Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi

Maulana Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1797–1861) was one of the main figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . He was a philosopher, a poet, a religious scholar, but is most remembered for his role as a freedom fighter . It was he who issued the fatwā in favour of Jihad against the English in 1857. Fazl-e Haq was one of the pioneer freedom fighters deported to the Andaman Islands in 1859. After the First War of Independence failed, he was arrested on 30 January 1859 at Khairabad , was found guilty of "revolt" against the Government and sentenced for life to the prison at Kalapani ( Cellular Jail ) with confiscation of his property by the Judicial Commissioner, Awadh Court. Shams-ul-Haq, the son of Fazal Haq, somehow managed to obtain the release order of his father. He reached Port Blair on 13 February 1861, but was too late—Fazl-e-haq had been hanged on February 12. Besides being a scholar of Islamic studies and theology, he was also a literary personage, especially Arabic and Persian literature. He edited the first diwan of Mirza Ghalib on his request. On account of his deep knowledge and erudition he was called Allamah and later was venerated as a great Sufi . Muztar Khairabadi is his grandson, Jan Nisar Akhtar is his great-grandson, and Javed Akhtar and Salman Akhtar are his great-great-grandsons.

Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1797– 20 August 1861) was one of the main figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . He was a philosopher, an author, a poet, a religious scholar, but is most remembered for issuing a fatwa in favour of Jihad against the 'English' in 1857.

Fazl-e-Haq (1796 – 20 August 1861) was one of the main poets of the Indian Muslim Freedom fighters of 1857. He was a philosopher, an author, a poet, a religious scholar , but is most remembered for issuing a fatwa of armed fighting in favor of Jihad against the British empire in 1857. Ghalib, Gandhi and the Gita .

Indian Islamic scholar and poet (1796–1861) Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1796/1797 – 19 August 1861) was a Hanafi mufti , Kalam scholar , Maturidi theologian , and poet . He was an activist of the Indian independence movement and campaigned against British colonialism. 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 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 .