Mawlana
Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi - Reviver of the Islamic Spirit (1856
- 1921 CE)
By
Dr Musharraf Hussain al-Azhari
Paperback
32 Pages
www.karimia.com
From
the Preface of the book
''To
introduce a personality in the Muslim world who is regarded as a symbol
of the traditional, balanced and orthodox interpretation of our
beautiful way of life - Islam, is no small task.
Based around the
scholarly interpretation of the Qur'an and the
Prophetic Sunnah, together with Sufi practice, the Ahl
al-Sunnah w'al Jama'ah [the greater mass of the
ummah who followed the Sunnah] began to take shape in the
1880's to revive the Islamic spirit which was being corrupted in the
Indian sub-continent as a result of the British Rule, of extremism and
rising cults within the region.
The leading light of
this 'Islamic Revival' was a dynamic individual called 'Ala Hadrat,
Maulana Shah Ahmad Riza Khan May Allah be pleased with him. The
adjective 'Ala Hadrat' means 'great person' and is a fitting title for
the Imam, who was a Scholar, a Hafiz, a Qari, a Mufti, a Mufassir and a
Muhaddith. This multi talented and multi dimensional man of God had a
great and vast depth & breadth of knowledge in many subjects,
like religious sciences, philosophy, economy, astronomy, and
mathematics. ''
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