Manzar-e-Islam

Manzar-e-Islam

Type	Islamic university
Established	1904(121 years ago) (1904)
Founder	Ahmad Raza Khan Hassan Raza Khan Amjad Ali Aazmi Lutfullah Aligarhi Zafar al-Din Bihari
Affiliation	Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Board
Religious affiliation	Barelvi movement
Rector	Subhan Raza Khan
Students	1000+
Location	Bareilly , Uttar Pradesh , India
Campus	Urban
Website	www.ala-hazrat.com/intromanzareislam.html

Manzar-e-Islam is an Islamic seminary in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was founded in 1904 by a number of scholars, including Ahmad Raza Khan, Hasan Raza Khan, Amjad Ali Aazmi, Lutfullah Aligarhi, Zafar al-Din Bihari and others.

It celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 2004 this occasion was marked by a series of publications in monthly magazine Ala Hazrat whose editor in chief is Subhan Raza Khan. ^[1] He also prepared a plan to upgrade the madrasa in view of the shortage of space. ^{[2] [3]}

History

Islamic scholar Zafar al-Din Bihari played a central role in the creation of Manzar-e-Islam. ^[4] He proposed to Ahmad Raza Khan to build a seminary in Bareilly, considering that the only seminary in Bareilly was dominated by Deobandis at the time. ^[4] Although Ahmad Raza Khan was initially reluctant, he later agreed to build a seminary. ^[4] Hasan Raza Khan was the first administrator of Manzar-e-Islam. ^[5] Among the first teachers of Manzar-e-Islam were Haji Hakeem Amirullah Barelvi, Irshad Hussain Faruqi Rampuri and Lutfullah Aligarhi. ^[5] Ahmad Raza Khan was not a formal teacher there; however he did teach a lecture of Sahih al-Bukhari to Zafar al-Din Bihari and Amjad Ali Aazmi after the Asr prayers. ^[6]

However, Manzar-e-Islam was long less formalized than its rival seminary, the Darul Uloom Deoband of the Deobandi faction. ^[7]

Controversies

• On the International Yoga Day 2023, which created a controversy in Barelvi family and also between religious scholars. ^[8]
• On 15 August 2017, then Shehar Qazi Asjad Raza Khan son of Akhtar Raza Khan, then Grand Mufti of India denounced the order for videography of the program from Government of Uttar Pradesh headed by Yogi Adityanath stating Videography and Photography anti-Islamic. The Madrasa students did not sing National Anthem and sung Sare Jahan Se Achcha instead. ^{[9] [10]} Regarding not accepting the order of the Government, Divisional Commissioner of Bareilly district had stated:

• Singing national anthem is the fundamental duty of every citizen. If any madarsa had violated the government order of singing national anthem during Independence Day celebrations, they will face action. But madarsas will be asked to explain why they violated the order. ^[11] ~ PV Jagan Mohan

Famous Fatawa

• In September 2007 Darul Ifta of Manzar-e-Islam issued a fatwa, which declaring the Indian film actor Salman Khan and his family as non-Muslims after they were shown on TV placing Ganesh (a Hindu elephant deity) in their house and worshipping it. The clerics of the Darul Ifta stated in their fatwa that Islam prohibits idol worship and the actor would have to recite the Shahadah in order to become Muslims again. ^[12] However, a Mufti of Manzar-e-Islam clarified that "they were asked their opinion about Muslims who worship idols and participates in idol worshipping processions, nowhere Salman Khan or his recent act was mentioned. The rule of Islam regarding idol worshipping is quite clear and this act is considered non-Islamic therefore any Muslim involved in worshipping anyone besides Allah need to recite Kalma again" and that the question was general and not specific to any person. ^[13]
• In February 2015 the madrasa issued a fatwa against Azam Khan a Minister of Uttar Pradesh on his proposal to build a temple for his party president Mulayam Singh Yadav. The madrasa said "In Islam believing in anyone other than Allah is illegitimate and so talking about building a temple is equally wrong," ^[14]

See also

• Jamiatur Raza
• Al Jamiatul Ashrafia
• Al-Jame-atul-Islamia

References

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2. "Jamia Rizvia of Bareilly to be upgraded to a university". The Milli Gazette — Indian Muslims Leading News Source. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
3. Riaz, Ali (2008). Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia. Rutgers University Press. p. 75. ISBN   978-0-8135-4345-1. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
4. Sanyal, Usha (2008). "Ahl-i Sunnat Madrasas: the Madrasa Manzar-i Islam, Bareilly, and Jamia Ashrafiyya, Mubarakpur". In Malik, Jamal (ed.). Madrasas in South Asia: Teaching terror?. Routledge. pp. 23–44. ISBN   9780415442473. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
5. "ملک العلما سیمانچل میں (پہلی قسط) – ا شترا ک" (in Urdu). Retrieved 9 October 2025.
6. Alam, Arshad (29 November 2020). Inside a Madrasa: Knowledge, Power and Islamic Identity in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-000-08366-8. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
7. Reetz, Dietrich (2006). Islam in the Public Sphere: Religious Groups in India, 1900-1947. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-566810-0.
8. "International Yoga Day 2023: मदरसा छात्रों का प्राणायाम और कपालभाति क्रिया देख हो जाएंगे दंग, देखें फोटो | Manzar E Islam Dargah Madrasa students Pranayama and Kapalbhati on Yoga Day". Patrika News (in Hindi). 22 June 2023. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
9. "Barelvi sect madrasas defy UP CM Yogi order". www.asianage.com. 16 August 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
10. "Independence Day row: Barelvi madrasas defy Yogi govt order on national anthem". Hindustan Times. 15 August 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
11. "Bareilly madarsas defies UP govt on singing national anthem, might face action under NSA". Hindustan Times. 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
12. "Clerics and Scholars Back Salman Khan". Arab News. 24 September 2007. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
13. "Fatwa not against Salman Khan: Manzar-e-Islam clarifies | TwoCircles.net". twocircles.net. 21 September 2007. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
14. Islamic Body Issues Fatwa Against Muslims Building Temple Archived 1 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine newindianexpress.com | Published: 27 March 2015