Halat-e-Zindagi

Pedaish aur Nasab:

Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Rahmatullah Alaih)14 June 1856 (10 Shawwal 1272 Hijri) ko Hindustan ke shehar Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) ke ek ilmi gharane mein peda hue. Aap ke walid ka naam Maulana Naqi Ali Khan aur dada ka naam Maulana Raza Ali Khan (Rahmatullah Alaih) tha, jo apne waqt ke bade jayed ulema mein shumar hote the. Aap ka pedaishi naam “Mohammad” rakha gaya, jabki aap ke dada ne aap ko “Ahmed Raza” ka naam diya aur isi naam se aap duniya bhar mein mashhoor hue.

Bachpan aur Hairat-angez Zahant:

Ala Hazrat ko Allah Pak ne ghair-maamooli aur pedaishi zahant (intelligence) se nawaza tha. Aap ne sirf 4 saal ki umar mein Quran-e-Pak nazrah mukammal kar liya tha, aur sirf 6 saal ki umar mein minbar par khade ho kar Milad-e-Pak ke mauzo par ek nihayat lambi aur ilmi taqreer farma kar sab ko hairan kar diya.

Aap ki ilmi pukhtagi ka yeh aalam tha ke sirf 13 saal 10 maah ki umar mein aap ne apni ibtadaei aur tamam deeni uloom ki taleem mukammal kar li, aur isi din apne walid-e-girami ki sarparasti mein pehla Fatwa likh kar apni fiqhi basirat (jurisprudence) ka loha manwaya. Aap ki zahant dekh kar aap ke walid ne usi waqt se fatwa-naveesi ki ahem zimmedari aap ke supard kar di thi.

Ilmi Wusat aur Kasrat-e-Tasanif:

Ala Hazrat sirf riwayati uloom tak mehdood nahi the, balki aap aik hi waqt mein 50 se zayd uloom (sciences) par dastarast rakhte the. In mein Tafseer, Hadees, Fiqh, Usool-e-Fiqh, Mantiq (Logic), Falsafa (Philosophy), Ilm-e-Nujoom (Astronomy), Riyazi (Mathematics), aur Ilm-e-Jafar shamil hain.

Aap ne apni zindagi mein kam o besh 1000 kitabein aur rasail likhe. Aap ka sab se bada fiqhi shahkar “Fatawa Razawiyyah” hai jo 30 jildon (volumes) par mushtamil hai aur ise Bar-e-Saghir mein Fiqh-e-Hanafi ka encyclopedia mana jata hai. Is ke ilawa Quran-e-Pak ka aap ka Urdu tarjuma “Kanzul Iman” apni fasahat aur adabi o shari barikiyon ki wajah se duniya bhar mein behad maqbool hai.

Naatiya Maqam aur “Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish”:

Jahan aap ka ilmi jalal poori duniya mein roshan tha, wahin aap ka dil Ishq-e-Rasool sallallahu alaihi wasallam ka gahwara tha. Aap ki Urdu naatiya shairy ka majmua “Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish” (shireen zaban aur gehre takhayyul ka shahkar) Urdu adab ka ek besh-baha khazana hai. Ala Hazrat ki shairy ki sab se badi khoobi yeh hai ke is mein jazbat ki sachai ke sath sath Shariat ke ahkaam ka is qadar sakht pehra hai ke kahin bhi had-e-shara se tajawuz (exceed) nazar nahi aata. Aap ka likha hua Salam:

Mustafa Jaan-e-Rehmat Pe

Lakhon Salam Shama-e-Bazm-

e-Hidayat Pe Lakhon Salam

Aaj duniya ke kone kone mein aqeedat ke sath padha jata hai aur ise “Salam-e-Raza” ke naam se ek aalami shanakht hasil hai.

Wafat:

Ishq-e-Mustafa sallallahu alaihi wasallam ki shama har dil mein roshan karne ke baad, yeh aaftab-e-ilm o hikmat 28 October 1921 (25 Safar 1340 Hijri) ko Juma ke din Bareilly Shareef mein ghuroob hua, jahan aap ka mazar-e-aqdas aaj bhi marja-e-khalaid hai.