Religious REFORMERS

•SHAH WALIULLAH
•SYED AHMED BARELVI
•HAJI SHARIAT ULLAH
 SHAH WALIULLAH
WHY DID SHAH WALIULLAH WISH/NEED
TO REVIVE ISLAM IN THE SUB
CONTINENT? OR START HIS REFORM
MOVEMENT

• Why Q: it will be awarded 7 marks

so

• 3 paragraphs with no judgment

• He believed the problems were due to little or no
knowledge of Quran and Islam
he wanted to make it accessible for them

• Sectarian Groups Shia and Sunni

disunity he wanted to remove this and create a
strong community

• Forgotten Islamic principles interaction w/non-

Muslims revive Islam in the sub continent
 WORK/IMPORTANCE

WHY WAS SHAH WALIULLAH IMPORTANT

FOR THE REVIVALISM OF ISLAM IN
THE SUB CONTINENT
• Translated Quran to Persian widespread knowledge among
Indians
• His sons were inspired and translated Quran to Urdu available to
even more people
• He wrote books to understand Islam
↙ ↘
Hajjat ul Baligha Izalat ul Akhfa
• He believed there was a wedge between Shia and Sunni wrote
books acceptable to both to unite them
• United Muslims against Marathas and Sikh (threat to Mughal Empire)
wrote letter to Ahmed Shah
Abdali to help fight → defeated Marathas at the battle of Panipat
• Fought for social justice in pay labourers and craftsmen
 SYED AHMED BARELVI

WHY DID SYED AHMED BARELVI

WISH/NEED TO REVIVE ISLAM IN
THE SUB CONTINENT? OR LAUNCH
THE JIHAD MOVEMENT
• Muslims were ruled by non-muslims
↙ ↘ he wanted
British Sikhs
Muslims to rule Muslims so he launched the jihad movement

• Sikhs not allowing Muslims to practice their religion freely in Punjab, banned
Azan
jihad movement to fight for Muslim rights

• Unslamic practices crept into Muslim society constant interaction

w/non-Muslims jihad movement to restore Islam
 WORK/IMPORTANCE

• WHY WAS SYED AHMED IMPORTANT

FOR THE REVIVALISM OF ISLAM IN
THE SUB CONTINENT
• Man of Action
• Muslims could achieve freedom with armed
struggle to over throw non-muslim forces
• He launched the Jihad movement to cure the
evils in the Islamic society
WHY DID SYED AHMED JIHAD
MOVEMENT FAIL
• Syed Ahmed army was not trained
consisted of more spiritual leaders
• lack of unity in army different
backgrounds as result mistrusted each other
• Syed Ahmed imposed taxes on local people for
military cost people resented paying.
• Due to loss of funds no modern weaponry and
technology.
• Traitors in army commander, Yar
Mohammed khan tried assassinating Syed
Ahmed easy to defeat
• Syed Ahmed route was exposed, by traitors,
while moving forces to Balakot Sikh
prepared eventually defeated Syed
Ahmed
• Sikh heavily outnumbered Muslims easy
for them to defeat
 HAJI SHARIAT ULLAH

WHY DID HAJI SHARIAT ULLAH

WISH/NEED TO REVIVE ISLAM IN
THE SUB CONTINENT? OR LAUNCH
THE FARAIZI MOVEMENT
• UnIslamic practices crept into Muslim society
constant interaction w/non-Muslims
faraizi movement to revive Islam
• Muslim farmers were suppressed by Hindu
landlords faraizi movement to fight for
their rights
• Forgot religious obligations , Faraiz, to
teach Islam to Muslims
 WORK/IMPORTANCE

• WHY WAS HAJI SHARIAT ULLAH

IMPORTANT FOR THE REVIVALISM OF
ISLAM IN THE SUB CONTINENT
• He wanted Muslims to return back to the Islamic
practices and launched the Faraizi movement
• Important figure in restoring Muslim pride and
remove Hindu practices
• Encouraged Muslims at the time of oppression
from the Sikh and British
• Seeds of Pakistan Movement were shown by
Faraizi Movement