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Several beliefs and practices differentiate the Barelvi movement from others (particularly ], ], and ]), including beliefs in Nur Muhammadiyya (Light of Muhammad), Hazir-o-Nazir (Multipresence of Muhammad), the knowledge of Muhammad, and the intercession of Muhammad.<ref name="l1"/><ref name="noor"/><ref name="fbm"/><ref name="allama123"/> | Several beliefs and practices differentiate the Barelvi movement from others (particularly ], ], and ]), including beliefs in Nur Muhammadiyya (Light of Muhammad(PBUH)), Hazir-o-Nazir (Multipresence of Muhammad(PBUH)), the knowledge of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH), and the intercession of Muhammad(PBUH).<ref name="l1"/><ref name="noor"/><ref name="fbm"/><ref name="allama123"/> | ||
===Light of Muhammad (Nur Muhammadiyya)=== | ===Light of Muhammad(PBUH) (Nur Muhammadiyya)=== | ||
A central doctrine of Barelvi is that Muhammad is both human and light.<ref name="noor">{{cite web |author=Ahmed Raza |url=http://www.faizaneraza.org/book-detail/172 |title=Noor o Bashar ::Islamic Books, Books Library |publisher=Faizaneraza.org |access-date=2012-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222055545/http://www.faizaneraza.org/book-detail/172 |archive-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Muhammad's physical birth was preceded by his existence as a light which predates creation. The primordial reality of Muhammad existed before creation, and God created for the sake of Muhammad.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0QkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT218|title=Muslims in Western Europe|author=Jorgen S. Nielsen|page=218|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=9781474409353|year=2015}}</ref> Adherents of this doctrine believe that the word ''Nur'' (light) in the Quran{{Cite quran|5|15|b=n|s=ns}} refers to Muhammad. | A central doctrine of Barelvi is that Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) is both human and light.<ref name="noor">{{cite web |author=Ahmed Raza |url=http://www.faizaneraza.org/book-detail/172 |title=Noor o Bashar ::Islamic Books, Books Library |publisher=Faizaneraza.org |access-date=2012-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222055545/http://www.faizaneraza.org/book-detail/172 |archive-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Hazrat Muhammad's(PBUH) physical birth was preceded by his existence as a light which predates creation. The primordial reality of Muhammad(PBUH) existed before creation, and God created for the sake of Prophet Muhammad(PBUH).<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0QkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT218|title=Muslims in Western Europe|author=Jorgen S. Nielsen|page=218|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=9781474409353|year=2015}}</ref> Adherents of this doctrine believe that the word ''Nur'' (light) in the Quran{{Cite quran|5|15|b=n|s=ns}} refers to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH). | ||
], the ninth-century Sufi Quran commentator, describes the creation of Muhammad's primordial light in his ].<ref name="companion">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aLm_R5yjcMMC&pg=PA127|title=The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad|page=127|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521886079|year=2010}}</ref> ] (al-Tustari's student) affirms this doctrine in his book, ''Ta Sin Al-Siraj'':<ref name="tustari123">{{citation|title=Tafsīr al-Tustarī|publisher=Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought|year=2011|page=213}}</ref><ref name="companion"/> | ], the ninth-century Sufi Quran commentator, describes the creation of Hazrat Muhammad's(PBUH) primordial light in his ].<ref name="companion">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aLm_R5yjcMMC&pg=PA127|title=The Cambridge Companion to Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH)|page=127|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521886079|year=2010}}</ref> ] (al-Tustari's student) affirms this doctrine in his book, ''Ta Sin Al-Siraj'':<ref name="tustari123">{{citation|title=Tafsīr al-Tustarī|publisher=Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought|year=2011|page=213}}</ref><ref name="companion"/> | ||
{{Quote|That is, in the beginning when God, Glorified and Exalted is He, created him as a light within a column of light (''nūran fī ʿamūd al-nūr''), a million years before creation, with the essential characteristics of faith (''ṭabāʾiʿ al-īmān''), in a witnessing of the unseen within the unseen (''mushāhadat al-ghayb bi’l-ghayb''). He stood before Him in servanthood (''ʿubūdiyya''), by the lote tree of the Ultimate Boundary , this being a tree at which the knowledge of every person reaches its limit.}} | {{Quote|That is, in the beginning when God, Glorified and Exalted is He, created him as a light within a column of light (''nūran fī ʿamūd al-nūr''), a million years before creation, with the essential characteristics of faith (''ṭabāʾiʿ al-īmān''), in a witnessing of the unseen within the unseen (''mushāhadat al-ghayb bi’l-ghayb''). He stood before Him in servanthood (''ʿubūdiyya''), by the lote tree of the Ultimate Boundary , this being a tree at which the knowledge of every person reaches its limit.}} | ||
{{Quote|When there shrouded the lote tree that which shrouded . This means: "that which shrouded" the lote tree (''ay mā yaghshā al-shajara'') was from the light of Muḥammad as he worshipped. It could be likened to golden moths, which God sets in motion towards Him from the wonders of His secrets. All this is in order to increase him in firmness (''thabāt'') for the influx (mawārid) which he received .}} | {{Quote|When there shrouded the lote tree that which shrouded . This means: "that which shrouded" the lote tree (''ay mā yaghshā al-shajara'') was from the light of Prophet Hazrat Muḥammad(PBUH) as he worshipped. It could be likened to golden moths, which God sets in motion towards Him from the wonders of His secrets. All this is in order to increase him in firmness (''thabāt'') for the influx (mawārid) which he received .}} | ||
According to ''Stūdīyā Islāmīkā'', all Sufi orders are united in the belief in the light of Muhammad.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kL7XAAAAMAAJ|title=Stūdīyā Islāmīkā Volume 8 Issues 1-3|publisher=State Institute for Islamic Studies of Syarif Hidayatullah|page=42|year=2001}}</ref> | According to ''Stūdīyā Islāmīkā'', all Sufi orders are united in the belief in the light of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH).<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kL7XAAAAMAAJ|title=Stūdīyā Islāmīkā Volume 8 Issues 1-3|publisher=State Institute for Islamic Studies of Syarif Hidayatullah|page=42|year=2001}}</ref> | ||
===Multipresence of Muhammad (Hazir o Nazir)=== | ===Multipresence of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) (Hazir o Nazir)=== | ||
Another central Barelvi doctrine is that Muhammad can witness and be present in multiple places at the same time (Hazir o Nazir).<ref name="fbm">{{citation |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0Mx5DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA377 |title=Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan |page=377 |publisher=Springer |year=2016 |isbn=9781349949663 }}</ref> The doctrine appears in Sufi works predating Barelvi, such as Sayyid Uthman Bukhari's (d. ca. 1687) ''Jawahir al-Quliya'' (''Jewels of the Friends of God''), describing how Sufis may experience the presence of Muhammad.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1ORAgAAQBAJ|title=Striving for Divine Union: Spiritual Exercises for Suhraward Sufis|author=Qamar-ul Huda|pages=103–107|publisher=RoutledgeCurzon|isbn=9781135788438|date=8 August 2005}}</ref> Proponents of this doctrine assert that the term ''Shahid'' (witness) in the Quran ({{Cite quran|33|45|b=n|s=ns}}, {{Cite quran|4|41|b=n|s=ns}}) refers to this ability of Muhammad, and cite ]s to support it.<ref>{{citation|title=مسئله حاضر و ناظر|author=Mufti Muhammad Ameen|publisher=Maktaba Suhj Nur}}</ref> | Another central Barelvi doctrine is that Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) can witness and be present in multiple places at the same time (Hazir o Nazir).<ref name="fbm">{{citation |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0Mx5DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA377 |title=Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan |page=377 |publisher=Springer |year=2016 |isbn=9781349949663 }}</ref> The doctrine appears in Sufi works predating Barelvi, such as Sayyid Uthman Bukhari's (d. ca. 1687) ''Jawahir al-Quliya'' (''Jewels of the Friends of God''), describing how Sufis may experience the presence of Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH).<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1ORAgAAQBAJ|title=Striving for Divine Union: Spiritual Exercises for Suhraward Sufis|author=Qamar-ul Huda|pages=103–107|publisher=RoutledgeCurzon|isbn=9781135788438|date=8 August 2005}}</ref> Proponents of this doctrine assert that the term ''Shahid'' (witness) in the Quran ({{Cite quran|33|45|b=n|s=ns}}, {{Cite quran|4|41|b=n|s=ns}}) refers to this ability of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH), and cite ]s to support it.<ref>{{citation|title=مسئله حاضر و ناظر|author=Mufti Muhammad Ameen|publisher=Maktaba Suhj Nur}}</ref> | ||
===Muhammad's Knowledge of the Unseen (Ilm e Ghaib)=== | ===Prophet Muhammad's(PBUH) Knowledge of the Unseen (Ilm e Ghaib)=== | ||
A fundamental Barelvi belief is that Muhammad has knowledge of the unseen, which is attained from God (''ata'e'') and is not equal to God's knowledge.<ref name="l1">{{citation|title=فیض نبوت یعنی علم غیب رسولﷺ|author=Allama Abul Faiz Muhammad Shareef Qadri Razavi|publisher=Akbar Booksellers Lahore}}</ref> This relates to the concept of ''Ummi'' as mentioned in the Quran ({{Cite quran|7|157|b=n|s=ns}}). Barelvis do not interpret this word as "unlettered" or "illiterate", but "untaught". Muhammad learns not from humankind, but from God; his knowledge is universal, encompassing the seen and unseen realms. This belief predates the Barelvi movement, and is found in Sufi books such as ]'s '']'':<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZojDQAAQBAJ|title=And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|isbn=9781469619606|year=2014|translator=A. J. Arberry|pages=72, 257}}</ref> | A fundamental Barelvi belief is that Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) has knowledge of the unseen, which is attained from God (''ata'e'') and is not equal to God's knowledge.<ref name="l1">{{citation|title=فیض نبوت یعنی علم غیب رسولﷺ|author=Allama Abul Faiz Muhammad Shareef Qadri Razavi|publisher=Akbar Booksellers Lahore}}</ref> This relates to the concept of ''Ummi'' as mentioned in the Quran ({{Cite quran|7|157|b=n|s=ns}}). Barelvis do not interpret this word as "unlettered" or "illiterate", but "untaught". Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) learns not from humankind, but from God; his knowledge is universal, encompassing the seen and unseen realms. This belief predates the Barelvi movement, and is found in Sufi books such as ]'s '']'':<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZojDQAAQBAJ|title=And Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|isbn=9781469619606|year=2014|translator=A. J. Arberry|pages=72, 257}}</ref> | ||
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{{Quote|Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) is not called "unlettered" because he was incapable of writing or reading. He is called "unlettered" because with him writing and wisdom were innate, not taught. He who inscribes characters on the face of the moon, is such a man not able to write? And what is there in all the world that he does not know, seeing that all people learn from him? What can the partial intellect know that the Universal Intellect does not possess?}} | ||
===Intercession of Muhammad=== | ===Intercession of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH)=== | ||
A fundamental belief of those within the Barelvi movement is that Muhammad helps in this life and in the afterlife.<ref name="allama123">{{citation|title=وسیلہ نسبت تعظیم|author=علامہ مشتاق احمد نظامی علیہ الرحمہ|publisher=Noor Masjid Ka Ghazi Bazaar - Karachi}}</ref> According to this doctrine, God helps through Muhammad (]). ] Muslims of the Barelvi movement believe that any ability that Muhammad has to help others is from God, who helps through Muhammad. The help received from Muhammad is therefore considered God's help.<ref name="allama123"/> Sunni Muslims of the Barelvi movement also commonly say ''Ya Rasool Allah'' ('O Messenger of Allah'), addressing the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in the present tense with the belief that he is able to listen. Sunni Muslims of the Barelvi movement believe that Muhammad is a Rahmah (mercy) to all creation as mentioned in the Quran {{Cite quran|21|107|b=n|s=ns}}.<ref name="allama123"/> Muhammad therefore is a means by which God expresses ], to creation.<ref name="allama123"/> Proponents of this belief look to the Quran {{Cite quran|4|64|b=n|s=ns}} as a proof that God prefers to help through Muhammad. | A fundamental belief of those within the Barelvi movement is that Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) helps in this life and in the afterlife.<ref name="allama123">{{citation|title=وسیلہ نسبت تعظیم|author=علامہ مشتاق احمد نظامی علیہ الرحمہ|publisher=Noor Masjid Ka Ghazi Bazaar - Karachi}}</ref> According to this doctrine, God helps through Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) (]). ] Muslims of the Barelvi movement believe that any ability that Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) has to help others is from God, who helps through Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH). The help received from Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) is therefore considered God's help.<ref name="allama123"/> Sunni Muslims of the Barelvi movement also commonly say ''Ya Rasool Allah'' ('O Messenger of Allah'), addressing the Islamic Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) in the present tense with the belief that he is able to listen. Sunni Muslims of the Barelvi movement believe that Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) is a Rahmah (mercy) to all creation as mentioned in the Quran {{Cite quran|21|107|b=n|s=ns}}.<ref name="allama123"/> Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) therefore is a means by which God expresses ], to creation.<ref name="allama123"/> Proponents of this belief look to the Quran {{Cite quran|4|64|b=n|s=ns}} as a proof that God prefers to help through Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH). | ||
They also believe that in the afterlife, on the day of judgement, Muhammad will intercede on the behalf of his followers and God will forgive his nation of sins and allow them to enter ''Jannah'' (paradise).<ref name="allama123"/> | They also believe that in the afterlife, on the day of judgement, Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) will intercede on the behalf of his followers and God will forgive his nation of sins and allow them to enter ''Jannah'' (paradise).<ref name="allama123"/> | ||
The belief of Muhammad providing support and help is a common theme within classical ] literature. An example of this can be found in ] book ] in which he details the story of a Shaykh, named Sam'an, who travels to ] where he falls deeply in love with a ] woman.<ref name="attar123"/> The woman after seeing his state commands him to do acts forbidden in ] to prove himself to her and the Shaykh begins to drift away from Islam.<ref name="attar123"/> Concerned disciples and friends of the Shaykh decide to go to Makkah to pray for the Shaykh and make many supplications for him. One of them has a vision of Muhammad who says: ''I have loosed the chains which bound your sheikh - your prayer is answered, go.''<ref name="attar123">{{citation|url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/iranian-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/537/2016/11/Sanan-English.pdf|title=The Story of Sheikh Sam'an|author=Fariduddin Attar|publisher=The Norton Anthology of World Literature|year=2012|page=72}}</ref> They return to ] to find that Shaykh Sam'an has returned to Islam and that the Christian woman whom he loved had also become a Muslim. | The belief of Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) providing support and help is a common theme within classical ] literature. An example of this can be found in ] book ] in which he details the story of a Shaykh, named Sam'an, who travels to ] where he falls deeply in love with a ] woman.<ref name="attar123"/> The woman after seeing his state commands him to do acts forbidden in ] to prove himself to her and the Shaykh begins to drift away from Islam.<ref name="attar123"/> Concerned disciples and friends of the Shaykh decide to go to Makkah to pray for the Shaykh and make many supplications for him. One of them has a vision of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) who says: ''I have loosed the chains which bound your sheikh - your prayer is answered, go.''<ref name="attar123">{{citation|url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/iranian-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/537/2016/11/Sanan-English.pdf|title=The Story of Sheikh Sam'an|author=Fariduddin Attar|publisher=The Norton Anthology of World Literature|year=2012|page=72}}</ref> They return to ] to find that Shaykh Sam'an has returned to Islam and that the Christian woman whom he loved had also become a Muslim. | ||
The belief of Muhammad interceding is found in various hadith as well. | The belief of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) interceding is found in various hadith as well. | ||
''A Bedouin of the desert visited the Prophet's tomb and greeted the Prophet, addressing him directly as if he were alive. "Peace upon you, Messenger of God!" Then he said, "I heard the word of God 'If, when they had wronged themselves . . .,' I came to you seeking pardon for my mistakes, longing for your intercession with our Lord!" The Bedouin then recited a poem in praise of the Prophet and departed. The person who witnessed the story says that he fell asleep, and in a dream he saw the Prophet saying to him, "O 'Utbi, rejoin our brother the Bedouin and announce him the good news that God has pardoned him!"''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AtvBAAAQBAJ|title=Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God |last1=Ph.D|first1=Coeli Fitzpatrick|last2=Walker|first2=Adam Hani|date=2014-04-25|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781610691789|pages=300–301}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Tafsir al-Qur'an al-'Azim|last=Ibn Kathir|publisher=Dar al-Ma'rifa|year=1983|isbn=|location=Beirut|pages=1:521}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=al-Majmu: sharh al-Muhadhdhab|last=al-Nawawi|first=Yahya ibn Sharaf|publisher=al-Maktaba al-Salafiyya|year=|isbn=|location=Medina|pages=8:256}}</ref> | ''A Bedouin of the desert visited the Prophet's tomb and greeted the Prophet, addressing him directly as if he were alive. "Peace upon you, Messenger of God!" Then he said, "I heard the word of God 'If, when they had wronged themselves . . .,' I came to you seeking pardon for my mistakes, longing for your intercession with our Lord!" The Bedouin then recited a poem in praise of the Prophet and departed. The person who witnessed the story says that he fell asleep, and in a dream he saw the Prophet(PBUH) saying to him, "O 'Utbi, rejoin our brother the Bedouin and announce him the good news that God has pardoned him!"''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AtvBAAAQBAJ|title=Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God |last1=Ph.D|first1=Coeli Fitzpatrick|last2=Walker|first2=Adam Hani|date=2014-04-25|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781610691789|pages=300–301}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Tafsir al-Qur'an al-'Azim|last=Ibn Kathir|publisher=Dar al-Ma'rifa|year=1983|isbn=|location=Beirut|pages=1:521}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=al-Majmu: sharh al-Muhadhdhab|last=al-Nawawi|first=Yahya ibn Sharaf|publisher=al-Maktaba al-Salafiyya|year=|isbn=|location=Medina|pages=8:256}}</ref> | ||
===Practices=== | ===Practices=== | ||
*Public celebration of ]<ref>]: 49</ref><ref>]: 111</ref> | *Public celebration of ]<ref>]: 49</ref><ref>]: 111</ref> | ||
*]. This consists of the intervention of an ascending, linked and unbroken chain of holy persons claimed to reach ultimately to Muhammad who Barelvis believe intercede on their behalf with God.<ref name=netton>{{cite book|last1=Netton|first1=Ian|title=Encyclopedia of islam|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|page=88|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxOOwy-4J4UC&pg=PA88|isbn=9780813543451}}</ref><ref name="Parsons2006">{{cite book|author=Martin Parsons|title=Unveiling God: Contextualizing Christology for Islamic Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HPTovQ7s2_EC&pg=PA147|access-date=2011-04-20|date=1 January 2006|publisher=William Carey Library|isbn=978-0-87808-454-8|page=149}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Abdulkader|first1=Tayob|title=Muslim Schools and Education|publisher=Waxxman Verlag|page=76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RWqjAoRGxUcC&pg=PA76|isbn=9783830975540}}</ref> | *]. This consists of the intervention of an ascending, linked and unbroken chain of holy persons claimed to reach ultimately to Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) who Barelvis believe intercede on their behalf with God.<ref name=netton>{{cite book|last1=Netton|first1=Ian|title=Encyclopedia of islam|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|page=88|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxOOwy-4J4UC&pg=PA88|isbn=9780813543451}}</ref><ref name="Parsons2006">{{cite book|author=Martin Parsons|title=Unveiling God: Contextualizing Christology for Islamic Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HPTovQ7s2_EC&pg=PA147|access-date=2011-04-20|date=1 January 2006|publisher=William Carey Library|isbn=978-0-87808-454-8|page=149}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Abdulkader|first1=Tayob|title=Muslim Schools and Education|publisher=Waxxman Verlag|page=76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RWqjAoRGxUcC&pg=PA76|isbn=9783830975540}}</ref> | ||
*] the ] of Muhammad, his companions and pious Muslims, an act Barelvis believe is supported by the Quran, ] and the acts of the companions but which others call "shrine-worshipping" and un-Islamic.<ref name="AsthanaNirmal2009">{{cite book|author1=N. C. Asthana|author2=Anjali Nirmal|title=Urban Terrorism: Myths and Realities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EqWnqdsgZMC&pg=PA67|year=2009|publisher=Pointer Publishers|isbn=978-81-7132-598-6|pages=67–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=281563 |title=outlookindia.com |publisher=M.outlookindia.com |access-date=2012-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131043928/http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=281563 |archive-date=31 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQXY-iD9N2cC&q=Barelvi+graves&pg=PA185 |title=Curriculum in Today's World: Configuring Knowledge, Identities, Work and ... - Lyn Yates, Madeleine Grumet - Google Books |date=25 February 2011 |access-date=2012-09-24|isbn=9780203830499 |last1=Yates |first1=Lyn |last2=Grumet |first2=Madeleine }}</ref> | *] the ] of Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH), his companions and pious Muslims, an act Barelvis believe is supported by the Quran, ] and the acts of the companions but which others call "shrine-worshipping" and un-Islamic.<ref name="AsthanaNirmal2009">{{cite book|author1=N. C. Asthana|author2=Anjali Nirmal|title=Urban Terrorism: Myths and Realities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EqWnqdsgZMC&pg=PA67|year=2009|publisher=Pointer Publishers|isbn=978-81-7132-598-6|pages=67–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=281563 |title=outlookindia.com |publisher=M.outlookindia.com |access-date=2012-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131043928/http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=281563 |archive-date=31 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQXY-iD9N2cC&q=Barelvi+graves&pg=PA185 |title=Curriculum in Today's World: Configuring Knowledge, Identities, Work and ... - Lyn Yates, Madeleine Grumet - Google Books |date=25 February 2011 |access-date=2012-09-24|isbn=9780203830499 |last1=Yates |first1=Lyn |last2=Grumet |first2=Madeleine }}</ref> | ||
*Group ]: synchronized movements of the body while chanting the ]. Some groups, notably those in the Sufi ], sing ]; others do not use musical instruments.{{sfn|Roy|Sfeir|2007|p=339}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_9owz06LRMC&q=Barelvi+music&pg=PA191 |title=Tremors of Violence: Muslim Survivors of Ethnic Strife in Western India - Rowena Robinson - Google Books |date= 5 November 2005|access-date=2012-09-24|isbn=9780761934080 |last1=Robinson |first1=Rowena }}</ref><ref name="AsthanaNirmal2009"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fEg8rqzLMykC&q=Barelvi+music&pg=PA143 |title=Indian Defence Review: April - June 2007 - Bharat Verma - Google Books |date=19 February 2008 |access-date=2012-09-24|isbn=9788170621461 |last1=Verma |first1=Bharat }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WO-5e-HSdOoC&q=barelwi+dhikr&pg=PA52|title=Producing Islamic Knowledge: Transmission and Dissemination in Western Europe|first1=Martin van|last1=Bruinessen|first2=Stefano|last2=Allievi|date=17 June 2013|publisher=Routledge|via=Google Books|isbn=9781136932861}}</ref> | *Group ]: synchronized movements of the body while chanting the ]. Some groups, notably those in the Sufi ], sing ]; others do not use musical instruments.{{sfn|Roy|Sfeir|2007|p=339}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_9owz06LRMC&q=Barelvi+music&pg=PA191 |title=Tremors of Violence: Muslim Survivors of Ethnic Strife in Western India - Rowena Robinson - Google Books |date= 5 November 2005|access-date=2012-09-24|isbn=9780761934080 |last1=Robinson |first1=Rowena }}</ref><ref name="AsthanaNirmal2009"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fEg8rqzLMykC&q=Barelvi+music&pg=PA143 |title=Indian Defence Review: April - June 2007 - Bharat Verma - Google Books |date=19 February 2008 |access-date=2012-09-24|isbn=9788170621461 |last1=Verma |first1=Bharat }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WO-5e-HSdOoC&q=barelwi+dhikr&pg=PA52|title=Producing Islamic Knowledge: Transmission and Dissemination in Western Europe|first1=Martin van|last1=Bruinessen|first2=Stefano|last2=Allievi|date=17 June 2013|publisher=Routledge|via=Google Books|isbn=9781136932861}}</ref> | ||
*Letting the beard grow. The four schools of fiqh genrally (with the exception of the Shafi school of fiqh) consider it unlawful to trim a beard less than a fistful length. | *Letting the beard grow. The four schools of fiqh genrally (with the exception of the Shafi school of fiqh) consider it unlawful to trim a beard less than a fistful length. | ||
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=== Barelvis and Sufi tradition === | === Barelvis and Sufi tradition === | ||
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Sufism is a fundamental aspect of Barelvi. ] was part of the ] ] and pledged '']'' (allegiance) to Sayyid Shah Al ur-Rasul Marehrawi.<ref>{{citation|title=An Islāmic Personality of India – Imām Aḥmed Riḍā Khān |author=Dr. Muhyuddin al-Alwayi|publisher=Al-Azhar University|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBwiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|title=Sufi Ritual: The Parallel Universe|page=14|publisher=Routledge|year=2000|isbn=9781136833977}}</ref> Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi instructed his followers in Sufi beliefs and practices. Traditional Sufi practices, such as devotion to Muhammad and the veneration of '']s'', remain an integral part of the movement<ref name="sufi2"/><ref name="carl">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o58K2t344YQC|title=The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad|page=130|publisher=Cambridge University Press|author=Carl W. Ernst|others=Muḥammad as the Pole of Existence|isbn=9781139828383|year=2010}}</ref> (which defended the Sufi status quo in South Asia.<ref name="sas"/> Barelvi was at the forefront of defending Sufi doctrines such as the celebration of the birth of Muhammad and ], pilgrimages to ''wali'' tombs, and ].<ref name="sas"/> According to ''The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism'', Barelvis are often called "Sufi" because of their mystic practices but have little in common with classical Sufism.<ref name=columbia-sufi>{{harvnb|Roy|Sfeir|2007|page=92}} "They are often referred to as Sufi, because of their mystic practices, but have little in common with the Sufism of the classical Islamic mystics"</ref> Other sources say that Barelvis uphold traditional Sufi beliefs, practices,<ref name="sufi1">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNiFAAAAIAAJ|title=The World's Religions|publisher=G.K. Hall|page=380|quote=the Barelvis under Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan (1856-1921), who upheld traditional Sufi beliefs and practices|isbn=9780816189786|date=January 1988}}</ref> and identity.<ref name="sufi2">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TvMecI060sC&pg=PT271|title=South Asian Sufis: Devotion, Deviation, and Destiny|page=271|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn=9781441135896|date=March 2012}}</ref><ref name="sufi3">{{citation|title=Sufis and Salafis in the Contemporary Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WipfBwAAQBAJ|page=22|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn = 9781472532237|year=2015}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Islamic Reform in South Asia|page=67|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref><ref name="sufi4">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bH1gAAAAIAAJ|title=Islamic Reform in South Asia|page=32|publisher= Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan|year=1967}}</ref> | Sufism is a fundamental aspect of Barelvi. ] was part of the ] ] and pledged '']'' (allegiance) to Sayyid Shah Al ur-Rasul Marehrawi.<ref>{{citation|title=An Islāmic Personality of India – Imām Aḥmed Riḍā Khān |author=Dr. Muhyuddin al-Alwayi|publisher=Al-Azhar University|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBwiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|title=Sufi Ritual: The Parallel Universe|page=14|publisher=Routledge|year=2000|isbn=9781136833977}}</ref> Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi instructed his followers in Sufi beliefs and practices. Traditional Sufi practices, such as devotion to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) and the veneration of '']s'', remain an integral part of the movement<ref name="sufi2"/><ref name="carl">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o58K2t344YQC|title=The Cambridge Companion to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH)|page=130|publisher=Cambridge University Press|author=Carl W. Ernst|others=Hazrat Muḥammad(PBUH) as the Pole of Existence|isbn=9781139828383|year=2010}}</ref> (which defended the Sufi status quo in South Asia.<ref name="sas"/> Barelvi was at the forefront of defending Sufi doctrines such as the celebration of the birth of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) and ], pilgrimages to ''wali'' tombs, and ].<ref name="sas"/> According to ''The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism'', Barelvis are often called "Sufi" because of their mystic practices but have little in common with classical Sufism.<ref name=columbia-sufi>{{harvnb|Roy|Sfeir|2007|page=92}} "They are often referred to as Sufi, because of their mystic practices, but have little in common with the Sufism of the classical Islamic mystics"</ref> Other sources say that Barelvis uphold traditional Sufi beliefs, practices,<ref name="sufi1">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNiFAAAAIAAJ|title=The World's Religions|publisher=G.K. Hall|page=380|quote=the Barelvis under Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan (1856-1921), who upheld traditional Sufi beliefs and practices|isbn=9780816189786|date=January 1988}}</ref> and identity.<ref name="sufi2">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TvMecI060sC&pg=PT271|title=South Asian Sufis: Devotion, Deviation, and Destiny|page=271|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn=9781441135896|date=March 2012}}</ref><ref name="sufi3">{{citation|title=Sufis and Salafis in the Contemporary Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WipfBwAAQBAJ|page=22|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn = 9781472532237|year=2015}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Islamic Reform in South Asia|page=67|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref><ref name="sufi4">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bH1gAAAAIAAJ|title=Islamic Reform in South Asia|page=32|publisher= Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan|year=1967}}</ref> | ||
==Relations with other movements== | ==Relations with other movements== |
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Sunni Barelvi (Template:Lang-ur, Barēlwī, Urdu pronunciation: [bəreːlʋi]) is a revivalist movement following the Sunni Hanafi school of jurisprudence, with over 200 million followers in South Asia and in parts of Europe, America and Africa.
The movement drew inspiration from the Sunni Sufi doctrines of Shah Abdur Rahim (1644-1719) founder of Madrasah-i Rahimiyah, Shah Abdul Aziz (1746 –1824) and Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1796 – 1861) founder of Khairabad School. The movement emphasizes personal devotion to Allah and the prophet of Islam Muhammad, adherence to Sharia, and Sufi practices such as veneration of saints. Because of this, they are often called Sunni Sufis. Imam Aḥmad Raẓā Khān Barelvi (1856–1921) who was a Sunni Sufi scholar and reformer in north India wrote extensively in defense of the Prophet Muhammad and Sufi practices and became the leader of a movement called “Ahl-i Sunnat wa Jamàat”.
Etymology
The name derives from the north Indian town of Bareilly, the hometown of its founder and main leader Ahmed Raza Khan (1856–1921). Although Barelvi is the commonly used term, the followers of the movement often prefer to be known by the title of Ahle Sunnat wa Jama'at (Template:Lang-ur) or as Sunnis, a reference to their perception as forming an international majority movement. To its followers, the movement is the Ahle Sunnat wal Jama'at, or "People of the traditions and the community," and they refer to themselves as Sunnis. This terminology is used to lay exclusive claim to be the only legitimate form of Sunni Islam in South Asia, in opposition to the Deobandi, Ahl-i Hadith, Salafis and Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama followers. Ahmad Raza Khan and his supporters never used the term 'Barelvi' to identify themselves or their movement; they saw themselves as Sunni Muslims defending traditional Sunni beliefs from deviations. Only later was the term 'Barelvi' used. The Barelvi movement is named after the town of Bareilly, India, from where this movement was originated.
History
The Barelvi movement became known as Barelvi due to their leader Ahmad Raza Khan who established Islamic schools in 1904 with the Manzar-e-Islam. The Barelvi movement formed as a defense of the traditional mystic practices of South Asia, which it sought to prove and support.
Although the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama was founded in 1893 to reconcile South Asia's Muslim sectarian differences, the Barelvis eventually withdrew their support from the council and criticized its efforts as heretical, radical, and counter to the Islamic values.
In contrast with the Deobandi movement, the Barelvis showed unequivocal support for the Movement for Pakistan. In the aftermath of the 1948 Partition, they formed an association to represent the movement in Pakistan, called Jamiyyat-u Ulam-i Pakistan (JUP). Like ulema of the Deobandi and Ahl-i Hadith movements, Barelvi ulema have advocated application of sharia law across the country.
As a reaction to the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims, a conglomerate of forty Barelvi parties called for a boycott of Western goods, while at the same time condemning violence which had taken place in protest against the film.
Presence
India Today estimated that over two-thirds of Muslims in India adhere to the Barelvi movement, and The Heritage Foundation, Time and The Washington Post gave similar assessments for the vast majority of Muslims in Pakistan. Political scientist Rohan Bedi estimated that 60% of Pakistani Muslims are Barelvis. Barelvis form a majority in the Punjab, Sindh and Azad Kashmir regions of Pakistan.
The majority of people in the United Kingdom of Pakistani and Kashmir origin are descended from immigrants from Barelvi-majority areas. The Barelvi movement in Pakistan has received funding from Barelvis in the UK, in part as a reaction to rival movements in Pakistan also receiving funding from abroad. According to an editorial in the English-language Pakistani newspaper The Daily Times, many of these mosques have been however usurped by Saudi-funded radical organizations.
Beliefs
Like other Sunni Muslims, Barelvis base their beliefs on the Quran and Sunnah and believe in monotheism and the prophethood of Muhammad. Although Barelvis may follow any one of the Ashari and Maturidi schools of Islamic theology and one of the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali madhhabs of fiqh in addition to optionally choosing from one of the Sunni Sufi orders like the Qadiri, Chishti or the Suhrawardi tariqas, most Barelvis in South Asia follow the Maturidi school of Islamic theology and the Hanafi madhhab of fiqh.
Positions
Several beliefs and practices differentiate the Barelvi movement from others (particularly Deobandis, Wahhabis, and Salafis), including beliefs in Nur Muhammadiyya (Light of Muhammad(PBUH)), Hazir-o-Nazir (Multipresence of Muhammad(PBUH)), the knowledge of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH), and the intercession of Muhammad(PBUH).
Light of Muhammad(PBUH) (Nur Muhammadiyya)
A central doctrine of Barelvi is that Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) is both human and light. Hazrat Muhammad's(PBUH) physical birth was preceded by his existence as a light which predates creation. The primordial reality of Muhammad(PBUH) existed before creation, and God created for the sake of Prophet Muhammad(PBUH). Adherents of this doctrine believe that the word Nur (light) in the Quran5:15 refers to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH).
Sahl al-Tustari, the ninth-century Sufi Quran commentator, describes the creation of Hazrat Muhammad's(PBUH) primordial light in his tafsir. Mansur Al-Hallaj (al-Tustari's student) affirms this doctrine in his book, Ta Sin Al-Siraj:
That is, in the beginning when God, Glorified and Exalted is He, created him as a light within a column of light (nūran fī ʿamūd al-nūr), a million years before creation, with the essential characteristics of faith (ṭabāʾiʿ al-īmān), in a witnessing of the unseen within the unseen (mushāhadat al-ghayb bi’l-ghayb). He stood before Him in servanthood (ʿubūdiyya), by the lote tree of the Ultimate Boundary , this being a tree at which the knowledge of every person reaches its limit.
When there shrouded the lote tree that which shrouded . This means: "that which shrouded" the lote tree (ay mā yaghshā al-shajara) was from the light of Prophet Hazrat Muḥammad(PBUH) as he worshipped. It could be likened to golden moths, which God sets in motion towards Him from the wonders of His secrets. All this is in order to increase him in firmness (thabāt) for the influx (mawārid) which he received .
According to Stūdīyā Islāmīkā, all Sufi orders are united in the belief in the light of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH).
Multipresence of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) (Hazir o Nazir)
Another central Barelvi doctrine is that Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) can witness and be present in multiple places at the same time (Hazir o Nazir). The doctrine appears in Sufi works predating Barelvi, such as Sayyid Uthman Bukhari's (d. ca. 1687) Jawahir al-Quliya (Jewels of the Friends of God), describing how Sufis may experience the presence of Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH). Proponents of this doctrine assert that the term Shahid (witness) in the Quran (33:45, 4:41) refers to this ability of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH), and cite hadiths to support it.
Prophet Muhammad's(PBUH) Knowledge of the Unseen (Ilm e Ghaib)
A fundamental Barelvi belief is that Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) has knowledge of the unseen, which is attained from God (ata'e) and is not equal to God's knowledge. This relates to the concept of Ummi as mentioned in the Quran (7:157). Barelvis do not interpret this word as "unlettered" or "illiterate", but "untaught". Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) learns not from humankind, but from God; his knowledge is universal, encompassing the seen and unseen realms. This belief predates the Barelvi movement, and is found in Sufi books such as Rumi's Fihi Ma Fihi:
Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) is not called "unlettered" because he was incapable of writing or reading. He is called "unlettered" because with him writing and wisdom were innate, not taught. He who inscribes characters on the face of the moon, is such a man not able to write? And what is there in all the world that he does not know, seeing that all people learn from him? What can the partial intellect know that the Universal Intellect does not possess?
Intercession of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH)
A fundamental belief of those within the Barelvi movement is that Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) helps in this life and in the afterlife. According to this doctrine, God helps through Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) (Tawassul). Sunni Muslims of the Barelvi movement believe that any ability that Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) has to help others is from God, who helps through Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH). The help received from Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) is therefore considered God's help. Sunni Muslims of the Barelvi movement also commonly say Ya Rasool Allah ('O Messenger of Allah'), addressing the Islamic Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) in the present tense with the belief that he is able to listen. Sunni Muslims of the Barelvi movement believe that Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) is a Rahmah (mercy) to all creation as mentioned in the Quran 21:107. Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) therefore is a means by which God expresses his attribute, Ar-Rahman, to creation. Proponents of this belief look to the Quran 4:64 as a proof that God prefers to help through Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH).
They also believe that in the afterlife, on the day of judgement, Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) will intercede on the behalf of his followers and God will forgive his nation of sins and allow them to enter Jannah (paradise).
The belief of Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) providing support and help is a common theme within classical Sufi literature. An example of this can be found in Fariduddin Attar's book The Conference of the Birds in which he details the story of a Shaykh, named Sam'an, who travels to Rome where he falls deeply in love with a Christian woman. The woman after seeing his state commands him to do acts forbidden in Islam to prove himself to her and the Shaykh begins to drift away from Islam. Concerned disciples and friends of the Shaykh decide to go to Makkah to pray for the Shaykh and make many supplications for him. One of them has a vision of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) who says: I have loosed the chains which bound your sheikh - your prayer is answered, go. They return to Rome to find that Shaykh Sam'an has returned to Islam and that the Christian woman whom he loved had also become a Muslim.
The belief of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) interceding is found in various hadith as well.
A Bedouin of the desert visited the Prophet's tomb and greeted the Prophet, addressing him directly as if he were alive. "Peace upon you, Messenger of God!" Then he said, "I heard the word of God 'If, when they had wronged themselves . . .,' I came to you seeking pardon for my mistakes, longing for your intercession with our Lord!" The Bedouin then recited a poem in praise of the Prophet and departed. The person who witnessed the story says that he fell asleep, and in a dream he saw the Prophet(PBUH) saying to him, "O 'Utbi, rejoin our brother the Bedouin and announce him the good news that God has pardoned him!"
Practices
- Public celebration of Prophet Muhammad's(PBUH) birthday
- Veneration of dead and living saints. This consists of the intervention of an ascending, linked and unbroken chain of holy persons claimed to reach ultimately to Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) who Barelvis believe intercede on their behalf with God.
- Visiting the tombs of Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH), his companions and pious Muslims, an act Barelvis believe is supported by the Quran, Sunnah and the acts of the companions but which others call "shrine-worshipping" and un-Islamic.
- Group dhikr: synchronized movements of the body while chanting the names of God. Some groups, notably those in the Sufi Chishti Order, sing Qawwali; others do not use musical instruments.
- Letting the beard grow. The four schools of fiqh genrally (with the exception of the Shafi school of fiqh) consider it unlawful to trim a beard less than a fistful length.
Barelvis and Sufi tradition
Sufism is a fundamental aspect of Barelvi. Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi was part of the Qadri tariqa and pledged bay'ah (allegiance) to Sayyid Shah Al ur-Rasul Marehrawi. Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi instructed his followers in Sufi beliefs and practices. Traditional Sufi practices, such as devotion to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) and the veneration of walis, remain an integral part of the movement (which defended the Sufi status quo in South Asia. Barelvi was at the forefront of defending Sufi doctrines such as the celebration of the birth of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) and Urs, pilgrimages to wali tombs, and tawassul. According to The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism, Barelvis are often called "Sufi" because of their mystic practices but have little in common with classical Sufism. Other sources say that Barelvis uphold traditional Sufi beliefs, practices, and identity.
Relations with other movements
Since Barelvi was formed in reaction to the reformist Deobandi movement, relations between the two groups have been strained; Barelvi founder Ahmad Raza Khan declared Deobandis infidels and apostates. Relations with other South Asian Muslim movements have been somewhat better. Leaders of the Barelvi and Ahl-i Hadith movements in the Kashmir Valley denied animosity between the groups in mid-2012, saying that Kashmiris can no longer afford sectarian strife after two decades of war.
R. Upadhyay and Rajesh T. Krishnamachari of the India-based South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) denied that Barelvism and Deobandism are mutually tolerant. According to the SAAG analysis, the "Deobandi-Barelvi rivalry is also known to be rooted to their ethnic rivalry."
Conflicts with the Taliban
Barelvi opposes South Asian Taliban movements, organising rallies and protests in India and Pakistan and condemning what they view as unjustified sectarian violence. The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), an alliance of eight Sunni organizations, launched the Save Pakistan Movement to slow Talibanisation. Calling the Taliban a product of global anti-Islamic conspiracies, SIC leaders accused the Taliban of playing into the hands of the United States to divide Muslims and degrade Islam. Supporting this movement, Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi said: "The Sunni Tehreek has decided to activate itself against Talibanisation in the country. A national consensus against terrorism is emerging across the country."
In 2009, Islamic scholar Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi issued a fatwa denouncing suicide bombings and criticized Taliban leader Sufi Muhammad by saying that he "should wear bangles if he is hiding like a woman". Naeemi added, "Those who commit suicide attacks for attaining paradise will go to hell, as they kill many innocent people", and was later killed by a suicide bomber.
Sectarian violence
See also: Sectarian violence in PakistanAnalysts and journalists have conflicting opinions about the underlying nature of Barelvi. Some describe the movement as moderate and peaceful; others describe it as affected by intolerance and radicalism, similar to other regional Islamic movements. "Staunch Barelvis" have been criticized for their excessive use of excommunication (takfir) against opponents, creating hatred and violence in the Muslim community.
During the 1990s and 2000s, sporadic violence resulted from disputes between Barelvis and Deobandis over control of Pakistani mosques. The conflict came to a head in May 2001, when sectarian riots broke out after the assassination of Sunni Tehreek leader Saleem Qadri. In April 2006 in Karachi, a bomb attack on a Barelvi gathering celebrating Muhammad's birthday killed 57 people, including several Sunni Tehreek leaders. Sunni Tehreek activists attempted to seize a Karachi mosque in April 2007, opening fire on the mosque and its worshipers; one person was killed and three were injured. Militants believed to be affiliated with the Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba attacked Barelvis celebrating Mawlid in Faisalabad and Dera Ismail Khan on 27 February 2010, sparking tensions between the groups.
Stand on blasphemy laws
Punjab governor Salman Taseer was assassinated on 4 January 2011 by Mumtaz Qadri, a member of the Barelvi group Dawat-e-Islami, due to Taseer's opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws. Over five hundred Barelvi scholars supported Qadri and a boycott of Taseer's funeral. According to Time magazine, Sunni Tehreek rewarded Qadri's family and threatened Taseer's family. Supporters attempted to prevent police from bringing Qadri to an anti-terrorism court. In 2014, a Sunni mosque was built in Islamabad; named after Qadri, it became popular and began raising funds to expand. A Pakistani Christian woman, Asia Bibi, was acquitted of blasphemy in a landmark 2018 Supreme Court decision. The ruling prompted Barelvis led by Khadim Hussain Rizvi to demonstrate in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Multan, and clashes with police were reported. Muhammad Afzal Qadri (a TLP leader) said that the three Supreme Court judges "deserve to be killed", and Islamabad's Red Zone was sealed off by police. Rizvi demanded that Bibi be punished for blasphemy under Pakistan's penal code: "Our sit-in will go on until the government accepts our demand". Arrested on 23 November 2018 with other TLP leaders, he was released on bail in May 2019.
Persecution
Barelvis have been targeted and killed by radical Deobandi groups in Pakistan such as the TTP, SSP, LeJ, etc. Suicide attacks, vandalism and destruction of sites considered holy to those in the Barelvi movement have been perpetrated by Deobandi extremist groups. This includes attacks, destruction and vandalism of Data Darbar in Lahore, Abdullah Shah Ghazi's tomb in Karachi, Khal Magasi in Balochistan, and Rahman Baba's tomb in Peshawar. The murder of various Barelvi leaders have also been committed by Deobandi terrorists.
Barelvi clerics claim that there is a bias against them by various Pakistani establishments such as the DHA, who tend to appoint Deobandi Imams for mosques in their housing complexes rather than Barelvi ones. Historical landmarks such as Badshahi Masjid also have Deobandi Imams, which is a fact that has been used as evidence by Barelvi clerics for bias against Barelvis in Pakistan. The Milade Mustafa Welfare Society has asserted that the Religious Affairs Department of DHA interferes with Human Resources to ensure that Deobandi Imams are selected for mosques in their housing complex.
In 2021, the Pakistani government officially banned the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan and is severely cracking down on Sunni Muslim political voices of the Barelvi movement. Deobandi political parties like Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), however, are still freely operating and even supported by elements within the Pakistani government.
Notable scholars
- Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970)
- Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (1913–1986)
- Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921) – a reformer who was founder of the Barelvi movement
- Akhtar Raza Khan (1941–2018) – former Grand Mufti and Chief Islamic Justice of India
- Ameen Mian Qaudri (b.1955)
- Amjad Ali Aazmi (1882–1948)
- Arshadul Qaudri (1925–2002)
- Asjad Raza Khan (b.1970) – said to be Qadi Al-Qudaat (chief Islamic justice) of India.
- Hamid Raza Khan (1875–1943)
- Hamid Saeed Kazmi (b.1957)
- Ilyas Qadri (b.1950) – main leader of Dawat-e-Islami.
- Jamaat Ali Shah (1834–1951) – President of All India Sunni Conference
- Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar (b.1931) – said to be Grand Mufti of India
- Kaukab Noorani Okarvi (b.1957)
- Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966–2020)
- Maulana Sardar Ahmad (1903–62)
- Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–70) — Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
- Muhammad Arshad Misbahi (b. 1968)
- Muhammad Fazal Karim (1954–2013)
- Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari (1914–74)
- Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1918–98) – author of Tafsir Zia ul Quran (1995) and Zia un Nabi
- Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman (b.1945)
- Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui (1918–83)
- Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai (b.1972)
- Muhammad Shafee Okarvi (1930–84) — founder of Jamaat Ahle Sunnat
- Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri (1915–93) – former Mufti-e-Azam Pakistan
- Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (1892–1981)
- Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi (1887–1948)
- Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani (1949–2009)
- Qamaruzzaman Azmi (b.1946)
- Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009)
- Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003) — founder of World Islamic Mission in 1972
- Shakir Ali Noori (b.1960)
- Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917–1997)
- Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi (1885–1954)
- Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984) – President of Jamiat-e-Ulema, Pakistan
- Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf (b. 1938)
- Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf (d.1996)
- Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–93) – judge Federal Shariat Court, Pakistan
- Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi – director, Darul Qalam, New Delhi
- Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri (b.1935) – Muhaddis al-Kabeer, present Deputy Chief Islamic Justice of India (Deputy Grand Mufti of India)
Notable organizations
In Pakistan, prominent Sunni Barelvi religious and political organizations include:
- Dawat-e-Islami
- Jamaat Ahle Sunnat
- Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
- Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat – The Assembly to Protect the End of Prophethood
- Sunni Ittehad Council
- Sunni Tehreek
- Tehreek-e-Labaik
In India
- All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board
- Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa
- Karwan-I-Islami
- Muslim Jamaat
- Muslim Students Organisation
- Raza Academy
- Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama
In Bangladesh
Anjuman-E-Rahmania Ahmadia Sunnia Trust
Main institutions
India
- Al Jamiatul Ashrafia, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Al-Jame-atul-Islamia, Raunahi
- Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh, Aligarh
- Jamia Amjadia Rizvia, Ghosi
- Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad
- Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly
- Manzar-e-Islam, Bareilly
- Markazu Saquafathi Sunniyya, Kerala
Pakistan
- Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies
- Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Karachi
- Jamia Naeemia Lahore
- Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Wazirabad
- Jamia-tul-Madina
Bangladesh
- Jamia Ahmadiyya Sunnia Kamil Madrasa
- Quaderia Taiyebia Alia Kamil Madrasah
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
See also
- Deobandi
- Blasphemy in Pakistan
- Islam in India
- Islam in Pakistan
- Islamic schools and branches
- Schools of Islamic theology
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