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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar (1943–2018)}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Akhtar Raza Khan
| image = AkhtarRazaKhan(Image).jpg
| pronunciation =
| other_names = Tajush Sharia
| birth_name = Muhammad Ismail Raza
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1943|11|23}}<ref name=Safeena-e-Bakshish />
| birth_place = [[Bareilly]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br/>(present day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|7|20|1943|11|23|df=yes}}
(7 Zul-Qaida 1439)
| death_place = [[Bareilly]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| resting_place = [[Bareilly Dargah]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| era = [[List of contemporary Muslim scholars of Islam|Contemporary]]
| employer =
| known_for = Fatawa Taajush Shariah
| notable_works = Azhar Ul Fatawa
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| movement = [[Barelvi]]
| opponents =
| spouse =
| children = 6, including [[Asjad Raza Khan]]
| mother =
| father = [[Ibrahim Raza Khan]]
| relatives = [[Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi]] (great-grandfather)
| family =
| callsign =
| awards = "Fakhre Azhar" (Pride of Azhar)<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Bareilly-cleric-among-worlds-most-influential-Muslims/articleshow/53605128.cms|title=Bareilly cleric among world's most influential Muslims | Bareilly News - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=27 May 2020|archive-date=6 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606043937/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Bareilly-cleric-among-worlds-most-influential-Muslims/articleshow/53605128.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
| honors =
| religion = [[Islam]]
| Madh'hab = [[Hanafi]]
| lineage =
| sect = [[Sunni]]
| founder = [[Jamiatur Raza]]
| subsect =
| philosophy =
| education =
| alma_mater = [[Manzar-i Islam]] ([[Bareilly]]), Islamia Inter College, [[Bareilly]], [[Al-Azhar University]] 1963 -1966<ref name="auto"/>
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| literary_works = [https://archive.org/details/BooksOfMuftiMuhammadAkhtarRazaKhan/mode/2up Book list]
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| influences = [[Ahmad Raza Khan]]
| website = {{URL|https://muftiakhtarrazakhan.com/}}
}}
'''Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari'''{{Efn|{{langx|ur|اختر رضا خان|translit=Akhtar Raẓā Khān}}}} (born '''Muhammad Ismail Raza'''; 23 November 1943 – 20 July 2018),<ref name=Safeena-e-Bakshish /> also known as '''Tajush Shari'a''' ,{{Efn|{{langx|ur|تاج الشریعہ|translit=Tājush Sharīʿah}}}} and '''Azhari Miyan''',<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |date=9 July 2019 |title=Azahri miyan urs: अजहरी मियां के पहले उर्स का हुआ आगाज |url=https://www.patrika.com/bareilly-news/azhari-miyan-urs-start-in-bareilly-4814418/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726092411/https://www.patrika.com/bareilly-news/azhari-miyan-urs-start-in-bareilly-4814418/ |archive-date=26 July 2019 |access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web |date=8 March 2014 |title=अजहरी मियां 10 मार्च को मकराना में- |trans-title=Azhari Miyan at Makranah on 10 March |url=https://www.bhaskar.com:443/news/MAT-RAJ-OTH-c-189-145651-NOR.html?pg=0&referrer_url= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083110/http://www.bhaskar.com/news/MAT-RAJ-OTH-c-189-145651-NOR.html?pg=0&referrer_url= |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=2 December 2015 |language=hi}}</ref> was an Indian Islamic scholar. He was the great-grandson of [[Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi]] who was the founder of the [[Barelvi movement]].<ref name="ts" /> He was considered the leading authority of the Barelvi school of thought in India, succeeding [[Mustafa Raza Khan]]. After his death in 2018, Khan was succeeded by his son [[Asjad Raza Khan]].

Akhtar was ranked 24th<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Top 50 – 2018 |url=https://themuslim500.com/the-top-50-2018/ |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=The Muslim 500 |date=27 May 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> on the list of ''[[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]]'' in the world in 2018 edition, 26th in 2010, 28th in 2011, 26th in 2012, 22nd in 2013-2014, 22nd in 2014-15, 25th in 2016 editions,<ref>{{Cite web |title=दुनिया के टॉप 50 मुस्लिमों में भारत के दो चेहरे |url=https://www.amarujala.com/news-archives/india-news-archives/top-two-influential-indian-muslims-hindi-news-rk |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 August 2016 |title=Bareilly cleric among world's most influential Muslims |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/bareilly-cleric-among-worlds-most-influential-muslims/articleshow/53605128.cms |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> compiled by the [[Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre]].<ref name="toi" /> He had tens of millions of followers in India.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" />

== Early life and education ==
He was born on 23 November 1943 at Muhallah Saudagaran in Bareilly, [[British Raj|British India]],<ref name=Safeena-e-Bakshish>{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O7V6DwAAQBAJ&q=Akhtar+Raza+Khan+23+November+1943&pg=PA17|title=Safeena-e-Bakshish|first=Taajush Shari'ah Mufti Akhtar Raza|last=Khan|publisher=TheSunniWay|via=Google Books |date=2018 |pages=17–22 |chapter=Brief synopsis of the life of Taj al-Shariah, by Muhammad Kalim}}</ref> to [[Ibrahim Raza Khan]] as the grandson of [[Hamid Raza Khan]] and as a great-grandson of [[Ahmad Raza Khan]], who was considered to be a [[mujaddid]] by his followers and founder of the [[Barelvi movement]].<ref name="ts">{{cite web |url=http://twocircles.net/2014oct16/1413482491.html#.VbTAHjMckjM |title=World's 500 'Most Influential Muslims': 24 Indians in the list; Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan, Mahmood Madani in first 50 117 |work=TwoCircles.net |date=16 October 2014 |quote=He is the great-grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan (d. 1921), who founded the Barelwi movement in South Asia |access-date=26 July 2015 |archive-date=8 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008174605/http://twocircles.net/2014oct16/1413482491.html#.VbTAHjMckjM |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamal |first=Md Yousuf |date=16 August 2023 |title=Tajush Shari'ah: A Beacon of Spiritual Influence in the Sunni Tradition |url=https://en.islamonweb.net/tajush-shariah-a-beacon-of-spiritual-influence-in-the-sunni-tradition |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=Islamonweb |language=en}}</ref>

He went to attended and graduated from the [[Manzar-i Islam]] of the Bareilly Dargah,<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> and then Islamia Inter College, [[Bareilly]].<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> He post-graduated from the [[Al-Azhar University]] in Egypt in the Arabic literature and Islamic Studies with specialisation in Hadith and Tafseer from 1963 to 1966,<ref name=Safeena-e-Bakshish/> where he was conferred with the ''Fakhr-e-Azhar'' (Pride of Azhar) award by [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]].<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=12 June 2018 |title=Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Qaadiri Al-Azhari {{!}} The Muslim 500 |url=https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/mufti-muhammad-akhtar-raza-khan-qaadiri-al-azhari/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163437/https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/mufti-muhammad-akhtar-raza-khan-qaadiri-al-azhari/ |archive-date=12 June 2018 |access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Agarwal |first=Priyangi |date=3 May 2019 |title=First urs-e-tajusharia to be observed on July 9–10 | Bareilly News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/first-urs-e-tajushariah-to-be-observed-on-july-9-10/articleshow/69152358.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109113832/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/first-urs-e-tajushariah-to-be-observed-on-july-9-10/articleshow/69152358.cms |archive-date=9 January 2023 |access-date=25 April 2020 |work=[[Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Religious career ==
In 1967, at the age of 25, he became a teacher at the [[Manzar-i Islam]] at Bareilly Dargah.<ref name=Safeena-e-Bakshish/>

=== Spiritual life ===
Khan was a spiritual follower and successor of his maternal grandfather [[Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri]] in the Qadriyya-Barkatiyya-Razviyya-Nooriya order of Sufism.<ref name=":1" />

=== After retirement ===
He formally retired from teaching in 1980,<ref name=Safeena-e-Bakshish/> but continued to issue [[fatwa]],<ref name=Safeena-e-Bakshish/> and holding seminars for students at Dar al-Ifta.<ref name=Safeena-e-Bakshish/>

In 2000, he founded the Centre of Islamic Studies [[Jamiatur Raza]] based in Bareilly, [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.<ref name=toi /><ref>{{cite book |last=Sanyal |first=Usha |author-link=Usha Sanyal |editor-first=Jamal |editor-last=Malik |title=Madrasas in South Asia: Teaching terror? |year=2008 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |chapter=Ahl-i Sunnat Madrasas: the Madrasa Manzar-i Islam, Bareilly, and Jamia Ashrafiyya, Mubarakpur |isbn=9780415442473 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0lo_Whlz-sYC&pg=PA23 |ref=Sanyal08 |access-date=8 November 2020 |archive-date=10 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210112243/https://books.google.com/books?id=0lo_Whlz-sYC&pg=PA23 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.milligazette.com/news/9301-plan-to-develop-bareillys-jamiatur-raza-into-an-arabic-persian-university Plan to develop Bareilly's Jamiatur Raza into an Arabic Persian University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113325/http://www.milligazette.com/news/9301-plan-to-develop-bareillys-jamiatur-raza-into-an-arabic-persian-university |date=4 March 2016 }} By NA Ansari, The Milli Gazette "Maulana Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari set up Madrasa Jamiatur Raza in 2000 in the city's CB Ganj area with the ultimate objective of imparting all types of education."</ref>

Khan was known by several titles among Barelvis in India, such as ''Tajush Sharia'' ("Crown of Sharia"), ''Mufti-e-Azam'' ("Supreme Mufti"), ''Qazi ul-Quzzat'' ("Islamic Chief Justice"), and others.{{Sfnp|Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|2018}}<ref name=":1" /> He had been ranked 22nd on the list of [[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]] in the world (2014–15 edition), compiled by the [[Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre]].<ref name="toi">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Barelvi-cleric-in-most-powerful-Muslims-list/articleshow/44890599.cms | title=Barelvi cleric in 'most powerful Muslims' list | newspaper=The Times of India | first=Mrigank | last=Tiwari | date=20 October 2014 | access-date=5 September 2015 | archive-date=10 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210213251/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Barelvi-cleric-in-most-powerful-Muslims-list/articleshow/44890599.cms | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Usha Sanyal. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=69415&jid=ASS&volumeId=32&issueId=03&aid=69414 Generational Changes in the Leadership of the Ahl-e Sunnat Movement in North India during the Twentieth Century] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317013822/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/generational-changes-in-the-leadership-of-the-ahle-sunnat-movement-in-north-india-during-the-twentieth-century/8AAAC4CFEFC4F4084731C3964A5CAE84 |date=17 March 2020 }}. Modern Asian Studies (1998), Cambridge University Press.</ref> He had tens of millions of followers in India.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news |last=Agarwal |first=Priyangi |date=21 July 2018 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/noted-barelvi-cleric-azhari-miyan-dies/articleshow/65075272.cms |title=Noted Barelvi cleric Azhari Miyan dies |work=The Times of India |access-date=30 January 2019 |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411094834/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/noted-barelvi-cleric-azhari-miyan-dies/articleshow/65075272.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

He died following a long illness on 20 July 2018, aged 74.<ref>{{Cite web |last=rasia |date=23 July 2018 |title=10 lakh people attend funeral of Taajush Shariah Mufti Mohammad Akhtar Raza Khan Quadri |url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/10-lakh-people-attend-funeral-taajush-shariah-mufti-mohammad-akhtar-raza-khan-quadri-1383884/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=The Siasat Daily – Archive |language=en-US |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109113848/https://archive.siasat.com/news/10-lakh-people-attend-funeral-taajush-shariah-mufti-mohammad-akhtar-raza-khan-quadri-1383884/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=बरेली शरीफ के अजहरी मिया के जनाजे में शामिल होने को लोग रवाना - |url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/jamshedpur-janaja-of-ajhari-miya-18222919.html |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Jagran |language=hi |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822170417/https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/jamshedpur-janaja-of-ajhari-miya-18222919.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="patrica18">{{Cite web |date=22 July 2018 |title=अजहरी मियां के जनाजे में उमड़ा जन सैलाब, गमगीन माहौल में हुए सुपुर्दे खाक {{!}} Tajush Sharia Azahari Miyan ke Janaze mein umada jan sailaab hindi new |url=https://www.patrika.com/bareilly-news/tajush-sharia-azahari-miyan-ke-janaze-mein-umada-jan-sailaab-hindi-new-3140629/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Patrika News |language=hi-IN |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822170419/https://www.patrika.com/bareilly-news/tajush-sharia-azahari-miyan-ke-janaze-mein-umada-jan-sailaab-hindi-new-3140629/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ताजुशरिया के आखिरी सफर में उमड़ा जनसैलाब |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-more-people-in-intkaal-18229329.html |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109113836/https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-more-people-in-intkaal-18229329.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=भूख की परवाह और न बारिश की फिक्र ऐसा रहा पीर से बेइंतहा मुहब्बत का तारीखी मंजर |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-crowed-for-pir-tajusharia-18223092.html |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822170551/https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-crowed-for-pir-tajusharia-18223092.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After his death Mufti Mohammad Salim Noori, spokesperson of the [[Bareilly Dargah]], said Khan was "the lone cleric in India to get a title of ''Tajushariya'' and "one of the few prominent persons across the world to be allowed to visit the inside [of the] [[Kaaba]] in Mecca."<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" />

==Funeral==
Hundreds of thousands of people attended his funeral.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/bareilly-news/azahari-miyan-janaze-mein-jan-sailaab-ki-photo-3140733/|title=अजहरी मियां के जनाजे में दिखा जो जनसैलाब, आपने कभी नहीं देखा होगा, देखें तस्वीरें|website=www.patrika.com|date=22 July 2018|access-date=30 January 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327122242/https://www.patrika.com/bareilly-news/azahari-miyan-janaze-mein-jan-sailaab-ki-photo-3140733/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-more-people-in-intkaal-18229329.html|title=ताजुशरिया के आखिरी सफर में उमड़ा जनसैलाब|website=Dainik Jagran|access-date=30 January 2019|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322121441/https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-more-people-in-intkaal-18229329.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His funeral occurred on 22 July 2018 at Islamia Inter College, Bareilly. The prayer was led by his son and successor [[Asjad Raza Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 July 2018|title=10 lakh people attend funeral of Taajush Shariah Mufti Mohammad Akhtar Raza Khan Quadri|url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/10-lakh-people-attend-funeral-taajush-shariah-mufti-mohammad-akhtar-raza-khan-quadri-1383884/|access-date=20 June 2020|website=The Siasat Daily - Archive|language=en-US|archive-date=23 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623074129/https://archive.siasat.com/news/10-lakh-people-attend-funeral-taajush-shariah-mufti-mohammad-akhtar-raza-khan-quadri-1383884/|url-status=live}}</ref> His [[List of largest funerals|funeral]] was watched by at least 12,500,000 people across the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MuslimMirror |date=22 July 2018 |title=Renowned Barelvi cleric Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan passed away, lakhs attend final journey |url=https://muslimmirror.com/eng/renowned-barelvi-cleric-mufti-akhtar-raza-khan-passes-away/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Muslim Mirror |language=en-US |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822165814/https://muslimmirror.com/eng/renowned-barelvi-cleric-mufti-akhtar-raza-khan-passes-away/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2018 |title=अजहरी मियां के जनाजे में दिखा जो जनसैलाब, आपने कभी नहीं देखा होगा, देखें तस्वीरें |url=https://www.patrika.com/bareilly-news/azahari-miyan-janaze-mein-jan-sailaab-ki-photo-3140733/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Patrika News |language=hi-IN |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327122242/https://www.patrika.com/bareilly-news/azahari-miyan-janaze-mein-jan-sailaab-ki-photo-3140733/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 July 2018 |title=Thousands throng funeral of noted Barelvi cleric; traffic blocked for eight hours |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/thousands-throng-funeral-of-noted-barelvi-cleric-traffic-blocked-for-eight-hours/articleshow/65095015.cms?from=mdr |access-date=22 August 2023 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822165812/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/thousands-throng-funeral-of-noted-barelvi-cleric-traffic-blocked-for-eight-hours/articleshow/65095015.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=लाखों की भीड़ के बीच आज उठेगा अजहरी मियां का जनाजा, 10 बजे नमाजे जनाजा |url=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/ajhari-mian-will-be-buried-today-millions-of-people-will-be-come |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822170419/https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/ajhari-mian-will-be-buried-today-millions-of-people-will-be-come |url-status=live }}</ref> A day of mourning was organised in Bareilly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=अलविदा ताजुशरिया |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/bareily/story-goodbye-tajusharia-2081612.html |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Hindustan |date=21 July 2018 |language=hi |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822170419/https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/bareily/story-goodbye-tajusharia-2081612.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ताजुशरिया हुए दुनिया से रुखसत, मुरीदों के सैलाब में भगदड़, पुलिस से झड़प |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-tribute-to-tajusharia-18227153.html |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822170415/https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-tribute-to-tajusharia-18227153.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The funeral was organised by the Members of [[Bareilly Dargah]] and other organisations related to Dargah. The Namaz-e-Janaza was led by the son of Akhtar Raza Khan and head Mufti of Bareilly, [[Asjad Raza Khan]] at 10:00 AM on 22 July 2018.<ref name="patrica18"/>

=== Memorial events ===
Since 2019, the Urs of Akhtar Raza Khan is organised annually at the Bareilly Dargah to commemorate the death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=परचम कुशाई की रस्म के साथ शुरू हुआ ताजुश्शरिया का उर्स |url=https://www.inextlive.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/tajusaaria-urs-start-bareilly-news-in-madrasa-jamiaturaja-217449 |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=inextlive |language=hi |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822171418/https://www.inextlive.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/tajusaaria-urs-start-bareilly-news-in-madrasa-jamiaturaja-217449 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2" />

== Publications ==

===Views===
His [[Urdu]]-language fatwa collection was known as ''Majmu'ah Fatawa''. His English collection is named ''Azharul Fatawa''.<ref name=":0" />{{full citation needed|date=September 2021}} One of his [[fatwa]]s was his edict on the interest given to a Muslim by a non-Muslim:

<blockquote>When there is a dealing between a Muslim and a Muslim or a Muslim and a Zimmi Kaffir (a non-Muslim living in the safety
of an Islamic state), the taking more money than loaned is considered as interest and such a dealing will be unlawful. However, if this condition does not exist, this excess money will not be considered as interest and will be legitimate for a Muslim as it is unanimous that there is no interest applicable when there is dealing between a Muslim and a Harbi Kaafir (a non-Muslim who is not living in the safety of an Islamic State).{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}</blockquote>He had issued fatwa against the [[Sterilization (microbiology)|sterilisation]] in 1975 on the order of Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri when [[Indira Gandhi]] had made the sterilisation compulsory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=नसबंदी पर फतवे से हिल गई थी हुकूमत - |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-13252091.html |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

In 2016, Khan wrote a book ''Tie Ka Mas'ala'' and he had issued fatwa against wearing ties, Khan had called tie as the symbol of Christians, the non-Muslims.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In India, Barelvi Cleric Issues Fatwa Prohibiting Muslims From Wearing Ties: Muslims Must Not 'Adopt The Symbols Of Non-Muslims' |url=https://www.memri.org/reports/india-barelvi-cleric-issues-fatwa-prohibiting-muslims-wearing-ties-muslims-must-not-adopt |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=MEMRI |language=en}}</ref>

In October 2016, Khan under the letterhead of Shariat Council of India issued the Fatwa against the Uniform Civil Code in India and said it is made a law, it will be boycotted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barelvi sect opposes government's stand on triple talaq, Uniform Civil Code {{!}} India.com |url=https://www.india.com/news/india/barelvi-sect-opposes-governments-stand-on-triple-talaq-uniform-civil-code-1560785/ |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=www.india.com |language=en}}</ref>

Akhtar Raza Khan was known for some of his extreme views; he penned a pamphlet forbidding prayers behind [[Deobandi]] imams.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ingram |first=Brannon D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuVvDwAAQBAJ&dq=akhtar+raza+khan+grandson&pg=PA175 |title=Revival from Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam |date=21 November 2018 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-29799-9 |language=en}}</ref> He was also sceptical of the Pakistani Barelvi organisation [[Dawat-e-Islami]] and their leader [[Ilyas Qadri]]. He wrote a book named "''Iblis Ka Raqs''" in refutation of Qadri and his organisation.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/47_20211104|title=47 ابلیس کا رقص|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

===Poetry===
His composition of [[Na`at]] was entitled ''Safina-e-Bakhshish'', written in three languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.ahlesunnat.net/safina-e-bakhshish-(jild-8)/876/|title=Ahlesunnat.net – Safina E Bakhshish (Jild 8)|website=books.ahlesunnat.net|access-date=30 January 2019|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026011234/http://books.ahlesunnat.net/safina-e-bakhshish-(jild-8)/876/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Books===
He was the author of "more than 50 books on Islamic theology and thought in Urdu and Arabic", including:<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/>
* ''Hijrat-e-Rasool''
* ''Al-Mawahib al-Rizwiyyah Fi al-Fatawa al-Azhariyyah''
* ''Aasaar-e-Qiyamat''
* ''Al-Haq-ul-Mubeen'' ([[Arabic]] and [[Urdu]])
* ''Safeenah-e-Bakhshish'' (Na'at collection)
* ''Fatawa Taj-us-Shari'ah''<ref name=":0">''Fatawa Tajush Sharia'' (in four volumes) by Dar al-Ishaat al-Islamiyya, Jamia al-Raza, Bareilly.</ref>{{full citation needed|date=September 2021}}
* ''Suno Chup Raho''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fikr e Raza Pakistan |url=http://archive.org/details/SunoChupRaho_201901 |title=Listen, Be quiet. سنو چپ رہو: تاج الشریعہ مفتی محمد اختر رضا قادری بریلوی |date=1 September 1990}}</ref>

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==References==
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* {{Cite web|author=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|date=2018|title=Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Qaadiri Al-Azhari
|url=https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/mufti-muhammad-akhtar-raza-khan-qaadiri-al-azhari/
|website=The Muslim 500
|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163437/https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/mufti-muhammad-akhtar-raza-khan-qaadiri-al-azhari/|author-link=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre}}

== Bibliography ==

* {{Cite book |last=Raza |first=Mufti Dr Yunus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvmSEAAAQBAJ |title=Sawaneh Tajushshariah (Roman Urdu) |publisher=Abde Mustafa Official |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Noori |first=Muhammad Afthab Cassim al-Qaadiri Razvi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bpeWEAAAQBAJ |title=THE MIRACLE OF RAZA TAAJUSH SHARIAH |date=21 October 2022 |publisher=Noori Publications |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Misbahi |first=Muhammad Kashif Raza Shaad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvqSEAAAQBAJ |title=Huzoor Tajushshariah Ke Kalaam Mein Muhawraat Ka Istemal (Roman Urdu) |publisher=Abde Mustafa Official |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Markazi |first=Maulana Muhammad Raza |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vPqSEAAAQBAJ |title=Huzoor Tajushshariah Aur Bukhari Shareef Ki Pehli Hadees Ka Dars (Roman Urdu) |publisher=Abde Mustafa Official |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Razvi |first=Mohammad Shahabuddin |author-link=Shahabuddin Razvi |url=https://archive.org/details/hayat-e-tajushsharia-hindi/page/n3/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Hayat-e-Tajush Shariah |publisher=Islamic Research Centre |year=2008 |location=Bareilly |language=ur |translator-last=Razvi |translator-first=Mohammad Shahabuddin |trans-title=Life of Tajush Shari'ah}}
* {{Cite book |last=Razvi |first=Mohammad Shahabuddin |author-link=Shahabuddin Razvi |url=https://archive.org/details/karamat-e-taj-ushshariah-hindi/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Karamat-e-Tajush Shariah |publisher=Islamic Research Centre |year=2015 |location=Bareily |language=ur |translator-last=Razvi |translator-first=Mohammad Shahabuddin |trans-title=Miracles of Tajush Shari'ah}}
* {{Cite book |last=Qadri |first=Farid-uz-Zaman |url=https://archive.org/details/raahe-bakhshish/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Raahe Bakhshish |publisher=Sunni Islamic Publisher |location=Mumbai |language=ur |trans-title=Way of Salvation}}

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