25 Facts About Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was a Hanafi mufti, Kalam scholar, Maturidi theologian, and poet.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was an activist of the Indian independence movement and campaigned against British colonialism.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi issued an early religious edict in favour of doing military jihad against British colonialism during 1857 and inspired various others to participate in the 1857 rebellion.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi wrote Tahqeeq al-Fatwa Fi Abtal al-Taghwa in refutation of Ismail Dehlvi's Taqwiyat al-Iman and authored books such as al-Thawra al-Hindiyya.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi's father was Sadr al-Sadur, the chief advisor to the Mughals regarding religious matters.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi became a teacher by the age of 13.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi edited the first diwan of Mirza Ghalib on his request.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi followed the Hanafi school of thought and was a theologian of the Maturidi school, he was a poet.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was called the Imam of logic, philosophy and literature.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was considered by scholars to be the final authority on issuing fatwas or religious rulings.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi possessed a great presence of mind and was very intelligent.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi wrote Risala al-Thawra al-Hindiyya in Arabic language and wrote an account of the rebellion called al-Thawra al-Hindiyya.

In 1825, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi issued fatwas against Ismail Dehlvi for his doctrine of God's alleged ability to lie.

Allama Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi refuted these theories and wrote that, according to the Qur'an and Hadith, Muhammad is the final prophet, and there can be no other prophet or "messenger" after him.

On June 26,1857, when General Bakht Khan along with his army of 14000, reached Delhi from Bareilly, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi gave a Friday sermon, attended by a plethora of Muslim scholars and issued a religious edict supporting jihad against the colonial government.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was arrested by the British authorities on January 30,1859, at Khairabad for inciting violence.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was tried and found guilty of encouraging murder and role in the rebellion.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was accused of being the major force behind the mutiny, persuading masses to rise in revolt against the authority of the Company, campaigning and motivating masses to join the mutiny by calling it war of independence and issuing Fatwas inciting violence and making provocative speeches.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi had chosen to be his own counsel and defended himself utilizing arguments and a manner in which he defended his case that was so convincing that the presiding magistrate was writing a judgement to exonerate him, when he confessed to giving the fatwa, declaring that he could not lie.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was sentenced to life in prison in the Andaman Islands, and his property was confiscated by the judicial commissioner of Awadh court.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi reached Andaman Island on October 8th, 1859, aboard the steam frigate Fire Queen.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi would remain imprisoned there until his death in 1861.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi wrote Tahqeeq al-Fatwa Fi Abtal al-Taghwa refuting Ismail Dehlvi's Taqwiyat al-Iman.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi stayed for 22 months in captivity at Andaman, Allama wrote a number of eyewitness accounts in the form of verses in Arabic, apart from a book al-Thawra al-Hindiyya which is an analysis of the war and events of 1857.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi died on August 19,1861, in exile on the Andaman Islands.