Mufti Faizul Waheed | |
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Personal | |
Born | 1964 Dodhasan Bala,
Thanamandi,
Rajouri |
Died | (aged 56) ASCOMS,
Jammu |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Main interest(s) | Tafsir |
Notable work(s) | Faiz al-Mannān |
Alma mater |
Faizul Waheed (also known as Faizul Waheed Qāsmī; [1] 1964 – 1 June 2021) was an Islamic scholar, jurist and an exegete of the Quran from Jammu and Kashmir, who served as the chief- mufti of Markaz-ul-Ma'arif, an Islamic seminary in Bathindi, Jammu. He wrote Faiz al-Mannān, the first ever translation and commentary of the Quran in Gojri language.
Faizul Waheed was born in Dodasan Bala, Thanamandi, Rajouri in 1964. [2] He was schooled at the Madrasa Kāshif-ul-Uloom in Thanamandi and the Madrasa Tālim-ul-Qur'ān in Muzaffarnagar. [2] He completed memorizing the Quran and specialising in the " qirat" (Quran recitations) in 1982. [2] He studied two years of the dars-e-nizami in Madrasa Khādim-ul-Islam in Hapur and graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1991. [3] He received an M.A. in Urdu from the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University. [3]
In 1992, Faizul Waheed began teaching at the Madrasa Ashraf-ul-Uloom in Jammu. [3] He alongside Jamāluddīn and Nazīr Aḥmad started Jamia Markaz-ul-Ma'arif, an Islamic seminary in Bathindi, Jammu and moved there on 5 October 1995. [3] As the new institution started, he was subject to some Deobandi– Barelvi conflicts triggered by local followers of the Barelvi movement, which led to his arrest in August 1995. [3] He was imprisoned under the Public Safety Act for eleven months. [3] He continued teaching at the madrasa for next two years and was arrested again in May 1997. [3] He was released in August 2000 and he continued teaching at the Markaz-ul-Ma’arif. [3] He served as the chief-mufti and patron of the Markaz-ul-Ma’arif. [4] [5] [6]
Faizul Waheed was an authority in Islamic jurisprudence and an exegete of the Quran. [5] He translated the Qur'ān into Gojri language and owned the credit of being its first translator in that language. [5] He had penned the translation and the exegesis of the Qur'ān during his imprisonment. [3] In November 2018, he said while speaking at a convention in Gool, Ramban that "the success of every person is concealed in the Qur'ān". [7]
Faizul Waheed was admitted at the Acharaya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences (ASCOMS) in Jammu on 23 May 2021 to be treated for COVID-19; [5] [8] he died on 1 June 2021 from post COVID-19 complications. [9] [5] [10] Altaf Bukhari, Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari expressed grief over his death. [8] [11] Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali expressed that the scholar's death was an irreparable loss. [10]
Faizul Waheed wrote Faiz al-Mannān, [12] the first ever translation and commentary of the Qur'ān in Gojri language. [13]
His other works include: [14]
Mufti Faizul Waheed | |
---|---|
Personal | |
Born | 1964 Dodhasan Bala,
Thanamandi,
Rajouri |
Died | (aged 56) ASCOMS,
Jammu |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Main interest(s) | Tafsir |
Notable work(s) | Faiz al-Mannān |
Alma mater |
Faizul Waheed (also known as Faizul Waheed Qāsmī; [1] 1964 – 1 June 2021) was an Islamic scholar, jurist and an exegete of the Quran from Jammu and Kashmir, who served as the chief- mufti of Markaz-ul-Ma'arif, an Islamic seminary in Bathindi, Jammu. He wrote Faiz al-Mannān, the first ever translation and commentary of the Quran in Gojri language.
Faizul Waheed was born in Dodasan Bala, Thanamandi, Rajouri in 1964. [2] He was schooled at the Madrasa Kāshif-ul-Uloom in Thanamandi and the Madrasa Tālim-ul-Qur'ān in Muzaffarnagar. [2] He completed memorizing the Quran and specialising in the " qirat" (Quran recitations) in 1982. [2] He studied two years of the dars-e-nizami in Madrasa Khādim-ul-Islam in Hapur and graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1991. [3] He received an M.A. in Urdu from the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University. [3]
In 1992, Faizul Waheed began teaching at the Madrasa Ashraf-ul-Uloom in Jammu. [3] He alongside Jamāluddīn and Nazīr Aḥmad started Jamia Markaz-ul-Ma'arif, an Islamic seminary in Bathindi, Jammu and moved there on 5 October 1995. [3] As the new institution started, he was subject to some Deobandi– Barelvi conflicts triggered by local followers of the Barelvi movement, which led to his arrest in August 1995. [3] He was imprisoned under the Public Safety Act for eleven months. [3] He continued teaching at the madrasa for next two years and was arrested again in May 1997. [3] He was released in August 2000 and he continued teaching at the Markaz-ul-Ma’arif. [3] He served as the chief-mufti and patron of the Markaz-ul-Ma’arif. [4] [5] [6]
Faizul Waheed was an authority in Islamic jurisprudence and an exegete of the Quran. [5] He translated the Qur'ān into Gojri language and owned the credit of being its first translator in that language. [5] He had penned the translation and the exegesis of the Qur'ān during his imprisonment. [3] In November 2018, he said while speaking at a convention in Gool, Ramban that "the success of every person is concealed in the Qur'ān". [7]
Faizul Waheed was admitted at the Acharaya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences (ASCOMS) in Jammu on 23 May 2021 to be treated for COVID-19; [5] [8] he died on 1 June 2021 from post COVID-19 complications. [9] [5] [10] Altaf Bukhari, Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari expressed grief over his death. [8] [11] Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali expressed that the scholar's death was an irreparable loss. [10]
Faizul Waheed wrote Faiz al-Mannān, [12] the first ever translation and commentary of the Qur'ān in Gojri language. [13]
His other works include: [14]