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Barelwi (Hindi: बरैल्वि, Urdu: بریلوی) Sunnism, the Ahle Sunnah Movement, or just the Sunni movement, is a movement within Sunni Islam in India that was founded by Ahmed Raza Khan of Bareilly, India (hence the term Barelwi).

The movement is labelled by the name of the place of origin of it's founder "Bareilly" in Rohailkand (western portion of present-day Uttar Pradesh). It is common practice for Muslims to identify themselves by place-name, or by profession, association with a Sufi Tariqa (example, Qaadiri,Chishti, etc), or family lineage (such as Qureshi or Usmani), so as to distinguish between individuals with the same personal name.

As Ahmad Raza Khan was a central figure around which the movement was promoted in the Indian Sub-Continent between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, the fame of Ahmad Raza Khan developed and likewise his opposition also developed. The name Barelvi came into use to label the followers of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan as a distinguishable seperate Sect^{[citation needed]}.

The followers of this Sufi tariqah, in the Indian subcontinent indicate their attachment to Imam Ahmad Raza Khan with words like Raza, Razvi (or Razavi), Barakati, or Nuri; all of which refer to subdivisions of the Qadiri Sufi lineage. Barelwis accept most major Sufi traditions as authentic tariqas or orders. Most of the people who follow Sufi Tariqas are often stigmatised as Barelwis by the others.^{[citation needed]} Followers of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan in India are mainly Hanafi by Madhab (School of jurisprudence), but accept the other three Sunni schools to be valid.

Barelwi follows the doctrines of

At Tahawi - Imam Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Muhammad al Azdi al Tahawi (died 321 AH).
Al Ashari - Imam Abu al Hassan al Ashari (died 329 AH)
Muturidi-Imam Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad al Maturidi(died 333 AH)

Sufism and Barelwis

Tasawwuf - the schools of Islamic mysticism and the four main Sufi orders (tariqas):
Qadri - Sayyidina Shaykh Mu’in ud Din Abdul Qadir al Jilani (b 470 AH in Jilan died 561 AH).
Naqshbandi - Khawaja Shah Baha ud Din Naqshband (b 717 AH in Bukhara died 791 AH)
Chishti - Khawaja Mu’in ud Din al Chisti Sanjari (b 536 AH in Sijistan died 627 AH)
Suhrawardi - Shaykh Shahab ud din Suhrawardiy (b 1145 in Suhraward died 1234)

Concepts

a) Awliya Allah - the friends of Allah (saints)
b)Karamah - miracles of the friends (awliya) of Allah saints).
c)Mawlid al Nabi-commemorating the birth of ProphetMuhammed(s)
d) Nida al Salihin - calling upon the righteous
e) Tabarruk - obtaining blessings through the righteous
f) Tawassul - supplicating through an intermediary or Wasila - a means of approach.
g) Ziyara - visiting tombs e.g. of Prophet (s) or shrines of saints (awliya Allah) etc
h) Ilm al Ghayb - knowledge of the unseen
i) Dhikr - gathering (majlis) for the remembrance of Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala)
j) Dua - supplicating collectively in congregation (jama`ah)
k) Salawaat and Salaam - sending prayers and salutations upon Prophet Muhammed (s).
l) Nur al Muhammadiy - light(noor) of Prophet Muhammed (s)
m) Madhab al Wahhabi - we reject the Wahhabi school founded by Muhammed bin Abdul

Wahhab (born 1699 died 1792 CE) he came from a place called Najd in the east of Saudi Arabia

Practices

File:Juloos.jpg Milad un Nabi is Celebrated by most of the People on the birth annivarsary of Prophet os Islam. In most of the Masjids of India the Salam recitation written by Ahmed Raza Khan is recited after Fajr prayers and after Jumuah prayers, seen as a differentiating feature from other Sunni Muslim movements. There are several hundred Dargahs in India at which Urs are performed. Some of the most famous Dargahs in India are in Ajmer, Delhi, Kaliyar, Barabanki, Bahraich, Gulbarga, Bareilly, Marehra, and Badaun.

Dargahs

Prominent Scholars

Allama Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Allama Qamaruzzaman Khan Azmi
Syed Shah Turab-ul-Haq
Allama Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri
Mufti Muhammad Akmal
Maulana Dr. Muhammad Kaukaab Noorani.
Dr Mufti Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali
Muftie Abdul Wajid Quadri

Criticism

Adherents of Barelwi and Deobandi schools of thought disagree on some religious matters and have had disputes. Salafi and Deobandi scholars among others have claimed that certain teachings of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Barelwi are incorrect and not in keeping with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (see Sunnah) accusing them of committing Bid'ah.

Some of Ahmad Raza Khan's Barelwi's followers declare Deobandis as non-Sunnis, and in some instances even non-Muslims, citing allegedly "contradictory" or even "blasphemous" writings from the Deobandi scholars. For example, in 2006, Mufti Abdul Mannan Karimi annulled the marriages of 200 Barelwi adherents for attending prayers led by a Deobandi cleric, claiming that they had become disbelievers by doing so.[1]

Political criticisms range from his declining to support the resistance against British occupation of India, and his not recognizing the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Caliphate, which also suited the British as hostilities existed between them and Turkey, especially in the first world war. He refused to join the Khilafat Movement because he objected to collaboration with Hindus against the British in preference to collaboration with the British who were 'People of the Book'. He was also criticized for his promotion of the secular idea of monasticism when he separated Islam from "worldly matters". Aĥmed Riđā Khan said in response to a meeting request from Gandhi, "What would he speak about? Religion or worldly affairs? If it is worldly affairs, what can I partake in, for I have abstained from the world and have no interest in it." (Al Mizaan, p. 335)

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 The  followers of this [[Sufi]] [[tariqah]], in the [[Indian subcontinent]] indicate their attachment to [[Imam Ahmad Raza Khan]] with words like  Raza, Razvi (or Razavi), Barakati, or Nuri; all of which refer to subdivisions of the [[Qadiri]] [[Sufi]] lineage. Barelwis accept most major Sufi traditions as authentic tariqas or orders. Most of the people who follow [[Sufi]] Tariqas are often stigmatised as Barelwis by the others.{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
 Followers of Imam [[Ahmad Raza Khan]] in [[India]] are mainly [[Hanafi]] by [[Madhab]] (School of jurisprudence), but accept the other three Sunni schools to be valid.
+==Barelwi follows the doctrines of==
+*'''At Tahawi''' - Imam Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Muhammad al Azdi al Tahawi (died 321 AH).
+*Al Ashari - Imam Abu al Hassan al Ashari (died 329 AH)
+* '''Muturidi'''-Imam Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad al Maturidi(died 333 AH)
+==Sufism and Barelwis==
+*'''Tasawwuf''' - the schools of Islamic mysticism and the four main Sufi orders (tariqas):
+*'''Qadri''' - Sayyidina Shaykh Mu’in ud Din Abdul Qadir al Jilani (b 470 AH in Jilan died 561 AH).
+*'''Naqshbandi''' - Khawaja Shah Baha ud Din Naqshband (b 717 AH in Bukhara died 791 AH)
+*'''Chishti''' - Khawaja Mu’in ud Din al Chisti Sanjari (b 536 AH in Sijistan died 627 AH)
+*'''Suhrawardi''' - Shaykh Shahab ud din Suhrawardiy (b 1145 in Suhraward died 1234)
+==Concepts==
+*a) '''Awliya Allah''' - the friends of [[Allah]] (saints)
+*b)'''Karamah''' - miracles of the friends (awliya) of Allah saints).
+*c)'''Mawlid al Nabi'''-commemorating the birth of ProphetMuhammed(s)
+*d) '''Nida al Salihin''' - calling upon the righteous
+*e) '''Tabarruk''' - obtaining blessings through the righteous
+*f) '''Tawassul''' - supplicating through an intermediary or Wasila - a means of approach.
+*g) '''Ziyara''' - visiting [[tomb]]s e.g. of [[Prophet]] (s) or shrines of saints (awliya Allah) etc
+*h) '''Ilm al Ghayb''' - knowledge of the unseen
+*i) '''Dhikr''' - gathering (majlis) for the remembrance of Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala)
+*j) '''Dua''' - supplicating collectively in congregation (jama`ah)
+*k) '''Salawaat and Salaam''' - sending prayers and salutations upon Prophet Muhammed (s).
+*l) '''Nur al Muhammadiy''' - [[light]](noor) of Prophet Muhammed (s)
+*m) '''Madhab al Wahhabi''' - we reject the [[Wahhab]]i school founded by Muhammed bin Abdul
+Wahhab (born 1699 died 1792 CE) he came from a place called Najd in the east of Saudi Arabia
 ==Practices==