Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri

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Ahmad Raza Khan (father)
RelativesHamid Raza Khan Elder brother
FamilyBarelvi family
Grand Mufti of India
TitleMufti E Azam Hind, Tajdar E Ahlesunnat
Official nameمفتي جمهورية الهند، مفتى مصطفى رضا خان
Personal
Home town
Ahmad Raza Khan
Students
Influenced by
  • Ahmed Raza Khan
Literary worksSee the list
Grand Mufti styles
His Eminence
Spoken styleThe Honourable
Religious styleMufti Azam-e-Hind, and Mufti al-Diyar al-Hindiyyah and Shaykh al-Islām
Alternative styleHadrat, Sheikh and Sahib-ul-Ma'ali
Informal styleMr. Grand Mufti

Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (1892–1981), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author, and leader of the Sunni

Ahmed Raza Khan.[3] He was known as Mufti-Azam-i-Hind to his followers.[4] He is widely known as Mufti-e-Azam-e-Hind.[5] On his death date his follower celebrate Urs name as Urs-e-Noori on every 14th Muharram
of Islamic Year.

Lineage

 Naqi Ali Khan
1830-1880
 
    
 Ahmad Raza Khan
1856 -1921
Hassan Raza Khan
1859 -1908
Muhammad Raza Khan
3 Daughters
 
   
Hamid Raza Khan
1875 -1943
Mustafa Raza Khan
1892–1981
5 Daughters

Life

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

fatawa Fatawa-e-Mustafwia. Thousands of Islamic scholars were counted as his spiritual successors.[6]
He was the main leader of the
Shuddhi movement to convert Muslims to Hinduism in pre-Partition India.[6][7]
During the time of emergency in 1977 in India, he issued a fatwa against vasectomy which was made compulsory and 6.2 million Indian men were sterilized in just a year.[8] In such circumstances Mustafa Raza Khan argued this order of Indian government given by Indira Gandhi.[9][10]

Works

Raza Khan's books include:[11]

  • 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)[12][13]
  • 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:[14][failed verification]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brief Introduction Maulana Mufti Mustafa Raza Khan". Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Ghausul Waqt, Huzoor Mufti-e-Azam Hind, Mawlana Mustapha Raza Khan". taajushshariah.com. Marriage. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ Sanyal (1998).
  4. from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2020. Among the guests at the ceremony were Maulana Mustafa Raza Khan of Bareilly (d. 1981), who was known to his followers as 'Mufti-Azam-i-Hind', and, second in importance ...
  5. ^ Razvi (2011).
  6. ^ from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  7. from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  8. ^ Biswas, Soutik (14 November 2014). "India's dark history of sterilisation". BBC News. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Shajrah-E-Muqad'das of the Silsila Aaliyah Qaaderiyah Barakaatiyah Radawiyyah" (PDF). 11 April 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  10. ^ "maulana mufti mustafa raza khan – Nafeislam.Com | Islam | Quran | Tafseer | Fatwa | Books | Audio | Video | Muslim | Sunni". books.nafseislam.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Saman-e-Bakhshish – اسلامی شاعری و نعتیہ دیوان – – Sunni Library – Alahazrat Network". alahazratnetwork.org. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  12. ^ "Saamaan e Bakhshish • Ridawiyyah". Ridawiyyah. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Muslim Scholar, Mufti Azam Hind Muhammad Mustafa Raza Khan Noori, Islamic Story in Urdu, Family Tree, Photoes, Date of Birth, Islamic Scholar – Ziaetaiba". www.ziaetaiba.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  14. from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Ghausul Waqt, Huzoor Mufti-e-Azam Hind, Mawlana Mustapha Raza Khan". taajushshariah.com. Famaous Khulafa. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Ashraful Fuqaha, Mufti-e-Azam Maharashtra, Mufti Muhammad Mujeeb Ashraf". ashrafulfuqaha.com. Famous Khulafa. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

Bibliography

  • Razvi, Moulana Muhammad Afthab Cassim, ed. (10 May 2011). Mufti-e-Azam-e-Hind — Imam Mustapha Raza Khan (PDF). books.nafseislam.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2020.
  • Sanyal, Usha (July 1998). "Generational Changes in the Leadership of the Ahl-e Sunnat Movement in North India during the Twentieth Century". Modern Asian Studies. 32 (3). Cambridge University Press: 635–656.
    JSTOR 313161
    .
Religious titles
Preceded by Grand Mufti of India
20th century
Succeeded by