Barelwi
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Barelwi (Urdu: بریلوی or Barelvi) in South Asia are Sunni Hanafi or Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat also is a liberal Sufi influenced Sunni movement that was founded by Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan of Bareilly, Rohilkhand, India (hence the term Barelvi). Barelvis are a portion of the Hanafi Muslim communities in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa and the United Kingdom, besides having a presence in other places around the world. In South Asia Sunnis call themselves Barelwi to distinguish themselves from other denominations Wahabi/Salafi/Deobandi.
Imam Ahmad Raza Khan was the central figure around which the movement was promoted in the South Asia between the 19th and 20th centuries, earning followers and opponents. The name Barelvi came into use to identify the Sunnis. The terms Nuri and Barkati refer to the Sufi Tariqa associated with Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan. The term "razavi" refers to those people who have been initiated into the Qadri Sufi Tariqa via the lineage of Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan. Followers of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan in India are mainly Hanafi by Madhab (School of jurisprudence), but accept the other three Sunni schools to be true and valid.
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[edit] Beliefs
[edit] Aqidah
Barelwi follow the Maturidi schools of Aqidah, the Hanafi school of Fiqh, and one of the Qadiri, Chisti, Naqshbandi or Suhrawardi Sufi orders.
According to Barelvi belief, the holy prophet Muhammad (s) had "knowledge of the unseen" and of the deeds of all Muslims, and also had been given knowledge of all creations by Allah. Along with being a Bashar or Human, he is also believed to be a Noor or "light".
[edit] Practices
During Mawlid (the birthday of Muhammad) special recitations (Naats) that have been written by scholars such as Ahmed Raza Khan are recited. The salat o salam with Durood and Hamd o Naat is recited after Fajr and Jumuah prayers. The Miraj, Shaberat or Shab-e-Barat, Laylat al-Qadr and Gyarvi Sharif of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani is celebrated.
[edit] Missionary activities
Barelvis have expanded their missionary activities in various countries of Asia, Europe, North America and South Africa through the organization Dawat-e-Islami, which was founded by Maulana Abu Bilal Attar Qadri Razawi Ziaee in 1981. Their non-political and cultural activities have contributed to a positive picture of the Barelvi Movement. In England, the movement is considered a moderating force in Muslims. [1]
[edit] Notable scholars
[edit] Early scholars
- Mustafa Raza Khan
- Maulana Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi
- Maulana Abdul Aleem Siddiqi
- Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah — Pakistan.
- Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi — Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
- Abdul Wahab Siddiqi — United Kingdom
- Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari
- Sayyed Ahmad Saeed Kazmi — Pakistan
- Hazrat Allama Shams Barelwi-Pakistan
Present
- Syed Ameen Mian Qaudri — Barkatiya Silsila, India
- Syed Murtaza Amin Shah — Pakistan
- Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmad
- Mufti Mukarram Ahmad — Fatehpuri Masjid, Delhi, India
[edit] Organizations
- Dargah Ala hazrat Bareilly Sharif India
- British Muslim Forum
- Ahlesunnat Network Pakistan
- Idara E Masoodiya Pakistan
- Moinia Fakria Ajmer Sharif
- Idara Tahqeeqat-E-Imam Ahmad Raza Karachi
- Sunni Razvi Society Port Louis
- Sunni Students Federation South India
[edit] Famous Madrasas
- Idara Tul Mustafa, Pakistan
- Jamiatul Madina, Pakistan
- Darul Uloom Naeemia Karachi
- Aljamiatul Ashrafia, Mubarak pur Azamgarh, India
- Sunni Markaz Kerala
- Darul Uloom Qadariya Gharib Nawaz, South Africa
- Jamia Al Zahra Yorkshire
- Jamia Al Karam
- Sultan Bahu Trust
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Sufism
- Ahmed Raza Khan
- Kanzul Iman
- Raza Academy Mumbai
- Imam Ahmad Raza Academy South Africa
- Allo Mahar Shrif Pakistan.
- Mufti Yaar Muhammad Qadri Al - Chisty Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust UK
- Ja Al Haq Mufti Ahmed Yar Khan
- Pir Saifur Rahman
- Ansar ul-Islam, Pakistan
- Zalzalah by Allama Arshad ul Qadri
[edit] External links
- Most Active Site
- Islamic Academy
- Madani Community
- Sunni books from Pakistan
- Sunni Books
- Dawat-e-Islami
- Al-quraan Islamic foundation Netherlands
- Sunni Dawate Islami Of India
- Noore Madinah Network
- Faizan-e Attar
- Idara Sirat e Mustaqeem
- Ala Hazrat books
- Sunni.org.uk
- Official Website of Silsalah-e-QadriahAl-Syed Abdul Qadir Al-Gillani Al-Jilani(RA) - Baghdad- Iraq
- Barkatiya Org

