Amjad Ali Aazmi

His Eminence, Mufti
Amjad Ali Aazmi Ansari
مفتى أمجد على أعظمى
Born
Amjad Ali

1882 (1882)[1]
Ghosi, Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died6 September 1948(1948-09-06) (aged 65)[1]
NationalityIndian
Other namesSadr-al-Shariah
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationGrand Mufti of India
EraContemporary
Notable work
TitleGrand Mufti of India
PredecessorKifayatullah Dehlawi
SuccessorMustafa Raza Khan Qadri
MovementBarelvi
OpponentDeobandis

Wahabis

Shia
Board member ofIslamic Community of India
ChildrenAbdul Mustafa Al-Azhari
Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri
Grand Mufti of India
Succeeded byMustafa Raza Khan Qadri
Title
  • Sadr al-Shariah
  • Badr-e-Tariqat
Official nameمفتي جمهورية الهند، مفتى أمجد على أعظمى
Personal
Home townGhosi
Parent
  • Abdul Hakeem Jamaluddin Ansari (father)
JurisprudenceHanafi
Senior posting
Students
  • Sardar Ahmad, Shamsuddin, Syed Ghulam Gilani, Hashmat Ali Khan
Influenced by
Literary worksSee the list
Grand Mufti styles

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]

  1. ^ a b c 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.