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Islamic scholar
Medieval era
Name: Ahmed Raza Khan
Birth: 1856
Death: 1921
School/tradition: Hanafi
Main interests: Sufism
Ahmad Raza Khan known by many as Ala Hadhrat was a prominent Muslim Alim from Bareilly, a city in Northern India during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is most well known for inspiring the Barelwi Islamic movement named after his birthplace. Imam Aĥmed Raza was also poet and writer, authoring nearly 1,000 books and monographs of varying lengths in Arabic, Persian and Urdu. He was a follower of Hanafi fiqh.
Contents
1 Life history
1.1 His Family and Childhood
1.2 Adolescence and start of his ministry
1.3 Adulthood
2 Competing Schools of Thought
3 Authorization
4 His works
5 British Empire, Khilafat, and Jihad
6 Intellectual Life
7 Secularism
8 His last will
9 His Impact in the world today and Scholars Views about him
10 Differences from other groups
11 His students
12 References
13 See also
14 External links
Life history
His Family and Childhood
Dargah of Ala'Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan in Bareilly, India.
Aalahazrat Imam Aĥmed Raza was born in 1272 AH (1856 CE) into a family of Alims (legal scholars). His father, Mawlānā Naqī Áli Khān, was a renowned alim of his time. His mother named him Amman Miyān. Aalahazrat studied Islamic sciences mainly under the tutelage of his father. He undertook the traditional dars-e nizami course under his father's supervision. From the childhood, he was said to have a lot of aptitude for Islamic jurisprudence and above all tremendous love and respect for Prophet Muhammad. It is said that at the age of 6yrs he gave a sermon in a masjid on the occasion of the shab-e-meraj(night of ascent)for about two and half hours in a way, which was far too higher for a child of his age.
Adolescence and start of his ministry
At the age of 14,Imam Ahmed Raza gave a correct fatawa relating to a very complex matter, which matched that of the notable scholars of that time. Due to his remarkable capability and profound knowledge in matters of Islamic jurisprudence Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza, was given the responsibility of writing Fatawa (written answers to Islamic legal problems). It was through this path of life that he communicated to the groups that would carry his name, his vision of Islam and Din (faith). Because of his knowledge and innate intuition in matters of religion, many people used to approach him in matters of religion. He has written a book comprising of fatawa i.e. Fatawa Razwiyya comprising of 14 volumes, each volume in turn comprising of 14000 odd pages.
Adulthood
At 21 years of age, he received the blessing of one of the most outstanding Pirs of the area and sent him out to make Sufi's from anyone worthy. At 22 years of age while on Hajj with his father, he received many honours from some of the great Sufi teachers of his time. Hajj was a turning point in his life. It inspired Imam Raza Khan to make followers throughout India and impart his teachings and knowledge on them. During his lifetime, he wrote approximately 1398 books.
Aalahazrat Imam Aĥmed Raza studied many sciences and fiqh (Sunni religious law) particularly in the Hanafi school. He earned many degrees of authorization in Hanafi. By his own affirmation, the most important one was from the Mufti of Makkah, Shaykh Ábd ar-Raĥmān as-Sirāj ibn Ábdullāh as-Sirāj. This chain of transmission is claimed to reach back to Abu Hanifah.
He is known for his great love and respect for Prophet Muhammad because of which he had to attack(with his writings)the [Wahabis], libertarian religion-reformers like Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan, Abu'l Kalām Āzād, and others of the early 20th century.
Aalahazrat Imam Aĥmed Raza Khan took the Qadiri path and was initiated in that Sufi order by Sayyid Abu’l Ĥusayn Nūrī of Mārahra (a town in northern India). He dedicated many tracts to the love of Muhammad, as is evident in his writings and endeavours.
In 1904 he founded a school, the Madrasa Manzar al-Islam. The position of chief administrator of this school was later to become a hereditary one within the Raza family for the next four generations.
Aalahazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan died in 1340 AH (1921 CE) at the age of 67.
Competing Schools of Thought
Imam Ahmad Raza came into conflict with the leaders of Deoband. In Pakistan, the first purely religious political alliance was between Jamiat-e-Ulma-e-Islam (Deobandi) and Jamiat-e-Ulma-e-Pakistan (Barelwi). Later on, other schools of thought joined to form Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA).But one should keep in mind that these alliances are for political reasons as far as the basics of creed and dogmas are concerned the gulf is wide and will remain wider.
Authorization
He had many ijazahs (Degrees of authorization) in Hanafi fiqh, and by his own affirmation, the most important one is from the Muftī of Makkah, Shaykh abd ar-Rahmān as-Siraj ibn Abdullāh as-Siraj (The Master of the Kaaba or place of hajj). This chain of transmission reaches Imām Abū Hanifah in twenty-seven links and in further four to Muhammad.
He had an authorization of hadith (Sayings of Muhammad handed down from generation to generation) transmission from the great Meccan scholar, Malik al-úlamā, Sayyid Ahmed Zayni Dahlan ash-Shafiyi.
He took the Qadiri path and was initiated in that Sufi order by Allama Sayyid Shah Aale Rasool Hussaini Qadri Barkati Al-Hanafi ( Student of Allama Abdul Aziz Mohaddith e Dehalwi Al-Hanafi ) of Mārahra (a town in northern India) when he turned 21 years of age. He was a great lover of Muhammad (salallaho alehi wasallam) as is evident in his writings and endeavours. He was also a great poet who has to his credit abundant and sublime verse in Arabic, Persian and Urdu. The anthology of his Urdu and Persian verse is presented in a slim volume with two parts and named: ‘Hadayiq e Bakh’shish’ meaning ‘Gardens of Salvation’.
His works
Aalahazrat Imam Ahmed Raza was the author of nearly 1,400 books [citation needed] and monographs of varying lengths, as well as poetry, in Arabic, Persian and Urdu. Amongst the most well known are the following:
Kanz ul Iman Fi Tarjamatu'l Qu'ran (The Treasure of Faith: A translation of the Quran) - This is his Urdu translation of the Koran. It combines fluency of language with Qu'ranic exegesis and is an explanatory translation, as opposed to a literal one.
Ĥadāyiq e Bakh’shish (Gardens of Salvation) - This is his slim two-volume anthology of Urdu and Persian poetry, eulogizing the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah blessings and salaams be upon him).
Al- Átāyā an-Nabawiyyah fi’l Fatāwā ar-RiĎawiyyah (also known as Fatāwa ar-RiDawiyyah or Fatāwā Razwiyah) - His magnum opus, this is a collection of books, monographs and edicts on all aspects of Hanafī fiqh. The latest edition runs into 24 large volumes.
Al-Dawlatul Makkiyah (The Meccan Treasure) - This is amongst his masterpieces and was written in a few days. It discusses, in great detail, the Prophet's Knowledge of the Unseen ( 'ilm al ghayb), one of the contentious issues between Ahlus Sunnah and their opponents, notably the literalist Wahabi school.
Hussamul Harmain which is collection of fatawa of heresy given against notable Deobandi and Wahabi scholars(like Ashraf Ali Thanwi) by the great and well-known Islamic scholars of Mecca and Medina.
He also made several poems about Muhammad, such as Lam Yati Nadhiruka Fi Nadharin (in Arabic Urdu, Hindi and Persian) and Zamin-o-Zaman, which can be found in Ĥadāyiq e Bakh’shish.
British Empire, Khilafat, and Jihad
From the period of the Crimean War to 1878, Britain encouraged a pro-Turkish policy for Muslim India. Aĥmed Raza's stance followed this line. In one of his famous works, Tahzib Al-Akhlaq, he is on record as praising the reforms in the Ottoman Dominions.
He rejected the spiritual jurisdiction of the Ottoman Khilafah based on the accepted classical Sunni position that the caliph must be from Quraysh, the tribe of the Prophet to which the Ottomans did not belong. He held the view that the real Khilafah had ended with the first four caliphs (Khulafa al-Rashidun) and protested the ban imposed by Sultan Abd Al-Hamid II against discussions on this subject, which was entirely in accordance with Sunni traditional thought. Aĥmed Raza rejected the jihad against the British occupation of India since in his view, British India was not Dar al Herb (an abode of war), and refused to cooperate with Hindus and other Muslims who used various other means of protest against the British Empire which were against the Shariah in his view. His stance was based on the principal that one must not cooperate with people of innovation in doctrine ahl ul bid'ah and thus disobey the Shariah for political gain. Personally, it appears he did not accept the jurisdiction of the British; an indication of this was his habit of affixing postage stamps with the head of the Queen upside down and his refusal to attend British court hearings.
However, when the Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in 1920 by an alliance of the Khilafat Movement and Gandhi, Aĥmed Raza remained aloof. He objected to collaboration with Hindus in preference to collaboration with 'People of the Book', the British, based on sound Islamic legal edicts of the past.
Intellectual Life
Aalahazrat Imam Aĥmed Raza's spiritual and religious involvements seemingly encompassed his life. However, he was also a self-taught scientist in many fields and a mathematician. He acted upon his sincere belief of the Koran and Hadith mentioning that Islam and science are intertwined within each other. He wrote several treatises on several scientific fields. [1].
Secularism
During the period of the Indian Khilafat Movement, Gandhi was advised that he should meet with Aĥmed Raza. When he was told that the Gandhi wished to meet and speak to him, Aĥmed Raza said, "What would he speak about? Religion or worldly affairs? If it is worldly affairs, what can I partake in, for I have abstained from the world and have no interest in it." (Al Mizaan, p. 335)
Hasan Nizami in an article called Kitabi Dunya (p. 2) when referring to the introduction to Dawam al-Aish (p. 18) said about Ahmad Rida Khan: "Most of his novices and followers separated from him for their disagreement with him on the Khilafat Movement."
Ahmad Rida Khan declared that in the time of British Imperialism in India, there was no Jihad against them! This led to his opponents to consider him to be a supporter of the British and some went to the level of accusing him to be funded by the British. Ahmad Rida Khan said in his al-Mahajjat al-Mu'tamana (p. 208): "Jihad is not obligatory for us, the Muslims of India, on the basis of the Qur'an. He who holds that it is obligatory is an opponent to the Muslims and intends to harm them!" He also said in his book: Dawam al-Aish (p. 46): "Jihad and fighting are not binding on the Muslims of India!"
His last will
He had made a statement that his followers should strictly abide to his doctrines and ideologies His statements have been collated by a Barelvi by the name of Hasnain Rida in a book entitled: Wasaya Sharif. Rida Khan said to his followers as recorded in the Wasaya (p. 10): "Hold fast to my faith and doctrine which is apparent from my works. Hold fast to it and remain honest to it, for it is the most significant duty among the duties." He also said: "I do not know how long I shall live among you. You are the naive sheep of Mustafa and the wolves have encompassed you from all sides. They want to lead you astray and create schism and dissent among you. They wish to carry you to the hell-fire. So keep away from them, especially the Deobandies" (Al-Bastawi in his al-Bareilawi, p. 105).
His Impact in the world today and Scholars Views about him
His impact in the World today [[2]]
Comments by Supporters and adversaries [[3]]
Differences from other groups
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, claimed to be a "prophet" in what he claimed to be an allegorical sense. These claims proved to be extremely controversial among Muslims and he was branded as a heretic and apostate by many religious scholars of the time, including Ahmad Rida. To prove his point, when Ahmad Rida visited Mecca and Madina for pilgrimage in 1905, he prepared a draft document entitled "AlMotamad AlMustanad" (The Reliable Proofs) for presentation to the eminent scholars of Mecca and Madina. Ahmad Rida collected opinions of the Ulama of Hejaz and compiled them in a compendium written in Arabic language with the title, Husam al Harmain(The Sword of two sanctuaries), a work containing the thirty-three Ulamas’ thirty -four verdicts(20 Meccan and 13 Medinese Ulama). The unanimous consensus was that Ghulam Ahmad's beliefs were blasphemous and tantamount to apostasy.[4].
His students
Prominent Muslim alims from the Indian sub-continent who were amongst the students of Aĥmed Riđā are as follows:
Muhammad Hamid Raza Khan Noori Barkaati ( Hujjatul Islam )
Mustapha Raza Qadri Noori Barkaati ( Mufti Azam e Hind )
Abdus Salaam Jabalpuri ( Eidul Islam )
Sayyid Shah Na'eemuddeen Muraadabadi ( Sadarul Afazil )
Sayyid Zafar'uddeen Bihaari ( Malikul Ulema )
Abdul Aleem Siddique ( Muballigh e Islam )
Mufti Amjad Ali (Sadar us shariah )
Zia'uddeen Ahmed Al Madani ( Qutb e Medina )
Burhaanul Haq Jabalpuri ( Burhan e Millat )
Mawlana Mukhtar Ahmad Siddiqi Meerati
Muhammad Abd al-Hayy
Ahmad Khalil
Ahmad Khudravi
Muhammad bin Abi Bakr
Muhammad Sa'id
Mawlana Sayyid Ahmad Ashraf Ashrafi
Mawlana Syed shah Sulayman Ashraf Bihari
Hashmat Ali Khan ( Sher Besha'e Ahle Sunnat )
References
Baraka, A - A Saviour in a Dark World (Article) The Islamic Times, March 2003 Stockport, UK
Haroon, M The World of Importance of Imam Ahmad Raza Kazi Publications, Lahore 1974
See also
Barelwi
Mustafa Raza Khan
Barkatiya Silsila
External links
A Complete Encyclopedia about Ala Hazrat Ahmed Raza Khan.
The Life and Works of the Muslim Revivalist, A'La Hadrat
Research works on Imam Ahmad Raza Khan
Online Books and Works of Imam Ahmed Rida Khan
Fatawa and Works by Imam Ahmed Rida Khan
SALAAM BY IMAM AHMED RAZA KHAN
Audio Recitation of Al-Quran with English and Urdu Translations by Imam Ahmed Rida Khan
A detailed website about the Imam's life and works
and Works.htm.com Research work at South Africa on the works of Ahmed Raza Khan.
The Life and Work of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan.
[http://www.barkati.net All Islamic Information {chief Organizer Allama Shah Turabul Haq Qadri Saheb
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Islamic scholar
Medieval era
Name: Ahmed Raza Khan
Birth: 1856
Death: 1921
School/tradition: Hanafi
Main interests: Sufism
Ahmad Raza Khan known by many as Ala Hadhrat was a prominent Muslim Alim from Bareilly, a city in Northern India during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is most well known for inspiring the Barelwi Islamic movement named after his birthplace. Imam Aĥmed Raza was also poet and writer, authoring nearly 1,000 books and monographs of varying lengths in Arabic, Persian and Urdu. He was a follower of Hanafi fiqh.
Contents
1 Life history
1.1 His Family and Childhood
1.2 Adolescence and start of his ministry
1.3 Adulthood
2 Competing Schools of Thought
3 Authorization
4 His works
5 British Empire, Khilafat, and Jihad
6 Intellectual Life
7 Secularism
8 His last will
9 His Impact in the world today and Scholars Views about him
10 Differences from other groups
11 His students
12 References
13 See also
14 External links
Life history
His Family and Childhood
Dargah of Ala'Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan in Bareilly, India.
Aalahazrat Imam Aĥmed Raza was born in 1272 AH (1856 CE) into a family of Alims (legal scholars). His father, Mawlānā Naqī Áli Khān, was a renowned alim of his time. His mother named him Amman Miyān. Aalahazrat studied Islamic sciences mainly under the tutelage of his father. He undertook the traditional dars-e nizami course under his father's supervision. From the childhood, he was said to have a lot of aptitude for Islamic jurisprudence and above all tremendous love and respect for Prophet Muhammad. It is said that at the age of 6yrs he gave a sermon in a masjid on the occasion of the shab-e-meraj(night of ascent)for about two and half hours in a way, which was far too higher for a child of his age.
Adolescence and start of his ministry
At the age of 14,Imam Ahmed Raza gave a correct fatawa relating to a very complex matter, which matched that of the notable scholars of that time. Due to his remarkable capability and profound knowledge in matters of Islamic jurisprudence Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza, was given the responsibility of writing Fatawa (written answers to Islamic legal problems). It was through this path of life that he communicated to the groups that would carry his name, his vision of Islam and Din (faith). Because of his knowledge and innate intuition in matters of religion, many people used to approach him in matters of religion. He has written a book comprising of fatawa i.e. Fatawa Razwiyya comprising of 14 volumes, each volume in turn comprising of 14000 odd pages.
Adulthood
At 21 years of age, he received the blessing of one of the most outstanding Pirs of the area and sent him out to make Sufi's from anyone worthy. At 22 years of age while on Hajj with his father, he received many honours from some of the great Sufi teachers of his time. Hajj was a turning point in his life. It inspired Imam Raza Khan to make followers throughout India and impart his teachings and knowledge on them. During his lifetime, he wrote approximately 1398 books.
Aalahazrat Imam Aĥmed Raza studied many sciences and fiqh (Sunni religious law) particularly in the Hanafi school. He earned many degrees of authorization in Hanafi. By his own affirmation, the most important one was from the Mufti of Makkah, Shaykh Ábd ar-Raĥmān as-Sirāj ibn Ábdullāh as-Sirāj. This chain of transmission is claimed to reach back to Abu Hanifah.
He is known for his great love and respect for Prophet Muhammad because of which he had to attack(with his writings)the [Wahabis], libertarian religion-reformers like Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan, Abu'l Kalām Āzād, and others of the early 20th century.
Aalahazrat Imam Aĥmed Raza Khan took the Qadiri path and was initiated in that Sufi order by Sayyid Abu’l Ĥusayn Nūrī of Mārahra (a town in northern India). He dedicated many tracts to the love of Muhammad, as is evident in his writings and endeavours.
In 1904 he founded a school, the Madrasa Manzar al-Islam. The position of chief administrator of this school was later to become a hereditary one within the Raza family for the next four generations.
Aalahazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan died in 1340 AH (1921 CE) at the age of 67.
Competing Schools of Thought
Imam Ahmad Raza came into conflict with the leaders of Deoband. In Pakistan, the first purely religious political alliance was between Jamiat-e-Ulma-e-Islam (Deobandi) and Jamiat-e-Ulma-e-Pakistan (Barelwi). Later on, other schools of thought joined to form Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA).But one should keep in mind that these alliances are for political reasons as far as the basics of creed and dogmas are concerned the gulf is wide and will remain wider.
Authorization
He had many ijazahs (Degrees of authorization) in Hanafi fiqh, and by his own affirmation, the most important one is from the Muftī of Makkah, Shaykh abd ar-Rahmān as-Siraj ibn Abdullāh as-Siraj (The Master of the Kaaba or place of hajj). This chain of transmission reaches Imām Abū Hanifah in twenty-seven links and in further four to Muhammad.
He had an authorization of hadith (Sayings of Muhammad handed down from generation to generation) transmission from the great Meccan scholar, Malik al-úlamā, Sayyid Ahmed Zayni Dahlan ash-Shafiyi.
He took the Qadiri path and was initiated in that Sufi order by Allama Sayyid Shah Aale Rasool Hussaini Qadri Barkati Al-Hanafi ( Student of Allama Abdul Aziz Mohaddith e Dehalwi Al-Hanafi ) of Mārahra (a town in northern India) when he turned 21 years of age. He was a great lover of Muhammad (salallaho alehi wasallam) as is evident in his writings and endeavours. He was also a great poet who has to his credit abundant and sublime verse in Arabic, Persian and Urdu. The anthology of his Urdu and Persian verse is presented in a slim volume with two parts and named: ‘Hadayiq e Bakh’shish’ meaning ‘Gardens of Salvation’.
His works
Aalahazrat Imam Ahmed Raza was the author of nearly 1,400 books [citation needed] and monographs of varying lengths, as well as poetry, in Arabic, Persian and Urdu. Amongst the most well known are the following:
Kanz ul Iman Fi Tarjamatu'l Qu'ran (The Treasure of Faith: A translation of the Quran) - This is his Urdu translation of the Koran. It combines fluency of language with Qu'ranic exegesis and is an explanatory translation, as opposed to a literal one.
Ĥadāyiq e Bakh’shish (Gardens of Salvation) - This is his slim two-volume anthology of Urdu and Persian poetry, eulogizing the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah blessings and salaams be upon him).
Al- Átāyā an-Nabawiyyah fi’l Fatāwā ar-RiĎawiyyah (also known as Fatāwa ar-RiDawiyyah or Fatāwā Razwiyah) - His magnum opus, this is a collection of books, monographs and edicts on all aspects of Hanafī fiqh. The latest edition runs into 24 large volumes.
Al-Dawlatul Makkiyah (The Meccan Treasure) - This is amongst his masterpieces and was written in a few days. It discusses, in great detail, the Prophet's Knowledge of the Unseen ( 'ilm al ghayb), one of the contentious issues between Ahlus Sunnah and their opponents, notably the literalist Wahabi school.
Hussamul Harmain which is collection of fatawa of heresy given against notable Deobandi and Wahabi scholars(like Ashraf Ali Thanwi) by the great and well-known Islamic scholars of Mecca and Medina.
He also made several poems about Muhammad, such as Lam Yati Nadhiruka Fi Nadharin (in Arabic Urdu, Hindi and Persian) and Zamin-o-Zaman, which can be found in Ĥadāyiq e Bakh’shish.
British Empire, Khilafat, and Jihad
From the period of the Crimean War to 1878, Britain encouraged a pro-Turkish policy for Muslim India. Aĥmed Raza's stance followed this line. In one of his famous works, Tahzib Al-Akhlaq, he is on record as praising the reforms in the Ottoman Dominions.
He rejected the spiritual jurisdiction of the Ottoman Khilafah based on the accepted classical Sunni position that the caliph must be from Quraysh, the tribe of the Prophet to which the Ottomans did not belong. He held the view that the real Khilafah had ended with the first four caliphs (Khulafa al-Rashidun) and protested the ban imposed by Sultan Abd Al-Hamid II against discussions on this subject, which was entirely in accordance with Sunni traditional thought. Aĥmed Raza rejected the jihad against the British occupation of India since in his view, British India was not Dar al Herb (an abode of war), and refused to cooperate with Hindus and other Muslims who used various other means of protest against the British Empire which were against the Shariah in his view. His stance was based on the principal that one must not cooperate with people of innovation in doctrine ahl ul bid'ah and thus disobey the Shariah for political gain. Personally, it appears he did not accept the jurisdiction of the British; an indication of this was his habit of affixing postage stamps with the head of the Queen upside down and his refusal to attend British court hearings.
However, when the Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in 1920 by an alliance of the Khilafat Movement and Gandhi, Aĥmed Raza remained aloof. He objected to collaboration with Hindus in preference to collaboration with 'People of the Book', the British, based on sound Islamic legal edicts of the past.
Intellectual Life
Aalahazrat Imam Aĥmed Raza's spiritual and religious involvements seemingly encompassed his life. However, he was also a self-taught scientist in many fields and a mathematician. He acted upon his sincere belief of the Koran and Hadith mentioning that Islam and science are intertwined within each other. He wrote several treatises on several scientific fields. [1].
Secularism
During the period of the Indian Khilafat Movement, Gandhi was advised that he should meet with Aĥmed Raza. When he was told that the Gandhi wished to meet and speak to him, Aĥmed Raza said, "What would he speak about? Religion or worldly affairs? If it is worldly affairs, what can I partake in, for I have abstained from the world and have no interest in it." (Al Mizaan, p. 335)
Hasan Nizami in an article called Kitabi Dunya (p. 2) when referring to the introduction to Dawam al-Aish (p. 18) said about Ahmad Rida Khan: "Most of his novices and followers separated from him for their disagreement with him on the Khilafat Movement."
Ahmad Rida Khan declared that in the time of British Imperialism in India, there was no Jihad against them! This led to his opponents to consider him to be a supporter of the British and some went to the level of accusing him to be funded by the British. Ahmad Rida Khan said in his al-Mahajjat al-Mu'tamana (p. 208): "Jihad is not obligatory for us, the Muslims of India, on the basis of the Qur'an. He who holds that it is obligatory is an opponent to the Muslims and intends to harm them!" He also said in his book: Dawam al-Aish (p. 46): "Jihad and fighting are not binding on the Muslims of India!"
His last will
He had made a statement that his followers should strictly abide to his doctrines and ideologies His statements have been collated by a Barelvi by the name of Hasnain Rida in a book entitled: Wasaya Sharif. Rida Khan said to his followers as recorded in the Wasaya (p. 10): "Hold fast to my faith and doctrine which is apparent from my works. Hold fast to it and remain honest to it, for it is the most significant duty among the duties." He also said: "I do not know how long I shall live among you. You are the naive sheep of Mustafa and the wolves have encompassed you from all sides. They want to lead you astray and create schism and dissent among you. They wish to carry you to the hell-fire. So keep away from them, especially the Deobandies" (Al-Bastawi in his al-Bareilawi, p. 105).
His Impact in the world today and Scholars Views about him
His impact in the World today [[2]]
Comments by Supporters and adversaries [[3]]
Differences from other groups
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, claimed to be a "prophet" in what he claimed to be an allegorical sense. These claims proved to be extremely controversial among Muslims and he was branded as a heretic and apostate by many religious scholars of the time, including Ahmad Rida. To prove his point, when Ahmad Rida visited Mecca and Madina for pilgrimage in 1905, he prepared a draft document entitled "AlMotamad AlMustanad" (The Reliable Proofs) for presentation to the eminent scholars of Mecca and Madina. Ahmad Rida collected opinions of the Ulama of Hejaz and compiled them in a compendium written in Arabic language with the title, Husam al Harmain(The Sword of two sanctuaries), a work containing the thirty-three Ulamas’ thirty -four verdicts(20 Meccan and 13 Medinese Ulama). The unanimous consensus was that Ghulam Ahmad's beliefs were blasphemous and tantamount to apostasy.[4].
His students
Prominent Muslim alims from the Indian sub-continent who were amongst the students of Aĥmed Riđā are as follows:
Muhammad Hamid Raza Khan Noori Barkaati ( Hujjatul Islam )
Mustapha Raza Qadri Noori Barkaati ( Mufti Azam e Hind )
Abdus Salaam Jabalpuri ( Eidul Islam )
Sayyid Shah Na'eemuddeen Muraadabadi ( Sadarul Afazil )
Sayyid Zafar'uddeen Bihaari ( Malikul Ulema )
Abdul Aleem Siddique ( Muballigh e Islam )
Mufti Amjad Ali (Sadar us shariah )
Zia'uddeen Ahmed Al Madani ( Qutb e Medina )
Burhaanul Haq Jabalpuri ( Burhan e Millat )
Mawlana Mukhtar Ahmad Siddiqi Meerati
Muhammad Abd al-Hayy
Ahmad Khalil
Ahmad Khudravi
Muhammad bin Abi Bakr
Muhammad Sa'id
Mawlana Sayyid Ahmad Ashraf Ashrafi
Mawlana Syed shah Sulayman Ashraf Bihari
Hashmat Ali Khan ( Sher Besha'e Ahle Sunnat )
References
Baraka, A - A Saviour in a Dark World (Article) The Islamic Times, March 2003 Stockport, UK
Haroon, M The World of Importance of Imam Ahmad Raza Kazi Publications, Lahore 1974
See also
Barelwi
Mustafa Raza Khan
Barkatiya Silsila
External links
A Complete Encyclopedia about Ala Hazrat Ahmed Raza Khan.
The Life and Works of the Muslim Revivalist, A'La Hadrat
Research works on Imam Ahmad Raza Khan
Online Books and Works of Imam Ahmed Rida Khan
Fatawa and Works by Imam Ahmed Rida Khan
SALAAM BY IMAM AHMED RAZA KHAN
Audio Recitation of Al-Quran with English and Urdu Translations by Imam Ahmed Rida Khan
A detailed website about the Imam's life and works
and Works.htm.com Research work at South Africa on the works of Ahmed Raza Khan.
The Life and Work of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan.
[http://www.barkati.net All Islamic Information {chief Organizer Allama Shah Turabul Haq Qadri Saheb
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Rida_Khan"
======================================
SEARCH FROM THE WEB SITE WIKIPEDIA
BY
MUHAMMED A. HAFEEZ
B.COM.,
HYDERABAD,
INDIA.
EMAIL : hafeezanwar@yahoo.com
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