At the tender age of four years, Imám Raza completed the recitation of the whole Qur'án, and at the age of six during the blessed gathering in Rabbí-ul-Awwal, he gave a speech while standing upon the pulpit addressing a large audience.
After completing the study of many Urdu and Persian books, he studied under Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Qadir Baig for a little while and then completed his studies with the instruction of his father Hazrat Naqi Ali Khan (may Allah be pleased with them both).
It is said that Imám Raza was very pious as a child, he would be mindful of the Sunna of the Prophet, cleanliness and was well mannered. A story is narrated about the childhood of Imam Raza, when he was studying under a Maulana. One day the children said Salám (Islamic greeting) to the Maulana upon which he replied, 'well done boys', upon hearing this Imam Raza pointed out the Maulana that he had not replied to the Salám by saying those words and he should've instead replied with, 'wa alaikum salám.' Upon hearing this from a young child Maulana was happy to have been corrected and expressed much gratitude towards Imam Raza.
At the age of six Imam Raza had learnt of the direction of Baghdad (a city in Iraq, herein is the sanctified shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani) from his city Barelly, he would henceforth never place his feet towards that direction ever again.
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The famous Muslim revilalist of traditional Sunni Islam of the Sub-Continent of India from (1856-1921). A whole movment of Sunni revival was centered around the most eminent personality of the 20th century, Imam Raza, who defended the honour of the Prophet of Islam against modernists and reformist Wahhabi movements in India.
The final resting place of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan
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