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    Posted: 29 June 2005 at 5:37am

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Is there any difference between the perspective of Maulana Maududi (JamaaT-Islami) and Dr. Israr Ahmad (Ameer Tanzeem-i-Islami )regarding Islam? If yes where does this difference in their approaches lie?

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Abul A�la was born on Rajab 3, 1321 AH (September 25, 1903 AD) in Aurangabad, a well-known town in the former princely state of Hyderabad (Deccan), presently Maharashtra, India. Born in a respectable family, his ancestry on the paternal side is traced back to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be on him).

The Founder
Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi

(1903-1979)

The family had a long-standing tradition of spiritual leadership and a number of Maududi�s ancestors were outstanding leaders of Sufi Orders. One of the luminaries among them, the one from whom he derived his family name, was Khawajah Qutb al-Din Maudud (d. 527 AH), a renowned leader of the Chishti Sufi Order. Maududi�s forefathers had moved to the Subcontinent from Chisht towards the end of the 9th century of the Islamic calendar (15th century of the Christian calendar). The first one to arrive was Maududi�s namesake, Abul A�la Maududi (d. 935 AH).Maududi�s father, Ahmad Hasan, born in 1855 AD, a lawyer by profession, was a highly religious and devout person. Abul A�la was the youngest of his three sons.

Syed Abul A'la Maududi

Educational & Intellectual Growth:

After acquiring early education at home, Abul A�la was admitted in Madrasah Furqaniyah, a high school which attempted to combine the modern Western with the traditional Islamic education. After successfully completing his secondary education, young Abul A�la was at the stage of undergraduate studies at Darul Uloom, Hyderabad, when his formal education was disrupted by the illness and eventual death of his father. This did not deter Maududi from continuing his studies though these had to be outside of the regular educational institutions. By the early 1920s, Abul A�la knew enough Arabic, Persian and English, besides his mother-tongue, Urdu, to study the subjects of his interest independently. Thus, most of what he learned was self-acquired though for short spells of time he also received systematic instruction and guidance from some competent scholars. Thus, Maududi�s intellectual growth was largely a result of his own effort and the stimulation he received from his teachers. Moreover, his uprightness, his profound regard for propriety and righteousness largely reflect the religious piety of his parents and their concern for his proper moral upbringing.

Involvement in Journalism:

After the interruption of his formal education, Maududi turned to journalism in order to make his living. In 1918, he was already contributing to a leading Urdu newspaper, and in 1920, at the age of 17, he was appointed editor of Taj, which was being published from Jabalpore, a city in the province now called Madhya Pradesh, India. Late in 1920, Maududi came to Delhi and first assumed the editorship of the newspaper Muslim (1921-23), and later of al-Jam�iyat (1925-28), both of which were the organs of the Jam�iyat-i �Ulama-i Hind, an organisation of Muslim religious scholars. Under his editorship, al-Jam�iyat became the leading newspaper of the Muslims of India.

Interest in Politics:

Around the year 1920, Maududi also began to take some interest in politics. He participated in the Khilafat Movement, and became associated with the Tahrik-e Hijrat, which was a movement in opposition to the British rule over India and urged the Muslims of that country to migrate en masse to Afghanistan. However, he fell foul of the leadership of the movement because of his insistence that the aims and strategy of the movement should be realistic and well-planned. Maududi withdrew more and more into academic and journalistic pursuits.

First Book:

During 1920-28, Maulana Maududi also translated four different books, one from Arabic and the rest from English. He also made his mark on the academic life of the Subcontinent by writing his first major book, al-Jihad fi al-Islam. This is a masterly treatise on the Islamic law of war and peace. It was first serialised in al-Jam�iyat in 1927 and was formally published in 1930. It was highly acclaimed both by the famous poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938) and Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar (d. 1931), the famous leader of the Khilafat Movement. Though written during his �20s, it is one of his major and most highly regarded works.

Research & Writings:

After his resignation from al-Jam�iyat in 1928, Maududi moved to Hyderabad and devoted himself to research and writing. It was in this connection that he took up the editorship of the monthly Tarjuman al-Qur�an in 1933, which since then has been the main vehicle for the dissemination of Maududi�s ideas. He proved to be a highly prolific writer, turning out several scores of pages every month. Initially, he concentrated on the exposition of ideas, values and basic principles of Islam. He paid special attention to the questions arising out of the conflict between the Islamic and the contemporary Western whorl. He also attempted to discuss some of the major problems of the modern age and sought to present Islamic solutions to those problems. He also developed a new methodology to study those problems in the context of the experience of the West and the Muslim world, judging them on the theoretical criterion of their intrinsic soundness and viability and conformity with the teachings of the Qur�an and the Sunnah. His writings revealed his erudition and scholarship, a deep perception of the significance of the teachings of the Qur�an and the Sunnah and a critical awareness of the mainstream of Western thought and history. All this brought a freshness to Muslim approach to these problems and lent a wider appeal to his message.

In the mid �30s, Maududi started writing on major political and cultural issues confronting the Muslims of India at that time and tried to examine them from the Islamic perspective rather than merely from the viewpoint of short-term political and economic interests. He relentlessly criticised the newfangled ideologies which had begun to cast a spell over the minds and hearts of his brethren-in-faith and attempted to show the hollowness of those ideologies. In this connection, the idea of nationalism received concerted attention from Maududi when he forcefully explained its dangerous potentialities as well as its incompatibility with the teachings of Islam. Maududi also emphasised that nationalism in the context of India meant the utter destruction of the separate identity of Muslims. In the meantime, an invitation from the philosopher-poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal persuaded him to leave Hyderabad and settle down at a place in the Eastern part of Punjab, in the district of Pathankot. Maududi established what was essentially an academic and research centre called Darul-Islam where, in collaboration with Allama Iqbal, he planned to train competent scholars in Islamics to produce works of outstanding quality on Islam, and above all, to carry out the reconstruction of Islamic Thought.

Founding the Party:

Around the year 1940, Maududi developed ideas regarding the founding of a more comprehensive and ambitious movement and this led him to launch a new organisation under the name of the Jamaat-e-Islami. Maududi was elected Jamaat�s first Ameer and remained so till 1972 when he withdrew from the responsibility for reasons of health.

Struggle & Persecution:

After migrating to Pakistan in August 1947, Maududi concentrated his efforts on establishing a truly Islamic state and society in the country. Consistent with this objective, he wrote profusely to explain the different aspects of the Islamic way of life, especially the socio-political aspects. This concern for the implementation of the Islamic way of life led Maududi to criticise and oppose the policies pursued by the successive governments of Pakistan and to blame those in power for failing to transform Pakistan into a truly Islamic state. The rulers reacted with severe reprisal measures. Maududi was often arrested and had to face long spells in prison.

During these years of struggle and persecution, Maududi impressed all, including his critics and opponents, by the firmness and tenacity of his will and other outstanding qualities. In 1953, when he was sentenced to death by the martial law authorities on the charge of writing a seditious pamphlet on the Qadyani problem, he resolutely turned down the opportunity to file a petition for mercy. He cheerfully expressed his preference for death to seeking clemency from those who wanted, altogether unjustly, to hang him for upholding the right. With unshakeable faith that life and death lie solely in the hands of Allah, he told his son as well as his colleagues: "If the time of my death has come, no one can keep me from it; and if it has not come, they cannot send me to the gallows even if they hang themselves upside down in trying to do so." His family also declined to make any appeal for mercy. His firmness astonished the government which was forced, under strong public pressure both from within and without, to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment and then to cancel it.

Intellectual Contribution:

Maulana Maududi has written over 120 books and pamphlets and made over a 1000 speeches and press statements of which about 700 are available on record.

Maududi�s pen was simultaneously prolific, forceful and versatile. The range of subjects he covered is unusually wide. Disciplines such as Tafsir, Hadith, law, philosophy and history, all have received the due share of his attention. He discussed a wide variety of problems C political, economic, cultural, social, theological etc. C and attempted to state how the teachings of Islam were related to those problems. Maududi has not delved into the technical world of the specialist, but has expounded the essentials of the Islamic approach in most of the fields of learning and inquiry. His main contribution, however, has been in the fields of the Qur�anic exegesis (Tafsir), ethics, social studies and the problems facing the movement of Islamic revival. His greatest work is his monumental tafsir in Urdu of the Qur�an, Tafhim al-Qur�an, a work he took 30 years to complete. Its chief characteristic lies in presenting the meaning and message of the Qur�an in a language and style that penetrates the hearts and minds of the men and women of today and shows the relevance of the Qur�an to their everyday problems, both on the individual and societal planes. He translated the Qur�an in direct and forceful modern Urdu idiom. His translation is much more readable and eloquent than ordinary literal translations of the Qur�an. He presented the Qur�an as a book of guidance for human life and as a guide-book for the movement to implement and enforce that guidance in human life. He attempted to explain the verses of the Qur�an in the context of its total message. This tafsir has made a far-reaching impact on contemporary Islamic thinking in the Subcontinent, and through its translations, even abroad.

The influence of Maulana Maududi is not confined to those associated with the Jamaat-e-Islami. His influence transcends the boundaries of parties and organisations. Maududi is very much like a father-figure for Muslims all over the world. As a scholar and writer, he is the most widely read Muslim writer of our time. His books have been translated into most of the major languages of the world C Arabic, English, Turkish, Persian, Hindi, French, German, Swahili, Tamil, Bengali, etc. C and are now increasingly becoming available in many more of the Asian, African and European languages.

Travels & Journeys Abroad:

The several journeys which Maududi undertook during the years 1956-74 enabled Muslims in many parts of the world to become acquainted with him personally and appreciate many of his qualities. At the same time, these journeys were educative for Maududi himself as well as they provided to him the opportunity to gain a great deal of first-hand knowledge of the facts of life and to get acquainted with a large number of persons in different parts of the world. During these numerous tours, he lectured in Cairo, Damascus, Amman, Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, Kuwait, Rabat, Istanbul, London, New York, Toronto and at a host of international centres. During these years, he also participated in some 10 international conferences. He also made a study tour of Saudi Arabia, Jordan (including Jerusalem), Syria and Egypt in 1959-60 in order to study the geographical aspects of the places mentioned in the Qur�an. He was also invited to serve on the Advisory Committee which prepared the scheme for the establishment of the Islamic University of Madinah and was on its Academic Council ever since the inception of the University in 1962.

He was also a member of the Foundation Committee of the Rabitah al-Alam al-Islami, Makkah, and of the Academy of Research on Islamic Law, Madinah. In short, he was a tower of inspiration for Muslims the world over and influenced the climate and pattern of thought of Muslims, as the Himalayas or the Alps influence the climate in Asia or Europe without themselves moving about.

His Last Days:

In April 1979, Maududi�s long-time kidney ailment worsened and by then he also had heart problems. He went to the United States for treatment and was hospitalised in Buffalo, New York, where his second son worked as a physician. Even at Buffalo, his time was intellectually productive. He spent many hours reviewing Western works on the life of the Prophet and meeting with Muslim leaders, their followers and well-wishers.

Following a few surgical operations, he died on September 22, 1979 at the age of 76. His funeral was held in Buffalo, but he was buried in an unmarked grave at his residence (Ichra) in Lahore after a very large funeral procession through the city.

May Allah bless him with His mercy for his efforts and reward him amply for the good that he has rendered for the nation of Islam (Ummah).

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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 June 2005 at 10:37pm

    Asslamualaikum

    Thanks for a very informative article about MAulana MAududi. Jazak Allah.

    But my question is little bit different. I want to know whats the differnce between JAmaat-i-islami and Tanzeem-i-islami? Whats the point where both differ?

    Ma salaam

     

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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 June 2005 at 1:34am

    dear amna ali

    the difference was once explained by doctor israr himself.  as for as i remember he said that both of them were togather in jamaat-e-islami.  but maulana naududi started taking part in politics seriously and doctor israr did not want to involve in politics directly.  due to this difference in their thinking they split and doctor israr then established tanzeem-e-islami.

    does this answer your question?

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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 June 2005 at 2:49am
    mmmh, politics, is this allowed?
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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2008 at 2:56pm
    Assalam-o-Alaikum,
     
    There is nothing wrong with Political activity. However, Dr Israr having the point of view that if JI (Jamat-e-Islami) will participate in Politics then the unethical attitutes among political parties of pakistan will infiltrate into JI. Thus should stay away from Direct Political Activity.
     
    On the other hand, Maulana Mawdudi came to the conclusion that without pariticipating in the decision making process, there can be no change towards better, and that the corrupt politicians will change the course of the whole nation at they whims.
     
     
    It was this minor perspective that lead Israr Ahmed to leave JI.
     
    The difference of their perspectives to achieve the same goal has never made a division.
     
    However, we the common people can clearly notice the impact and the potential that Jamat-e-Islami has on Pak Politics and International Relations with Islamic Movements compared to the Tanzeem-e-Islami which is more Spiritual and more like Tablighi Jamaat.
     
    However we should remember Dr Israr Ahmed joined S. Mawdudi and its Maulana Mawdudi to whom Imam-e-Kaaba said "You are Imam-ul-Muslimoon."
     
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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 June 2008 at 4:08am
     
     These two persons have some history. Maudoodi sahib started off as a self educated journalist, became prominant when he wrote a book about Jihad in Islam (1928). Later he started a monthly magazine "Tarjuman al Quran". Those were the days of turmoil in British ruled India. The Muslims and the Hindus were struggling for freedom.
     
     Hindus were led by Gandhi and Nehru by the Congress party. Muslims were led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Many muslim organisations sided with Congress. Many others did not do so but at the same time, did not support the move for Pakistan. Maudoodi sahib was one of them. He did not support the creation of Pakistan. That was because he did not see any Islam in Jinnah sahib who was always well dressed in suit and tie.
     
     Maudoodi sahib formed a Jamaat in 1941. He wanted it to be a political party. But other maulvis of repute did not agree. As soon as pakistan came into being (India divided), Maudoodi sahib came to Pakistan and started a severe movement to Islamicise Pakistan. To do that he announced that Jamaat Islami was a political party.
     
     At that time many members left Jamaat Islami. Maulana Ameen Ahsan islahi was one of them. Perhaps, Dr. Israr did not leave the jamaat at that time. He was too young and may have left the Jamaat at a much later date, many years later.
     
     Jamaat Islami suffered many setbacks due its political activities in Pakistan. Maudoodi sahib spent much of his life in jail. The other members suffered too. They could not make any headway and became frustrated. So they kept on leaving the Jamaat. But still it had a good hold on the people.
     
     The important point is: Dr. Israr sahib is suggesting some funny type of proposals, e.g. setting up the Khilafat. He wants to go back to Khilafat. But how it will be done is not known. There are many of his videos available on u-tube.
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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 June 2008 at 11:47pm


    This is very irresponsible to give remarks like "Funny proposal of Khilafa".

    If someone is not able to understand any ideology, he should learn it.

    Do you think that Hazrat Eisah will come and he will be elected prime minister of democratic system ? Or Hazrat Imam Mahdi will be a elected as a president by a parliament ?

    Democracy is a playground of masonic powers.

    Please, just think with responsibility when posting any remarks.


    I am sorry if i said something wrong.

    Jazak Allah







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