Hamid Raza Khan

Hamid Raza Khan Qadri was an Islamic scholar (Hujjat-ul-Islam) and mystic of the Barelvi movement. Qaaderi was born in 1875 (Rabi' al-awwal 1292 Hijri), in the city of Bareilly, India. Hi name at the time of his aqeeqah was Muhammad, as it was family tradition.^[1]

Lineage

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Central figures Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Peer Jamaat Ali Shah Hamid Raza Khan Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri Maulana Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi Ahmad Saeed Kazmi Shah Turab ul Haq
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Notable Scholars Past Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi Shah Ahmad Noorani Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi Arshadul Qaudri Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim Nurul Islam Farooqi Akhtar Raza Khan Present Qamaruzzaman Azmi Ameen Mian Qaudri Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri Muhammad Arshad Misbahi Hamid Saeed Kazmi Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi Muhammad Ilyas Qadri Muhammad Saeed Noori Akhtar Raza Khan
Institutions India Jamiatur Raza Bareilly Manzar-e-Islam Bareilly Al-Jame-atul-Islamia Mau Jamia-tul-Madina Global (five hundred branches) Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya Kerala Jamia Nizamia Hyderabad Pakistan Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Jamia Naeemia Lahore Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Dar-ul-Madinah Schools United Kingdom Jamia Al-Karam Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland
Literature and Notable Works Kanzul Iman Fatawa-e-Razvia Bahar-e-Shariat Husamul Haramain Manaqib-al-Jaleela
Organizations Dawat e Islami World Islamic Mission Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Sunni Tehreek Sunni Ittehad Council Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Tanzeem ul Madaris Raza Academy Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat
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Khan was the son of Ahmad Raza Khan, the son of Naqi Ali Khan, the son of Raza Ali Khan.^[2]

Basic education

He received his early education from his father Ahmad Raza Khan. He completed his formal Islamic studies by age 19. He was proficient in Arabic and Persian, as well as ahadith, fiqh, philosophy and mathematics.^[3]

Initiation into Silsila and Khilafah

Khan studied with Khatmul Akabir Sheikh Abul Hussain Ahmad Noori of Mahrara, and was initiated into the Barkatiya Silsila. Khan received khilafat from his father, Ahmad Raza Khan.^[4]

Literary works

Khan wrote and translated books on various subjects, including his compilation of Risaal-e-Jaleela. He also translated his father's books.

He translated Ad Daulatul Makkiya Bil Mad'datil Ghaibiya from Arabic to Urdu. This book dealt with the knowledge of the unseen of Muhammad.^[5]

Khan's works include:^[1]

• As Saarimur Rabaani alaa Asraaf Qaadiyani(Refuting Ahmadiyyah Sect)
• Translation of Ad Daulatul Makkiyah
• Translation of Kiflul Faqeeh Alfahim Fi Hukme Qirats addarahim(The issue regarding the Islamic law concerning currency; 'paper money' and all it's permissible uses, zakaat, etc. This work was written in arabic by A'laHadrat as-Shaykh as-Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan which answers the questions of Scholars Of arab regarding the permisibility of paper money at that time)
• Haashia Mulla Jalaal
• Naatia Deewaan
• Fatawa Hamidiyah

Death

Khan died on the 17th of Jamadi-ul-Ulaa (23 May 1943) while praying. His funeral prayer was led by Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi. His tomb is beside his father. ^[1]

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