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Shaykh Faheem bin Ismail (may Allah preserve him)
Shaykh Faheem is a Muslim scholar, preacher, lecturer and the Mohtamim (Dean) of Dār al-ʿUlūm al-Imām Muḥammad Ādam al-Islāmiyyah, an institute of traditional Islamic higher learning headquartered in Leicester, United Kingdom founded in 2011. Shaykh Faheem is an active advocate of the classical Sunni tradition of Islamic scholarship and a passionate promoter of traditional Islamic sciences and methodologies of teaching and learning. He has a keen passion for Islamic pedagogy, tarbiyah and traditional Islamic scholarship assiduously disseminating the classical tradition rigorously to the younger generation. After completing his religious studies, Shaykh Faheem has served the Muslim community and has been an Imam at the Jame’ Masjid in Leicester, for the last 15 years under the tutelage of his spiritual mentor Ḥaḍrat Shaykh Mawlānā Muḥammad Ādam al-Qāsimī ((may Allah have mercy upon him)). Being the direct spiritual successor (Khalifah) of Ḥaḍrat, Shaykh Faheem endeavors to continue his intellectual and spiritual legacy and to follow the pious predecessors, in the footsteps of the prophetic tradition ﷺ.
About Ḥaḍrat Shaykh Mawlānā Muḥammad Ādam al-Qāsimī (may Allah have mercy upon him)
Ḥaḍrat Shaykh Mawlānā Muḥammad Ādam al-Qāsimī (d. 1445/2024) may Allāh ﷻ shower his infinite mercy upon him. started his initial studies of sacred knowledge at the prestigious Jamiah Islamiah Dabhel which hosted an impressive alumni, thereafter moving onto Jameah Husainiyah Rander completing his preliminary studies. A poor childhood and an educational journey full of hardship meant that Haḍrat had an incredible appreciation for sacred knowledge, its bearers, and those who spent their lives in the service of Islam.
This allowed him to attain a successful admission into the celebrated Islamic college, or Dār al-ʿUlūm, in Deoband, India, completing his final 3 years graduating in approximately 1962. He is the intellectual disciple of illustrious polymaths and erudite scholarly giants such as:
1) Shaykh Fakhr al-Dīn Murādābādī (d. 1392/1972), Ḥaḍrat studied Sahih al-Bukhari under him.
2) Shaykh ʿAllāmah Ibrāhīm Balyāwī (d. 1387/1967), Ḥaḍrat studied parts of Sahih Muslim and Sunan Tirmidhi under him.
Incidentally, the above two were students of Shaykh al-Hind Mawlānā Maḥmūd Ḥasan Deobandī (d. 1339/1920) and the great polymath ʿAllāmah Anwar Shāh Kashmīrī (d. 1352/1933), thus Ḥaḍrat has one link between him and the two Shaykhs (may Allah have mercy on them).
3) Ḥakim al-Islam Mawlānā Qārī Muḥammad Ṭayyib al-Qāsimī ((d. 1403/1983) - the former principal of Dār al-ʿUlūm Deoband. Ḥaḍrat studied the Muwaṭṭa of Imam Malik and Imam Muhammad under him.
4) Shaykh Mawlānā Fakhr al-Ḥasan Murādābādī (d. 1393/1973), Ḥaḍrat studied Tafsir al-Baydawi under him.
5) Shaykh Mawlānā Sayyid Akhtar Hussain, Ḥaḍrat studied the Al-Hidaya by him.
6) Shaykh Mawlānā Naṣīr Aḥmad Khān al-Barnī, who taught him Tafsir Jalalayn and other books.
7) Shaykh Mawlānā Abd al-Jalil al-Kiranawi, who taught him Mishkat al-Masabih.
8) Shaykh Mawlānā Muḥammad Zuhur, who taught him Sharh Ma’ani al-Athar of Imam Ṭahawi. (May Allah have mercy on them all).
Having roomed with the likes of Muftī Saʿīd Aḥmad al-Pālanpūrī (d. 1440/2020), Sayyid Mawlānā Arshad Madanī (b. 1360/1941), the son of illustrious polymath and academic-activist Shaykh al-Islām Mawlānā Ḥusayn Aḥmad Madanī (d. 1377/1957), Mawlānā ʿAbdullāh Kāpodrawī (d. 1439/2018), in Darul Uloom Deoband and Shaykh Mawlānā Abd al-Rahīm Mutālā (d. 1434/2012), the senior brother of Ḥaḍrat Shaykh Muḥammad Yūsuf Sulayman Mutālā may Allah have mercy upon them) at Jamia Husayniyyah in Rander, India, Ḥaḍrat has maintained an intimate relationship with these and many other ulama throughout his life.
Ḥaḍrat is the spiritual disciple of Mawlāna Shāh Waṣī Allah (d. 1383/1964) of Allahabad, a senior disciple of Ḥakim al-Umma Mawlānā Ashraf ʿAlī Thānawī (d. 1362/1943) may Allāh have mercy upon them. Ḥaḍrat fondly remembers about the practice of spiritual retreat (iʿtikāf) in the month of Ramaḍān with his mentor, Shah Wasiullah may Allāh have mercy upon him. Upon his demise, Ḥaḍrat also maintained a spiritual connection with Ḥaḍratji Mawlānā Muḥammad In‘āmul-Ḥasan Kāndhlawī (d. 1415/1995), who was a senior leading figure in propelling the Tabligh Jamāt movement. Upon the instruction of the latter, Ḥaḍrat migrated to Leicester, England, where he became a transformative figure in reforming the Muslims and the regional society of Leicester at large, laying the foundational seeds for those to come after.
The Dār al-ʿUlūm al-Imām Muḥammad Ādam al-Islāmiyyah is named in honour, recognition and tribute to Ḥaḍrat's servitude in reviving Leicester’s vibrant and diverse Muslim community.
Ustādha bint Shaykh Mawlānā Muḥammad Ādam al-Qāsimī (may Allah preserve her)
Ustādha is the daughter of Shaykh Mawlānā Muḥammad Ādam al-Qāsimī (may Allah preserve her), and graduated in the sacred sciences under his tutelage. She is the intellectual and spiritual disciple of Muftī Mahmood al-Hasan al-Gangohi (d. 1417/1996). She has been a lecturer of Hadith and the sacred sciences in general for over two decades benefiting a large set of students. She is the principal of all female departments at the Institute. Ustādha is continually engaged at the individual level with a growing following of mentees. She regularly offers lectures on the tafsīr of the Qur’ān weekly, dispensing spiritual knowledge or offering counsel.