Amjad Ali Aazmi

Amjad Ali Aazmi (Urdu: مفتى أمجد على أعظمى) (November 1882 – 6 September 1948), also known with honorifics by followers as Sadr al-Shariah (Urdu: صدر الشريعه, Chief of the Islamic Law) Badr-e-Tariqat (Shining Moon of the Spiritual Mythology or Tariqah) was an Islamic jurist, writer and former Grand Mufti of India.^[1] Amjad Ali was born in 1882 (1300 Hijri), in the Mohalla Karimuddin Pur, Ghosi, Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2][3][4] His father's name was Hakim Jamaluddin Ansari. His father and grandfather were scholars in religious theology and in Unani medicine.^[5]

His Eminence, Mufti Amjad Ali Aazmi Ansari
مفتى أمجد على أعظمى
Born	Amjad Ali 1882 (1882)[1] Ghosi, Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died	6 September 1948(1948-09-06) (aged 65)[1]
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Sadr-al-Shariah
Citizenship	Indian
Occupation	Grand Mufti of India
Era	Contemporary
Notable work	Bahar-e-Shariat Fatawa Amjadia
Title	Grand Mufti of India
Predecessor	Kifayatullah Dehlawi
Successor	Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri
Movement	Barelvi
Opponent	Deobandis Wahabis Shia
Board member of	Islamic Community of India
Children	Abdul Mustafa Al-Azhari Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri
Grand Mufti of India
Succeeded by	Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri
Title	Sadr al-Shariah Badr-e-Tariqat
Official name	مفتي جمهورية الهند، مفتى أمجد على أعظمى
Personal
Home town	Ghosi
Parent	Abdul Hakeem Jamaluddin Ansari (father)
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Senior posting
Students Sardar Ahmad, Shamsuddin, Syed Ghulam Gilani, Hashmat Ali Khan
Influenced by Ahmed Raza Khan
Literary works	See the list
Grand Mufti styles

Death

Amjad Ali Aazmi died on 6 September 1948 in Bombay, and was buried at Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, India.^[6]

Books

• Bahar-e-Shariat^[7]
• Fatawa Amjadiyya^[8]
• Islami Akhlaq-O-Adaab^[9]
• Ada e Haj O Umrah^[10]

See also

• Grand Mufti of India
• List of Hanafis
• List of Sufis
• List of Sufi saints

References

1. Life Of Sadr-ush-Shariah Archived 27 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine alahazrat.net
2. "Urs of Sadr us Shari'ah 1435 AH". The Sunni Way. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
3. "Sadr-us Shariah". Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. "Taibatul Ulama Jamiah Amjadiyah Ridawiyah | About". Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
5. "Sadr al-Shariah Allama Mawlana Mufti Amjad Ali al-Aazmi Alaihir raHma". Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
6. The sad demise of Sadrush Shariah Archived 19 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine ziaetaiba.com
7. Bahar-e-Shariat. ISBN 9785298322959.
8. Azmi, Mufti Amjad Ali (2019). Fatawa Amjadiya collection of islamic law for daily life 4 Vol set (in Urdu) (7 ed.). Qadri kitab Ghar. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
9. Aazmi, Amjad Ali (2019). Islami Ekhlaq O Adaab Islamic Rules And Regulation (in Urdu) (4 ed.). Alkabir Publication. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
10. Azmi, Mufti Amjad Ali; Zarqani, Dr Gulam (2019). Ada e Haj O Umrah Urdu Law and Rule regulation of these (in Urdu) (5 ed.). Darul Kitab. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

External links

• Muhammad Amjad Ali Azmi on Rekhta

Religious titles
Preceded by {{{before}}}	Grand Mufti of India 20th century	Succeeded by Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri