Muslim Reformers Flashcards
Who was Sheikh Sirhindi’s master?
Baqi Billah
What is Wahdat al Wujood?
That there is just one being, and the creature and the creator are not separate from eachother. This nullifies the concept of jaza and saza; Rehman and Ram, Quran and Paran all become one.
Period of Sheikh Ahmad:
1564-1624
What movement joined Wahdat ul Wujood? Describe it
Bhagti Movement by Ramanand and one of his 12 Chailas - Baba Guru Nanak
Explain the BS of Akbar:
- Amalgamation of religions in 1581 called Deen i Ilahi
- Non-Muslims were given power
- Musalmano k mazhab ka mazaq urawa; denial of wahi
- Hindu matromony
- Shaikh Sirhindi was jailed
- Wine, gambling, interest, pork, Hindu-Muslim marriages, worship of fire and Sun
- Himself (through Taj ul Arifieen) Zille Ilahi, Insan e Kamil
Actions of Shaikh Ahmad:
- Wrote letters reminding of glorious Muslim past
- Made alliances with AbdurRahim, Farid Bukhari, Sadr Jahan, Khan Jahan, Islam Khan and Mahabat Khan
- Towards Akbar’s death he himself abandoned Din i Ilahi
- Refused Sajda e Tazeemi
- Preached to the soldiers of Jehangir
- Taught Prince Khurram
- Saved Islam from being absorbed in Hinduism
- Dreamt of a revival of Islamic govt.
Years of Shah Wali Ullah
1703-1762
Real name of Shah Wali Ullah
Qutubuddin Ahmad Waliullah bin Abdur Rahim Dehlavi; aka Muhaddas Dehlvi
Achievements:
- Completed Quran at 7;
- At 15 completed fiqah, hadees and tafseer
- At 17 his father died he taught hadees
- Went for Hajj (14 months)
- Invited Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Marathas
- Awakening, Organising and educating the Muslims
- Jihad bil Qalam
- Translated Holy Quran into Persian (had to run away from Delhi because of hatred and animosity)
- Forbade blind following
- Application of Ijtehad
- Made a Majlis to contact Muslim rulers, ulema and Sufisand got Najibudaula on his side
Problems facing Mughals at the time of Shah Wali Ullah
- Army was dispersed
- Landlords had become independent
- Elite class was despondent
- El Nino
- No writ of government
- Heavy taxation on the poor
- Nadir Shah (1739); Jutts, Marathas, Sikhs attacked
- Muslims were becoming slaves
Shah Wali Ullah’s unfulfilled dreamed
- Provoked the thought of Jihad
2. Replace malookiyat with khilafat
Syed Ahmad Shaheed Barailvi’s tenure:
1786 - 1831
Describe SASB work in one sentence:
Revolutionary, Islamic activist in India, designated Ameer Ul Momineen for a movement that was religious, military and political.
Who was SASB major influencer?
Shah Abdul Aziz bin Shah Wali Ullah
Achievements of SASB
- Established personal connections
- Established an Islamic state in Peshawar
- Killed by Sikhs in a treacherous attack in Balakot
- Taught Abdul Hayy and Shah Ismail
- Populist, took evangelicalism to the masses instead of the elite
- Countered Ranjit Singh’s expansion in the east
- Performed the Hajj in 1821-23
- Tariqa e Muhammadiya (against superstition and political degradation against British rule)
Problems faced by SASB:
- Amir Khan’s militia made peace with the British in return of estate (for SASB this was treachery)
- Did not understand the Pakhtun culture and got a revolt in Peshawar, forcing him to migrate to Kashmir and environs
- 200 Mujahideen were killed in Peshawar
- Multiple organised local rebellions
What are the two categories of Muslims:
Ashrafia and Ajlafia
Hindu revivalist movements:
- Bhakti Movement;
- Brahmo Samaj
- RSS
- Swadeshi
- Arya Samaj (1875) by Saraswati
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Who was the main reformer after SASB?
Haji Shariatullah in Bengali rural peasants called Faraizi;