First Launched in Three Languages Hajj Mobile

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First Hajj
Mobile
Application
Launched in
Three
Languages
By Mufti Jasemuddin Qasmi
R
enowned scholar of
Hadith and King Faisal
a w a r d l a u r e a t e D r.
Muhammad Mustafa
Azmi launched two
mobile applications prepared by Dr.
Najeeb Qasmi in Urdu, English and
Hindi on 28 August 2015. The first
application has been named “Hajj-e
Mabroor” and contains three books on
Hajj and Umrah, 9 speeches, one Hajj
and Umrah presentation and 21 articles.
This app is a useful guide for the
pilgrims. They can read the books and
articles available in the app at any time
without access to the internet. Hundreds
of informative questions and answers
related to Hajj and Umrah are also
available in the app. This is the first app
of its kind in the world providing rich
information about Hajj and Umrah in
three languages. The second app has
been named “Deen-e Islam”. It consists
of 175 articles dealing with different
aspects of life, 75 speeches, and 7
books. It is also the first mobile app in
the world which has such religious
treasure in three languages on 21
religious topics.
During launching ceremony, Dr.
Muhammad Mustafa Azmi said:
“Today, anti-Islamic elements are
criticizing Islam and striving hard to
create doubts in the mind of Muslims
about the origin and authenticity of the
Qur’an and Hadith. Since these
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conspiracies hatched by orientalists
against Islam and the Qur’an are being
carried out in different European
languages, and on the other hand, our
Islamic scholars are unaware of them
and are not able to counter them. 70
organizations in Germany alone have
collated currently and are working on a
20 years long project of creating doubts
in the minds of Muslims about the
compilation of the Qur’an to weaken
their faith in authenticity of the Islamic
resources.”
Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Azmi is a
graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband. He
bagged his MA degree from Al Azhar
University, Egypt in 1955 and Ph.D.
from Cambridge University in 1966. He
is the first man to computerize Arabic
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texts of Hadith and has written many
books which are being taught in various
universities across the world.
Founding member of Jamia Millia
Islami Alumni Association, Riyadh, Dr.
Shafatullah Khan said: “Internet today
is an effective tool for disseminating
information. It can be used for
educational purpose, for preaching
Islam and removing misconception
regarding Islam and Muslims etc. It will
continue to affect our day to day life
until it is replaced by other new
technology. We need to make maximum
use of it for conveying Islamic
teachings to common people.”
Highlighting the features of these two
apps, Dr. Najeeb Qasmi said: “New
technology has been used to develop
these apps. Users can find them in Play
Store or App Store by simply typing
“Najeeb Qasmi” or “Hajj-e Mabroor”
and install them within two minutes.
Renowned Indo-Pak scholars and
intellectuals have appealed to the
general Muslims to take benefit from
both the Apps. These scholars and
intellectuals include; Mufti Abul Qasim
Nomani the rector, Darul Uloom
Deoband, Maulana Mohammad
Zakarya Sambhali, Shaikhul Hadith,
Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, Maulana
Abdul Khalique Sambhali, the vice
rector, Darul Uloom Deoband, Maulana
Khalid Saifullah Rahmani the director,
Al-Mahad Ul Aali Al-Islami,
Hyderabad, Maulana Mahmood Asad
Madani the general secretary, Jamiat
Ulama-i-Hind, New Delhi, Mufti
Mohammad Salman Masnoorpuri the
teacher of Hadith, Madarsa Shahi,
Moradabad, Shaikh Mohammad Hijazi
Makki known as Maulana Makki the
teacher in Masjide-Haram, Makkah,
Shaikh Abdul Hafeez Makki, Makkah
Mukarramah, Maulana Mohammad
Ilyas Ghumman the chief patron,
Sargodha Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat
Center, Prof. Akhtarul Wasey,
commissioner for Linguistic - Ministry
of Minority Affairs, Dr. Shafiq Ahmad
Khan Nadwi, the former Head,
Department of Arabic, Jamia Millia
Islamia, New Delhi, Prof. S. Kafeel
Ahmad Qasmi the head, Department of
Arabic and Dean, Art Faculty, Aligarh
Muslim University, Dr. Mohammad
Noman Khan the Former Head,
Department of Arabic, Delhi
University, New Delhi, Dr. Faizunullah
Farooqi Former Head, Department of
Arabic, Jawahar Lal Nehru University,
New Delhi, Maulana Mohammad
Aalam Qasmi the rector, Madarsa
Jamiul Huda, Moradabad, Maulana
Burhanuddin Qasmi the Director,
Markazul Maarif Education and
Research Center, Mumbai, Mufti
Tanzim Alam Qasmi, the Hadith
teacher, Darul Uloom Sabeelus Salam,
Hyderabad, Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi the Director, Imarat Shariah
Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand. These
testimonials are the part of both the
Apps. The scholars and intellectuals
have also requested the Hajj
committees and the organizations who
are serving Hajj pilgrims to invite the
attention of the pilgrims towards them.
The English and Hindi versions of the
website (www.najeebqasmi.com) as
well as English and Hindi translations
of Hajj-e-Mabroor (Pocket size hajj
book) were also launched by Dr.
Mustafa Azmi.
Attendees including Dr Musharraf Ali,
Eng. Khurshid Anwar, Eng. Arshad
Bari, Eng Atiqurrahman, and Mr. Abid
Aqeel appreciated Dr Najeeb Qasmi for
his tireless effort to launch apps in three
languages. Program ended with an
appeal to strengthen the hands of Dr.
Najeeb Qasmi by the President of the
program, Maulana Abdul Bari Qasmi.
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About Maulana Najeeb Qasmi
Mohammad Najeeb Sambhali Qasmi is
residing in Riyaz since 1999. He is an
alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband and
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. After
completing Islamic studies and
theology at Darul Uloom Deoband in
1994, Maulana Mohammad Najeeb
Qasmi joined Jamia Millia Islamia
University (JMI), New Delhi where he
did graduation in Arabic and two
courses of translation (Arabic into Eng
and vice versa). He also completed MA
in Arabic from Delhi University (DU).
Dr. Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi has been
awarded the Degree of Doctor of
Philosophy from Jamia Millia Islamia
for his valuable research on ‘Literary,
Rhetorical and Aesthetical Aspects in
the Ahadith of Al-Bukhari and Muslim.’
Beside hundreds of short Islamic
articles that he keeps contributing to
various websites, daily newspapers and
monthly magazines, he has authored so
far 6 books in Urdu: Hajj-e-, Hayya
Alas Salah, Islahi Mazaamin,
Mukhtasar Hajj Mabroor, Tohfae
Ramazanul Mubarak, Maloomat-e
Quran and Umrah Ka Tariqah. These
books have been hugely acclaimed by
the people and gone into several
editions. He also organizes an Hajj
Orientation programme once in a year
to provide accurate guidance for the
pilgrims.
He belongs to an educated family in
Sambhal, Muradabad, UP, India. His
grandfather Maulana Mohammad
Ismail Sambhali was a freedom fighter
and renowned scholar of Hadith. He
taught Bukhari for 17 years in different
institutes of India, whereas his maternal
grandfather Mufti Musharraf Hussain
worked in various madrasas in India as
chief Mufti and Muhaddith.