Biography of Imam Ahmed Raza

Ahmed Raza Khan Fazil-e-Barelvi  (1856–1921) was a Sunni Islamic  scholar and Sufi, whose works influenced theBarelvi movement of South asia Raza Khan wrote on numerous topics, including law, religion, philosophy and the sciences. He was a prolific writer, producing nearly 1,000 works in his lifetime.Ahmed Raza Khan was born on 14 June 1856 (1272 AH) in Barelvi,Uttar Pardesh, India; his mother named him Amman Miyān. Raza Khan used the appellation "Abdul Mustafa" (slave of Mustafa) prior to signing his name in correspondence. He studied Islamic Science  and completed a traditional Dars-e-Nizami course under the supervision of his father Naqi Ali Khan, who was a legal scholar. He went on the Hajj with his father in 1878.
Ahmed Raza Khan promulgated several beliefs in light of Holy Quran and Hadees, regarding the Islamic prophet Muhammad(peace and blessing be upon him and his family)

• He is noor (light) as well as bashar (human), that is, noor-ul-bashar ("both light and human")
• He is haazir naazir (present alive in His grave and given power by ALLAH to watch and to travel whole world in seconds as well as power to travel many places at a time)
• God has granted him ilm-e-ghaib (the knowledge of the unseen)
• God has made him mukhtaar kul (having the authority to do whatever he desired by given power of ALLAH)

Ahmed Raza Khan translated the Qur'an into Urdu, which was first published in 1912 under the title of Kanz ul-Iman fi Tarjuma al-Qur’an. The original manuscript is preserved in the library of Idara Tahqiqat-i-Imam Ahmed Raza, Karachi, and an English translation of Kanzul Iman has also been published. Ahmed Raza Khan also wrote several books on the collection and compilation of Hadiths.Raza Khan's main work was Fatawa Ridawiyya which runs in 27 volumes of over 1000 pages each. The Raza Foundation under the leadership of  Abdul Qayyum Hazarwi revised the work, translating all the Persian and Arabic sentences in Urdu, and published it in 30 volumes, running across 90,000 pages.




Raza Khan investigated numerous religious questions:

• In 1915 he wrote a treatise describing 160 types of water which are acceptable for Wudu (ablution), and 146 types of proscribed water.
• He identified 181 acceptable and 130 unacceptable materials for Tayammum (alternatives to water for ablution).
• He was able to fill up the Naqsh-i-Murabba (a sixteen column quadrilateral) by 1152 methods.
• He knew 800 names of Muhammad from books, and was able to gather 1400 more.
• He analysed whether it was credible that Hussain was able to travel from Mecca to Karbala on 3rd Zillhij and reach there on 2nd of Muharam. He investigated the types of horses, the loads they carried, the route of the caravan, the types of terrain, and other factors, and finally concluded that the caravan could feasibly have reached Kerbala by the 2nd.

 Raza through his book which was published in 1912, presented four points for the economic development of Muslims:

• Barring the affairs wherein government is involved, Muslims should decide all their disputes mutually so that millions of rupees, which are being spent over litigations, may be saved.
• The affluent Muslims of Bombay (Mumbai),Calcutta, Rangoon, Mardas  and Hydrabad should open banks for other poor Muslims.
• Muslims should not purchase anything from anybody except Muslims.
• The sciences of Islam should be propagated and publicized.
 

 Faiz-E-Raza Jarey Rahay Gha Inshallah azawajal

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