20 July 2018(2018-07-20) (aged 74)
(7 Zul-Qaida 1439)
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Resting place
Bareilly Sharif Dargah
Religion
Islam
Nationality
Indian
Children
6, including Asjad Raza Khan
Parent
Ibrahim Raza Khan (father)
Era
Contemporary
Sect
Sunni
Jurisprudence
Hanafi
Movement
Barelvi
Alma mater
Manzar-e-Islam (Bareilly), Islamia Inter College, Bareilly, Al-Azhar University 1963 -1966[2]
Known for
Fatawa Taajush Shariah
Other names
Azhari Miya
Relatives
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (great-grandfather)
Grand Mufti styles
Religious style
Mufti Azam-e-Hind, and Mufti al-Diyar al-Hindiyyah and Shaykh al-Islām in Arabic
Alternative style
Hadrat, Sheikh and Sahib-ul-Ma'ali
Founder of
Jamiatur Raza
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
Awards
"Fakhre Azhar" (Pride of Azhar)[2]
Literary works
Book list
Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari (23 November 1943 – 20 July 2018),[1] also known as Tajush Shari'ah[3] or Azhari Miya,[4][5] was an Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar, cleric and mufti.[6] He was the great grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi who was considered to be a Mujaddid by his followers and was the founder of the Barelvi movement.[7] He was recognised by Barelvi Muslims as the Grand Mufti of India.[8] He was ranked 22nd on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world (2014–15 edition), compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.[9] He had tens of millions of followers in India.[10]
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^ ab"Bareilly cleric among world's most influential Muslims | Bareilly News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^"First urs-e-tajusharia to be observed on July 9–10 | Bareilly News". Times of India. 3 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^"Azahri miyan urs: अजहरी मियां के पहले उर्स का हुआ आगाज". 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^"अजहरी मियां 10 मार्च को मकराना में-" [Azhari Miyan at Makranah on 10 March] (in Hindi). 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
^Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan by Muhammad Tariq Lahori Sunni Hanafi jannati Barelwi| archive.org
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^Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (2018).
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