Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi

Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi (born March 1974) is an Indian Islamic scholar, mufti, and writer.

Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi was born in March 1974 in his maternal village, Jhamta, in the Saharsa district of the Indian state of Bihar.

He received his primary and secondary education at Madrasa Maarif Uloom Jhagarua, Darbhanga, Madrasa Falah Al-Muslimeen, Bikram, Bihar, Madrasa Qasim Uloom, Mungarawan, Azamgarh, and Madrasa Riyazul Uloom, Guraini, Jaunpur.

In 1996, he completed his graduation in Dars-e-Nizami from Darul Uloom Deoband.

In 1997 and 1999, he completed his postgraduate courses in Islamic jurisprudence from there, respectively.

At the Deoband seminary, his teachers included Mahmood Hasan Gangohi, Nizamuddin Azami, Abdul Haq Azmi, Nematullah Azami, Habibur Rahman Khairabadi, Zafeeruddin Miftahi, Naseer Ahmad Khan, Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri, Arshad Madani, Usman Mansoorpuri, and Abdul Khaliq Madrasi.

He holds an MA, MPhil, and PhD in Urdu from Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad.

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.

His M.Phil.

thesis was titled Chand Muntakhab Ulama-e-Deoband Ki Shayari Ka Tajziyāti Mutāla'a (), which consisted of an analytical study of the published poetry of Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani, and Riyasat Ali Zafar Bajnori.

Also, his PhD thesis was entitled Ulama E Deoband Ki Swaneh Umriyon Ka Tanqeedi Tajziya [Azadi Se Qabl] ().

More than 250 of his articles have been published in national and foreign magazines and newspapers.

His works include:

He has been serving as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband since 2008.

He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband and Maulana Azad National Urdu University.