Mahdawi movement
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The Mahdawi movement, also called Mahdavia or Mahdavism, is an Islamic movement founded by
Beliefs
Mahdavis are followers of Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri who declared himself to be the Mahdi.[1]
The Mahdavis had strictly adhere to the Five Pillars of Islam, Sunnah, and Sharia, while having high respect and reverence for the House of Muhammad and his immediate progeny (Ahl-e-Bayt), the Rashidun Caliphs, and the Companions of Muhammad (Sahaba).[citation needed]
Mahdavis also respect all four schools of Islamic jurisprudence, but widely follow traditions similar to Hanafi jurisprudence.[citation needed]
They offer prayers five times a day led by their Murshids, or spiritual guides; fast during Ramadan; offer special thanks on Dugana Lailat-al-Qadr past midnight between 26 and 27 Ramadan; perform Hajj; and pay Zakat. They also attach great significance to Zikr (remembrance of Allah), after dawn Fajr prayers, and in the evening after Asr prayer.
Syed Muhammad was disturbed by the spiritual and moral degradation of Muslims. He preached a message of non-materialism and spirituality.[1]
Mahdavis follow the seven obligations of sainthood, known as Faraiz-e-Vilayat-e-Muhammadiya. These obligations are: rejection of material lust (Tark-e-Dunya),[2] quest for divine vision (Talab-e-Deedar-e-Ilahi), company of truthfuls and renunciants (Sohbat-e-Sadiqeen), migration (Hijrah) from place to place to avoid materialist lust,[1] retreat and solitude (Uzlat-az-Khalq), resignation to the will of God (Tawakkul),[1] repetition of the names of God (Zikr-e-Ilahi)[1] and distributing tithe (Ushr). Followers of Jaunpuri strictly follow some of these obligations in their day-to-day life. Most of them initiate renunciation in the advanced stage of their lives, after getting retirement from the jobs or by handing over business to their heirs. Their renunciation is in any way not related to celibacy, because almost all of them get married.[citation needed]
Mahdavi community centers are known as Da'iras.[1] Mahdavis engaged in extensive missionary activity.[1]
Mohammad Jaunpuri declared himself to be the Mahdi, and as such a "Caliph of Allah." He claimed to teach the true inner meaning of the
History
After Jaunpuri's demise in 1505, the Mahdavi movement went through a militant phase, lasting during the reign of the first five Mahdavi caliphs. The movement was persecuted under the Sultan Muzaffar Shah II (r. 1511–1526) of Gujarat Sultanate.
The second Mahdavi caliph,
After the 1799 siege of Seringapatam, the British government invited the Mahdavis to re-settle in Mysore.[3]
Community
A Mahdavi center in north Chicago at (N Western Ave) was established by a group of South Asian immigrants in January 2016.[7][8]
See also
Others who claimed to be Mahdi
- Ahmed ibn Abi Mahalli
- Ibn Tumart
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
- Muhammad Ahmad
- Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází
References
- ^ ISBN 978-92-3-103467-1.
- ISBN 978-92-3-103467-1.
- ^ L. K. A. Iyer, The Mysore: Tribes and Castes, Vol. IV (1930), p. 383: "The benign British government issued a proclamation assuring peace and inviting all the Mahdavis to the territory of Mysore to resettle there, and they then settled in different places after their exile."
- ^ The Mysore. 1965. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Mahdavia Masjid · 786, Tai Wada, Wadi, Vadodara, Gujarat 390017, India". Mahdavia Masjid · 786, Tai Wada, Wadi, Vadodara, Gujarat 390017, India. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Mehdaviya Badi Masjid · Milad Chock, Moti Doongri, Bharuch, Gujarat 392001, India". Mehdaviya Badi Masjid · Milad Chock, Moti Doongri, Bharuch, Gujarat 392001, India. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-4381-3040-8.
- ^ "Inauguration Mahdavia Dairah of North America", Mahdavia, 20 January 2016, retrieved 2 August 2022 – via YouTube.
External links
- "The Imam Mehdi" Treasure of Mahdavia books, audios and videos.
- "Mahdavia Foundation"
- "Jamiat-e-Mahdavia, Bangalore"