Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (1892–1981), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author, and leader of the Sunni Barelvi movement following the death of its founder, his father

Ahmed Raza Khan Ahmad Raza Khan Baraylawi (14 June 1856–28 October 1921), known reverentially as A'la Hazrat, (Grand Master), was an Islamic scholar, mufti, polymath, gnostic, poet from (undivided) India, he is considered as the founder of the Barelvi move ...

. He was known as ''Mufti-Azam-i-Hind'' to his followers. He is widely known as ''Mufti-e-Azam-e-Hind''. On his death date his follower celebrate Urs name as Urs-e-Noori on every 14th

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of Islamic Year.

Lineage

Life

He wrote books on Islam in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and announced judgments on several thousand Islamic problems in his compilation of

fatawa A fatwa (; ; ; ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (sharia) given by a qualified Islamic jurist ('' faqih'') in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist issuing fatwas is called a ''mufti'', ...

''Fatawa-e-Mustafwia''. Thousands of Islamic scholars were counted as his spiritual successors. He was the main leader of the Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa in Bareilly, which opposed the Shuddhi movement to convert Muslims to Hinduism in pre-Partition India. During the time of emergency in 1977 in India, he issued a

fatwa A fatwa (; ; ; ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (sharia) given by a qualified Islamic jurist ('' faqih'') in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist issuing fatwas is called a ''mufti'', ...

against

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which was made compulsory and 6.2 million Indian men were sterilized in just a year. In such circumstances Mustafa Raza Khan argued this order of Indian government given by

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Works

Raza Khan's books include: *'' Fatawa-e-Mustafawia'' 7Volumes (Religious rulings Mustafa Raza) *'' Al Malfoozat of Ala Hazrat'' (Sayings of Ahmed Raza Khan) *''Saman-e-Bakhshish'' (Compilation of Islamic Poetry in the Honor of Prophet Muhammad) *''Taqiya Baazi'' (Hidden Faces of Wahhabism) *''Waqat-us-Sinan، Adkhal-us-Sinan، Qahr Wajid Diyan'' *''Turq-ul-Huda Wal Irshad Ilaa Ahkam Al Amara Wal Jehad'' *''Tasheeh Yaqeen Bar Khatm-e-Naiyeeen'' *''Tardush Shaitan An Sabee Lur Rehman'' (Fatwa Refuting Government of Saudi Arabia For Imposing Tax on Pilgrims in 1365 A.H) *''No Caste is Inferior''

Disciples

His disciples include: * Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki *Sayed Muhammad Ameen *Muhammad Mujeeb Ashraf *Mahmood Ahmad Razvi Quadri Ashrafi *Muhammad Idrees Raza Khan Qadri Razvi Hashmati *Mohammed

Akhtar Raza Khan Akhtar Raza Khan (born Muhammad Ismail Raza; 23 November 1943 – 20 July 2018), also known as Tajush Shari'ah, and Azhari Miyan, was an Indian Islamic scholar. A mufti of the Barelvis, he was the great-grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi who w ...

Azhari * Qamaruzzaman Azmi *Muhammad Afzal Husain *Muhammad Husain * Rehan Raza Khan *Tehseen Raza Khan *Sayed Noor Muhammad *Zia Ul Mustafa *Shaykh Abdul Hadi Qaadri *Ahmad Muqaddam Qaadri * Badrul Qaadri *Ghulam Sarwar Al Qaadri *Mahmood Ahmad Qadri Rafaqati * Arshadul Qadri *Muhammad Ibrahim Raza *Muhammed Abdul Hamid Palmer Razvi *Muhammad Ghufraan Siddiqi * Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui *Sayed Shah Shah Turab-ul-Haq *Dr. Mufti Ghulam Sarwar Qadri *Badruddin Ahmed Qadri *Mufti Abdul Rashid Mufti e Azam Baraar *Mufti Mujeeb Ali *Allahma Akbar ali Rezvi *Mufti Anwarul Hak Qadri

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