Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi
TitleAllama
Personal
Born1796 or 1797
Khairabad, Awadh
Died19 August 1861(1861-08-19) (aged 64–65)
Andaman Islands, British India
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Known forAssisting the Indian Rebellion of 1857
OccupationMufti, scholar, theologian and poet

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1796/1797 – 19 August 1861) was a Hanafi mufti, Kalam scholar, Maturidi theologian, and poet. He was an activist of the Indian independence movement and campaigned against British colonialism. He issued an early religious edict in favour of doing military jihad against British colonialism during 1857 and inspired various others to participate in the 1857 rebellion. He wrote Tahqeeq al-Fatwa Fi Abtal al-Taghwa in refutation of Ismail Dehlvi's Taqwiyat al-Iman and authored books such as al-Thawra al-Hindiyya.