The Barelvi movement, also known as Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaah is a Sunni revivalist movement following the Hanafi and Shafi'i schools of jurisprudence, and Maturidi and Ashʿari schools of theology with strong Sufi influences and with hundreds of millions of followers. It is a broad Sufi-oriented movement that encompasses a variety of Sufi orders, including the Chistis, Qadiris, Soharwardis and Naqshbandis as well as many other orders and sub-orders of Sufism. They consider themselves to be the continuation of Sunni Islamic orthodoxy before the rise of Salafism and Deobandi Movement.
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, known reverentially as Ala Hazrat, was an Indian Islamic scholar, theologian, jurist, preacher, poet from Bareilly, British India, considered as the founder of the Barelvi movement and the Razvi branch of the Qadri Sufi order.
Rizvi or Rizavi is the Urdu variant of the Arabic surname Ridhawi and the Persian surname Razavi. It is a Muslim surname commonly associated with the branch of Husaynids, who claim descent from the Imam Ali al-Ridha, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Husayn ibn Ali and Hasan ibn Ali. Their lineage also traces back to Muhammad and Abd ar-Rahman, the sons of Abu Bakr, the prominent companion of the Islamic prophet, and the first Rashidun caliph, through his great-grandmother Umm Farwa. Since the Rizvi clan traces their lineage to Fatimah, many of them often use the prefix Sayyid in front of their name.
Qaderi is an Arabic/Islamic surname. It is associated with the Sufi saint Abdul Qadir Gilani or the Qadiriyya order founded by him.
Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (Urdu: محمد الیاس قادری رضوی ضیائی Sindhi: محمد الياس قادري, known as Attar, is a Muslim scholar, a Sufi scholar of the Qadri Rizvi order and the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, a non-political global organization of Barelvi Sunnis spread over 195+ countries. He has some 30 million disciples all over the world.
Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (1892–1981) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author, and leader of the Sunni Barelvi movement following the death of its founder, his father Ahmed Raza Khan. He was known as Mufti-Azam-i-Hind to his followers. He is widely known as Mufti-e-Azam-e-Hind. On his death date his follower celebrate Urs name as Urs-e-Noori on every 14th Muharram of Islamic Year.
Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari, also known as Tajush Shari'ah or Azhari Miya, was an Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar, cleric and mufti. He was the great grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi who was considered to be a Mujaddid by his followers and was the founder of the Barelvi movement. He was recognised by Barelvi Muslims as the Grand Mufti of India. He was ranked 22nd on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world, compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. He had tens of millions of followers in India.
Bareilly Sharif Dargah is a Dargah (shrine) or monument of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan located in Bareilly city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. He was a 19th-century islamic scholar and polymath, who is known for his staunch opposition of the Wahhabism movement in India.
Khadim Hussain Rizvi was a Pakistani Islamic author and the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik, a political-religious organization founded in 2015, known to protest against any change to Pakistan's blasphemy law.
Muhammad Asjad Raza Khan Qadri is an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and Barelvi leader and a descendant of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi and son and successor of Akhtar Raza Khan. Qazi-ul-Quzzat fil Hind or Qazi-e-Hindustan and Islamic Chief Justice of India. He is the Principal of Jamiatur Raza.
Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri also known as Waqar-e-Millat was an Islamic scholar associated with the Sunni Barelvi movement of south Asia. His fatawa (rulings) are compiled in three volume of the book titled Waqar ul Fatawa. He taught and administered in Islamic institutes in India, Bangladesh and later in Pakistan. He was conferred title of Grand Mufti of Pakistan during Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq regime.
Sardar Ahmad Chishti Qadri (1903–1962) was a Pakistani Sufi saint, Muhaddis, teacher, jurist, author, Islamic scholar, and debater recognized by his followers as Muhaddis-e-Azam Pakistan.
Muhammad Ibrahim Raza Khan Qadri Razvi (1907–1965), commonly known as Mufassir-e-Azam-e-Hind and Jilani Miyan, was an Indian Islamic scholar, Sufi mystic, orator, author, and leader of Sunni Muslim’s Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam in the Indian subcontinent. He was the elder brother of Hammad Raza Khan.
The Bibliography of Imam Ahl-e-Sunnat Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi is a selected list of generally available scholarly resources related to Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, the Reviver of Islam in India and founder of Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat revival Movement or Barelvi Movement.
This Bibliography of Barelvi Movement is a selected list of generally available scholarly resources related to Barelvi movement, a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam, adhering to the Hanafi school of law, started in the late 19th by the Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi in British India.
The Barelvi family is the family of the Aala Hazrat Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi who was an Indian Islamic scholar, theologian, jurist, preacher and poet. He was the founder of the Barelvi movement or the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat Movement from the city of Bareilly. He was popularly known as the Aala Hazrat by all of his followers.
Mufti Muhammad Aslam Razvi Quadri also called Sher-e-Bihar was an Indian Sufi saint of Qadri-Razvi order belonging to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. He is buried in the Dargah Jamia Quadria Maksudpur in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar, and an annual Urs-e-Sher-e-Bihar is celebrated on t1 Safar, the death anniversary of Razvi. He was often called as Zalzaliya, means the one who survived the 1934 Earthquakes. He was a student of Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri, then Grand Mufti of India and elder son of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi.
Hakeem Muhammad Musa Amritsari also known as Hakeem-e-Ahle Sunnat was an Indian–Pakistani Sufi saint of Chishti and Qadiriyya order and an Islamic scholar, belonging to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. He was the Khalifa of Ziauddin Madani, a student of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, the founder of Barelvi movement. He was the editor of Mehr wa Maah, Lahore, founder and president of Markazi Majlis Raza, Lahore.
Abdul Mustafa Al-Azhari was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar belonging to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. He was the member of National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-196 Karachi District from 1970 to 1977 and 1985 to 1988. He was a member of the Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Pakistan led by Shah Ahmad Noorani.
