M S Nazki
Rajouri, Oct 20 :
Thousands of people attended the funeral prayers of renowned Islamic scholar Hazrat Maulana Mufti Munir Hussain Qasmi (RA) at Thanamandi in Rajouri district on Tuesday.
Mufti Qasmi, 87, had passed away on Monday after a brief illness. His death was widely mourned across Pir Panjal.
Reports reaching GNS said that today, his Namaz-e-Janaza was offered in the premises of Central Jamia Masjid, Thanamandi, amid emotional scenes. A large gathering of people, including prominent Ulema-e-Kiram from across Jammu and Kashmir, participated in the funeral.
As per his will, he was laid to rest in the graveyard at Thanamandi.
Mufti Qasmi was born in 1938 in Hill village of Shahdara Sharif and had rendered religious services for nearly five decades. He had established Madrasa Kashif-ul-Uloom in Thanamandi in 1979 and Madrasa Al-Tauheed at Central Jamia Masjid in 1996, where thousands of students received education.
Several scholarly, literary, political and social personalities expressed grief and termed his demise an irreparable loss to the region.(GNS)