Qasim Nanawtawi

Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi was a scholar and one of the main people responsible for establishing the Deobandi school of thought. Nanotvi was born in 1832 in Nanota, a village near Saharanpur , India . He completed his primary education in his hometown and then he was sent to Deoband , where he studied in Maulvi Mahtab Ali's primary school. Then, he travelled to Saharanpur, where he remained with his maternal grandfather. In Saharanpur, he studied elementary kitabs of Arabic grammar and syntax under Maulvi Nawaz. At the end of 1843, Mamluk Ali escorted him to Delhi . There, he studied Kafia and various kitabs . Later he was admitted to Delhi College , without having written the annual examination. his brother, Muhammad Yaqub Nanotvi wrote: "My late father enrolled him at the Government Arabic Madrasa and said, 'Study Euclid yourself and complete the arithmetical exercises.' After a few days, he had attended all of the ordinary discourses and completed the arithmetical exercises. Munshi Zakatullah asked a few questions of him, which were difficult. Because he was able to solve them, he became well-known. When the annual examination drew near, he did not write it and left the madrasa. The whole staff of the madrasa, particularly the headmaster, regretted this very much" . Prior to his enrollment at Delhi College , he had studied kitabs on logic , philosophy , and scholastic theology under Mamluk Ali at his house. he joined a study circle, which possessed a central position in India with regards to the teaching of the sciences of the Qur'an and Hadith . After the completion of his education, he 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 Ulum Deoband , he taught Euclid for some time at the Chhatta Masjid. His lectures were delivered within the printing press and attended by a few people only. his teaching produced a group of accomplished Ulama , the example of which had not been seen since Shah Abul Ghani's time. went on to establish Darul Ulum Deoband . In 1860, he performed Hajj and, on his return, he accepted a profession of collating books at Matbah-e-Mujtaba in Meerut . He remained attached to this press until 1868. he performed Hajj for the second time and, thereafter, he accepted a job at Matbah-e-Hashimi in Meerut . He conformed to the Shari'a and Sunnah and tried his best to motivate people to do so as well. It was through his efforts that a prominent madrasa for impartation of Islamic education of religious sciences was established in Deoband and a fine masjid was built. Besides this, through his efforts and endeavours, Islamic madaris were established at various other locations as well.

Indian activist Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832 – 15 April 1880) ( Urdu : مولانا محمد قاسم نانوتوی) was an Indian Sunni Hanafi Islamic Scholar and was one of the main founders of the Deobandi Movement , starting from the Darul Uloom Deoband . He is known with the title of Hujjat al-Islam among his followers. Molana Mohd Qasim Nanautvis contribution to Islamic thought with special reference to Al Kalam .

Indian Muslim scholar and co-founder of Darul Uloom Deoband Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832 – 15 April 1880) ( ) 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 . "Salafī Challenge and Māturīdī Response: Contemporary Disputes over the Legitimacy of Māturīdī kalām" . Die Welt des Islams . 60 ( 2– 3).

Indian Muslim scholar and co-founder of Darul Uloom Deoband Muhammad Qasim Nanawtawi (1832 – 15 April 1880) ( Urdu : 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 . "Salafī Challenge and Māturīdī Response: Contemporary Disputes over the Legitimacy of Māturīdī kalām" . Die Welt des Islams . 60 ( 2– 3).