Wahabi movement

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1. Wahabi Movement (1820-1870)

2. The Beginning The actual name of the Wahabi Movement was Tarikh -i- Mumammadia or the Path shown by Prophet Muhammad. In the 18th century, Abdul Wahab (1703-87) started a reformist movement within Islam in Arabia and aimed at purging the faith of prevalent superstitions on the line prescribed by the Prophet. This new faith was called Wahabism and the sect Wahabi . Wahabi means renaissance. In India, this movement took off in the early 19th century. With similar reformist objectives in mind, Waliullah (1703-87), the famous Muslim saint of Delhi and his son, Aziz, started this movement. So it originated as a religious movement, with the aim of purifying Islam . Abdul Wahab

3. Though Shah Waliullah started it, the actual founder of the Wahabi movement in India was Syed Ahmed (1786-1831) of Raibareilly in Uttar Pradesh. He came in touch with Aziz and 1820-21 onwards started preaching the ideals of Islamic reforms. Syed Ahmed went on a pilgrimage to Mecca and became familiar with the Wahabi ideals there. Back home in 1822, he launched a reformist movement along Wahabi lines. Modern historians claim that he had no contact with Indian Wahabism and he evolved the main principles of the movement himself. In 1822, on his return from Mecca, he stayed at Patna Saiyad ahmad

4. His faith drew many Muslim disciples and his religious movement soon assumed political proportions. Syed Ahmed called British-occupied India Dar- ul - Harb and called upon his followers to launch a crusade against the British. He identified the British as the foremost enemy of India’s freedom and went about garnering Indian and foreign support to oust them. He tried to train an army in European war techniques. He set up a centre at Sitana in the north-west frontiers and consolidated his powers with Afghan support. Essentially anti-British, the movement eventually got embroiled in wars against the Sikhs of Punjab and Syed Ahmed lost his life at the Battle of Balakot against the Sikhs in 1831.

5. The nature of the movement Historians differ regarding the nature of the  wahabi movement. Dr. Quemuddin Ahmed points out that it was a movement launched by both Hindus and Muslims and were non-communal in nature. It was a part of India’s freedom movement and the rebels aimed at ousting the British from India.

6. William Hunter calls it a movement serving the interests of exploited peasants. Dr. R.C. Majumdar says though Hindus had joined it, it was not a nationalist movement free from communal feelings nor was it founded on achieving equal rights for the two communities. The rebels were driven by the goal of replacing British rule with Muslim rule.

7. The W ahabi movement was basically a revivalist movement .for the achievement of the desired aims, Saiyad Ahmad looked for 1). the right leader , 2). a proper organisation and , 3). a safe territory where from to launch his jihad . The main aims of the W ahabi movement to overthrow the sikhs in the P anjab and the British in Bangal and to restore muslim power in India … Aims of wahabi movement

8. The primary political aim was the establishment of Dar - ul - I slam (kingdom of I slam) as opposed to Dar – ul – Hurb (kingdom of B ritish). The primary religious aim of the wahabi movement was to purify Islam and a return to the era of R ophat Muhammad’s perfect Arabia. political & Religious aims of movement

9. In the half of 19 th century the deoband soul was setup. It was traditional muslim school nand preponded that muslim should not participate in I ndian national congress . In 1871 sir W.hunter said that the wahabi were against the British and so they need to be caushed on sep 20 th 1871 in C alcutta high court justice was norton who were killed and W ahabi were blamed for it. after 1870 the wahabi movement came end. Impact of movement

10. 1)though the aim was Islamic Renaissance they used the weapon of politics to bring uniformity in the socio religious field. 2)It was successful in organising the peasants & the subaltern(common masses especially peasants labours , womens ) to came out of the clutches of the zamindar are of the Bengal Significance of the Wahabi Movement

11. Wahhabism and islamic ideology Wahabi stressed the following : The “oneness” of god (monotheism) All acts of piety and deference toward the prophet and other Muslims, dead or alive, as idolatry.

12. Wahabi movement in Bihar Saiyad ahmad barelvi was a very good orator .he attracted many of maulvis including V ilayat A li of P atna and he joind S aiyad A hmad in thus iastically soon. His whole family including his brother Inayat A li and father shah Md.Hussain joined . they joined Saiyad when he visited Patna in 1822 . This family was respectable one of Sadiqpur mohalla . Whwn Saiyad ahamd left Patna .another desciple of these brothers ,named shah Md.Hussain ,he was busy orgainising the movement in Bihar . Vilayat Ali returned to P atna and started orgainising Wahabi movement in Bihar.

13. Difference Between Sunni and Wahabi Sunni Muslims are followers of Prophet Muhammad and his companions . Sunni Muslims believe in intercession and mysticism. Sunni Muslims strictly follow one of the four schools of thoughts or majhabs of fiqah or Islamic jurisprudence. Where as Wahabi Muslims are followers of Muhammad ibne Abdul wahab present in the 18th century in Saudi Arabia. Where as Wahabis call them as deviants and wrongful innovations in Islam. Where as Wahabis follow their sheikh. Sunni Wahabi

14. conclusion This movement was originally an Islamic socio-religious reform movement. It tried to purify Islam by eliminating all the un-Islamic practices which had crept into Muslim society through the ages . Saiyad Ahmad was the founder of this movement in India . But his actual ambition was to revive Muslim power in Hindustan by overthrowing the Sikhs in Punjab and British in Bengal . Wahabism spread very rapidly in Bihar, Bengal, UP and North-Western India.

15. After Saiyad Ahmad's death in the battle of Balakot against the Sikhs (1831), Patna became the centre of this movement. In Bengal Saiyad Nissar Hussain led this anti-British struggle which sometimes took a communal turn. Although the W ahabi uprising was mainly inspired by anti-imperialist sentiments yet it had some kind of revivalist and communal tendencies. The British took strong measures against this movement and were able to subdue it completely around 1870.