Asjad Raza Khan (born 16 October 1970), He is also known as Ameer-e-Ahle Sunnat, and Huzoor Qaid-e-Millat, is an Indian Islamic scholar who belongs to the Barelvi movement and a descendant of

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Ahmad Raza Khan Baraylawi (14 June 1856–28 October 1921), known reverentially as A'la Hazrat, (Grand Master), was an Islamic scholar, mufti, polymath, gnostic, poet from (undivided) India, he is considered as the founder of the Barelvi move ...

and son and successor of

Akhtar Raza Khan Akhtar Raza Khan (born Muhammad Ismail Raza; 23 November 1943 – 20 July 2018), also known as Tajush Shari'ah, and Azhari Miyan, was an Indian Islamic scholar. A mufti of the Barelvis, he was the great-grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi who w ...

, former Grand Mufti of India. He is serving the Principal of Jamiatur Raza since 2019. He has been featured in The Muslim Mirror 100: The Most Influential Indian Muslims of 2025, published by

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in the Islamic scholars category.

Early life

Asjad Raza Khan was born as Muhammad Munawwar Raza Muhamid to Akhtar Raza Khan, then

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on 16 October 1970 same as 15 Shaban 1390 at Mohalla Khwaja Qutub,

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Lineage

Statements and views

Extreme ideologies must be repelled

After the bombings in Sri Lanka in 2019, Asjad Raza issued a strongly worded statement condemning the attacks and urging all nations to "repel the evil" and combat terrorist ideologies.

Demanding a ban on Zakir Naik

Upon Zakir Naik being named as one of the influencers of the bombers in a terrorist attack in Bangladesh, Asjad said: Asjad Raza also appealed to Muslim youth to refrain from listening to his speeches.

Refusal to recite the National Song

Asjad Raza opposed the forced singing of the

Vande Mataram Vande Mātaram (Bengali language, Original Bengali: বন্দে মাতরম্‌ ''Bônde Mātôrôm'' Devanagari script: वंदे मातरम्; , Transcreation: I Bow to Thee, Mother) is a poem that was adopted as the nati ...

song on

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at minority run educational institutions due to it being "un-Islamic", despite being ordered to by the

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Controversy

Related to Salman Miyan

On 29 July 2021, during a press conference Mannan Raza Khan alias Mannani Miyan, spoke out strongly against Asjad Raza, in July 2021 when reports emerged that Asjad Raza's son-in-law Salman Miyan had met privately with

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, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Mannani questioned Asjad Raza's qualifications for ''Qazi-al-Hindustan'' and suggested that he needed to present his educational qualifications for the role. Mannani Miyan stated that people were misusing the name of the Dargah Aala Hazrat for their own benefits. He said that if his brother, Akhtar Raza Khan, was alive, he would have been very disheartened with the situation. Mannani Miyan demanded Asjad Raza to renounce the charge of ''Qazi-al-Hindustan'', that he dissolve Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa, and handover all documents to the family. On 3 August 2021, Mannan Raza Khan alias Mannani Miyan said that my child has come home, I embrace him and I refute whatever I said in the press conference.

References

Indian people of Pashtun descent Barelvis Living people Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Family of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi 1970 births People from Bareilly Manzar-e-Islam alumni Hanafis Maturidis {{Authority control