Mufti Qasim Zia initially completed the traditional Darse Nizami course moving onto the completion of Dawra Hadith (study of the Sihah Sittah). Following this he moved onto Takhassus fil Fiqh (specialisation) and also completed the Ifta course and began giving Fatawa under the supervision of Muftis. He is actively engaged in teaching Dars Nizami upto it’s final level. Mufti Qasim also holds a Masters in Urdu from Sarghoda University, Pakistan.

Many ‘ulemā are striving to solve contemporary issues that are arising in England. However, one would be hard pressed to find an individual who is working as hard as Muftī Muhammad Qāsim Ziā to guide the scholars and the public alike. The greatest Muftī of England, Muftī Mawlānā Shams al-Hudā Misbāhī has shown great admiration for Ustadh Qasim sahib’s fatāwā. Ustādh Sāhib has solved many new issues that have arisen in England, and the answers to these questions have now been published in the form of the first volume of Fatāwā Europe-o-Bartāniyah, which contains the fatāwā issues by Ustādh Muftī Qāsim from 2015-2018; the English rendering of these fatāwā and newer volumes are also anticipated in the future.

Ustādh Muhammad Qāsim has mastery in many ‘uloom and funoon, some of which are mentioned below:

Ustad Qasim Zia Al-Qadiri has got Khilafat of the great Qādiriyyah spiritual order and ijazat of Ahadith from Shayukh.

Nabīra e Sadrush Shariah Muftī abū Sa’d Muhammad In’ām al-Mustafā A’zamī Amjadī, dāmat barakātuhum al-‘āliyah, blessed Qiblah Muftī Muhammad Qāsim Ziyā, dāmat barakātuhum al-‘āliyah, with the khilāfah of the author of Bahār-e-Sharī’at Muftī Amjad Ali A’zamī, may Allāh have mercy upon him, of gosha jigar e Sadrush Shariah Hazrat Allāmah Muftī Abdul Mustafa alAzharī, may Allāh have mercy upon him, and his own khilāfah also, just as our dear respected teacher writes himself in a letter he wrote. “I, Muhammad In’ām al-Mustafā, give all of my khilāfahs alongside my own khilāfah, as well as Ijāzah for all awrād & wazā’if and tawīzāt to Hazrat Allāmah Muftī Muhammad Qāsim Ziyā alMadanī Sāhib. I give permission for him to make those who wish to become my followers as murīds in the silsilah ‘Āliyah Qādiriyyah Ridawiyyah Amjadiyyah of Sadrush Shariah Hazrat Mawlānā Muftī Muhammad Amjad Ali A’zamī, may Allāh have mercy upon him (khalifāh of Ala Hazrat & the author of Bahār-eSharī’at) and gosha jigar e Sadrush Shariah Shaykh ul Hadīth wat-Tafsīr Hazrat Allāmah Abdul Mustafā A’zamī al-Azharī, may Allāh have mercy upon him. abū Sa’d Muhammad Inaam al-Mustafā A’zamī Amjadī .”

Qiblah Pīr e Tarīqah Hazrat Allāmah Mawlānā Muhammad Khālid Ridawī Barkātī (Nāžim e aali Dar ul Uloom Jamiah Rashīdiyyah Ridawiyyah Nūr ul Quran Gojarah), damāt barakātuhum al-āliyah, has blessed Qiblah Muftī Muhammad Qāsim Ziyā, damāt barakātuhum al-āliyah, with khilāfah in silsilah Barkātiyyah and the 4 silsilahs. Just as Allāmah Khālid Ridawī Barkātī mudda zilluhu al-‘ālī, giving his khilāfah, states.

Hazrat Allāmah Muftī Muhammad Qāsim Ziyā al-Qadirī is a mustanad sahīh ul aqeedah Alim and Mufti, who is of the true maslak e Ahle Sunnah and is doing great work of Ala Hazrat around the world, and has been teaching the books which have been taught in Dars e Nizam i for many many years, such as the likes of Sarf, Nahw, Nūr al-Anwār, Hidāyah, Kāfiyah, Jāmī sharīf, Sirājī etc. His many written works are playing a very important role in the promotion and spreading of the true maslak e Ahle Sunnat, especially his ‘Fatāwā Europe and Britain’ which consists of brilliant answers to modern day matters and issues for the Muslims who live in Europe. This poor servant is impressed by his service to the religion, and I give him Ijāzah in all the 4 silsilahs, especially silsilah Qādiriyyah Barkātiyyah, which is from the son of Muftī Muhammad Khalīl Khān Barkātī Nūrī, may Allāh have mercy upon him, Shaykh ul Hadīth wat-Tafsīr Muftī Ahmad Mīya Barkātī, damāt barakātuhum al-āliyah, and he attained this from jigar gosha e Imām Ahmad Ridā Muftī A’zam e Hind Mustafā Ridā Khān, may Allāh have mercy upon him, and he had khilāfah and ijāzah from Sayyidī Ala Hazrat, Imām e Ahle Sunnat, Imām Ahmad Ridā Khān, may Allāh shower mercy upon him. Alongside this, faqīr Muhammad Khālid Ridawī gives ijāzah to Muftī e Europe Muhammad Qāsim Ziyā, mudda zilluhu al-‘ālī, for all wazāif & awrād and tawīzāt & A’māl e Raza and I give him permission to make murīds in sisilah ‘Āliyah Qādiriyyah Barkātiyyah Ridawiyyah. In fact, I give him all of my khilāfahs which this servant attained from Allāmah Mawlānā Pīr Fayz Ahmad Owaisi Sāhib, may Allāh have mercy upon him, my Pīr o Murshid Mawlānā Abdur Rashīd (from Samundar), upon him be mercy, and Hazrat Allāmah Mawlānā Abdur Rashīd Jhangoi, may Allāh have mercy upon him. This servant does dua that Allāh Almighty spreads the blessings of Muftī Muhammad Qāsim Ziyā al-Madanī Qadirī, damāt barakātuhum al-āliyah around the world. Faqīr Muhammad Khālid Barkātī Ridawī.