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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.

Biography

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 DeobandiBarelvi 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]

Literary works

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]

  • 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)

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