Dear Islamic brothers! اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, the sacred month of Shawwal-ul-Mukarram is showering its blessings upon us. It is the sacred month in which A’la Hadrat, leader of the Ahl-e-Sunnah, Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was born. With reference to this, today we will talk about A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه in good words. We will have the privilege to listen to his brief introduction and the incidents of yearning for Islamic knowledge.

Introduction to A’la Hadrat

A’la Hadrat, leader of the Ahl-e-Sunnah, Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was born on Saturday, 10^th Shawwal, 1272 AH (14^th June 1856) at the time of Zuhr Salah in Jasoli, one of the areas of blessed Bareilly, India. (Hayat-e-A’la Hadrat, vol. 1, pp. 58)

A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه belonged to a Pathan family, Hanafi school of thought, Qaadiri from Tareeqat and Barelvi due to the place where he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه    was born. His father’s name is Maulana Naqi ‘Ali Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه and grandfather’s name is Maulana Raza ‘Ali Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه.

(Faazil Barelvi ‘Ulama Hijaz ki Nazar Mayn, pp. 67)

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His birth name is ‘Muhammad’. His respectable mother used to call him ‘Amman Miyan’. His father and other relatives named him ‘Ahmad Miyan’ and his grandfather named him ‘Ahmad Raza’. His historical name is            ‘Al-Mukhtar’. A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه himself used to write ‘Abdul Mustafa’ before his name. (Tajalliyat Imam Ahmad Raza, pp. 21)

مصطفٰی کا وہ لاڈلا پیارا                       واہ کیا بات اعلٰی حضرت کی

غوثِ اعظم کی آنکھ کا تارا                   واہ کیا بات اعلٰی حضرت کی

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد