Prof. Syed Muhammad Ameen Mian Qadri Barkati
Personal
Born15. August 1955 (1955-08-15) (age 68)
Marehra
ReligionIslam
NationalityIndian
DenominationSunni; Sufi
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementBarelvi
Alma materAligarh Muslim University
OccupationSpiritual & religious Leader of the Qadiriyya Barkatiya Silsila; Ahlus Sunnah Sufis in India

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]

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 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][2]

Present

On 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.[3] He has presided over many large gatherings in India and abroad.

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.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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
  2. ↑ "Most Influential Muslims of the World;Hazrat Ameen Mian Qaudri is among top 50". 05 September by. 8 December 2009.
  3. ↑ 500 Most influential Muslim. 2009.
  4. ↑ "Al-Barkkaat Institute of Education". Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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