99-720: Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al- Hussaini Azad ( ( listen ) ; 11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was an Indian independence activist , writer and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress . Following India's independence, he became the First Minister of Education in the Indian government. He is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad ; the word Maulana
198-525: A Sikh accused by Muslims of overlooking attacks and neglecting their safety. Patel argued that the commissioner was not biased, and if his dismissal was forced it would provoke anger amongst Hindus and Sikhs and divide the city police. In Cabinet meetings and discussions with Gandhi, Patel and Azad clashed over security issues in Delhi and Punjab, as well as the allocation of resources for relief and rehabilitation. Patel opposed Azad and Nehru's proposal to reserve
297-576: A Congress-League coalition and broader political co-operation. Less inclined to brand the League as obstructive, Azad nevertheless joined the Congress's vehement rejection of Jinnah's demand that the League be seen exclusively as the representative of Indian Muslims. In 1938, Azad served as an intermediary between the supporters of and the Congress faction led by Congress president Subhash Bose, who criticised Gandhi for not launching another rebellion against
396-544: A Hindu can say with pride that he is an Indian and follows Hinduism, so also we can say with equal pride that we are Indians and follow Islam. I shall enlarge this orbit still further. The Indian Christian is equally entitled to say with pride that he is an Indian and is following a religion of India, namely Christianity." In face of increasing popular disenchantment with the British across India, Gandhi and Patel advocated an all-out rebellion demanding immediate independence. Azad
495-621: A close confidante, supporter and advisor to prime minister Nehru, and played an important role in framing national policies. Azad masterminded the creation of national programmes of school and college construction and spreading the enrolment of children and young adults into schools, to promote universal primary education. He was elected to the lower house of the Indian Parliament , the Lok Sabha in 1952 from Rampur Lok Sabha seat. In 1957 He re-contested Rampur and also dually contested
594-469: A deep passion for religion and Azad developed a close friendship with him. He adopted the Islamic prophet Muhammad's ideas by living simply, rejecting material possessions and pleasures. Becoming deeply committed to ahimsa ( non-violence ) himself, Azad grew close to fellow nationalists like Jawaharlal Nehru , Chittaranjan Das and Subhas Chandra Bose . He strongly criticised the continuing suspicion of
693-648: A deep satisfaction at having done their duty to their country and people. Azad occupied the time playing bridge and acting as the referee in tennis matches played by his colleagues. In the early mornings, Azad began working on his classic Urdu work, the Ghubhar-i-Khatir . Sharing daily chores, Azad also taught the Persian and Urdu languages, as well as Indian and world history to several of his companions. The leaders would generally avoid talking of politics, unwilling to cause any arguments that could exacerbate
792-424: A form of ra'y which enables jurists to opt for weaker positions if the results of qiyas lead to an undesirable outcome for the public interest ( maslaha ). Although istihsan did not initially require a scriptural basis, criticism from other schools prompted Hanafi jurists to restrict its usage to cases where it was textually supported from the 9th-century onwards. It is estimated that up to 30% of Muslims in
891-508: A magazine at the same age. At the age of thirteen, he was married to a young Muslim girl, Zulaikha Begum. Azad compiled many treatises interpreting the Qur'an , the Hadis , and the principles of Fiqh and Kalam . Azad began his journalistic endeavours at an early age. In 1899 at the age of eleven he started publishing a poetical journal Nairang-e-Aalam at Calcutta and was already an editor of
990-741: A new journal, the Al-Balagh , which also got banned in 1916 under the Defence of India Regulations Act and he was arrested. The governments of the Bombay Presidency , United Provinces , Punjab and Delhi prohibited his entry into the provinces and Azad was moved to a jail in Ranchi , where he was incarcerated until 1 January 1920. Upon his release, Azad returned to a political atmosphere charged with sentiments of outrage and rebellion against British rule. The Indian public had been angered by
1089-560: A newspaper from Amritsar from April 1906 to November 1906. He shifted to Calcutta for a brief period where he was associated with Dar-ul-Saltunat . He returned to Amritsar after few months and resumed the editorship of Vakil , continuing to work there until July 1908. In 1908, he took a trip of Egypt, Syria, Turkey and France where he came into contact with several revolutionaries such as followers of Kamal Mustafa Pasha, members of Young Turk Movement and Iranian revolutionaries. Azad developed political views considered radical for most Muslims of
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#17327979339261188-529: A programme of non-co-operation by asking all Indians to boycott British-run schools, colleges, courts, public services, the civil service, police and military. Non-violence and Hindu-Muslim unity were universally emphasised, while the boycott of foreign goods, especially clothes were organised. Azad joined the Congress and was also elected president of the All India Khilafat Committee . Although Azad and other leaders were soon arrested,
1287-722: A reputed scholar from Medina who had a reputation that extended even outside of Arabia. Azad settled in Calcutta with his family in 1890. Azad was home-schooled and self-taught. Following fluency in Arabic as a first language, Azad began to master several other languages including Bengali , Hindustani , Persian , and English. He was also trained in the Madhabs of Hanafi , Maliki , Shafi'i and Hanbali fiqh , Shariat , mathematics, philosophy, world history, and science by tutors hired by his family. An avid and determined student,
1386-463: A seat. He again declined to contest elections in 1937, and helped head the party's efforts to organise elections and preserve co-ordination and unity amongst the Congress governments elected in different provinces. At the 1936 Congress session in Lucknow , Azad was drawn into a dispute with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel , Dr. Rajendra Prasad and C. Rajagopalachari regarding the espousal of socialism as
1485-599: A successful revolt against British authorities in 1918. Gandhi organised the people of the region and pioneered the art of Satyagraha — combining mass civil disobedience with complete non-violence and self-reliance. Taking charge of the Congress, Gandhi also reached out to support the Khilafat struggle, helping to bridge Hindu-Muslim political divides. Azad and the Ali brothers – Maulana Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali – warmly welcomed Congress support and began working together on
1584-415: A united India, as all Hindus and Muslims were Indians who shared deep bonds of brotherhood and nationhood. In his presidential address, Azad said: " Full eleven centuries have passed by since then. Islam has now as great a claim on the soil of India as Hinduism. If Hinduism has been the religion of the people here for several thousands of years, Islam also has been their religion for a thousand years. Just as
1683-509: A weekly Al-Misbah in 1900. He contributed articles to Urdu magazines and journals such as Makhzan , Ahsanul Akhbar , and Khadang e Nazar . In 1903, he brought out a monthly journal, Lissan-us-Sidq . It was published between December 1903 to May 1905 until its closure due to shortage of funds. He then joined Al-Nadwa , the Islamic theological journal of the Nadwatu l-Ulama on Shibli Nomani 's invitation. He worked as editor of Vakil ,
1782-523: Is an honorific meaning 'Our Master' and he had adopted Azad ( Free ) as his pen name. His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education Day across India. As a young man, Azad composed poetry in Urdu , as well as treatises on religion and philosophy. He rose to prominence through his work as a journalist, publishing works critical of
1881-418: Is celebrated on 11 November every year in India. Husseini Husseini (also spelled Hussaini people's, Husaini , Hecini , Hosseini , Houssaini or Husayni , Arabic : حسیني ) is an Arabic surname. It is a nisba derivation of the given name Hussein or Husain from the name of Imam Husain ibn Ali . People with the surname El-Husseini, Al-Husseini, Al-Husaini or Husseini are descendants of
1980-527: Is incomplete. I am an essential element, which has gone to build India. I can never surrender this claim." Amidst more incidences of violence in early 1947, the Congress-League coalition struggled to function. The provinces of Bengal and Punjab were to be partitioned on religious lines, and on 3 June 1947 the British announced a proposal to partition India on religious lines, with the princely states free to choose between either dominion. The proposal
2079-620: Is one of the most important works of Azad, written primarily during 1942 to 1946 when he was imprisoned in Ahmednagar Fort in Maharashtra by British Raj while he was in Bombay (now Mumbai) to preside over the meeting of All India Congress Working Committee . The book is basically a collection of 24 letters he wrote addressing his close friend Maulana Habibur Rahman Khan Sherwani. These letters were never sent to him because there
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#17327979339262178-576: Is primarily an Urdu language book; however, there are over five hundred of couplets, mostly in Persian and Arabic languages. It is because, Maulana was born in a family where Arabic and Persian were used more frequently than Urdu. He was born in Mekkah, given formal education in Persian and Arabic languages but he was never taught Urdu. It is often said that his book India Wins Freedom is about his political life and Ghubar-e-Khatir deals with his social and spiritual life. The Ministry of Minority Affairs of
2277-798: The Quit India rebellion was launched. Azad was imprisoned, together with the entire Congress leadership. He also worked for Hindu–Muslim unity through the Al-Hilal newspaper. Azad was born on 11 November 1888 in Mecca , then a part of the Ottoman Empire , now a part of Saudi Arabia . His real name was Sayyid Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al Hussaini, but he eventually became known as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Azad's forefathers had come to India from Herat . His father
2376-760: The Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala , which would become the Jamiat Ulema-e-Bangala branch of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in 1921. His work helped improve the relationship between Hindus and Muslims in Bengal, which had been soured by the controversy surrounding the partition of Bengal and the issue of separate communal electorates . In this period Azad also became active in his support for the Khilafat agitation to protect
2475-757: The Balkans , Turkey , Lebanon , Egypt , the Levant , Central Asia and South Asia , in addition to parts of Russia and China . The other primary Sunni schools are the Maliki , Shafi'i and Hanbali schools. One who ascribes to the Hanafi school is called a Hanafi , Hanafite or Hanafist ( Arabic : ٱلْحَنَفِيّ , romanized : al-ḥanafī , pl. ٱلْحَنَفِيَّة , al-ḥanafiyya or ٱلْأَحْنَاف , al-aḥnāf ). A standardized legal tradition ( madhhab ) did not exist among early Muslims. To them,
2574-633: The British Raj and espousing the causes of Indian nationalism . Azad became the leader of the Khilafat Movement , during which he came into close contact with the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi . After the failure of the Khilafat Movement, he became closer to the Congress. Azad became an enthusiastic supporter of Gandhi's ideas of non-violent civil disobedience , and worked to organise the non-co-operation movement in protest of
2673-636: The Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat in Punjab (modern-day Haryana), where he won on both seats. Gurgaon had a significant Muslim Meo population making it a safe seat for Azad. Azad supported Nehru's socialist economic and industrial policies, as well as the advancing social rights and economic opportunities for women and underprivileged Indians. In 1956, he served as president of the UNESCO General Conference held in Delhi. Azad spent
2772-607: The Islamic prophet Muhammad through the lineage of his grandson Imam Husain ibn Ali . Imam Husain ibn Ali was the son of Muhammad's daughter Fatima and Caliph Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib . Husseinis are primarily found in the Arab world , Palestine , South Asia , Iran , Iraq , India , Afghanistan , and Gulf Countries . Because of their lineage, the Husseini family is considered one to be respected, honored and are given
2871-1194: The Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology in Bhopal , the Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad , Maulana Azad Centre for Elementary and Social Education (MACESE Delhi University ), the Maulana Azad College , Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies , and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology , in Kolkata , Maulana Azad College of Engineering and Technology in Patna , Bab – e – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Gate No. 7), Jamia Millia Islamia, A Central (Minority) University in New Delhi,
2970-511: The Ottoman and Mughal Empire . In the modern Republic of Turkey , the Hanafi jurisprudence is enshrined in Diyanet , the directorate for religious affairs, through the constitution (art. 136). The Hanafi school is the largest of the four traditional Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence, followed by approximately 30% of Sunni Muslims worldwide. It is the main school of jurisprudence in
3069-760: The Quran , hadith , consensus ( ijma ), legal analogy ( qiyas ), juristic preference ( istihsan ) and normative customs ( urf ) as sources of the Sharia . Abu Hanifa is regarded by modern scholars as the first to formally adopt and institute qiyas as a method to derive Islamic law when the Quran and hadiths are silent or ambiguous in their guidance; and is noted for his general reliance on personal opinion ( ra'y ). The islamic jurists are usually viewed as two groups: Ahl al-Ra'y (The people of personal opinion) and Ahl al-Hadith (The People of Hadith). The jurists of
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3168-591: The Salt Satyagraha in 1930, Azad organised and led the nationalist raid, albeit non-violent on the Dharasana salt works to protest the salt tax and restriction of its production and sale. The biggest nationalist upheaval in a decade, Azad was imprisoned along with millions of people, and would frequently be jailed from 1930 to 1934 for long periods of time. Following the Gandhi–Irwin Pact in 1931, Azad
3267-593: The Simon Commission appointed to propose constitutional reforms. The commission included no Indian members and did not even consult Indian leaders and experts. In response, the Congress and other political parties appointed a commission under Motilal Nehru to propose constitutional reforms from Indian opinions. In 1928, Azad endorsed the Nehru Report , which was criticised by the Ali brothers and Muslim League politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah . Azad endorsed
3366-455: The precocious Azad was running a library, a reading room, and a debating society before he was twelve; wanted to write on the life of Al-Ghazali at twelve; was contributing learned articles to Makhzan (a literary magazine) at fourteen; was teaching a class of students, most of whom were twice his age, when he was fifteen; and completed the traditional course of study at the age of sixteen, nine years ahead of his contemporaries, and brought out
3465-529: The "Muslim Lord Haw-Haw " and a "Congress Showboy." Muslim League politicians accused Azad of allowing Muslims to be culturally and politically dominated by the Hindu community. Azad continued to proclaim his faith in Hindu-Muslim unity: "I am proud of being an Indian. I am part of the indivisible unity that is Indian nationality. I am indispensable to this noble edifice and without me this splendid structure
3564-558: The 1919 Rowlatt Acts . Azad committed himself to Gandhi's ideals, including promoting Swadeshi (indigenous) products and the cause of Swaraj ( Self-rule ) for India. In 1923, at an age of 35, he became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress . In October 1920, Azad was elected as a member of foundation committee to establish Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh in U. P. without taking help from British colonial government. He assisted in shifting
3663-521: The 8th-century scholar , jurist , and theologian Abu Hanifa ( c. 699–767 CE ), a follower whose legal views were primarily preserved by his two disciples Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani . As the oldest and most-followed of the four major Sunni schools, it is also called the "school of the people of opinion" ( madhhab ahl al-ra'y ). Many Hanafis also follow the Maturidi school of theology . The importance of this madhhab lies in
3762-572: The Ali brothers were in jail. The movement had a sudden decline with rising incidences of violence; a nationalist mob killed 22 policemen in Chauri Chaura in 1922. Fearing degeneration into violence, Gandhi asked Indians to suspend the revolt and undertook a five-day fast to repent and encourage others to stop the rebellion. Although the movement stopped all over India, several Congress leaders and activists were disillusioned with Gandhi. By 1923, Ali brothers grew distant and critical of Gandhi and
3861-467: The British and sought to move the Congress away from Gandhi's leadership. Azad stood by Gandhi with most other Congress leaders, but reluctantly endorsed the Congress's exit from the assemblies in 1939 following the inclusion of India in World War II. Nationalists were infuriated that Viceroy Lord Linlithgow had entered India into the war without consulting national leaders. Although willing to support
3960-492: The British effort in return for independence, Azad sided with Gandhi when the British ignored the Congress overtures. Azad's criticism of Jinnah and the League intensified as Jinnah called Congress rule in the provinces as "Hindu Raj", calling the resignation of the Congress ministries as a " Day of Deliverance " for Muslims. Jinnah and the League's separatist agenda was gaining popular support amongst Muslims. Muslim religious and political leaders criticised Azad as being too close to
4059-603: The Central Government. Additionally, the proposal called for the "grouping" of provinces on religious lines, which would informally band together the Muslim-majority provinces in the West as Group B, Muslim-majority provinces of Bengal and Assam as Group C and the rest of India as Group A. While Gandhi and others expressed scepticism of this clause, Azad argued that Jinnah's demand for Pakistan would be buried and
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4158-836: The Central Institute of Education, Delhi, which later became the Department of Education of the University of Delhi as "a research centre for solving new educational problems of the country". Under his leadership, the Ministry of Education established the first Indian Institute of Technology in 1951 and the University Grants Commission in 1953., He also laid emphasis on the development of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and
4257-644: The Congress amongst the Muslim intellectuals from the Aligarh Muslim University and the Muslim League. In 1921, he started the weekly Paigham which was also banned by December 1921. He along with the editor of Paigham , Abdul Razzak Mahilabadi was arrested by the government and sentenced to one year imprisonment. During the course of 1922, both the Khilafat and the non cooperation movement suffered blow while Azad and other leaders like
4356-543: The Congress and placing politics before Muslim welfare. As the Muslim League adopted a resolution calling for a separate Muslim state ( Pakistan ) in its session in Lahore in 1940, Azad was elected Congress president in its session in Ramgarh . Speaking vehemently against Jinnah's Two-Nation Theory —the notion that Hindus and Muslims were distinct nations—Azad lambasted religious separatism and exhorted all Muslims to preserve
4455-419: The Congress goal. Azad had backed the election of Nehru as Congress president, and supported the resolution endorsing socialism. In doing so, he aligned with Congress socialists like Nehru, Subhash Bose and Jayaprakash Narayan . Azad also supported Nehru's re-election in 1937, at the consternation of many conservative Congressmen. Azad supported dialogue with Jinnah and the Muslim League between 1935 and 1937 over
4554-460: The Congress into the interim government. Azad was appointed to head the Department of Education. However, Jinnah's Direct Action Day agitation for Pakistan, launched on 16 August sparked communal violence across India. Thousands of people were killed as Azad travelled across Bengal and Bihar to calm the tensions and heal relations between Muslims and Hindus. Despite Azad's call for Hindu-Muslim unity, Jinnah's popularity amongst Muslims soared and
4653-476: The Congress should agree to negotiate with the British and call for the suspension of disobedience if the British agreed to transfer power. Although his proposal was overwhelmingly rejected, Azad and a few others agreed that Gandhi and the Congress had not done enough. When they learnt of Gandhi holding talks with Jinnah in Mumbai in 1944, Azad criticised Gandhi's move as counter-productive and ill-advised. With
4752-628: The Congress. Azad's close friend Chittaranjan Das co-founded the Swaraj Party , breaking from Gandhi's leadership. Despite the circumstances, Azad remained firmly committed to Gandhi's ideals and leadership. In 1923, he became the youngest man to be elected Congress president . Azad led efforts to organise the Flag Satyagraha in Nagpur . Azad served as president of the 1924 Unity Conference in Delhi, using his position to work to re-unite
4851-467: The Faculty of Technology of the Delhi University . He foresaw a great future in the IITs for India: I have no doubt that the establishment of this Institute will form a landmark in the progress of higher technological education and research in the country. Azad wrote many books including India Wins Freedom , Ghubar-e-Khatir , Tazkirah, Tarjumanul Quran (Urdu تذکرہ ترجمان القُران), etc. Ghubar-e-Khatir ( Sallies of Mind ), ( Urdu : غُبارِخاطِر )
4950-445: The Hanafi school are often accused of preferring ra'y over hadith. Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari says in his book Fiqh Ahl al-`Iraq wa Hadithuhum : "Ibn Hazm thinks of the jurists as Ahl al-Ray and Ahl al-Hadith. This differentiation has no basis and is without a doubt only the dream of some exceptional people, that have been influenced by the statements of some ignorant narrators, after the mihna of Ahmad bin Hanbal." He also states that
5049-493: The Hanafis could only be called Ahl al-Ray, because of how talented and capable they are when it comes to ra'y . And not because of their lack of knowledge in hadith or them not relying on it, as the term Ahl al-Ray usually implies. Regardless of their usage of Ra'y as one of the sources of their jurisprudence, the Hanafite scholars still prioritize the textual approach of the Sahaba. Careful examination by modern Islamic jurisprudence researcher Ismail Poonawala has found that
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#17327979339265148-431: The Imam himself. And under his guidance, his senior students would participated in it. Abu Hanifa had a unique "discussions and debate" method to conduct on the issues until they were settled. If resolved, Abu Yusuf would have been ordered to codify it." Explaining the method of Abu Hanifa in teaching his companions, Al-Muwaffaq Al-Makki says, “Abu Hanifa established his doctrine by consultation among them. He never possess
5247-408: The Islamic world, firmly establishing itself in Muslim Spain and Greater Iran , including Greater Khorasan , by the 9th century, where it acquired the support of rulers including Delhi Sultanate , Khwarazmian Empire , Kazakh Sultanate and the local Samanid rulers. Turkic expansion introduced the school to the Indian subcontinent and Anatolia , and it was adopted as the chief legal school of
5346-401: The League entered a coalition with the Congress in December, but continued to boycott the constituent assembly. Later in his autobiography, Azad indicated Patel having become more pro-partition than the Muslim League, largely due to the League's not co-operating with the Congress in the provisional government on any issue. Azad had grown increasingly hostile to Jinnah , who had described him as
5445-492: The Maulana Azad library in the Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh and Maulana Azad Stadium in Jammu . His home housed the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies earlier, and is now the Maulana Azad Museum. National Education Day (India) an annual observance in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India, who served from 15 August 1947 until 2 February 1958. National Education Day of India
5544-447: The Sahaba and the Tabi'is . At the end of the Tabi'i period, the expansion of the Islamic empire meant that legal experts felt the need to give the Shari'ah a scientific form— Fiqh —which Abu Hanifa did by creating a unique methodology. At the same time he also established the Aqidah as an individual religious science. Ja'far al-Sadiq , a descendant of Muhammad was one of the teachers of Abu Hanifah and Malik ibn Anas who in turn
5643-428: The Swarajists and the Khilafat leaders under the common banner of the Congress. In the years following the movement, Azad travelled across India, working extensively to promote Gandhi's vision, education and social reform. Azad served on the Congress Working Committee and in the offices of general secretary and president many times. The political environment in India re-energised in 1928 with nationalist outrage against
5742-404: The age of 14, girl's education, and diversification of secondary education and vocational training. Addressing the conference on All India Education on 16 January 1948, Maulana Azad emphasised, We must not for a moment forget, it is a birthright of every individual to receive at least the basic education without which he cannot fully discharge his duties as a citizen. He oversaw the setting up of
5841-419: The authoritative views of the founders of the school are compiled. They are Al-Mabsut (also known as Kitab al-Asl), Al-Ziyadat , Al-Jami' al-Saghir , Al-Jami' al-Kabir , Al-Siyar al-Saghir and Al-Siyar al-Kabir (doctrine of war against unbelievers, distribution of spoils of war among Muslims, apostasy and taxation of dhimmi ). The Hanafi school favours the use of istihsan , or juristic preference,
5940-407: The authorities. The Khilafat struggle had also peaked with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I and the raging Turkish War of Independence , which had made the caliphate's position precarious. India's main political party, the Indian National Congress came under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, who had aroused excitement all over India when he led the farmers of Champaran and Kheda in
6039-401: The border areas and encouraging Muslims across the country to remain in India and not fear for their safety and security. Focusing on bringing the capital of Delhi back to peace, Azad organised security and relief efforts, but was drawn into a dispute with the Deputy prime minister and Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel when he demanded the dismissal of Delhi's police commissioner, who was
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#17327979339266138-463: The campus of the university from Aligarh to New Delhi in 1934. The main gate (Gate No. 7) to the main campus of the university is named after him. Azad was one of the main organizers of the Dharasana Satyagraha in 1931, and emerged as one of the most important national leaders of the time, prominently leading the causes of Hindu–Muslim unity as well as espousing secularism and socialism. He served as Congress president from 1940 to 1945, during which
6237-600: The central Government of India set up the Maulana Azad Education Foundation in 1989 on the occasion of his birth centenary to promote education amongst educationally backward sections of the Society. The Ministry also provides the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Fellowship, an integrated five-year fellowship in the form of financial assistance to students from minority communities to pursue higher studies such as M.Phil. and PhD In 1992 government of India honoured by giving posthumously Bharat Ratna . Numerous institutions across India have also been named in his honour. Some of them are
6336-413: The challenges facing common people. Espousing the ideals of Indian nationalism, Azad's publications were aimed at encouraging young Muslims into fighting for independence and Hindu-Muslim unity. With the onset of World War I , the British stiffened censorship and restrictions on political activity. Azad's Al-Hilal was consequently banned in 1914 under the Press Act . In 1913, he was founding member of
6435-420: The concerns of the Muslim community would be assuaged. Under Azad and Patel's backing, the Working Committee approved the resolution against Gandhi's advice. Azad also managed to win Jinnah's agreement to the proposal citing the greater good of all Indian Muslims. Azad had been the Congress president since 1939, so he volunteered to resign in 1946. He nominated Nehru, who replaced him as Congress president and led
6534-420: The delay in demanding full independence. Azad developed a close friendship with Nehru and began espousing socialism as the means to fight inequality, poverty and other national challenges. Azad decided the name of Muslim political party Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam . He was also a friend of Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari , founder of All India Majlis-e-Ahrar. When Gandhi embarked on the Dandi Salt March that inaugurated
6633-413: The end of the war, the British agreed to transfer power to Indian hands. All political prisoners were released in 1946 and Azad led the Congress in the elections for the new Constituent Assembly of India , which would draft India's constitution. He headed the delegation to negotiate with the British Cabinet Mission , in his sixth year as Congress president. While attacking Jinnah's demand for Pakistan and
6732-530: The end, Azad became convinced that decisive action in one form or another had to be taken, as the Congress had to provide leadership to India's people and would lose its standing if it did not. Supporting the call for the British to " Quit India ", Azad began exhorting thousands of people in rallies across the nation to prepare for a definitive, all-out struggle. As Congress president, Azad travelled across India and met with local and provincial Congress leaders and grass-roots activists, delivering speeches and planning
6831-476: The ending of separate electorates based on religion, and called for an independent India to be committed to secularism . At the 1928 Congress session in Guwahati , Azad endorsed Gandhi's call for dominion status for India within a year. If not granted, the Congress would adopt the goal of complete political independence for India. Despite his affinity for Gandhi, Azad also drew close to the young radical leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Bose, who had criticised
6930-441: The establishment of Seljuk Empire , Timurid dynasty , several Khanates , Delhi Sultanate , Bengal Sultanate and Mughal Empire . Throughout the reign of 77th Caliph and 10th Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and 6th Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir , the Hanafi-based Al-Qanun and Fatawa-e-Alamgiri served as the legal, juridical, political, and financial code of most of West and South Asia. Scholars commonly define
7029-479: The fact that it encompasses not only the rulings and sayings of Abu Hanifa, but also the rulings and sayings of the judicial council he established. Abu Hanifa was the first to formally solve cases and organize them into chapters. He was followed by Malik ibn Anas in arranging Al-Muwatta . Since the Sahaba and the successors of the Sahaba did not put attention in establishing the science of Sharia or codifying it in chapters or organized books, but rather relied on
7128-590: The final years of his life focusing on writing his book India Wins Freedom , an exhaustive account of India's freedom struggle and its leaders. About 30 of the pages of this book were published about 30 years after Azad's death in 1988 as per his own wish. As India's first Minister of Education, he emphasised on educating the rural poor and girls. As Chairman of the Central Advisory Board of Education, he gave thrust to adult literacy, universal primary education, free and compulsory for all children up to
7227-580: The formative period of the Hanafi school as starting with Abu Hanifa's judicial research (d. 767 CE/150 AH) and concluding with the death of his disciple Hasan bin Ziyad (d. 820 CE/204 AH). This stage is concerned with the foundation of the Madhhab and its establishment, the formation of principles and bases upon which orders are determined and branches arises. Abu Zuhra, a prominent 20th century Egyptian Islamic jurist suggested, "The work would have been done by
7326-462: The houses vacated by Muslims who had departed for Pakistan for Muslims in India displaced by the violence. Patel argued that a secular government could not offer preferential treatment for any religious community, while Azad remained anxious to assure the rehabilitation of Muslims in India, secularism , religious freedom and equality for all Indians. He supported provisions for Muslim citizens to make avail of Muslim personal law in courts. Azad remained
7425-445: The implementation of Hanafite laws from the late medieval to modern period, including: The foundational texts of Hanafi madhab, credited to Abū Ḥanīfa and his students Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani, include Al-Fiqh al-Akbar (book on theology), Al-fiqh al-absat (book on theology), Kitab al-Athar (thousands of hadiths with commentary), Kitab al-Kharaj and the so called Zahir ar-Riwaya , which are six books in which
7524-534: The influence of the hadiths narrated by Zubayr regarding Rajm (stoning) execution as a form of punishment towards adulterers was within Abu Hanifa 's rulings in the Hanafite school of thought for such kinds of punishments' validity and furthermore, how to implement the punishment in accordance with Muhammad's teachings due to self-confession of the accused. The Hanafite law has had a profound influence on
7623-443: The mission's proposal of 16 June 1946 that envisaged the partition of India, Azad became a strong proponent of the mission's earlier proposal of 16 May. The proposal advocated a federal system with a limited central government and autonomy for the provinces. The central government would have Defence, Foreign Affairs and Communication while the provinces would win all other subjects unless they voluntarily relinquished selected subjects to
7722-606: The movement drew out millions of people in peaceful processions, strikes and protests. This period marked a transformation in Azad's own life. Along with fellow Khilafat leaders Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari , Hakim Ajmal Khan and others, Azad grew personally close to Gandhi and his philosophy. The three men founded the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi as an institution of higher education managed entirely by Indians without any British support or control. Both Azad and Gandhi shared
7821-485: The newly created Pakistan for India, and millions of Muslims fled for West Pakistan and East Pakistan , created out of East Bengal . Violence claimed the lives of an estimated one million people, almost entirely in Punjab. Azad took up responsibility for the safety of Muslims in India, touring affected areas in Bengal, Bihar, Assam and the Punjab, guiding the organisation of refugee camps, supplies and security. Azad gave speeches to large crowds encouraging peace and calm in
7920-627: The only sources of Sharia were the Quran and the Sunnah . If not found in these two sources, they had to reach consensus, and early Muslims differed in their interpretation of religious matters. At the end of the era of the Companions, the Tabi'is found solutions by adopting different ways to interpret Islamic Shari'ah. Thus, the formula for establishing the Islamic Shari'ah was prepared by
8019-460: The pain of their imprisonment. However, each year on 26 January , which was then considered Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) Day, the leaders would gather to remember their cause and pray together. Azad, Nehru and Patel would briefly speak about the nation and the future. Azad and Nehru proposed an initiative to forge an agreement with the British in 1943. Arguing that the rebellion had been mistimed, Azad attempted to convince his colleagues that
8118-518: The passage of the Rowlatt Acts in 1919, which severely restricted civil liberties and individual rights. Consequently, thousands of political activists had been arrested and many publications banned. The killing of unarmed civilians at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on 13 April 1919 had provoked intense outrage all over India, alienating most Indians, including long-time British supporters, from
8217-512: The position of the Sultan of Ottoman Turkey , who was considered the Caliph or Khalifa for Muslims worldwide. The Sultan had sided against the British in the war and the continuity of his rule came under serious threat, causing distress amongst Muslim conservatives. Azad saw an opportunity to energise Indian Muslims and achieve major political and social reform through the struggle. Azad started
8316-647: The principles.” Accordingly, the students of Abu Hanifa were participants in the establishment of this jurisprudential structure, they were not just listeners, accepting what was presented to them. And Abu Yusuf was not the only one who recorded what the opinion settled on, but in the circle of Abu Hanifa there were ten blogging, headed by the four big ones: Abu Yusuf, Muhammad bin Al-Hassan Al-Shaibani, Zufar bin Al-Hudhayl and Hassan bin Ziyad al-Luluii. Including: Hanafi usul recognises
8415-517: The rebellion. Despite their previous differences, Azad worked closely with Patel and Dr. Rajendra Prasad to make the rebellion as effective as possible. On 7 August 1942 at the Gowalia Tank in Mumbai, Congress president Azad inaugurated the struggle with a vociferous speech exhorting Indians into action. Just two days later, the British arrested Azad and the entire Congress leadership. While Gandhi
8514-501: The resolution, remaining silent and not speaking throughout the AICC session, which ultimately approved the plan. Azad, committed to a united India until his last attempt, was condemned by the advocates of Pakistan, especially the Muslim League. India's partition and independence on 15 August 1947 brought with it a scourge of violence that swept the Punjab, Bihar, Bengal, Delhi and many other parts of India. Millions of Hindus and Sikhs fled
8613-445: The rulings arbitrarily without them. He was diligent in practicing religion and exaggerated in advising about God, His Messenger and the believers. He would pick up questions one by one and present to them. He would hear what they had and say what he had. Debates would have continued with them for a month or more until one of the sayings was settled in it. Then Judge Abu Yusuf would formulate the principle from that, thus, he formulated all
8712-548: The strength of their memorization for transmitting knowledge, Abu Hanifa feared that the next generation of the Muslim community would not understand Sharia laws well. His books consisted of Taharah (purification), Salat (prayer), other acts of Ibadah (worship), Muwamalah (public treatment), then Mawarith (inheritance). Under the patronage of the Abbasids , the Hanafi school flourished in Iraq and spread throughout
8811-662: The time and became a full-fledged Indian nationalist. In his writing, Azad proved to be a fierce critic of both the British government and Muslim politicians; the former for its racial discrimination and refusal to provide for the needs of the Indian public, and the later for focusing on communal issues before matter of common-self interest (Azad pointedly rejected the All-India Muslim League 's communal separatism). However, his views changed considerably when he met ethnically oriented Sunni revolutionary activists in Iraq and
8910-472: The title of Sayyid . This title represents a person who is a direct descendant of Muhammad and his grandson Husain ibn Ali . Hanafi Others In terms of Ihsan : The Hanafi school or Hanafism ( Arabic : ٱلْمَذْهَب ٱلْحَنَفِيّ , romanized : al-madhhab al-ḥanafī ) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam . It was established by
9009-448: The traditionalist Medina-based Fiqhs, which favored correlating all laws to Quran and Hadiths and disfavored Islamic law based on discretion of jurists. The Abbasids patronized the Hanafi school from the 2nd Hijri century onwards. The Seljuk Turkish dynasties of 5th and 6th Hijri centuries, followed by Ottomans and Mughals, adopted Hanafi Fiqh. The Turkic expansion spread Hanafi Fiqh through Central Asia and into Indian subcontinent , with
9108-728: Was a Muslim scholar who lived in Delhi with his maternal grandfather, as his father had died at a very young age. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , he left India and settled in Mecca. His father Muhammad Khairuddin bin Ahmed Al Hussaini wrote twelve books, had thousands of disciples, and claimed noble ancestry, while his mother was Sheikha Alia bint Mohammad, the daughter of Sheikh Mohammad bin Zaher AlWatri, himself
9207-459: Was a teacher of Al-Shafi‘i , who, in turn, was a teacher of Ahmad ibn Hanbal . Thus all of the four great Imams of Sunni Fiqhs are connected to Ja'far directly and indirectly. The core of Hanafi doctrine was compiled in the 3rd Hijri century and has been gradually developing since then. The Abbasid Caliphate and most of the Muslim dynasties were some of the earliest adopters of the relatively more flexible Hanafi fiqh and preferred it over
9306-518: Was amongst millions of political prisoners released. When elections were called under the Government of India Act 1935 , Azad was appointed to organise the Congress election campaign, raising funds, selecting candidates and organising volunteers and rallies across India. Azad had criticised the Act for including a high proportion of un-elected members in the central legislature, and did not himself contest
9405-575: Was hotly debated in the All India Congress Committee , with Muslim leaders Saifuddin Kitchlew and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan expressing fierce opposition. Azad privately discussed the proposal with Gandhi, Patel and Nehru, but despite his opposition was unable to deny the popularity of the League and the unworkability of any coalition with the League. Faced with the serious possibility of a civil war, Azad abstained from voting on
9504-657: Was incarcerated at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune , Azad and the Congress Working Committee were imprisoned at a fort in Ahmednagar , where they would remain under isolation and intense security for nearly four years. Outside news and communication had been largely prohibited and completely censored. Although frustrated at their incarceration and isolation, Azad and his companions attested to feeling
9603-759: Was influenced by their fervent anti-imperialism and Arab nationalism . Against common Muslim opinion of the time, Azad opposed the partition of Bengal in 1905 and became increasingly active in revolutionary activities , to which he was introduced by the prominent Hindu revolutionaries Aurobindo Ghosh and Shyam Sundar Chakravarty . Azad initially evoked surprise from other revolutionaries, but Azad won their praise and confidence by working secretly to organise revolutionaries activities and meetings in Bengal , Bihar and Bombay (now called Mumbai). He established an Urdu weekly newspaper in 1912 called Al-Hilal from Calcutta, and openly attacked British policies while exploring
9702-451: Was no permission for that during the imprisonment and after the release in 1946, he gave all these letters to his friend Ajmal Khan who let it published for the first time in 1946. Although the book is a collection of letters but except one or two letters, all other letters are unique and most of the letters deal with complex issues such as existence of God, the origin of religions, the origin of music and its place in religion, etc. The book
9801-492: Was wary and sceptical of the idea, aware that India's Muslims were increasingly looking to Jinnah and had supported the war. Feeling that a struggle would not force a British exit, Azad and Nehru warned that such a campaign would divide India and make the war situation even more precarious. Intensive and emotional debates took place between Azad, Nehru, Gandhi and Patel in the Congress Working Committee's meetings in May and June 1942. In
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