Syed Abul Ala Maududi is among those people whom I like the most. He was born on Sep 25, 1903 in Hyderabad Deccan. His father was a lawyer.
Syed Maududi was a journalist, intellectual, politician and a great religious scholar. His know how in religion was of such a great extent that even Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi, not only joined Maududi’s “Jamaat-e-Islami”, worked under his leadership, but also testified that his religious understanding was far better than other religious scholars.
Syed Maududi was a great opponent of united nationalism. So he wrote:
“This fact is as obvious as the sun at Zenith, that there is nothing common between us and this (united nationalism) movement. Our demise is its life and its demise is our life. They and we share nothing in principles, in goals and in methodology; rather there is a total disagreement. Such an utter disagreement that they and we cannot get together at any point.”
In the days of Pakistan Movement, Muslim League used his writings. Two important leaders of Pakistan movement, Maulana Zafar Ahmad Ansari and Nawabzada Siddique Ali Khan acknowledged that “Muslim and the Current Political Confrontation” Part I & II and “Problem of Nationalism” was the only literature that Muslim League used in the favour of Ideology of Pakistan, and distributed after printing on its own expenses.
Dr. Iqbal was extremely impressed by Maududi’s scholarship. He used to ask Syed Nazir Niazi or Mian Muhammad Shafi to read aloud the contents of “Tarjuman-ul-Quran”, so that he could listen them, as his eyesight was very weak in his later days. He admired “Tarjuman” a lot, saying: “Abul Ala Maududi is criticising Congressite maulvis very well.” He wanted to rework on Islamic Fiqah. Dr. Iqbal asked Syed Maududi to shift to Dar-ul-Islam, Pathan Kot (Punjab), an institute established for this purpose. Syed Maududi met Dr. Iqbal, and then shifted Pathan Kot.
Syed Maududi was not against the partition of India. He himself proposed three schemes of the partition of India. Regarding Pakistan Movement he wrote: “As a Muslim the question that whether India remains united or disintegrates into ten parts, is insignificant. Whole of the globe is but one country. Men have divided it into thousands. If this division was fine, what evil will the further division cause? One, who regarded India as a god, must convulse. But if I could find even one square mile of area where there is no sovereign on man except God, I’ll deem a single grain of its soil dearer than whole of India.” But at the same time he was also against the national government of Muslims. He wrote: “A national government (of Muslims) with a sham label of Islam will be more bold and daring in obstructing (Islamic) revolution, than a non-Muslim government. A Muslim national government will award death and extradition punishment on those deeds on which a non-Muslim government awards imprisonment sentence. And even then the leaders of such government will remain ghazis in their lives and rahmat ullah alaih after their death.”
After partition, Syed Maududi migrated to Pakistan. He focused his efforts of Islam (submission to God) on Pakistan. Quid-e-Azam died in Sep 1948. On Oct 4, 1948, Syed Maududi was arrested. Difference of opinion with the government was declared as crime. First Prime Minister of Pakistan declared with that as long as he is alive, Maududi could not be released of jail. But Liaquat Ali Khan failed to validate his words.
On March 28, 1953, Syed Maududi was arrested on account of writing “Qadiani Problem”. Death sentence was awarded to him by military court. The forces of evil failed to take his life.
He won "Shah FaisalAward" in his later days.
Some good links regarding Syed Maududi:
Syed Maududi: His Life
His works
Syed Maududi was a journalist, intellectual, politician and a great religious scholar. His know how in religion was of such a great extent that even Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi, not only joined Maududi’s “Jamaat-e-Islami”, worked under his leadership, but also testified that his religious understanding was far better than other religious scholars.
Syed Maududi was a great opponent of united nationalism. So he wrote:
“This fact is as obvious as the sun at Zenith, that there is nothing common between us and this (united nationalism) movement. Our demise is its life and its demise is our life. They and we share nothing in principles, in goals and in methodology; rather there is a total disagreement. Such an utter disagreement that they and we cannot get together at any point.”
In the days of Pakistan Movement, Muslim League used his writings. Two important leaders of Pakistan movement, Maulana Zafar Ahmad Ansari and Nawabzada Siddique Ali Khan acknowledged that “Muslim and the Current Political Confrontation” Part I & II and “Problem of Nationalism” was the only literature that Muslim League used in the favour of Ideology of Pakistan, and distributed after printing on its own expenses.
Dr. Iqbal was extremely impressed by Maududi’s scholarship. He used to ask Syed Nazir Niazi or Mian Muhammad Shafi to read aloud the contents of “Tarjuman-ul-Quran”, so that he could listen them, as his eyesight was very weak in his later days. He admired “Tarjuman” a lot, saying: “Abul Ala Maududi is criticising Congressite maulvis very well.” He wanted to rework on Islamic Fiqah. Dr. Iqbal asked Syed Maududi to shift to Dar-ul-Islam, Pathan Kot (Punjab), an institute established for this purpose. Syed Maududi met Dr. Iqbal, and then shifted Pathan Kot.
Syed Maududi was not against the partition of India. He himself proposed three schemes of the partition of India. Regarding Pakistan Movement he wrote: “As a Muslim the question that whether India remains united or disintegrates into ten parts, is insignificant. Whole of the globe is but one country. Men have divided it into thousands. If this division was fine, what evil will the further division cause? One, who regarded India as a god, must convulse. But if I could find even one square mile of area where there is no sovereign on man except God, I’ll deem a single grain of its soil dearer than whole of India.” But at the same time he was also against the national government of Muslims. He wrote: “A national government (of Muslims) with a sham label of Islam will be more bold and daring in obstructing (Islamic) revolution, than a non-Muslim government. A Muslim national government will award death and extradition punishment on those deeds on which a non-Muslim government awards imprisonment sentence. And even then the leaders of such government will remain ghazis in their lives and rahmat ullah alaih after their death.”
After partition, Syed Maududi migrated to Pakistan. He focused his efforts of Islam (submission to God) on Pakistan. Quid-e-Azam died in Sep 1948. On Oct 4, 1948, Syed Maududi was arrested. Difference of opinion with the government was declared as crime. First Prime Minister of Pakistan declared with that as long as he is alive, Maududi could not be released of jail. But Liaquat Ali Khan failed to validate his words.
On March 28, 1953, Syed Maududi was arrested on account of writing “Qadiani Problem”. Death sentence was awarded to him by military court. The forces of evil failed to take his life.
He won "Shah FaisalAward" in his later days.
Some good links regarding Syed Maududi:
Syed Maududi: His Life
His works
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