Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri


Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri was an Indian Islamic scholar affiliated with the Barelvi movement. He was the son of Ahmad Raza Khan. On his death date his followers celebrate his urs on every 14th Muharram of the Islamic calendar.

Life

He wrote books on Islam in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and announced judgments on several thousand Islamic problems in his compilation of fatawa Fatawa-e-Mustafwia. Thousands of Islamic scholars were counted as his spiritual successors. He was the main leader of the Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa in Bareilly, which opposed the Shuddhi movement to convert Muslims to Hinduism in pre-Partition India. It would also act as a quasi-political organisation in opposition to the Deobandi-dominated Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. Khan participated in one of the All India Sunni Conference meeting.
Khan was known by his followers as Tajdar-e-Ahle Sunnat, Mufti-e-Azam and Mustafavi Miyan. During the time of emergency in 1977 in India, he issued a fatwa against vasectomy which was made compulsory and 6.2 million Indian men were sterilized in just a year. In such circumstances Mustafa Raza Khan argued this order of Indian government given by Indira Gandhi.

Works

Raza Khan's books include:
  • Fatawa-e-Mustafawia 7 volumes
  • Al Malfoozat of Ala Hazrat
  • Saman-e-Bakhshish
  • Taqiya Baazi
  • Waqat-us-Sinan، Adkhal-us-Sinan، Qahr Wajid Diyan
  • Turq-ul-Huda Wal Irshad Ilaa Ahkam Al Amara Wal Jehad
  • Tasheeh Yaqeen Bar Khatm-e-Naiyeeen
  • Tardush Shaitan An Sabee Lur Rehman
  • ''No Caste is Inferior''

Disciples

His disciples include: