Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi
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Notable work(s) | Islam and Globalization |
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Relatives | Usmani family of Deoband (maternal) |
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Years active | 2010–present |
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Subscribers | 200 thousand[1] |
Total views | 19.9 million[1] |
Last updated: 20 March 2022 | |
Website | yasirnadeemalwajidi |
Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (born 4 March 1982) is a Chicago-based Muslim scholar, author, public speaker, and debator. He is a mufti and teaches fiqh, hadith, and aqidah at the Islamic Institute of Education in Chicago. He is the founder of Darul Uloom Online and the author of books including Historical Study on Islamic Renewal and Islam and Globalization.
Early life and education
Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi was born on 4 March 1982 in Deoband, India.[2][3] His father, Nadeem al-Wajidi, is a well-known Islamic scholar and writer. His grandfather Wajid Hussain Deobandi was a hadith professor at the Jamia Islamia Talimuddin.[2] Yasir is maternally related to the Usmani family of Deoband. His maternal grandfather had established Mahd Taleemul Islām, the first madrasa in Chicago.[4]
Yasir memorized the
Career
Yasir began teaching at the Mahd Taleemul Islām in 2004 and established Darul Uloom Online in 2009. Darul Uloom Online is thought to be first initiative towards the teaching of
In May 2017, Yasir said about Muslim girls who elope with Hindu boys and leave Islam, that, "No one is responsible for such cases of apostasies more than the religious scholars who establish institutions for those who come to them to learn Islam but they ignore rest of the 97% young boys and girls who do not go to any madrasas."[8] In January 2019, Yasir hit a controversy saying that the Jana Gana Mana had no concepts of polytheism associated, as is generally believed by many Muslims. He expressed that Rabindranath Tagore had written the poem in the praise of God.[9] He said that if Tagore was a polytheist, it was understandable that the poem is influenced by polytheism, but there is no such proof which brands Tagore as a polytheist.[10] He cited John B. Watson stating that Tagore's religion was God and love with the nature.[10] In March 2021, Yasir denounced presence of casteism in Indian Muslims and said that it is a social evil.[11]
In February 2023, Yasir hit another controversy after he called the marriage of Swara Bhasker and Fahad Ahmad "legal but not accepted in Islam".[12] This created a Twitter war between him and RJ Sayema, and made critics call his take misogynistic.[13]
Literary works
Yasir compiled Qāmus al-Asri, a trilingual dictionary which contains seventy-five thousand words of
- Islam and Globalization
- Tajdīd-i dīn: sharī'at aur tārīk̲h̲ kī raushnī men̲ (Historical study on Islamic renewal)
References
- ^ a b "About Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi". YouTube.
- ^ a b c d e f Rashid Amin (2 June 2021). "ڈاکٹر مفتی یاسر ندیم الواجدی پر ایک طائرانہ نظر" [A view through Mufti Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi's life and works]. Baseerat Online (in Urdu). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Maulana Nadeem Al-Wajidi (2017). "Azīzam Maulana Mufti Doctor Yasir Nadeem Al-Wajidi". Be-Mithāl Shakhsiyyat, Ba-Kamāl Ustādh [Unparalleled personality, perfect teacher] (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Deoband: Dārul Kitāb. pp. 68–70.
- ^ a b c d Abdur-Rahmān Siddiqi (3 June 2021). "ڈاکٹر مفتی یاسر ندیم الواجدی اور سرجیکل اسٹرائک" [Dr. Mufti Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi and Surgical Strike]. Urdu Leaks (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Akram Nadwi (20 August 2018). "Hajj Journey (16)". islamsyria.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d M Ghazali Khan (16 February 2017). "With His Challenge Being Rejected Mufti Wajidi Takes on Tarek Fatah on Twitter". Urdu Media Monitor. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Ubaid Iqbal Aasim (2019). Deoband Tārīkh-o-Tehzeeb ke ā'īne maiN (in Urdu). Deoband: Kutub Khana Naimia. pp. 157, 165–166.
- ^ "The "Reverse Love Jihad" Alarms Muslim Intellectuals". Clarion India. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Aziz Ahmad (20 August 2017). "یاسر ندیم الواجدی صاحب کا مضمون مفروضات پر مبنی" [Yasir Nadeem Al-Wajidi's article is based on assumptions]. Millat Times. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ a b ""بھارت بھاگیہ ودھاتا" جو لوگ ترانہ ہندی کو ابھی بھی شرکیہ سمجھتے ہیں." ["Bharat Bhagya Vidhata", those who still think Indian national anthem is polytheistic]. Waraquetaza. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ M Ghazali Khan (17 March 2021). "Casteism Among Indian Muslims". The Milli Gazette. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Ghosh, Poulomi (19 February 2023). "On Swara Bhasker's 'bhai' tweet row, Fahad says, 'Sanghis have accepted...'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Not Islamically valid…: Swara Bhasker's marriage hits new controversy". Mint. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.