Biography of Imam Ahmed Raza khan( Radhi Allahu Anhu)

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Biography of Imaam Ahmed Raza

Good news of intercession

The Holy Prophet has said, `Whoever recites Durood Shareef upon me, I will intercede for him.` (Al Qaulul-Badi`, P117, Dar-ul-Kutub-ul-Ilmiyyah Beirut)

 

 

The auspicious birth

AlaHazrat Imaam-e-AhleSunnah, Mujaddid of the Ummah, reviver of the Sunnah, destroyer of bid`ah, scholar of Shariah, guide of tareeqah, fountain of blessing, Allama Moulana AlHaaj AlHafiz AlQari AshShah Imaam Ahmed Raza Khan was born on Monday the 10<sup>th</sup> of Shawaal 1272ah (14<sup>th</sup> June 1856) at the time of Salaa-tuz-Zuhr in a place called Jasoli, which is in the city of Bareilly Shareef, India. The name corresponding to that year of his birth was Al-Mukhtaar. (Hayat-e-AlaHazrat, V1, P58, Maktaba-tul-Madina, Baab-ul-Madina Karachi) His birth name was Muhammad but his grandfather named him `Ahmad Raza`, and so it was by this name that he was famously known. (Al-Malfooz, Part 1, P3, Mushtaq book corner, Markaz-ul-Auliya Lahore)

 

 

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Incident from childhood

Sayyid Ayub Ali says that when AlaHazrat was a young child, a Maulvi Sahib used to come to his house to teach him. One day, the Maulvi Sahib was repeatedly telling AlaHazrat to say a word, but AlaHazrat could not pronounce it. The Maulvi Sahib was pronouncing the word with a zabr but AlaHazrat was pronouncing the same word with a zer instead. It happened time and time again. The grandfather of AlaHazrat , Moulana Raza Ali Khan also witnessed this situation and called AlaHazrat to himself and asked for the Holy Qur`an. Moulana Raza Ali Khan noticed that the copyist had accidentally placed a zabr instead of a zer and was astonished to see that the pronunciation of Imaam Ahmad Raza Khan was actually accurate and perfect. His respected grandfather asked, `Ahmad Raza Khan ! Why are you not following your teacher?` AlaHazrat politely replied, `I tried my best to follow the pronunciation of my teacher but I lost control over my tongue.` The Maulvi Sahib witnessed many other peculiar incidences similar to this one and once privately asked AlaHazrat , `Oh son, be honest with me, I promise I will not tell anybody, are you a human or a Jinn?` AlaHazrat replied, `All praise be to Allah , I`m human, however, the grace and generosity of Allah accompanies me all the time (Hayat-e-AlaHazrat, V1, P68, Maktaba-tul-Madina Karachi)