Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri

Zia-al Mustafa Aazmi (; ) known reverentially as Muhaddis-e-Kabeer is an Indian Islamic scholar, teacher, orator, debater, Muhaddith and Faqih and is currently serving as Naa’ib Qaazi ul Quz’zat fil Hind (Deputy Islamic Chief Justice of India) under Mufti Asjad Raza Khan. He belongs to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. He is the Head Mufti of Jamia Amjadia Razvia.

He has memorised over 60,000 hadith with their narrators, having taught Bukhari and Muslim for over five decades and producing tens of thousands of scholars. He was included in The 500 Most Influential Muslims published by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in 2013 and 2016.

Early life and education Mustafa was born on 28 December 1935 corresponding to 2nd of Shawwal Hijri 1354 in Ghosi, Uttar Pradesh, India to Amjad Ali Aazmi, former Grand Mufti of India and a successor of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. His birth name was Muhammad Waahid Ali. He traces his lineage to Maulana Khayrud’deen.

Mustafa got his early education under the tutelage of his father Amjad Ali Aazmi, later he went to study under the scholar Ghulaam Aasi. He enrolled at Jamia Ashrafia Mubarakpur under Shah Abdul Azeez Muradabadi. He studied various Islamic sciences and graduated at the age of 19 from Jamia Ashrafia in . His teacher Shah Abdul Aziz Muradabadi said, "Whatever I have attained from Huzoor Sadrush Shariah, I have given all of it to Zia ul Mustafa." Mustafa was appointed as a Deputy grand Mufti of India, in the 16th Annual Fiqahi Seminar in March 2019 held at Bareilly. He has taught several thousand students who have themselves become scholars and are associated with both the Sunni and Sufi movements.

He was considered ‘Mumtaz ul Fuqaha’ at Ashrafia. His famous title is Muhadith E Kabeer. He was appointed as successor (khalifa) of Mufti Azam-e-Hind Mustafa Rida Khan also.

Debater or Munazir According to his official website, he specialized in debate and Ahle Sunnah beliefs and faith and has won famous Debates of Badayun, Banaras and Katihar against Deobandi and Wahhabi scholars.