who was shah waliullah? [4]
his real name was Qutb-ud-din bin Abdul rahim.
he was born in 1703 and passed away in 1762.
he was an islamic scholar and reformer who was born when muslims were in decline.
he was the one who invited ahmed shah abdali/durrani to fight marathas
who was Syed Ahmed Barelvi? [4]
- he was born in rai bareilly, near lucknow in 1786
- he founded jihad movement. to free muslims from oppression
- he was a student at madrassah e rahimiya, and was inspired by shah waliullah’s sons, who taught at the madrassah.
- he was more of a man of action than a scholar, hence he took up arms against, muslim oppression
- he was killed in the battle of balakot in 1831.
What was Jihad movement? [4]
- It was a movement started syed ahmed barelvi to liberate muslims from the oppression of non muslims
- It was inspired by Shah Waliullah’s teachings, syed ahmed led military campaigns against the Sikhs, achieving temporary success in Peshawar.
- as it was an armed struggle against sikhs in punjab. for this he gathered a huge army of 80,000 mujahideen from all over the sub-continent.
- he joined the army of amir khan and learned eurpoean weaponry there.
- Jihad movement was initiated to restore muslim power against non muslims forces. as he realised freedom of muslims could only come as a result of an armed struggle.
who was Haji shariatullah? [4]
- he was born in bengal. in 1781
- he initiated the faraizi movement in bengal to liberate muslims of lower class