Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

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Not to be confused with Syed Ahmad Barelvi.
Islamic scholar
Ahmed Raza Khan
Title Ala Hazrat
Born 14 June 1!"#1$
Died 1%&1 'a(ed "4)"!*
Ethnicity +ndian
Era ,odern era
Region -outh A.ia
Jurisprudence Hanafi
Creed -unni
Main interest(s A/eedah, Fi/h, 0a.a11uf
In!luenced "y#.ho1$
In!luenced#.ho1$
Barel#i mo#ement

Central !igures
Ahmed Raza Khan Barel#i
,u.tafa Raza Khan
Hamid Raza Khan
$rganizations
Jamaat Ahle -unnat, 2aki.tan
-unni 0ehreek, 2aki.tan
-unni +ttehad 3ouncil, 2aki.tan
4a1at5e5+.lami, +nternational
-unni 4a1at5e5+.lami, +nternational
Institutions
Al Jamiatul A.hrafia 6 ,anzar5e5+.lam
Al5Jame5atul5+.lamia 6 Jamiatur Raza
%ota"le &cholars
Ameen ,ian 7audri, +ndia
-arfraz Ahmed 8aeemi, 2aki.tan
,uhammad +lya. 7adri, 2aki.tan
Akhtar Raza, +ndia
7amaruzzaman Azmi, 9nited Kin(dom
,uhammad ,u.lehuddin -iddi/ui, 2aki.tan
Ar.hadul 7audri, +ndia
'iterature
Kanzul +man, tran.lation of the 7ur:an
Ahmed Raza Khan (azil)e)Barel#i ) 9rdu :

, Hindi; , 1!")1%&1 ,(
popularly kno1n a. Aala *azrat, 1a. a Hanafi -unni 1ho founded the Barelvi movement of -outh
A.ia<#&$ #=$ #4$ Raza Khan 1rote on numerou. topic., includin( la1, reli(ion, philo.ophy and the
.cience.< He 1a. a prolific 1riter, producin( nearly 1,>>> 1ork. in hi. lifetime<#=$
Contents
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1 ?arly life
1<1 Reli(iou. .tudie.
& Belief.
&<1 @ppo.ition to other .ect.
&<& @ppo.ition to heterodoA practice.
= 2olitical /uieti.m
4 3ritici.m
! -ee al.o
" Reference.
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?arly life#edit$
Hi. father 1a. 8a/i Ali Khan, hi. (rand father 1a. Raza Ali Khan and hi. (reat5(randfather -hah
Kazim Ali Khan#!$ 1a. a noted -unni .cholar<#"$
Ahmad 1a. Corn on ,onday at 14 June 1!" in Ja.uli,one of the area. of Bareilly -harif, united
+ndia<Hi. Cirth name i. ,ohammad<Hi. (randfather called him Ahmad Raza and Ahmed:. mother
named him Amman ,iyDn< He Cecame famou. 1ith the name 1hich 1a. kept Cy hi.
(randfather#B$ Khan u.ed the appellation EACdul ,u.tafaE 'slave [or servant] of Mustafa* prior to
.i(nin( hi. name in corre.pondence<#$ He .tudied +.lamic .cience. and completed a
traditional 4ar.5i58izami cour.e under the .upervi.ion of hi. father 8a/F Gli KhDn, 1ho 1a. a le(al
.cholar< He 1ent on the HaHH 1ith hi. father in 1B<
Religious studies+edit,
Ahmed Raza Khan tran.lated the 7uran into 9rdu, 1hich 1a. fir.t puCli.hed in 1%1& under the title
of Kanz ul-man fi !ar"uma al-#ur$an< 0he ori(inal manu.cript i. pre.erved in the liCrary of +dara
0ah/i/at5i5+mam Ahmed Raza, Karachi, and an ?n(li.h tran.lation of Kanzul man ha. al.o Ceen
puCli.hed< Ahmed Raza Khan al.o 1rote .everal Cook. on the collection and compilation of hadith.<
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Belief.#edit$
Ahmed Raza Khan:. Celief. re(ardin( ,uhammad include;
,uhammad '.a1*, althou(h human, po..e..ed a noor 'li(ht* that predate. creation<#1>$ 0hi.
contra.t. 1ith the 4eoCandi vie1 that ,uhammad 1a. insan-e-%amil 'Ethe complete manE*, a
re.pected Cut phy.ically typical human<#11$ #1&$
He i. haazir naazir 'can Ce pre.ent in many place. at the .ame time, a. oppo.ed to Iod, 1ho i.
every1here Cy definition*<#1=$
Iod ha. (ranted him ilm-e-&haib 'the kno1led(e of the un.een*<
Raza Khan 1rote;
'e do not hold that anyone can e(ual the %nowled&e of Allah Most )i&h* or +ossess it
inde+endently* nor do we assert that Allah$s &ivin& of %nowled&e to the ,ro+het -Allah
bless him and &ive him +eace. is anythin& but a +art. But what a +atent and tremendous
difference between one +art [the ,ro+het$s] and another [anyone else$s]/ li%e the
difference between the s%y and the earth* or rather even &reater and more immense.
JAhmed Raza Khan, al-0awla al-Ma%%iyya -c11.* 234.
$pposition to other sects+edit,
,irza Ihulam Ahmad of 7adian claimed to Ce the ,ahdi 'me..iah* a1aited Cy the ,u.lim. a.
1ell a. a ne1 prophet< 0he.e claim. proved to Ce eAtremely controver.ial amon( many in the
,u.lim community, and he 1a. Cranded a heretic and apo.tate Cy many reli(iou. .cholar. of the
time, includin( Ahmed Raza Khan< Ihulam Ahmad:. claim. are controver.ial to thi. day, Cut hi.
,ahdi .tatu. and prophethood i. Celieved in Cy the Ahmadiyya .ect< 0hou(h, 2aki.tan in 1%B4,
have officially declared the Ahmadiyya .ect non5,u.lim.<#14$
When Ahmed Raza vi.ited ,ecca and ,edina for pil(rima(e in 1%>!, he prepared a draft document
entitled Al Motamad Al Mustanad 'E0he ReliaCle 2roof.E* for pre.entation to the .cholar. of ,ecca
and ,edina< Ahmed Raza Khan collected opinion. of the ulama of the HeHaz and compiled them in
an AraCic lan(ua(e compendium 1ith the title, )usam al )armain 'E0he -1ord of 01o
-anctuarie.E*, a 1ork containin( =4 verdict. from == ulama '&> ,eccan and 1= ,edine.e*< +n that
1ork, 1hich 1a. to in.pire a reciprocal .erie. of fat1a. Cet1een Barelvi. and 4eoCandi. la.tin( to
the pre.ent, Ahmad Raza denounced a. %uffar the 4eoCandi leader. A.hraf Ali 0han1i, Ra.hid
Ahmad Ian(ohi, and ,uhammad7a.im 8anot1i<#1!$
Khan i..ued fat1a. a(ain.t other reli(iou. (roup. .uch a. 4eoCandi. and Ahl al5Hadith, accu.in(
them of Cein( di.re.pectful to1ard. ,uhammad '.a1*< Khan 1ent a. far a. to declare not only all
4eoCandi. and Ahl al5Hadith a. infidel. and apo.tate.,#1"$ Cut al.o any non54eoCandi. 1ho
douCted the apo.ta.y of 4eoCandi.<#1B$
$pposition to heterodo- practices+edit,
Raza Khan condemned many practice. he .a1 a. bid5at 'forCidden innovation.*, .uch a.;
#awali 'reli(iou. mu.ic* and -ufi 1hirlin(, 1hich he oppo.ed a. un5+.lamic< Khan i..ued a fat1a
in 1hich he /uoted the .ayin(. of the 3hi.ti -ufi order demon.tratin( their vie1 that mu.ical
in.trument. are forCidden in +.lam<#1$
!awaf 'ceremonially 1alkin( in circle. around a holy .ite * of tomC.<#1%$
Sa"da 'pro.tration* on -hrine. and 0omC. to tho.e other than Iod#&>$ #&1$
!a5zieh, play. re5enactin( reli(iou. .cene.#&>$
Women (oin( to vi.it mazaar 'tomC.*#&&$
2olitical /uieti.m#edit$
9nlike mo.t other ,u.lim leader. in the re(ion at the time, Khan and hi. movement oppo.ed
the +ndian independence movement due to it. leader.hip under Iandhi, 1ho 1a. not a ,u.lim<#&=$
3ritici.m#edit$
Raza oppo.ed laCelin( then5Briti.h held +ndia to Ce 4ar al5HarC 'Eland of 1arE*, thu. oppo.in( any
Hu.tification of Hihad '.tru((le* or hiHrat 'ma.. emi(ration to e.cape* a(ain.t the propo.ed plan. of
the 4eoCandiyya ,ovement 1ho 1i.hed to Ce(in Hihaad< Raza:. .tance 1a. oppo.ed Cy 4eoCandi
.cholar. .uch a. ,uhammad 7a.im 8anotvi<#&4$
Raza Khan oppo.ed the Celief in a heliocentric .y.tem, in.tead .tatin( that the .un and moon
circulate around the ?arth<#&!$
-ee al.o#edit$
,u.tafa Raza Khan
Hamid Raza Khan
Akhtar Raza Khan
7amaruzzaman Azmi
-yed Waheed A.hraf
,uhammad +lya. 7adri
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