Brailov movement (بریلوی)
A movement in South Asian Sunni Islam attributed to Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi that emphasizes devotional traditions and devotion to the Prophet.
Religion links
- Related traditions and movements
- Sunni Islam (أهل السنة والجماعة)
Religion profile
- Name in original language
- بریلوی
- type
- Movement
- Founder or central figure
- Ahmad Reza Khan Barilavi
- Origin date (historical context)
- Late 19th and early 20th centuries; Northern India
- Core beliefs
- Following a predominantly Hanafi jurisprudence combined with South Asian devotional and Sufi traditions.
- Religious languages
- Urdu; Arabic and regional languages of the followers
Source
The Barelvi movement emerged in northern India in the late 19th century around the works and teachings of Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi. It emerged in an environment where Muslims in South Asia were facing colonialism, religious reform, and new educational and social challenges.
Many Barelvi communities are Hanafi in jurisprudence and emphasize in their worship tradition love and veneration of the Prophet, dhikr, Mawlid gatherings, and Sufi connections. The details of practice and self-knowledge vary among groups; this title should not be equated with all Sufi Muslims or all Hanafis.
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