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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.

Practices

File:Juloos.jpg Milad un Nabior Maolud is Celebrated by most of the People on the birth annivarsary of Prophet of 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.The Sirhind sharif ,Lahore ,Baghdad are also some other Place Where People flock to pray

Dargahs

Data Durbar in Lahore, Pakistan .

This is the tomb of Ali Hajweri, eleventh century Sufi. People come each year to pay their respects and to say prayers at Dargahs . Which is known as Urs of the Saint or Buzurg . The Urs is Organized by the Caretaker of the Shrine or Dargah Committee Which consisted Mutawalli or Sajjadanashin.These urs Celebration are Continue from more than one thousand years and are celebrated through out the world.

Writings of Deobandi Scholars on Which Barelwi Scholars gave fatwas of Kufr

To think according to principle, to possess true faith and believe and accept the true Commands of Islam is known as "Aqeeda". To have good and strong Imaan, one must have the proper Aqeeda. It is for this reason that Barelwis quote a few un-Islamic beliefs of Deobandis . To hold improper per Aqeeda leads to Kufr, whereas proper Aqeeda is strength for Imaan.

The un-Islamic beliefs which are quoted below are quotations from those individuals who possess such beliefs and by writing them in their books they Spread these faiths. These Writings Includes Mualana Ashraf Ali Thanvi ,Khalil Aahmed Ambethwi Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi ,Nanotwi and others who were also the founders of Deoband School. Here we may read some beliefs of these Scholars Which are written in their books .

BELIEF' 1': "Allah can speak lies". ("Barahine Qaatia" by Khaleel Ambetwi; "Yakrozi" by Ismaeel Dehlwi; "Fatawa Rasheedia" by Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi).

BELIEF 2: To say that Allah is free from place, space, direction and time, etc. is to be misled. ("Izaahul Haq" by Ismaeel Dehlwi)

'BELIEF 3': The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) had died and is mixed in the sand. ("Taqweeyat-ul Imaan" by Ismaeel Dehlwi)

'BELIEF 4': Every creation, no matter how big or small, is equivalent to a cobbler before Allah. ("Taqweeyat-ul Imaan" by Ismaeel Dehlwi)

'BELIEF 5': Ambiya are not totally free from lies. To say that it is not possible for Ambiya to lie or to say that they are totally sinless is false. ("Tasfiyatul Aqaa'id" by Qasim Nanothwi)

'BELIEF 6': The Ummah sometimes supercede the Ambiya in A'maal (Good deeds). ("Tahzeerun Naas" by Qasim Nanotwi)

'BELIEF 7:' To think of an ox and donkey in Salaah is permissible, but to think of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in Salaah is Shirk (Polytheism). ("Seerate Mustaqeem" by Ismaeel Dehlwi)

'BELIEF 8': Any person who says the Nabi to be Haazir and Naazir is a Kaafir. ("Jawaahirul Quraan" by Ghulaamullah Khan)

'BELIEF 9:' Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is our elder brother and we are his younger brothers. ("Taqweeyatul Imaan" by Ismaeel Dehlwi)

'BELIEF 10': To respect the Prophet deeply is Kufr. ("Ad Durrun Nadheed" by Qazi Shaukani)

BELIEF 11: To ask assistance from the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is the work of Shaitaan and Shirk. ("Kashfush Shubhaat" by Abdul Wahab Najdi; "Taqweeyatul Imaan" by Ismaeel Dehlwi)

BELIEF 12: To use the Ambiya, Awliya and Malaa'ikah as a means of Wasila (Mediation). ("Tohfa-e-Wahaabiya" by Ismaeel Dehlwi)

BELIEF 13: Anyone who accepts the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) to be an intercessor for him on the Day of Qiyamah, is a Mushrik equal to Abu Jahl. ("Taqweeyatul Imaan")

BELIEF 14: "Rahmatul Lil Alameen" (Mercy unto the Worlds) is not a special title of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), but the Ummati are also "Rahmatul Lil Alameen". ("Fatawa Rasheedia")

BELIEF 15: To keep the names: Rasool Baksh, Nabi Baksh, Abdun Nabi, Abdul Mustapha, Abdur Rasool, Abdul Ali, Ghulam Nabi, Ghulam Mustapha, Ghulam Nabi, Ghulam Husain, Ghulam Muhiyyudeen and Ghulam Mu'eenudeen, or to like such names, is Shirk. ("Taqweeyatul Imaan")

BELIEF 16: The knowledge of the Prophet is like children and animals. The knowledge of Shaitaan is more than the Prophet. To say that the Prophet possessed 'Ilm-e-Ghayb or Knowledge of the Unseen, is Shirk. ("Hifzul Imaan" by Ashraf Ali Thanwi; "Barahine Qaatia"; "Fatawa Rasheedia")

BELIEF 17: If Allah wills, then he may create a million Muhammads. ("Taqweeyatul Imaan") A Prophet can even come after Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). ("Tahzeerun Naas")

BELIEF 18: To commemorate the Meelad is like commemorating the function of the Hindu deity. ("Baharine Qaatia" by Khaleel Ambethwi)

BELIEF 19: To put lights, carpets, to give water and food, or arrange Wudhu water at the Mazaar of Awliyah Allah are Shirk.

BELIEF 20: To eat and drink the Tabarukaat (Niyaz) of the Saints causes the heart to die (spiritually). ("Fatawa Rasheedia")

BELIEF 21: To call the Prophet "Shafi'ul Muznibeen", to recite Khatam, to imagine the blessed face and the Tomb of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), to think that he has authority - all these qualities, even with the granting of Allah Ta'ala - is all Shirk, so much like the Shirk of Abu Jahl. (Kitaabut-Tauheed by Ibn e Abdul Wahab Najdi)

Prominent Scholars

Organizations

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, . 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)

Answering accusation made by Deobandis

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