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Sayyid Ahmad bin Muhammad Irfan Al-Hasani Al-Barelvi | |
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Personal life | |
Born | |
Died | 6 May 1831 | (aged 44)
Main interest(s) | Islamic fundamentalism, Anti-Shi'ism, Hadith, Jihad |
Known for | Islamic revivalism |
Other names | Shaheed-e-Balakot, Imam-ul-Mujahidin, |
Religious life | |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi Independent[1] |
Senior posting | |
Influenced by | |
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Syed Ahmad Barelvi, also known as Sayyid Ahmad Shahid,[2] (1786–1831)[3][4] was an Islamic revivalist, scholar, and military commander from Indian subcontinent (Raebareli), a part of the historical United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (now called Uttar Pradesh). He launched the Indian jihad movement that waged a decades-long Islamic revolt against colonial rule across various provinces of British India.[5][2] Sayyid Ahmad is revered as a major scholarly authority in the Ahl-i Hadith and Deobandi movements.[6] The epithet 'Barelvi' is derived from Raebareli, his place of origin.
His ancestors were descendants of Muhammad who migrated to India in the early 13th century.[7] Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi wrote Seerat-i-Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed, the first historical biography of Syed Ahmad Barelvi.[8]
second feature of 'tarÎqah~i Muhammadiyah' is its insistence on t he right of ijtihad (independent reasoning ) and rejection of taqlid.. Sayyid Ahmad condemned the muqallidin and urged the Muslims to turn to the authority of the Qur'an and the Sunnah for guidance... he rejected all authority of the four orthodox schools of Muslim jurisprudence , which meant , positively, that he declared himself a ghayr muqallid(non-conformist).
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