Abu al-Qasim

The name Abu al-Qasim or Abu'l-Qasim (Arabic: أبو القاسم‎), meaning father of Qasim, is a kunya or attributive name of Islamic prophet Muhammad, describing him as father to his son Qasim ibn Muhammad. Since then the name has been used by the following:

People

• Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi (died 982), Kalbid emir of Sicily
• Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (born 1952), Secretary General of Libya's General People's Congress
• Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol (1940–1983), Egyptian poet
• Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934), Tunisian poet
• Abu'l-Qásim Faizi (1906–1980), Persian Bahá'í
• Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899–1992), Twelver Shi'a Islamic grand ayatollah (marja)
• Abolqasem Najm (1892–1981), Iranian politician, cabinet minister, and diplomat
• Abolqasem Lahouti (1887–1957), Persian poet
• Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882–1962), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Muslim cleric
• Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq (1873—1962), Bengali politician
• Abu al-Qasim al-Zayyani (1734/35–1833), Berber historian, geographer, poet and statesman from Morocco
• At-Tayyib Abu'l-Qasim (twelfth century), Fatimid Imām
• Abu-l-Qasim Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Qasi (died 1151), leader of the opposition against the Almoravid dynasty in Al-Garb Al-Andalus
• Abu Al-Qasim Mahmud Ibn 'Umar Al-Zamakhshari (1074 or 1075–1143 or 1144), Muslim scholar
• Abu'l-Qasim ibn Hammud ibn al-Hajar (fl. 1167-1185), leader of the Sicilian Muslim community, Norman Kingdom of Sicily
• Abu'l-Qasim (Seljuq governor of Nicaea) (ruled 1084–1092)
• Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (ruled 1023–1042), founder and eponym of the Abbadid dynasty in Al-Andalus
• Abu al-Qasim Ferdowsi (940–1020), Persian poet
• Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (936–1013), or Abulcasis, Arab surgeon and physician who lived in Al-Andalus

Places

• Abul Kasim (mountain), mountain in Ethiopia
• Abulkasym Madrassah, building in Tashkent, Uzbekistan