Ashrafiya Islamic Foundation

Sadr al Afazil Qudwat al Ulama Nayim-Allah Jalali

Imam Sayyid Muhammad Nayimuddin Quadri Ashrafi

Muhaddith Muradabadi

Birth

Sadr al Afazil, Ashraf al Muha...

Baiyah & Numerous Khilafahs of Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani

In 1282 A.H, at the age of 16 years, Qudwat al Awliya gave the pledge of allegiance {‘Baiyah’} to his elder brother Imam al Urafa, Haji al Haramayn Ashraf al Mashaikh Pir Sayyid Abu Muhammad Ashraf Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani in the...

Najm al Ulama

Allama Mufti Sayyid Ghulam Moyinuddin Nayimi Ashrafi Muradabadi

Birth of a Star

Muridin & Khulafa

of

Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Mahbub al Rabbani

Shaykh al Mashaikh

Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani

Qudwat al Awliya, Mahbub al Rabbani Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Shaykh al Mashaikh Allama Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani Kichochavi is regarded as the Revi...

Some Giant Ashrafi Mashaikh & Scholars who have Khilafat from Great Razvi Scholars!

1. Alim al Rabbani Sayyid Ahmad Ashraf Ashrafi Jilani, son of Ala Hazrat Ashrafi Miyan & Pir wa Murshid of Muhaddith al Azam had Khilafat from Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Quadri.

2. Imam al Ma'qulat Allama Sulayman Ashrafi Bhagalpuri had Khilafat from Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Quadri.

3. Ghazi e Millat Sayyid Hashmi Miyan Ashrafi Jilani has Khilafat from Q...

Some Giant Razvi Scholars who had Khilafat from Ashrafi Mashaikh & Scholars!

1. Hujjat ul Islam Mufti Hamid Raza Khan Quadri Bareilvi, son of Imam al Akbar Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi had Khilafat from Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Ala Hazrat Ashrafi Miyan!

2. Qutb ul Madinah Allama Ziyauddin Ahmad Madani Quadri Razvi Ashrafi had Khilafat from Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Ala Hazrat Ashrafi Miyan!

3. Allama Abdul Ahad Quadri Razvi Pilibhiti bin Was...

Habib al Ulama

Mufti Muhammad Habibullah Ashrafi Nayimi

Bhagalpuri

[13361395A.H/1917-1975C.E]

Umdat ul Muhaqqiqin, Shaykh ul Hadith Mufti Muhammad Habibullah Chishti Ashrafi Nayimi bin Shaykh Nur Muhammad was born in 1336A.H /1917 C.E at Bhagalpur, Bihar.

Habib ul Ulama belonged to a family of scholars, his elder brother Shaykh Abdul Jabbar Nayimi Ashrafi [1908-1992], his another brother Shaykh Muha...

The grand Sunni Mufassir and Muhaddith of Pakistan, the scion of Ahl us Sunnah, Allama Ghulam Ali Ashrafi Okarvi was born on Friday in Ramazan 1338 A.H / 1919 C.E in Raza-abad, Lala Musa of Gujrat/ Punjab.

Early Education

He started his initial education in his hometown of Raza-abad, and then joined ‘Madrasa Arabia Karimiya’, Jalandhar which was affiliated to the famous Islamic University ‘Hizb ul Ahnaf’, Lahore. He graduated in 19...

MUFTI AHMAD YAAR KHAN ASHRAFI NAYIMI

(1324-1391 A.H / 1906-1971 C.E)

The famous Mufassir, genius Faqih and erudite Muhaddith of the Indian subcontinent Hakeem ul Ummat Ashraf ul Mufassirin Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Nayimi Ashrafi Quadri Hanafi Badayuni bin Shaykh Muhammad Yaar Khan Badayuni was born in 1324 A.H / 1906 C.E at Awjhani, near the North Indian city of Badayun. His father Mawlana Yaar Khan was the Murid (disciple) of Shaykh ul Mashaikh Sayyid Ali ...

Hafiz al Millat

Mufti Shah Abdul Aziz Ashrafi Muhaddith Mubarakpuri

Ustad ul Ulama, Jalalat ul Ilm, Hafiz al Millat Mufti Shah Abdul Aziz Muhaddith Quadri Ashrafi Mubarakpuri was born in Bhojpur, a town near the famous city of Muradabad, India in 1314 A.H/1894 C.E. His father Shaykh Hafiz Ghulam Nur bin Mulla Abdur Raheem was an excellent and renowned Hafiz of the area.

Hafiz al Millat memorized the Holy Quran at a very young age under...

Mufti al A’zam Kanpur

Mufti Muhammad Rifaqat Husayn Ashrafi

[1316-1403 A.H/1897-1983 C.E]

Amin al Shariah, Mufti al A’zam Kanpur Mufti Muhammad Rifaqat Husayn Quadri Chishti Ashrafi Hanafi bin Shaykh Abdur Razzakh Quadri was born in 1316 A.H / 1897 C.E at Islamabad [Bhawanipur], Muzaffarpur, India.

His genealogy leads back to a great Wali [Friend] of Allah Sayyid Makhdum Shah Jalaluddin Chishti whose biog...

Sayyid Didar Ali Shah Razvi Naqshbandi

{1273-1354 A.H / 1856-1935 C.E}

Sayyid ul Muhaddithin Abu Muhammad Sayyid Muhammad Didar Ali Shah bin Sayyid Najaf Ali Razvi was born in 1273 A.H/ 1856 CE in Alwar, India.

His genealogy reaches to the great Imam Sayyid Musa Raza, his ancestors migrated from Mashad and settled in Alwar, India. Therefore, they are known as Razvi. He completed elementary Arabic Etymology and Grammar in Alwar itself un...

Ashraf al Ulama

Sayyid Hamid Ashraf Ashrafi al Jilani

[1349 - 1425 A.H / 1930 - 2004 C.E]

Ashraf ul Ulama Mufti Sayyid Hamid Ashraf Quadri Chishti Ashrafi Kichochavi was born in 1349 A.H / 1930 C.E in Kichocha, Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India. His Father was Ashraf al Asfiya Qudwat al Awliya Sayyid Mustafa Ashraf Ashrafi, the younger son of Ala' Hazarat Shaykh ul Mashaikh Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Sayyid Ali Husayn Quadri Ashraf...

Ghazi al Dawran Sayyid Muzaffar Husayn Ashrafi was the son of Sayyid Ashraf Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani, the elder brother and Pir wa Murshid of Shaykh al Mashaikh Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Ala Hazrat Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani. Ghazi al Dawran was born in his ancestral village - Kichocha Muqaddasa. He started his religious learning at 'Madrasa Ashrafiya', Kichocha after completion of basics of Arabic, Persian and Urdu went to 'Jamiya Nayimiya', Muradabad to study under the great Murid and...

Ashraf al Asfiya, Sayyid Mustafa Ashraf Ashrafi al Jilani was the second son of Mahbub al Yazdani Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Shaykh al Mashaikh Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani Kichochavi. He was born on 17th Dhil Qadah 1311 A.H at Kichocha Muqaddasa and began his spiritual and religious education at 'Madrasa Ashrafiya', Kichocha. He later joined the famous Islamic University, 'Madrasa Farangi Mahal', Luckhnow and studied under Shaykh al Ulama Mufti Abdul Bari Farangi Mahali.

Muhaddith al A’zam Makhdum al Millat

Sayyid Muhammad Muhaddith Ashrafi Jilani Kichochavi

{1311 – 1381 A.H / 1894 – 1961 C.E}

Muhaddith al A’zam, Makhdum al Millat, Siraj ul Hind, Rayis ul Mufassirin, Imam ul Manazirin Sayyid Muhammad Muhaddith Ashrafi Jilani bin Rayis ul Hukama Sayyid Nazar Ashraf Ashrafi Jilani was born on the 15th of Dhil Qadah, Wednesday in the year 1311 A.H/ 1894 C.E at Jais, Rae Bareily in t...

Much has been written in the the Field of Quranic Tafsir in the Indian Sub-continent lately, and the contribution of the noble Ashrafiya tariqah in this genere is huge. Out of the 8 or more Urdu Tafsirs written by Sunni Scholars, 5 Tafsirs were written by the giant Ashrafi scholars alone! This proves a lot about the spiritual and scholarly nature of the tariqah. The below is the list of these Tafsirs with the names of their great Authors:

i. 'Khazayin al Irfan' by Sadr al A...