Syed Muhammad Ameen Mian Qadri is the Sajjada Nashin of the Khanqah-e-Barkatiya Marehra Shareef of Qadri Order, a subgroup of the Indian Sufi Barelvi movement and founder of Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh with 50,000,000 adherents.[1]
Prof. Syed Muhammad Ameen Mian Qadri Barkati | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 15. August 1955 (age 69) Marehra |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
| Occupation | Spiritual & religious Leader of the Qadiriyya Barkatiya Silsila; Ahlus Sunnah Sufis in India |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni; Sufi |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Barelvi |
He was senior professor and Chairman Department of Urdu at India's prestigious Aligarh Muslim University.[1] He has been ranked 44th in the list of 500 Most Influential Muslims of the world and only Influential Muslim from India[2] by the Amman, Jordan-based Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in collaboration with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Georgetown University, Washington DC.[1][3]
Present
editOn 6 August 2006, the English-language daily Hindustan Times, described Ameen Mian Qaudri as the main leader of the Ahle Sunnah. His silsila is known as Barkatiya which has a lineage from Qadiriyya silsila of Baghdad. It is said that his silsila has a following of around two million people in India and abroad.[4] He has presided over many large gatherings in India and abroad.[citation needed]
He has worked for the educational uplift of Muslims of India, and started a chain of educational institutions in India with the prefix Al-Barkaat, including Al Barkaat Institute of Management Studies and Research, Al Barkaat Public School Boys, Al Barkaat Public School Girls, Al Barkaat department of Education, Al Barkaat institute of Graduate Studies, Al Barkaat Vocational Studies college, Al Barkaat Play and Learn Centre, Jamia Ahsanul Barkaat.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre: "The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World" - #44 Professor Sayid Ameen Mian Qaudri – Barelwi Leader and Spiritual Guide 2009 Archived 19 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "मारहरा के अमीन मियां दुनिया के 44 वें असरदार शख्स". Hindustan (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Most Influential Muslims of the World;Hazrat Ameen Mian Qaudri is among top 50". 05 September by. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ 500 Most influential Muslim. 2009.
- ^ "Al-Barkkaat Institute of Education". Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2018.