Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

A'la Hazrat
Ahmed Raza Khan
A'la Hazrat Ahmed Raza Khan
Personal life
Born	14 June 1856; Bareilly, North-Western Provinces, British India; (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	28 October 1921 (aged 65); Bareilly, United Provinces, British India; (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Resting place	Bareilly Dargah, Uttar Pradesh, India
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
Main interest(s)	Islamic theology, Hadith, Tafsir, Hanafi jurisprudence, Urdu poetry, Tasawwuf, Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Astronomy
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); Subhan Raza Khan (great-great-grandson); Kaif Raza Khan (great-great-grandson); Tawqir Raza Khan (great-great-grandson)
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Tariqa	Qadiri
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Barelvi
Muslim leader
Successor	Hamid Raza Khan
	Influenced by Abu Hanifa; Abdul Qadir Gilani; Mu'in al-Din Chishti; Nizamuddin Auliya; Al-Suyuti; Ibn Abidin; Qadi Iyad ; Fazle Rasul Badayuni;
	Influenced The entirety of Barelvi Movement;

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (14 June 1856 – 28 October 1921) was an Indian Islamic scholar who is considered as one of the founders of the Barelvi movement. His students include Amjad Ali Aazmi, Abdul Aleem Siddiqi, Ziauddin Madani and several others.

Born in Bareilly, British India into the Qadiri order, Khan studied under his father Naqi Ali Khan. He was authorized in Sufism by Shah Al-i Rasul and founded the Manzar-i Islam in Bareilly in 1904. He was a staunch critic of the Ahmadiyya, Deobandi and Wahhabi movements, denouncing their beliefs in his book Husam ul-Haramayn (1906). His poetic work, Hada'iq-i Bakhshish (1907), and translation of the Quran into Urdu, Kanz ul-Iman (1911), are among his well-known works. Khan's magnum opus Fatawa-i Razawiyya is a compendium of fatawa (legal edicts) of the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam.

In 1920, Khan initiated the Jama'at Raza-i Mustafa aiming to propagate Islam via dawah. After his death, his eldest son Hamid succeeded him as organization's president. while his other son Mustafa published his father's questions and answers during his lifetime as Malfuzat-i A'la Hazrat. Khan is often viewed as the mujadid (reformer) of his time by Barelvis. His shrine lies at the Bareilly Dargah and frequently visited by Barelvis during his annual urs (death anniversary) in the Islamic month of Safar. He influenced millions of people, and today the Barelvi movement has more than 200 million followers.