Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

Ala Hazrat

Ahmed Raza Khan
Ala Hazrat; Ahmed Raza Khan
أَعْلَىٰ حَضْرَتِ إِمَامِ أَحْمَدَ رَضَـا خَانٍ بَرِيلَوِيٍّ‎
Title	Imam Ahl-e-Sunnat; إِمَامُ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ‎
Personal
Born	14 June 1856; Bareilly, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	October 1921 (aged 65); Bareilly, United Provinces, British India
Resting place	Bareilly Sharif Dargah, Uttar Pradesh, India
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Indian
Spouse	Irshad Begum
Children	Hamid Raza Khan; Mustafa Raza Khan; Mustafai Begum; Kaneez Hasan; Kaneez Husain; Kaneez Hasnain; Murtazai Begum;
Parents	Naqi Ali Khan (father); Hussaini Khanum (mother);
Citizenship	British Indian
Era	Modern era
Region	South Asia
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Barelvi
Main interest(s)	Islamic theology, Hadith, Tafsir, Hanafi jurisprudence, Urdu poetry, Tasawwuf, Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Astronomy
Tariqa	Qadri
Relations	Hassan Raza Khan (Brother); Ibrahim Raza Khan (Grandson)(Son of Hamid Raza Khan); Akhtar Raza Khan (Great-Grandson) ; Asjad Raza Khan (Great-Great-Grandson); Hussam Raza Khan (Great- Great-Grandson);
Senior posting
Successor	Hamid Raza Khan
	Influenced by Abu Hanifa; Abdul Qadir Gilani; Mu'in al-Din Chishti; Nizamuddin Auliya; Al-Suyuti; Ibn Abidin; Qadi Iyad;
	Influenced The entirety of Barelvi Movement;

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, also known as Ala Hazrat, (Urdu: أَعْلَىٰ حَضْرَتِ إِمَامِ أَحْمَدَ رَضَـا خَانٍ بَرِيلَوِيٍّ) was an Indian Islamic scholar, theologian, jurist, preacher, and poet from Bareilly, British India. He is revered as the founder of the Barelvi movement and the Razvi branch of the Qadiri Sufi order. Considered a polymath,^[3] he wrote extensively on law, religion, philosophy, and sciences, mastering both rational and religious subjects. He was a reformer who defended Prophet Muhammad and popular Sufi practices,^[4]^[5] influencing millions of people. Today, the Barelvi movement has around 200 million followers in the region.^[6]

References

↑ Hayat-e-Aala Hadhrat, vol.1 p.1
↑ Rahman, Tariq. "Munāẓarah Literature in Urdu: An Extra-Curricular Educational Input in Pakistan's Religious Education." Islamic Studies (2008): 197–220.
↑ Robinson, Francis (1988). Varieties of South Asian Islam. The Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER), University of Warwick. p. 8.
↑ Sanyal, Usha (30 April 2018). "Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi". In Kassam, Zayn R.; Greenberg, Yudit Kornberg; Bagli, Jehan (eds.). Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer Netherlands. pp. 22–24. doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_1951. ISBN 9789402412673. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2021 – via Springer Link.
↑ Sanyal, Usha (2018). "Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi". Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. pp. 22–24. doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_1951. ISBN 978-94-024-1266-6. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
↑ "Barelvi". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions.

[1] Hayat-e-Aala Hadhrat, vol.1 p.1

[Rahman,_Tariq_2008-2] Rahman, Tariq. "Munāẓarah Literature in Urdu: An Extra-Curricular Educational Input in Pakistan's Religious Education." Islamic Studies (2008): 197–220.

[3] Robinson, Francis (1988). Varieties of South Asian Islam. The Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER), University of Warwick. p. 8.

[4] Sanyal, Usha (30 April 2018). "Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi". In Kassam, Zayn R.; Greenberg, Yudit Kornberg; Bagli, Jehan (eds.). Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer Netherlands. pp. 22–24. doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_1951. ISBN 9789402412673. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2021 – via Springer Link.

[5] Sanyal, Usha (2018). "Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi". Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. pp. 22–24. doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_1951. ISBN 978-94-024-1266-6. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[auto1-6] "Barelvi". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions.

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