Abul Muhasin Muhammad Sajjad
Mawlānā Abul Muhasin Muhammad Sajjad | |
|---|---|
| Mufakkir-e-Islām | |
| 2nd General Secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind | |
| In office 13 July 1940 – 23 November 1940 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Haleem Siddiqi[1] |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1880 Panhessa, Hanafi |
| Notable work(s) | Fatwa Tark-e-Mawalat |
| Alma mater | Madrasa Subhāniya, Allahabad |
| Founder of | Muslim Independent Party |
Abul Muhasin Muhammad Sajjad (1880 – 23 November 1940) was an Indian Islamic scholar who was one of the most influential
Early life and education
Muhammad Sajjad was born in the Panhessa village in the Nalanda district of the Bihar Province in Colonial India.[6] His father was Hussain Baksh who died when he was only 4 years old.[7]
Sajjad's elder brother was the revered Sufi saint Sufi Ahmad Sajjad who lived until 1948. Sufi Ahmad Sajjad's Mazar is located near a mosque in the village where Urs of the great Sufi Saint is celebrated every year on the 27th day of Muharram. The shrine's current Sajjada Nashin (hereditary administrator) is the saint's grandson Pir Syed Shah Mohammad Ziauddin (born 1953).[3]
Sajjad started studying at Madrasa Islamiya in Bihar, and then studied at Madrasa Subhaniya in Allahabad for about six years. His major teachers include Abdul Kāfi. He graduated in 1323
Career
He later returned to
A leader in the
Sajjad authored the Fatwa Tark-e-Mawalat, the religious edict on boycotting the British goods, on 8 September 1920. It was signed by 500 Muslim scholars and issued from the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.[9] He was appointed the general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on 13 July 1940.[1] He would earlier serve as the working general secretary in absence of Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi.[1]
Death
Sajjad died on 23 November 1940.[6]
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References
- ^ a b c Salman Mansoorpuri (2014). Tehreek Azadi-e-Hind Mai Muslim Ulama aur Awaam ka Kirdar (in Urdu). Deoband: Deeni Kitab Ghar. pp. 194–196.
- ISBN 978-81-7099-033-8.
MAULANA MUHAMMAD SAJJAD ( 1880 - 1940 ) Maulana Mohammad Sajjad was one of the most reverend and revolutionary leaders of Bihar, who served religion and politics equally. He was born in the year 1880 at Pansaha village in...
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7099-979-9.
Sajad, Maulana Muhammad (1884-1940); pan-Islamist alim from Panasha, a village in Nalanda district: educated at Bihar Sharif, Deoband, and Allahabad; started career as a teacher of theology and taught at Bihar Sharif, Gaya and Allahabad; founded Anjuman-Ulama-i-Bihar, 1917; one of the founders of Jamiyat al-Ulama-i-Hind and became its Secretary; founder-Secretary, Imarat-i-Sharia Bihar and Orissa; took prominent part in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation movements, 1920-22; worked for Hindu-Muslim unity; actively participated in the hartals to boycott the Simon Commission; took active part in the Civil Disobedience movement, 1930 and was imprisoned; established Anwarul Ulum Madrass at Gaya.
- ^ Rediff. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Ashraf, Ajaz (6 September 2016). "The forgotten story of two Maulanas who mocked Jinnah's idea of Pakistan". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2 April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. p. 13.
- Samastipur District, Bihar: Jāmia Rabbāni Manorwa Sharīf. p. 108,109.
- ^ Singh, Major Kulbir (1 July 2017). "Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi: Political activist from Bihar". youngbites.com.
- OCLC 16907808.