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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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7493/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7493/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7493/1/1817-3456-1-SM.pdf |
| Summary: | 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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