Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani

Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani is an Indian Islamic scholar, mufti, and writer who serves as the deputy director of Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad. He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Sabil-us-Salam of Hyderabad, Darul Uloom Deoband, Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Osmania University, and the Islamic University of Madinah. He has written several books, including Uloom-ul-Hadīth, Hindustān Mein Islam Ki Aamad Aur Ishā'at, Huqūq Aur Unki Kharīd-o-Farokht, Qurān-e-Karīm: Aadāb o Ahkām, and Ulama-e-Hind Ki Chand Aham Qurani Khidmāt.

Early life and education
Omar Abedeen Qasmi was born on October 13, 1981. His father is Khalid Saifullah Rahmani.

After his graduation in 1999 from Darul Uloom Sabil-us-Salam, Hyderabad, he received the certificate of excellence for studying Hadith from Darul Uloom Deoband in 2000. From 2002 to 2004, he did a two-year Mufti course, a one-year diploma in manuscript research, and a one-year diploma in English language from Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad, respectively. In 2004, he completed a BA in History and Sociology from Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. In 2006, he received an MA in Urdu literature from Osmania University. In 2010, he finished his four-year BA in Hadith at the Islamic University of Madinah. In 2015, he completed his MA (Islamic Studies) from Maulana Azad National Urdu University.

Career
From 2010 to 2016, he taught as a lecturer in hadith and jurisprudence at Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad. From 2013 to 2016, chaired the Islamic Courses (Department of Islamization of Textbooks). From 2013 to 2014, he participated as Mufti in Munsif TV Hyderabad's question and answer program Rāh-e-Hidāyat and from 2014 to 2016 participated as Mufti in ETV Hyderabad's program Sharī'at Ki Roshni Main . In March 2024, he gave a speech titled Ramadan Ka Paigham on ETV Hyderabad's programme Raunaq-e-Ramadan.

He is the deputy director of Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami, Hyderabad,  General Secretary of All India National Council Telangana,   Educational Consultant and Trainer of Darul Uloom Ashrafiya (Réunion), Member of Al-Ittihad Al-Ulama Muslim (Doha, Qatar), and Islamic legal adviser of IndiaZakat.com. Also, he is the President of the Imam Foundation for Training and Development, UK (India branch), Friday Imam and Khatib at Jubilee Hills Mosque and Islamic Centre, and a member of the editorial board of the magazines Bahs-o-Nazar and Al-Modawana (Morocco). He directs e-Madrasah (Learn Deen with Abedeen).

According to the TOI, while talking about Islamic feminism, Madani said that Islamic Shariah has given women the right and authority to terminate their marriages through Khul' if their husbands subject them to oppression and deprive them of their rights.

In connection with raising the slogan Bharat Mata, Madani said that love for the country and worshipping it are two separate subjects that should not be confused with each other. "Without worshipping it, one can love the country as much as any other countryman. The person is like any other patriot."

During the COVID-19 period, he stated that taking the vaccine while fasting is permissible and does not break the fast, citing a hadith from Sahih al-Bukhari that emphasizes precautionary measures during a pandemic.

Literary works
He researched the hadiths written in the first volume of his father Khalid Saifullah Rahmani's Kitab al-Fatawa. He islamized more than 30 school curriculum books from the first to the fifth grade and organised two dozen national and international conferences. He has presented papers in Urdu, Arabic, and English at more than 100 seminars. His works include:


 * Uloom-ul-Hadīth
 * Hindustān Mein Islam Ki Aamad Aur Ishā'at (Arrival and Spread of Islam in India)
 * Huqūq Aur Unki Kharīd-o-Farokht (Rights and their purchase and sale)
 * Qurān-e-Karīm: Aadāb o Ahkām (The Holy Quran: Etiquette and Commandments)
 * Ulama-e-Hind Ki Chand Aham Qurani Khidmāt (Some important Quranic services of Indian scholars)
 * Islam Aur Amn-e-Aalam (Islam and world peace)
 * Fiqh-e-Hanafi Ki Kitāb Halabi Kabīr Ke So Ahādīth Ki Takhrīj (Research work on the hundred hadiths of Ibrahim al-Halabi's Halabi Kabir, a book of hanafi jurisprudence)