Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi was born in March 1974 in his maternal village, Jhamta, in the
Saharsa district of the Indian state of
Bihar.[1][2][3]
He received his primary and secondary education at Madrasa Maarif Uloom Jhagarua, Darbhanga, Madrasa Falah Al-Muslimeen,
Bikram, Madrasa Qasim Uloom, Mungarawan, Azamgarh, and Madrasa Riyazul Uloom, Guraini, Jaunpur.[1][3]
From 1999 to 2000, he was an assistant teacher at
Darul Uloom Deoband. Between 2000 and 2008, he served as a teacher and Deputy Mufti at Darul Uloom, Hyderabad. He was appointed to Darul Uloom Deoband in 1430
AH (2008 AD) as a teacher and has been teaching there ever since.[1][8][9]
Literary works
His M.Phil. thesis was titled Chand Muntakhab Ulama-e-Deoband Ki Shayari Ka Tajziyāti Mutāla'a (
transl. Analytical Study of Poetry of a Few Selected Scholars of Deoband), which consisted of an analytical study of the published poetry of
Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi,
Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani, and Riyasat Ali Zafar Bajnori.[10][11] Also, his PhD thesis was entitled Ulama E Deoband Ki Swaneh Umriyon Ka Tanqeedi Tajziya [Azadi Se Qabl] (
transl. A critical review of Deobandi scholars' Urdu biographies [pre-
independence).[12][5][13][11] More than 250 of his articles have been published in national and foreign magazines and newspapers.[1]
Sab Se Āsān Tarjama-e-Quran Majīd (an Urdu translation of the Quran)
Khāssiyāt-e-Fusool-e-Akbari (Research and footnote on Ali Akbar Hussaini's authored book Fusool-e-Akbari)
Mukhtasar Khāssiyāt-e-Abwāb (a partial Urdu translation of Hussaini's same book)
Maulan Bastavi Ka Zikr-e-Jamīl (a biographical sketch of Abdur Rahim Bastavi)
Maulan Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi Ka Zikr-e-Jamīl (a biographical sketch of
Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi)
Zaib o Zeenat Ke Ahkām (
transl. Islamic rules of adornment)
Kulliyāt-e-Kāshif (Compilation of Usman Kashif Al-Hashmi's Poetry Collection[17][18])
Mā lā Budda Minhu (An Urdu translation of
Sanaullah Panipati's Persian book, Mā lā Budda Minhu, is included in the curriculum of the Persian department of Darul Uloom Deoband.[11])