Zia ul Mustafa Aazmi Qadri Razvi Amjadi ( ur, مفتی ضیاء المصطفیٰ اعظمی رضوی قادری امجد; hi, हिन्दी मुफ्ती अल्लामा ज़ियाउल मुस्तफा कादरी) is an Islamic scholar. He is serving as Naa’ib Qaazi ul Quz’zat fil Hind (Deputy Grand Mufti of India) under Mufti

Asjad Raza Khan Asjad Raza Khan, a descendant of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, is an Indian Muslim cleric and son of former Grand Mufti of India, Akhtar Raza Khan. He is the president of Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa. Statements and views Extreme ideologies must be r ...

, who is considered to be the

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by the

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movement. Zia al-Mustafa has taught

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and

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hadiths for over five decades and was recognized by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic thought as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world in 2016.

Birth and family

He was born on 28 December 1935 (2nd of Shawwal Hijri 1354) in

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, Uttar Pradesh, India. His father Sadr ush Shariah was Grand Mufti of India and a successor of Mujadid

Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Ahmed Raza Khan, commonly known as Aala Hazrat, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, or Ahmed Rida Khan in Arabic, (14 June 1856 CE or 10 Shawwal 1272 AH – 28 October 1921 CE or 25 Safar 1340 AH), was an Islamic scholar, jurist, mufti, philosopher, ...

Qadri. His birth name was Muhammad Waahid Ali. Allamah Zia ul Mustafa the son of Huzoor Sadr ush Shariah traces his lineage to Maulana Khayrud’deen.

Education

His father

Amjad Ali Aazmi Amjad Ali Aazmi (Urdu: مفتى أمجد على أعظمى) (November 1882 – 6 September 1948), also known with honorifics by followers as Sadr al-Shariah (Urdu: صدر الشريعه, Chief of the Islamic Law) Badr-e-Tariqat (Shining Moon of ...

taught him at his home and later he went to study under the scholar Faizul Aarifeen Ghulaam Aasi. He enrolled at Jamia Ashrafia Mubarakpur under Shah Abdul Aziz Muradabadi Mubarakpuri. He studied various Islamic sciences and graduated at the age of 19 from Jamia Ashrafia in . His teacher Shah Abdul Aziz Muradabadi said, "Whatever I have attained from Huzoor Sadrush Shariah, I have given all of it to Zia ul Mustafa."

Life and services

He was appointed as faculty at Jamia Ashrafia Mubarakpur, Azamgarh, India at the age of 22. He is president of Sharai Council of India and heads annual Fiqahi seminars at Bareilly. He is founder of two

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s Taibatul Ulma Jamia Amjadia Rizvia and Kulyatul Banatul Amjadia (for Girls). The institute for girls education was established at the request of his mother Hazra in 1981. Mustafa was appointed as a Deputy grand Mufti of India, in the 16th Annual Fiqahi Seminar in March 2019 held at Bareilly. He has taught several thousand students who have themselves become scholars and are associated with both the

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and

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movements.http://www.ziaulmustafa.com/media/the%20sword%20of%20raza.pdf He was considered ‘Mumtaz ul Fuqaha’ at Ashrafia. His famous title is Muhadith E Kabeer.

Books and treaties

He is presently writing a Sharh (commentary) of the famous hadith collection

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Fatawa writing

He has written several thousands of Fatawas on various topics since his working under Mustafa Raza Khan. He was appointed as successor (khalifa) of Mufti Azam-e-Hind Mustafa Rida Khan also.

Debater or Munazir

According to his official website, he specialized in debate and Ahle Sunnah beliefs and faith and has won famous Debates of Badayun, Banaras and Katihar against Deobandi and Wahhabi scholars. He regularly heads Islamic seminars and conferences all over India and in other parts of the world.

Legacy

One of his students and Islamic scholar Maulana Aftab Moosa Qasim Razvi has established Imam Mustafa Raza Research Centre at Durban, South Africa.

References

External links

Official website of Allama Ziaul Mustafa
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