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Barelvi

Barelvi A gift of love on the occasion of Urs e Ridawi/ Rizvi. Urs e Rizvi ke Mauke par tamam ' Barelvi' bhaion ko muhabbat bhara tohfa. Sunni or Barelvi ? In August 1986, Mawlana Akhtar Raza Azhari Ridawi went for Hajj. He was arrested by the special wing (C.I.D, Crime Investigation Department) of Saudi Police .During questioning by the C.I.D, Mawlana Akhtar Raza Azhari Ridawi denied that he is from “Barelvi Sect”. The entire episode has been published in the book entitled “Hayat e Tajus shariah”, written by Molvi Shiahabuddin Ridawi, a Khalifah of Mawlana Akhtar Raza Azhari Ridawi.  In reply to a question asked by C.I.D, Mawlana Akhtar Raza Azhari Ridawi said: “Some people accuse that we and Qadyanis are one and the same. Those people have informed the same to you about us. This is wrong. These people call us “Barelvi”, which creates a doubt that ‘Barelvi’ is the name of a new sect. This is wrong. In fact we are from “Ahlus sunah wal jamah”.  …We

Mufti Shamsul Huda Misbahi Ridawi

Mufti Shamsul Huda Misbahi Ridawi visited Jamia Arifia, Allahabad ( India) on 13 November 2014 and met peer e tariqat Shaykh Abu Sayeed Uthmani.

Fatwa on Photography and CCTV Camera- Jamia Amjadiya Razviya, Ghosi

Jamia Amjadiya Razviya/ Rizviya, Ghosi ( India) is a Madarsa under Molvi Zia al Mustafa Ridawi. The Dar al Ifta of this madarsa was asked two questions with regard to photography for supererogatory ( nawafil ) Hajj and visiting those shrines ( mazaar) where CCTV camera is installed. We produce the fatwa for our Akhtari brethern along with a photograph from the shrine of Imam Ahmad Raza Rh showing a CCTV camera installed there. We hope Akhtari brethren won't say that the installed CCTV camera remains off!! The answer given in the fatwa states that getting oneself photograph is haram e zanni and performing nawafil hajj falls under the category of mustahab (recommended), hence one should not perform supererogatory ( nawfil) hajj, if one has to get photographed. Akhtari brethren will say that our pir sahab doesn't get photographed every time he goes for nawafil hajj. He has kept thousands of photographs as a stock and these were taken just once, many years back. In cas