Allama Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi | |
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Personal | |
Born | 1796 or 1797 Khairabad, Awadh |
Died | 19 August 1861 Andaman Islands, British India | (aged 64–65)
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Notable work(s) | Sawratul Hindia |
Occupation | Poet, scholar, jurist |
Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1796/1797 – 19 August 1861) was a Hanafi jurist, rationalist scholar, Maturidi theologian, philosopher and poet. He was an activist of the Indian independence movement and campaigned against British occupation. He 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. He wrote Taḥqīqulfatvá fī ibt̤āl al-t̤ug̲h̲vá in refutation of Ismail Dehlvi's Taqwiyat al-Imān and authored books such as al-S̲aurah al-Hindiyah.
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