Shah Waliullah’s influence on the thought of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi

By utilizing the library research method, this paper aims at analysing the influences of Shah Waliullah on the thoughts of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi. Shah Waliullah (1703-1762) was one of those great Islamic thinkers who by the virtue of their knowledge and activities helped reconstruct the sociopo...

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Main Author: Abul Kalam, Mohammad Shahed
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
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description By utilizing the library research method, this paper aims at analysing the influences of Shah Waliullah on the thoughts of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi. Shah Waliullah (1703-1762) was one of those great Islamic thinkers who by the virtue of their knowledge and activities helped reconstruct the sociopolitical and religious thought in Islam. Waliullah bridged between medieval and modern Islam in India. He was a socio-political reformer, a great Islamic scholar, a Sufi, a reformist and an Islamic missionary worker, all at the same time. Mawdudi (1903-1979) was greatly influenced by the thought and teachings of Waliullah. He was an expounder of Islam during the 20th century. Both of them have presented Islam as a complete code of life with solutions to all problems faced by mankind. In line with Waliullah’s thought, Mawdudi chalked out a strategy to establish an Islamic State and initiated a powerful movement to translate Islamic ideology into a realizable term for the reconstruction of socio-political life in accordance with Islamic ideology. However, Mawdudi did not accept every thought of Waliullah uncritically. He disagreed with Waliullah on several issues including Islamic mysticism. Yet, similarities in their thoughts are overwhelming. Both initiated a process of socio-political change in their respective times, inspired by Islamic ideal. This paper focuses on the similarities of thought between the two scholars in terms of ideology, socio-political and religious reform, emphasis on the independent judgement or the Ijtihad.
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spelling my-ukm.journal-74932016-12-14T06:44:15Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7493/ Shah Waliullah’s influence on the thought of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi Abul Kalam, Mohammad Shahed By utilizing the library research method, this paper aims at analysing the influences of Shah Waliullah on the thoughts of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi. Shah Waliullah (1703-1762) was one of those great Islamic thinkers who by the virtue of their knowledge and activities helped reconstruct the sociopolitical and religious thought in Islam. Waliullah bridged between medieval and modern Islam in India. He was a socio-political reformer, a great Islamic scholar, a Sufi, a reformist and an Islamic missionary worker, all at the same time. Mawdudi (1903-1979) was greatly influenced by the thought and teachings of Waliullah. He was an expounder of Islam during the 20th century. Both of them have presented Islam as a complete code of life with solutions to all problems faced by mankind. In line with Waliullah’s thought, Mawdudi chalked out a strategy to establish an Islamic State and initiated a powerful movement to translate Islamic ideology into a realizable term for the reconstruction of socio-political life in accordance with Islamic ideology. However, Mawdudi did not accept every thought of Waliullah uncritically. He disagreed with Waliullah on several issues including Islamic mysticism. Yet, similarities in their thoughts are overwhelming. Both initiated a process of socio-political change in their respective times, inspired by Islamic ideal. This paper focuses on the similarities of thought between the two scholars in terms of ideology, socio-political and religious reform, emphasis on the independent judgement or the Ijtihad. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7493/1/1817-3456-1-SM.pdf Abul Kalam, Mohammad Shahed (2010) Shah Waliullah’s influence on the thought of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi. Islamiyyat : Jurnal Antarabangsa Pengajian Islam; International Journal of Islamic Studies, 32 . pp. 5-23. ISSN 0216-5636 http://www.ukm.my/~ijis/index.html
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Shah Waliullah’s influence on the thought of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi
title Shah Waliullah’s influence on the thought of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi
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title_full_unstemmed Shah Waliullah’s influence on the thought of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi
title_short Shah Waliullah’s influence on the thought of Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi
title_sort shah waliullah’s influence on the thought of sayyid abul a‘la mawdudi
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