Shah Wali-Ullah ,Haji Shariat-Ullah , Syed Ahmed Barelvi (Revival of ISLAM )

Sameer Rizwan Ali Presentation

Shah Wali-Ullah

His Complete Name was Syed Quṭb ad-Dīn Aḥmad Walī Allāh ibn ‘Abd ar-Raḥīm al-‘Umarī ad-Dihlawī 

commonly known as Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, was an Islamic scholar, muhaddith and reformer.

He was born in 1703 during the reign of Emperor Aurengzeb

Early Life He memorized the Qur'an by seven. Soon thereafter, he mastered Arabic

and Persian letters.  By sixteen he had completed the

standard curriculum of Hanfi law, theology, geometry, arithmetic and logic.

Work His deep understanding of the

Qur'an, Hadith, Fiqah and Tasawuf made him highly knowledgeable scholar at an early age.

 He translated Arabic Qur'an into Persian.

Criticized by some Ullama.  he tried to heal the division between Sectarian groups

He was died on 20 August 1762

His work remain very important as it was much beneficial for Muslims and Revived Islam in the Sub-Continent.

Haji Shariat-Ullah

Shariat-Ullah was born in 1781 His father, Abdul Jalil Talukdar, was a

farmer who was not very well off. In 1799, Haji Shariat-Ullah travelled

to Arabia. He stayed there until 1818 and got his religious education.

Work

He started Faraizi movement to restore the Pride of the Muslims and remove what he thought were the Hindu practices.

Emphasis was placed on praying for past sins and promising to lead a righteous life in the future which had crept into their worship. 

His Belief was very clear That’s why his Movement was much successful and was spread on vast area.

He wasd died in 1840 Dacca, British India(now in Bangladesh)

Syed Ahmed Barelvi

He was born in 29 Nov 1676 He was mainly influenced by Shah

Abdul Aziz, (son of Shah Waliullah).  He got primary ideological teachings

from Shah Abdul Aziz in Delhi. At the age of twenty-five, Ahmad

joined a militia as a cavalry man.

Work In 1821 He went for Hajj and returned from

Arabia in 1823 ready for action. After hajj, he traveled many hundred miles

to raise a mujahideen force.  He was a successful military leader and the

mujahideen force soon reached 80,000 men. This moment of religiously inspired unity

attracted the allegiance of maliks, shareholders and even the governors of Peshawar.

He died on 6 May 1831 (aged 44)Balakot, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

During last years of his life, his supporters designated him an Amir al-Mu'minin ("Commander of the Believers"), and Shaheed ("martyr") after his death in the Battle of Balakot in 1831.

His work was also well known and much successful for Muslims in Sub-Continent.

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