Deoband Movement Indo Pak History CSS Notes
Background-need For Deoband
- Preaching of Christian missionaries after war of independence
- Need for religious education
- Islamic revival of the Muslims
Establishment Of Deoband
- Idea floated by Maulana Muhammad Abid
- Laid foundation in 1866 in the mosque of Deoband, UP
- Maulana Abid as patron
- Maulana Qasim compiled rules
- Working committee
Religious Contributions
- Islamic Education
- Upholding Quran and Sunnah
- Guidance To True Education
- Preaching against many un-islamic customs
- Preaching of Islam
- Answers to the efforts of missionaries
- Training or scholars
- Maulana Ashraf Ali, Shabbir Ahmed Usmani, Mufti Mehmood
- Role In Khatm.E.Nabowat Movement
- Islamic Literature
Political Trends
- Two groups
- Ul.Ulmai- Aslam Pro Ml
- Ul.Ilmia-hind Pro Congress
Comparison Of Deoband And Aligarh
- Religious Differences
- Rigid and orthodox Islam
- Not Ijtahad, more importance to Hadith
- Aligarh believed in rationalism
- Aligarh gave importance to reasoning
- Political Differences
- Deoband _ Anti-British
- Aligarh _ pro-British
More Differences….
“There was a common view that there were three tendencies among Muslims; the first one was Deoband pro-religious and anti-British, the second one was that of Aligarh, pro-British and anti-congress and the third one was that of Nadwa; pro- British, anti- Aligarh and anti-Deoband.” (Prof. Dr. Shafique Ali)
“It’s neither a creed nor a sect; Deobandi is the name of every rationalist religious man”
(Allama Iqbal)