Muhammad Asjad Raza Khan Qadri Razvi | |
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मुहम्मद असजद रज़ा ख़ान | |
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Qazi-ul-Quzzat-Fil-Hind | |
Assumed office 31 March 2019 | |
Preceded by | Akhtar Raza Khan |
5th President of Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa | |
Assumed office 1 August 2018 | |
Preceded by | Akhtar Raza Khan |
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Born | Muhammad Munawwar Raza,
(15 Shaban 1390 Hijri), | October 16, 1970
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Indian |
Children | 6 (2 Son's - Hussam Ahmad Raza Khan, Humam Ahmad Raza Khan & 4 Daughter's) |
Parent | |
Era | contemporary |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Creed | Maturidi |
Movement | Barelvi |
Main interest(s) | Sufism |
Alma mater | Manzar-e-Islam, Islamia Inter College, Bareilly |
Tariqa | Qadri |
Relatives | Ahmad Raza Khan (great great grandfather), Hamid Raza Khan (great grandfather), Ibrahim Raza Khan (grandfather), Sibtain Raza Khan (father-in-law) Rehan Raza Khan (uncle) Tauqeer Raza Khan (cousin) Subhan Raza Khan (cousin) |
Website | www |
Muhammad Asjad Raza Khan Qadri (born 16 October 1970) is an Indian Islamic scholar who belongs to the Barelvi movement and a descendant of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi and son and successor of Akhtar Raza Khan, former Grand Mufti of India.[1][2][3] He is considered as the Qazi-ul-Quzzat fil Hind[4] or Qazi-e-Hindustan[5][6] and Islamic Chief Justice of India.[7][8] He is the Principal of Jamiatur Raza.[9]
Asjad Raza Khan was born as Muhammad Munawwar Raza Muhamid to Akhtar Raza Khan, then Grand Mufti of India on 16 October 1970 same as 15 Shaban 1390 at Mohalla Khwaja Qutub, Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh.[10][11]
Asjad Raza Khan married the daughter of Sibtain Raza Khan, also a descendant of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi on 17 February 1991 and they have 2 sons and 4 daughter's.
Raza Ali Khan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
first marriage | second marriage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I. Khanum (daughter) | Naqi Ali Khan | Mustajab Begum | Bibi Jaan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ahmed Raza Khan | Hassan Raza Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hamid Raza Khan | Mustafa Raza Khan | Hussain Raza Khan | Hasnain Raza Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ibrahim Raza Khan | Murtaza Raza Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akhtar Raza Khan | Uvais Raza Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asjad Raza Khan | Shoeib Raza Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faiz Raza Khan | Kaif Raza Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
After the bombings in Sri Lanka in 2019, Asjad Raza issued a strongly worded statement condemning the attacks and urging all nations to "repel the evil" and combat terrorist ideologies.[12]
Upon Zakir Naik being named as one of the influencers of the bombers in a terrorist attack in Bangladesh, Asjad said:
“India is the land of Sufism. Dr Naik speaks the language of terrorism. His thoughts are not Islamic, but related to (fundamentalist) Wahhabism. Back in 2008, we had demanded that the central and state governments to impose a ban on his speeches and programmes. Sufi Barelvis are united against him."[13]
Asjad Raza also appealed to Muslim youth to refrain from listening to his speeches.[14][15]
Asjad Raza opposed the forced singing of the Vande Mataram song on Indian Independence Day at minority run educational institutions due to it being "un-Islamic", despite being ordered to by the Uttar Pradesh government.[16][17][18]