Amjad Ali Aazmi
Amjad Ali Aazmi | |
|---|---|
أمجد على أعظمى | |
| Title | Grand Mufti of India |
| Personal life | |
| Born | November 9, 1882 Ghosi, Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Died | 6 September 1948 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Children | Abdul Mustafa al-Azhari Ziaul Mustafa |
| Era | Contemporary |
| Other names | Sadr al-Sharia, Badr al-Tariqa |
| Occupation | Grand Mufti of India |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Barelvi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Predecessor | Kifayatullah Dehlawi |
| Successor | Mustafa Raza Khan |
Amjad Ali Aazmi (Urdu: أمجد على أعظمى), reverentially known as Sadr al-Sharia (Urdu: صدر الشريعه, Chief of the Islamic Law) and Badr al-Tariqa (Urdu: بدر الطريقه, Shining Moon of the Sufi order) was an Islamic jurist, writer and former Grand Mufti of India. Amjad Ali Aazmi was born in 1882, in Mohalla Karimuddin Pur, Ghosi, Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India. His father's name was Hakim Jamaluddin Ansari. His father and grandfather were scholars of Islamic theology and Unani medicine. Amjad Ali Aazmi died in 1948 in Bombay, and was buried at Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, India.