Faizul Waheed

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Faizul Waheed
Faizul Waheed in 2021
Personal life
Born1964 (1964)
Dodasan Bala, Thanamandi, Rajouri, India
Died (aged 56)
ASCOMS, Jammu
Main interest(s)Tafsir
Notable work(s)Faiz al-Mannān
Alma mater
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi

Faizul Waheed (also known as Faizul Waheed Qāsmī;[1] 1964 – 1 June 2021) was an Indian 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.

Biography

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Faizul Waheed was born into Muslim Gujjar[2][3] family in Dodasan Bala, Thanamandi, Rajouri, in 1964.[4] He was schooled at the Madrasa Kāshif-ul-Uloom in Thanamandi and the Madrasa Tālim-ul-Qur'ān in Muzaffarnagar.[4] 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.[5] He received an M.A. in Urdu from the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University.[5]

In 1992, Faizul Waheed began teaching at the Madrasa Ashraf-ul-Uloom in Jammu.[5] 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.[5] 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.[5] He was imprisoned under the Public Safety Act for eleven months.[5] He continued teaching at the madrasa for next two years and was arrested again in May 1997.[5] He was released in August 2000 and he continued teaching at the Markaz-ul-Ma’arif.[5] He served as the chief-mufti and patron of the Markaz-ul-Ma’arif.[6][7][8]

Faizul Waheed was an authority in Islamic jurisprudence and an exegete of the Quran.[7] He translated the Qur'ān into Gojri language and owned the credit of being its first translator in that language.[7] He had penned the translation and the exegesis of the Qur'ān during his imprisonment.[5] 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".[9]

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;[7][10] he died on 1 June 2021 from post COVID-19 complications.[11][7][12] Altaf Bukhari, Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari expressed grief over his death.[10][13] Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali expressed that the scholar's death was an irreparable loss.[12]

Literary works

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Faizul Waheed wrote Faiz al-Mannān,[14] the first ever translation and commentary of the Qur'ān in Gojri language.[15]

His other works include:[16]

  • Sirājum Muneera (The Shining Lamp, A biography of Islamic prophet Muhammad.)
  • Pāki ke Masā'il Qur'ān-o-Hadees ki Roshni Mein (The Rules of Purity in the Light of Qur'ān and Hadith)
  • Mareez-o-Mayyit awr Warāsat ke Ahkām Qur'ān-o-Hadees ki Roshni Mein (Rules of the Ill, the Deceased and Inheritance in the Light of Qur'ān and Hadith)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "عملی زندگی میں جذبات کے بجائے حکمت عملی اور منصوبہ بندی سے آپ کو کام کرنا ہوگا" [You need to work through strategies rather than through emotions]. Millat Times. 28 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ Hussain, Masood (18 June 2021). "The Quran Gujraan Wastay". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  3. ^ Bakhsh, Zenaira (2 June 2021). "Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed: A scholar who translated Quran in jail". The Kashmir Walla. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b Nisar Aḥmad Bhat Trāli; Yūsuf al-Azam, Ā'īna-e-Madāris Jammu wa Kashmīr, vol. 1, p. 236
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Nisar Aḥmad Bhat Trāli; Yūsuf al-Azam, Ā'īna-e-Madāris Jammu wa Kashmīr, vol. 1, p. 237
  6. ^ "مفسر قرآن مفتی فیض الوحید نے آخری حدیث کا درس دیا" [Mufti Faziul Waheed, the exegete of Quran gives a sermon of Hadith]. Kashmir Uzma (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Mufti Faizul Waheed, who first translated Quran into Gojri, critical". The Kashmir Walla. 24 May 2021. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam condoles demise of Haji Khursheed Ahmad Deen, Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed". Kashmir News Service. 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  9. ^ "مدرسہ دارالعلوم فریدیہ گول میں5حفاظ کرام کی دستار بندی". Kashmir Uzma. 5 November 2018. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed dies". The Siasat Daily. 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed dies of post Covid complications". June 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed passes away at Jammu hospital". The Chenab Times. 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Basharat Bukhari condoles demise of Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed". KNS Kashmir. 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  14. ^ Abdur Rahman, Muhammad (2019). تفسیر فیض المنان میں مفتی فیض الوحید کے منہج و اسلوب کا تحقیقی مطالعہ [A study of Mufti Faizul Waheed's adopted methodology and style in the Tafseer Faiz al-Mannan] (Thesis) (in Urdu). Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University.
  15. ^ "J&K mufti who translated Quran into Gojri, helped tribal children pursue education, dies". The Indian Express. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  16. ^ Web, GK. "Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed, who first translated Qur'an into Gojri language passes away". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Nisar Aḥmad Bhat Trāli; Yūsuf al-Azam (November 2015). "Faizul Waheed". Ā'īna-e-Madāris Jammu wa Kashmīr (in Urdu). Vol. 1. Srinagar: Afaq Printers. pp. 236–237.