Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi

Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Siddiqi is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and current rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband.
Name and lineage.
His ism (given name) is Muhammad Sufyan. His "nasab" (patronymic) is: Muhammad Sufyan ibn Muhammad Sālim ibn Muhammad Tayyib ibn Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad Qāsim ibn Asad Ali ibn Ghulam Shāh ibn Muhammad Bakhsh ibn Alāuddīn ibn Muhammad Fateh ibn Muhammad Mufti ibn Abd al-Samī ibn Muhammad Hāshim.
Biography.
Qasmi was born on 26 September 1954. His father Muhammad Salim Qasmi was former rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband, whilst his grandfather Qari Muhammad Tayyib remained vice-chancellor of the Darul Uloom Deoband for about half century.
Qasmi graduated with traditional dars-e-nizami from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1975 and studied intermediate classes in private from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He got a BA and MA degree from AMU in private and acquired master's degree in Kulyah ash-Sharia from Al-Azhar University.
Qasmi joined Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband as a teacher in 1983 and later took administrative responsibilities as well. In the seminary, he teaches books of Hadith including Sahih Bukhari and "Tirmidhi" along with other primary books. He served the seminary as deputy rector for 12 years and was appointed as rector by the Advisory Board on 3 September 2014 He is also a member of the executive council of All India Muslim Personal Law Board since 2007.
Qasmi maintains the view that knowledge is a unit and it is wrong to divide it as Islamic and Non-Islamic. He argues that in Islam, knowledge can be grouped as profitable (نافع) and non-profitable (غیر نافع). 