Shah Abdul Aziz
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| Name: | Shah Abdul Aziz |
| Birth: | 1703 CE [1] |
| Death: | 1762 CE [1] or 1823 CE [2] [1] |
| School/tradition: | Sunni Deobandi [2] |
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| Influenced: | Ahmed Barelvi (student) [2] Hazrat Moulana Ismail Shaheed (nephew) [2] Shah Salamathullah Dehlavi (son) [3] |
Al Muhaddith Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi ( 1703- 1762 [1] or d 1823 CE [2] [1]) was one of the great Sunni Deobandi Islamic scholar scholars of Hadith in India.[2]
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[edit] Biography
He was the eldest son of Shah Waliullah was only 17 years old when Shah Waliullah died. He became the leader of the movement started by his father [1].
One Sunni site, the Darul-Uloom Al-Islamiyya Website, states [2]:
- ...In view of this tragic turnabout of Muslim fortunes, one of the great scholars of Hadith in India, Hazrat Shah Muhaddith Abdul Aziz Dehlavi (died 1823 CE) was compelled to announce that India was no longer Daarul-Islam (a Muslim country) He also declared that since Delhi was under the hegemony of Christian rule, the Muslim Ruler or Imam could not issue any Islamic writs over that city. During this period, the light of Deen that had been shining so brilliantly in India was now beginning to dim. This ominous decline of Muslims was not viewed lightly by the Ulema of that time, and so Hazrat Shah Abdul Aziz urged one of his great followers, Hazrat Sayed Ahmed Barelvi, and his famous nephew, Hazrat Moulana Ismail Shaheed to initiate an armed struggle against the Christian imperialists. With the help of an organized group, these Men of Allah began a campaign of Jihad aimed at bringing about an Islamic revival and revolution throughout the country. They had the blessings of all the Awliyaa and Ulema of India at the time. A major confrontation took place at Balakot.
[edit] Legacy
[edit] Works
He wrote and dictated several books [1].
- Taufa Ithna Ashari (Gift to the Twelvers) [1]
- Sirush Shahadhathayn
- Tafsir Fath al-Aziz or Tafsir-i-Aziz (in Persian) [1]
- Fatawa Aziz, another famous book, is the collection of Fatawa (questions and answers on religious issue) [1]
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