• Shah Waliullah (1703-1732)

✓ Beliefs
▪ Lack of Quranic Knowledge.
▪ Non-Islamic Practices.
▪ Weak Leadership.
▪ Oppression by non-Muslims.
▪ Sectarianism.
✓ Work
▪ Translated the Quran to Persian.
▪ Taught in the Madrassa Rahimiya.
▪ Worked hard to ensure that he was a role model for other
Muslims.
▪ Wrote letters to Muslim nobles for the Marathan War.
▪ Wrote accounts on the first 4 Caliphs of Islam in a way
acceptable to both Sunnis and Shias.
✓ Importance
▪ Translating the Quran enabled more Muslims to understand it.
▪ Teaching made the younger generations know more about
Islamic principles and values.
▪ Became one of the first Muslim thinkers to state the decline of
the Mughal Empire.
▪ Calling on Muslim nobles allowed Ahmed Shah Abdali of Persia
to intervene and win the battle against the Marathas.
▪ Writing those accounts helped the Sunnis and Shias to put
aside their differences.
• Syed Ahmed Barelvi (1786-1831)
➢ Beliefs
▪ Wanted to replace non-Muslim rule (Sikhs and the
British) in India using armed struggle.
▪ End the corruption from the Islamic society.
➢ Work
▪ Joined forces of a Pathan military leader, Amir Khan.
▪ Learned to use European weaponry.
▪ Founded the Jihad Movement.
▪ Spread his beliefs about Jihad.
▪ Travelled hundreds of miles to raise a mujahideen force.
▪ Attacked on Okara and Hazrothe to free the Muslims
from Sikh oppression.
▪ Battled with the Sikhs.
▪ Discovered that the Muslims were dishonest.
▪ Got betrayed and was ambushed.
▪ Died at the Battle of Balakot as a martyr alongside his
soldiers.
➢ Importance
▪ Gave hope to the poor to restore their faith.
▪ First movement formed to free Muslims from non-
Muslim tyranny.
▪ Movement to achieve religious and spiritual freedom.
▪ The fore-runner of the Pakistan Movement in India.
• Haji Shariatullah (1781-1840)
➢ Beliefs
▪ India was a ‘Dar-ul-Harb’.
▪ Muslim community moved away from Islamic practices.
▪ Supported the idea of Jihad.
➢ Work
▪ Started the Faraizi Movement.
▪ Emphasis on Praying and removing non-Islamic practices.
▪ Was driven out while trying to remove Hindu and British
landlords’ economic oppression.
➢ Importance
▪ Encouraged Muslims when they suffered.
▪ Restored the Muslims’ pride.
▪ Brought spiritual revival.
▪ Removed Hindu influences from Islamic practices.
▪ Important economic and political impact.
▪ Awareness of Muslims’ rights.
▪ Growth of Muslim unity.