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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar (b. 1954)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Mawlana, Mufti
| name = Ateeque Ahmad Bastawi
| image = 34th Fiqhi Seminar of the Islamic Fiqh Academy (India), Jamshedpur (2025) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Bastawi attending the 34th Fiqhi Seminar of the [[Islamic Fiqh Academy (India)]], held in [[Jamshedpur]], Jharkhand, in 2025.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1954|01|25}}
| birth_place = [[Basti district|Basti]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| education =
| alma_mater = {{Bulleted list|[[Jamia Arabia Masoodia Noorul Uloom|Madrasa Noorul Uloom, Bahraich]]|[[Darul Uloom Deoband]]}}
| occupation = [[Islamic scholar]], [[mufti]], teacher, writer
| years_active =
| notable_works = {{Bulleted list|''Masārif-e-Zakat''|''Islami Nikāh''|''Hindustan aur Nizam-e-Qaza''|''Hindustan mein Nifaz-e-Shariat''|''Mustalahat-e-Fiqhi''|''Dawlat-e-Usmania aur Turkey ki Tareekh''}}
}}
'''Ateeque Ahmad Bastawi''' (born 25 January 1954), also written as '''Ateeque Ahmad Qasmi Bastawi''' and '''Ateeq Ahmed Bastavi''', is an Indian Islamic scholar, jurist, and writer. He has been serving as a professor of Hadith and Fiqh at [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]], Lucknow, since 1980. He is also the secretary of the Majlis-e-Tahqiqat-e-Shariah at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, the academic secretary of the [[Islamic Fiqh Academy (India)|Islamic Fiqh Academy]], India, and the convener of the Dar-ul-Qaza Committee of the [[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]]. Bastawi is the founder and president of Ma'had-ush-Shariah in [[Lucknow]] and has authored and translated several notable works in Urdu on Islamic jurisprudence and theology.

== Early life and education ==
Ateeque Ahmad Bastawi was born on 25 January 1954, in [[Basti district|Basti]], a district in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. His father's name is Muhammad Rafique.{{Sfn|Qasmi|Qasmi|2011|p=385}}

He began his education at a [[Kuttab|maktab]] in his hometown.{{Sfn|Qasmi|Qasmi|2011|p=385}}{{Sfn|Abbasi|2020|p=236}} He studied Arabic from the elementary to the intermediate level at [[Jamia Arabia Masoodia Noorul Uloom|Madrasa Noor-ul-Uloom]] in Bahraich. For further education, he enrolled at [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] and graduated in the [[Dars-i Nizami|Dars-e-Nizami]] curriculum in 1973. In 1974, he completed the [[Mufti|Ifta]] course there.{{Sfn|Abbasi|2020|pp=236–237}} He also passed the Alim examinations from the Allahabad Board.{{Sfn|Hasan|2013|p=255}}

== Career ==
Since 1980, Bastawi has been serving as a teacher of [[Hadith]] and [[Hanafi school|Fiqh]] at [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]] in Lucknow.{{Sfn|Abbasi|2020|p=236}} He serves as the Academic Secretary of the [[Islamic Fiqh Academy (India)|Islamic Fiqh Academy]], India;<ref>{{Cite book |last=Qasmi |first=Mujahidul Islam |author-link=Mujahidul Islam Qasmi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1BiDwAAQBAJ&dq=Maulana+Ateeq+Ahmad+Bastavi&pg=PA81 |title=Aḥkām al-Dhabīḥah min al-Manẓūr al-Islāmī |publisher=Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah |year=2009 |isbn=978-2-7451-6060-7 |editor-last=Hussain |editor-first=Mohd Saghir |edition=1st |location=Beirut, Lebanon |page=81 |language=en |translator-last=Khan |translator-first=Salar M. |trans-title=The Islamic Concept Of Animal Slaughter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Qasmi |first=Abrar Kaleem |date=January 2013 |editor-last=Amini |editor-first=Noor Alam Khalil |editor-link=Noor Alam Khalil Amini |title=Mahārāt al-Baḥth fī al-Qadāyā al-Fiqhīyah al-Muʿāṣirah wa Maṣādiruhā al-Maṭbūʿah wa al-Iliktrūnīyah wa Namādhij Taṭbīqīyah min al-Qadāyā al-Muʿāṣirah |trans-title=Skills in researching contemporary jurisprudential issues and their printed and electronic sources, along with applied examples from contemporary issues. |url=http://darululoom-deoband.com/arabic/magazine/tmp/1390372616fix8sub4file.htm |journal=[[Al-Daie]] |volume=38 |issue=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613090023fw_/http://darululoom-deoband.com/arabic/magazine/tmp/1390372616fix8sub4file.htm |archive-date=13 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2004 |title=ورشة فقهية في نيودلهي: واجب العلماء معالجة مشكلات العصر |trans-title=A Jurisprudential Workshop in New Delhi: It is the Duty of Scholars to Address the Issues of the Age |url=https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=217693&issueno=9209 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120103622/https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=217693&issueno=9209 |archive-date=20 November 2024 |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=[[Asharq Al-Awsat]] |language=ar}}</ref> the Qazi-e-Shariah of Darul-Qaza, Lucknow; the founder and president of Ma'had-ush-Shariah in [[Lucknow]];{{Sfn|Qasmi|Qasmi|2011|p=385}}{{Sfn|Abbasi|2020|p=240}}<ref name=": Fikr-e-Inqilāb"/> and the Convener of the Department of Qaza of the [[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]].<ref name="indianexpress">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Ramendra|date=15 March 2016 |title=Women qazis allowed under Islamic law: AIMPLB panel |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/women-qazis-allowed-under-islamic-law-aimplb-panel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318075805/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/women-qazis-allowed-under-islamic-law-aimplb-panel/ |archive-date=18 March 2016 |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="milligazette">{{Cite web |date=8 May 2017 |title=No government or court has right to effect changes in Shariat |url=https://www.milligazette.com/news/indian-muslims-press-statements/15596-no-government-or-court-has-right-to-effect-changes-in-shariat/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806065000/https://www.milligazette.com/news/indian-muslims-press-statements/15596-no-government-or-court-has-right-to-effect-changes-in-shariat/ |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=[[The Milli Gazette]] |language=en}}</ref> Since February 2020, he has also been serving as the Secretary of the Fiqh Institute, ''Majlis-e-Tahqiqat-e-Shariah'', at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nadwi |first=Raihan Baig |date=5 October 2024 |title=Nadwat al-'Ulamā' aur is ke 'Ilmī o Taḥqīqī Idāre: Ek Ta'āruf |trans-title=Nadwat al-‘Ulamā’ and its Academic and Research Institutions: An Introduction |url=https://rafeeqemanzil.com/nadwatul-ulma-k-tehqeeqi-idaare/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120093703/https://rafeeqemanzil.com/nadwatul-ulma-k-tehqeeqi-idaare/ |archive-date=20 November 2024 |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=Rafeeq-e-Manzil |language=ur}}</ref>

[[File:Ateeque Ahmad Bastawi, Ubaidullah Asadi, Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi, Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, and Abdullah Maroofi (from right to left) at the 34th Fiqhi Seminar of the Islamic Fiqh Academy (India), held in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, in 2025.jpg|thumb|Bastawi (first from the right) at the 34th Fiqhi Seminar of the Islamic Fiqh Academy (India), held in [[Jamshedpur]], [[Jharkhand]], in 2025.]]

== Views ==
In November 2017, responding to the Indian government's move to criminalize instant triple talaq (talaq-e-bid'ah), Bastawi acknowledged the government's legislative intent but expressed reservations regarding the details. He stated: "It is good if the government creates legislation to discourage the practice. However, we are not against triple talaq. We do not have details on exactly what they intend to do." His comments came amid growing concerns from various Muslim groups about the government's unilateral approach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Niazi |first=Shuriah |title=India criminalizará el divorcio instantáneo musulmán |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/es/mundo/india-criminalizar%C3%A1-el-divorcio-instant%C3%A1neo-musulm%C3%A1n/976648 |website=[[Anadolu Agency]] |date=23 November 2017 |language=es}}</ref>

In May 2017, during the concluding session of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind's nationwide Muslim Personal Law Awareness Campaign, Bastawi emphasized that Islamic Shariah is a divine system and cannot be altered by any government or court. He remarked, "No government or court will be able to make any change in our Shariat if we Muslims remain firm on it. When we ignore Shariat, courts and governments get opportunity to interfere in it." He also urged Muslims to avoid taking personal disputes to civil courts and instead recommended setting up Shariah-based counselling centers and panchayats in every Muslim locality to resolve issues such as marriage, divorce, and inheritance.<ref name="milligazette" />

In March 2016, regarding the appointment of women as qazis in Kanpur and Jaipur, Bastawi clarified that Islamic law does not prohibit the appointment of women qazis. He stated: "The need to appoint a woman qazi was not felt because women can easily get their matters resolved through a male qazi. But if a need has been felt to appoint women as qazis, it is possible under Shariah. There is scope in Islam." However, he criticized the process of these appointments, asserting that they were not made by any established institution like the Darul Qaza of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, and therefore lacked religious legitimacy.<ref name="indianexpress"/>

== Literary works ==
Bastawi primarily has a temperament inclined toward Fiqh and research. To date, dozens of his scholarly, juristic, and research articles have been published in Arabic journals both in India and abroad, along with over two hundred Urdu articles that have appeared in periodicals across the Indian subcontinent.{{Sfn|Hasan|2013|p=255}}<ref name=": Fikr-e-Inqilāb">{{Cite journal |date=16–31 January 2017 |editor-last=Mukhtar |editor-first=As'ad |editor2-last=Mehtāb |editor2-first=Ahsan |title=Urdu ke farogh mein Deoband ka deṛh so salah kirdār |trans-title=The 150-year Role of Deoband in the Promotion of Urdu |url=https://archive.org/details/urdu-ke-farogh-mein-deoband-ka-derh-so-salah-kirdar-fikr-e-inqilab |journal=Fortnightly Fikr-e-Inqilāb |edition=2nd |volume=5 |issue=112 |pages=690–691}}</ref> Even before joining Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in 1980, his articles had begun to be published in the monthly ''Al-Furqan, Lucknow''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bastawi |first=Ateeq Ahmad |date=30 January 2022 |title=Maulana Atiq-ur-Rehman Sambhali: Nuqoosh o Tatthuraat |trans-title=Maulana Atiq-ur-Rehman Sambhali: Imprints and Influences |url=https://qindeelonline.com/moulana-atiq-urrahman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131053341/https://qindeelonline.com/moulana-atiq-urrahman/ |archive-date=31 January 2022 |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=Qindeel Online |language=ur}}</ref>

He has translated several Arabic and Persian books, including the Urdu translation of Jamaluddin Atiyyah's ''Al-Tanzir Al-Fiqhi'' as ''Fiqh-e-Islami Ki Nazariyah Sazi'', Atiyya's ''Al-Nazariyah Al-Ammah Lil-Shariah Al-Islamiyyah'' as ''Islami Shariat Ka Amoodi Nazariyah'', and Syed Muhammad Zahir Hasani's Persian book ''Khair-ul-Masālik'' into Urdu. Similarly, he has published various books with his research and annotations, including [[Şihabetdin Märcani]]'s ''Nāzūratul Haqq fi Fardiyyatil Isha Wa In Lam Yaghb Al-Shafaq'',{{Sfn|Hasan|2013|pp=255–256}}<ref name=": Fikr-e-Inqilāb"/> [[Rahmatullah Kairanawi]]'s ''Izālat Al-Shukūk'' (in four volumes),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Qasmi |first=Ishtiaque Ahmad |author-link=Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi |date=January 2018 |editor-last=Bijnori |editor-first=Muhammad Salman |title=Book Review: New Releases |url=https://darululoom-deoband.com/urduarticles/archives/2793 |url-status=live |journal=[[Monthly Darul Uloom]] |volume=102 |issue=1 |pages=51–52 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025023551/https://darululoom-deoband.com/urduarticles/archives/2793 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> and [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]]'s ''Al-Hīlah An-Nājizah''.{{Sfn|Hasan|2013|pp=255–256}}<ref name=": Fikr-e-Inqilāb"/>

His works include the following books:{{Sfn|Hasan|2013|p=255}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shujauddīn |first=Amīnuddīn |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/rubaru-ameenuddeen-shujauddeen-ebooks-1 |title=Rūbaroo (Interviews ka Majmū'ah) |date=May 2017 |publisher=Majlis-e-Ilm-o-Adab |editor-last=Nadwi |editor-first=Munawwar Sultan|editor-link=Munawwar Sultan Nadwi|location=Lucknow |page=301 |language=ur |trans-title=Rūbaroo (A Collection of Interviews) |via=[[Rekhta (website)]]}}</ref><ref name=": Fikr-e-Inqilāb"/>
* ''Masarif-e-Zakat'' (Uses of [[Zakat]])
* ''Zakat aur Mas'ala-e-Tamleek'' (Zakat and the Issue of Ownership)
* ''Islami Nikah'' ([[Marriage in Islam|Islamic Marriage]])
* ''Hindustan aur Nizam-e-Qaza'' (India and the Islamic Judicial System)
* ''Hindustan mein Nifaz-e-Shariat'' (Implementation of [[Sharia]]h in India)
* ''Mustalahat-e-Fiqhi'' (Terminologies of Islamic Jurisprudence)
* ''Chand Ashab-e-Fazeelat'' (Some Distinguished Companions)
* ''Fikr ki Ghalti'' (Waheed Khan Sahib ke Afkar ka Tanqeedi Jaaiza) (The Error of Thought: A Critical Analysis of [[Wahiduddin Khan]]'s Ideologies)
* ''Dawlat-e-Usmania aur Turkey ki Tareekh'' (The History of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Turkey]], in three volumes<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muradabadi |first=Masoom |date=21 July 2024 |title=Dawlat-e-Uthmāniyyah aur Turki ki Tārīkh (Book Review) |url=https://qindeelonline.com/daulat-e-usmaniya-aur-turkey-ki-tareekh/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120102753/https://qindeelonline.com/daulat-e-usmaniya-aur-turkey-ki-tareekh/ |archive-date=20 November 2024 |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=Qindeel Online |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=15 June 2024 |title=ناظم ندوۃ العلماء نے کتاب "دولت عثمانیہ اور ترکی کی تاریخ" کا رسم اجرا کیا، تاریخِ فلسطین کا بھی ذکر |trans-title=Nāzim of Nadwatul Ulama inaugurated the book "Dawlat-e-Uthmāniyyah aur Turkey ki Tareekh," and also mentioned the history of Palestine. |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/ur/!literature/nazim-nadwatul-ulama-released-the-book-history-of-ottoman-empire-and-turkey-and-also-mentioned-the-history-of-palestine-urn24051501013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120104403/https://www.etvbharat.com/ur/!literature/nazim-nadwatul-ulama-released-the-book-history-of-ottoman-empire-and-turkey-and-also-mentioned-the-history-of-palestine-urn24051501013 |archive-date=20 November 2024 |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=[[Etv Urdu|ETV Urdu]] |language=ur}}</ref>)
* ''Īsai Missionaries ki Sargarmiyan aur Musalman'' (Activities of Christian Missionaries and Muslims)
* ''Sahabi ki Tareef aur Sahaba ke Maqam wa Martaba ke Bare Mein Ghalat Fehmiyon ka Izala'' (Clarifying Misunderstandings About the Definition of a [[Sahabi]] and the Status and Rank of the Sahaba).
* ''Hindustan mein Muslim Personal Law ka Mas'ala'' (The Issue of [[Muslim Personal Law in India]])
* ''Islam ka Nizam-e-Mīrāth'' (The Islamic System of [[Inheritance]])
* ''Islami Sazain aur Jurm ka Roktham'' ([[Hudud|Islamic Punishments]] and Crime Prevention)

== See also ==
* [[List of Deobandis]]

== References ==
=== Citations ===
{{reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite book |last=Hasan |first=Nayab |title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati Manzarnama |trans-title=Journalistic scenario of Darul Uloom Deoband |url=https://archive.org/details/DarulUloomDeobandKaSahafatiManzarNamah |publisher=Idara-e-Tahqīq-e-Islami |location=Deoband |edition=1st |year=2013 |language=ur}}
* {{cite book |last=Abbasi |first=Ibn al-Hasan |title=Yādgār-e-Zamāna Shakhsiyyāt Ka Ahwāl-e-Mutāla'a |trans-title=Study life of memorable personalities |url=https://archive.org/details/yaadgar-e-zamana-shakhsiyyat-ka-ahwaal-e-mutalaa |publisher=Majlis Turāth al-Islam |location=[[Karachi]] |edition=1st |date=October 2020 |language=ur}}
* {{cite book |last1=Qasmi|first1=Aaftab Ghazi|last2=Qasmi|first2=Abdul Hasib|title=Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmāt|trans-title=Jurisprudential services of Darul Uloom Deoband's alumni|url=https://archive.org/details/fuzal-e-deoband-ki-fiqhi-khidmaat|date=February 2011|publisher=Naeemia Book Depot|location=[[Deoband]]|language=ur}}

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