Qazi Syed Mohammad Rafi (died age 23, March 1803 CE) was an

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religious fundamentalist from

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(

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) in the

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. He was an influential personality in areas near Mewat and authored many books on religious issues.

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Mohammad Rafi was a scholar from the

region who lived during the 17th and 18th centuries CE. He was a Muslim fundamentalist '' faqih'' who learned

Sharia Sharia (; ar, شريعة, sharīʿa ) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam and is based on the sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and the H ...

law like his father,

Qazi Syed Mohammad Zaman Qazi Syed Mohammad Zaman (died c. 1170 AH / 1756 AD) was a judge edicted in accordance with the laws of sharia from Sakras, now in District Mewat, Haryana. Biography Mohammad Zaman (died c. 1170 AH / 1756 AD) was declared as the inheritor o ...

. Being ''

qadi A qāḍī ( ar, قاضي, Qāḍī; otherwise transliterated as qazi, cadi, kadi, or kazi) is the magistrate or judge of a '' sharīʿa'' court, who also exercises extrajudicial functions such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and mino ...

'' of the city, he was responsible for its administrative and managerial affairs. Rafi belonged to the

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. He married Fazal Nisan; they had two sons, Qazi Syed Mohammad Ashraf and Syed Mohammad Shamsuddin, and one daughter, Bibi Khan Daulat. Due to his knowledge of Islam, Rafi's son Shamsuddin was employed in the army at

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

. Rafi's brother-in-laws were both killed in combat - Raham Ali at Pargana

Hansi Hansi, is a city and municipal council in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. It appears that at one time Hansi was larger, more prosperous and more important than Hisar. The town has several important buildings of archeological import ...

and Mohammad Murad at

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, during a war with Jauhira Singh and Zaufa Singh. Rafi's great-grandchildren are remembered as accomplished Urdu and Persian scholars. They founded Jhajjar Bagh at Hansapuri (now Mominpura) in

and built a home there called Aina-e Mahal.Nagpur ka Muslim Muashra (Gondwana aur Bhonsle Aihad 700–1845; Vol 2 by Dr. M. Sharfuddin Sahil, Salman Fine Arts, Nagpur, 1996

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rafi, Syed Mohammad People from Jhajjar 1803 deaths People from Ferozepur Jhirka People from Mewat People from Rewari Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Hanafis Gardēzī Sadaat Year of birth unknown

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