Hadrat acquired the title of 'Shaykh al-Islam' in 1974 when the Ulema-e-Haqq (Righteous Scholars) of India started addressing him as such. Among the Ulema present at the time were Mufti-e-Azam al-Hind Mawlana Mustapha Raza Khan Rahmatullahi alayh of Bareilly Shareef (son of Ala'Hadrat Azeem al-Barkat Imam-e-Ahl al-Sunnat Mawlana Shah Ahmad Raza Khan Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu) ; and Hadrat's Pir-o-Murshid - Shaykh al-Mashaykh, Mawlana Sayyad Mukhtar Ashraf 'Sarkar-e-Kalan' Rahmatullahi alayh.

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