What is Haji Shariat Ullha’s Faraizi Movement?

Haji Shariat Ullha’s Faraizi Movement

Basic Biography

1. Haji Shariat Ullah was born in Bengal in 1781 AD.
2. He prominent Islamic scholar and reformer
3. He travelled to Arabia on Pilgrimage in 1799
4. He stayed in Arabia for the next 19 years for a mission for the Bengali Muslims
5. He died in 1840
6. His work was carried out by his son Mohsin ud Din Till.

Background: Conditions of that time 

1. The Farazi movement was started by Haji Shariat Ulla. Bengal was the Indian area that came under the control of the British East India Company in 1757.
2. Mostly, Hindu landlords interacted with the British.
3. Muslims were not able to interact with the British because of the decline of the Mughals.
4. In the eighteenth century, Europe saw an industrial revolution. Raw materials from Bengal are being supplied to the Lancashire and Manchester textile industries.
5. As a result, the British textile industry developed, whereas Bengal’s textile industry such as making silk was destroyed. 
6. The formers were only allowed to sell it to the British.
7. Hence, the socio-economic conditions of the Muslims were becoming more miserable. 

Faraizi Movement

1. Haji Shariat Ullah wanted to bring reforms
2. The rulers were British, and the majority of elites consisted of Hindus.
3. He said that the Muslims were having these issues as a result of their separation from their Islamic duties.
4. He argued that any type of British products and institutions such as schools and the Judiciary should be boycotted.
5. Haji Shariat Ullah promoted Wahabism and the spread of Islam in this movement.
6. He united the peasantry in Bengal against oppression.
7. Dadu Mian (son of Haji Shariat Ullah) started a parallel system for the Muslims. This system included separate courts and government for the Muslims of the sub-continent. 

Titu Mir's (Nasir Ali) contribution to the Faraizi Movement

1. The real name of Titu Mir was Nasir Ali. he was a Bengali freedom fighter. He was mostly influenced by Syed Ahmed Braelvi and his preaching. 
2. He developed a strand of Muslim Nationalism coupled with agrarian and political consciousness. He was trying to threaten British sovereignty. Therefore, in 1839 the British army killed Titu Mir. 

Importance of Faraizi Movement

1. He encouraged Muslims at a time when Muslims were disheartened.
2. He brought spiritual revival in East Bengal regarding religion.
3. He removed the Hindu influence from Islamic practices.
4. Some seeds were sown by the Faraizi Movement for Pakistan Movement and Two Nation Theory.

The Aim of the Faraizi Movement

The establishment of different organizations for Muslims 

1. The main aim of the Faraizi Movement was to establish a political branch for the Muslims of the sub-continent.
2. Secondly, the most important point of the Faraizi Movement was to work for the Social Justice of the Muslims of the Sub-continent. 
3. They also ready the Panchayat system in India.
4. They tried to better the religious condition of the Muslims because the Muslims were not properly following the preachings of Islam.

Doctrine 

1. The main aim of the Faraizi movement was to ensure the Tuba of the Muslims
2. To bring the Muslims of the subcontinent to their duties which included standing for their religious and political movement in the subcontinent.
3. They tried to spread the teaching of Tauheeq in the sub-continent 
4. They established the concept of Ustaad and Shagir instead of Peer and Mureed
5. They also established the branch of Dar-ul-Arab for the Muslims of the sub-continent.