Maulana Muhammad Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni, RA (1900-1970)
Maulana Muhammad Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni, RA
Maulana Abdul Hamid Badayuni, RA (1900-1970) was a great
Islamic Scholar, Sufi teacher, poet and statesman. He was a pioneer of Pakistan
movement, member of Islamic Ideology Council, President Jamait ul Ulama e
Pakistan and founder of Islamic College, Jamia Talimat e Islamiya, Karachi.
Family Background:
His forefathers were religious & spiritual leaders who moved from Madina
al-Munawwara, Hijaz to Dehli and then settled in Badayun. They were great
Islamic Scholars and Sufi teachers. Badayun is called “Madina tul Awliya”, the
City of Sufi Masters. His grandfather Maulana Abdul Majid Qadri RA was a Shaykh
of Qadriya Sufi Order. Some of the great Indian Sufi Scholars from Badayun
included Maulana Fazal Rasul Qadri, Maulana Ghulam Mohyuddin, Maulana Mureed
Jilani, Maulana Abdul Qadir, Maulana Mateeh ur Rasul, Shah Abd al-Muqtadar Qadri, Maulana Abdul
Majid Qadri, Maulana Abdul Qadeer. They established Qadriya Khanqah to spread
knowledge, spirituality and message of love & peace throughout Indian
Subcontinent. Madrassa Qadriya became popular Islamic institution for the
seekers of religious & spiritual knowledge. His father Maulana Shah Abdul
Qayyum established another Islamic College “Madrassa Shams ul Ulum” to meet the demands of large number of students.
He received his religious education from his uncle Maulana Abdul Qadir and
studied Islamic Medicine in Delhi with Hakim Ajmal Khan. He had a very strong
spiritual connection with Prophet SAWS and Shaykh Abdul Qadri Jilani RA and
always felt their spiritual presence. The Qadriya Sufi Scholars of Badayun were
active in dissemination of Aqidah of Ahle Sunnah wal Jammah and in refutation
of heretic sects. A great convention of
scholars was being organized at Patna. He
travelled with 300 scholars to participate. He was offering his Asr prayer at a
railway station when the train started to leave. He was injured while catching
the train. The local doctor treated him for 10 days and then released him to
participate in Patna Conference. He was carried on a stretcher to the convention.
He listened to the speeches of Ulama patiently on his bed. At the end of
conference Salat o Salam, Salutation to the Prophet SAWS was being offered, he
stood up out of love & respect for Prophet SAWS and passed away in that
state . He thus joined the ranks of “Sufi Martyrs of Love”. Inna Lillahe Wa
Inna Alaihe Raje’un.
Early Life and
Education: He was born in Delhi, India on November 11, 1900 and his father
Hakim Abdul Qayyum passed away when he was only 20 days old. He studied Islamic
Sciences at Madrasa Qadiriya and Madrasa Ilahiya, Kanpur. His teachers included
his Sufi Shaykh Maulana Shah Abd al-Maqtadar Badayuni, Maulana Qadeer Bakhsh
Badayuni, Maulana Mufti Ibrahim, Maulana Mushtaq Kanpuri, Maulana Hafiz Bakhsh
Badayuni, Maulan Muhib Ahmad, Maulana Wahid Hussain and Maulana Abdul Salam
Falsafi. He was appointed Assistant Dean of Madrasa Shamsul Ulum for three
years and also served as a teacher & mufti for 10 years. He also served as a
Khateeb of Jamia Masjid Badayun.
Khilafat Movement
(1919-1924) was a pan-Islamic political protest campaign launched by Indian
Muslims to influence the British Raj and to protect Ottoman Empire during the
aftermath of World War 1. Leaders of Khilafat Movement Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
and Maulana Shaukat Ali Johar visited Shah Abd al-Muqtadar Badayuni to seek his
support. He instructed Maulana Abdul Hamid and his brother Abdul Majid to join
the movement. Maulana Abdul Hamid served as a General Secretary of District
Khilafat Committee and member of Majlis e Amla of Khilafat Provincial Committee
and Central Khilafat Committee of Bombay. In 1920 an alliance was made between
Khilafat Movement and Indian National Congress. Many Muslim leaders were
concerned that Congress was being dominated by Hindu fundamentalists who were supporting
the Shuddhi Movement.
Shuddhi Movement:
Shuddhi means purification in Sanskrit and refers to reverting Muslims and Christians
to Hinduisn, started by Arya Samaj in 1923. Maulana Abdul Hamid left the
Congress and joined Markazi Tableeg al-Islam to oppose the Shuddhi Movement and
actively worked to prevent the reversion of Muslims to Hinduism with Maulana
Syed Naeem Muradabadi, Maulana Abdul Hafiz Qadri, Syed Jamait Ali Shah Muhathus
Alipuri and Maulana Syed Abu al-Hasanat Qadri.
Pakistan Movement and
Muslim League: Tehrik e Pakistan
refers to the successful historical movement against British Raj and Indian
National Congress to have independent Muslim State named Pakistan. Maulana Abdul Hamid became member of All India
Muslim League Council in 1937. He toured U.P., Bihar, Uraisa, Bengal, Asam, Bombay,
Karachi, Sindh, Balochistan and Sarhad to convince Muslims to vote for All
India Muslim League. In Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) the Muslim League
faced its hardest challenge yet, it had intense competition with Indian
Congress supporter Khan Abdul Ghuffar Khan, known as Frontier Ghandi. Pir of
Manki Sharif advised Muhammad Ali Jinnah to send Maulana Abdul Hamid Badayuni
to NWFP to win the votes for Muslim League. He was given the title of “Fatih
Sarhad”, Victor of NWFP. He also neutralized the influence of Pro-Congress
Deobandi Scholar Hussain Ahmad Madni in Silhat and Bengal in favor of Muslim
League.
Pakistan Resolution:
Qarardad-e-Pakistan was adopted on March
23, 1940 for creation of Pakistan. Maulana Abdul Hamid spoke in favor of the
resolution at Minto Park, Lahore.
Truce between Quid e
Azam and Nizam : In 1945 the differences between Quid e Azam and Mir Usman
Ali Khan , ruler of Hyderabad Deccan became serious. Liaqat Ali Khan selected
him to mediate since Nizam had great respect for him. He arranged meeting
between the two to resolve the differences.
All India Sunni
Conference: was held at Banaras in 1946 and Ameer e Millat Syed Jamait Ali Shah declared Quid e Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah as “intimate of God” against the declaration of the
Pro-Congress Scholars that he is a non-Muslim (Kafir). Maulana Abdul Hamid supported
Ameer e Millat and spoke for more than 3 hours in support of Quid e Azam &
Muslim League.
Delegation to Hijaz:
He went to Hijaz in 1946 under leadership of Maulana Abdul Aleem Siddiqui to
request Saudi Government to end Hajj Tax and also to explain the mission of
Muslim League to create Pakistan. He visited Haramain Sharifain 22 times and
had met many Muslim Leaders.
Central Muhajireen
Committee: He established Central Committee to help the immigrants in
Karachi.
Council of Islamic
Ideology: is a constitutional body responsible for giving legal advice on
Islamic issues to the Government of Pakistan. He served as one of the original 8
members.
Jamait e Ulama e
Pakistan (JUP): He became the President after the death of Maulana Abu
al-Hasanat Qadri.
Tahreek e Khatmee
Nabuwwat: was a religious movement to protect the finality of Prophethood.
He was active in this movement and was imprisoned for 3 months in a Karachi
Jail.
Mawlid un Nabi SAWS
Celebrations: He organized a grand procession in 1947 to celebrate Jashn e
Milad un Nabi saws. Sindh Chief Minister and other dignitaries participated. He
also used to organize the days of Khulfa e Rashideen, Imam Hussain and Syedna
Ghous e Azam.
Islamic College,
Jamia Taleemat e Islamiya: He
founded an Islamic College in Karachi for sacred and secular studies.
Publications: He authored many books in Urdu, Arabic &
English, wrote devotional poetry (Na’atiya Kalam) and his Tafsir of Quran was
broadcasted on Radio Pakistan . List of Books:
1.Mashriq Ka Mazi wa Hal
2.Murraqa Congress
(printed in 1938)
3.Intekhabat kay Zaroori Pehlu
4.Masla e Azdawaj
5. Dawat e Amal
6.Musheer al-Hujjaj
7.Islam Ka Muashi Intezam
9.Tashih al-Aqaid
10.Nizam e Amal
11.Islam Ka Zaraiti
Intezam
12.Kitab o Sunnat Ghairoon ke Nazroon Mein
13.Ta’asrat dora e Rus
14. Ta’asrat Dor e Chine
15.Humat e Sud
16. Aaeli qawanin
17. Divan e Maroof ke Tarteeb
18.al-Jawab al-Mashkoor (Arabic)
19.Islamic Prayers (English)
20. Balshivism aur Islam
21. Wafad e Hijaz ke Report
Death: He passed
away in Karachi on July 20, 1970, 15 Jamadi al-Aula 1390 Hijri. Salat al-Janaza
was offered by Syed Shah Mukhtar Ashraf Ashrafi Jilani and was buried in
Islamic College ground located on Mangoo Pir Road. Sabir Barari Qadri wrote
this verse in Urdu indicating year of
his death.
Sal e Rehlat ko hay Sabir sabz e Ghumbad ke sada-- Alim e
Mashhoor, Hamid, Azim e Bagh e Janan
Oh! Sabir. On the
year of his death, a voice came from the Green Tomb of Prophet saws—The great scholar
Hamid is on his way to the Gardens of the Paradise.
Sources:
1.
Tadhkira Akabir Ahle Sunnat, Muhammad Abdul
Hakim Sharaf Qadri
2.
Maulana Abdul Hamid Badayuni: Hyat aur Qaumi wa
Milli Khidmat, Maulana Syed Muhammad Faruq Ahmad Qadri
3.
Hyat Mujahid e Millat, Dr. Nasiruddin Siddiqui
4.
Mujahid e Millat Maulana Abdul Hamid Badayuni RA
ke Milli wa Siasi Khidmat, Zahooruddin Khan Amratsri