=Al-Imam al-Nanotawi kaban awal li 'ilm al-kalam al-jadid fi daw'i khidmatihi |url=http://www.islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-5.pdf |journal=Islamic Literature Review |language=ar |location=India |publisher=Deoband Institute of Islamic Thought |volume=1 |issue=1 |issn=2349-1795 |access-date=2023-07-11 |archive-date=2016-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613055148/http://islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-5.pdf |url-status=live }}
{{Cite journal |last1=Haq |first1=Wali Ul |last2=Ahmad |first2=Rashid |date=2020 |title=Critical review of the book Sadaqat-i-Islam written by Maolana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi |url=http://www.al-azhaar.org/index.php/alazhar/article/view/42 |journal=Al-Azhār |language=en |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=250–256 |issn=2519-6707 |access-date=2023-07-11 |archive-date=2022-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013073450/http://www.al-azhaar.org/index.php/alazhar/article/view/42 |url-status=live }}
{{Cite journal |last=Mujaffarfuri |first=Mahtab Alam Qudusi |date=2014 |title=Al-Imam Muhammad Qasim al-Nanotwi Rahimahullah, wal-Raddu 'Ala al-Masihiyyin |url=http://www.islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-3.pdf |journal=Islamic Literature Review |language=ar |location=India |publisher=Deoband Institute of Islamic Thought |volume=1 |issue=1 |issn=2349-1795 |access-date=2023-07-11 |archive-date=2016-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613040336/http://islamicthought.edu.in/article/Article-3.pdf |url-status=live }}
{{Cite journal |last1=Yusuf |first1=Umar |last2=Ahmad |first2=Usman |date=2023 |title=Studying the Muslim tradition of religion: a specific study of the services of Shaikh Qasim Nanotwi |url=https://jihat-ul-islam.com.pk/journal/index.php/jihat-ul-islam/article/view/601 |journal=Jihat Ul Islam |language=ur |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=233–255 |doi=10.51506/jihat-ul-islam.v16i2.601 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |issn=2521-425X |access-date=2023-07-10 |archive-date=2023-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627073734/https://jihat-ul-islam.com.pk/journal/index.php/jihat-ul-islam/article/view/601 |url-status=live }}
{{Cite journal |last=Siddiqui |first=Atif Suhail |date=2020 |title=Theological and Intellectual Roots in Deobandi Thoughts : A Paradigm from Muhammad Qāsim Nānawtawī's Discourses with Special Reference to his Ḥujjat al-Islām |url=https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/703 |journal=American Journal of Islam and Society |language=en |volume=37 |issue=1–2 |pages=41–66 |doi=10.35632/ajis.v37i1-2.703 |s2cid=234749292 |issn=2690-3741 |access-date=2023-07-11 |archive-date=2023-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615193850/https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/703 |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}

= Newspapers =

{{Cite news |last=Haque |first=Muhammad Rabiul |date=9 August 2020 |title=Maulana Qasim Nanutawi, a fearless warrior against British aggression |language=bn |work=Jugantor |location=Bangladesh |url=https://www.jugantor.com/islam-life/333218/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0 |access-date=11 July 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117071007/https://www.jugantor.com/islam-life/333218/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0 |url-status=live }}

= Websites =

{{Cite web |date=4 January 2006 |title=Maulana Mohammad Qasim Nanutvi |url=https://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-mohammad-qasim-nanutvi/ |website=Story of Pakistan |access-date=11 July 2023 |archive-date=27 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627054733/https://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-mohammad-qasim-nanutvi/ |url-status=live }}

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