Islam's Reformers .pdf

in Muslims. Rendering the religion a means for politicalpurpose, he approached politicians. He interfered with thenational movement of Indian Muslims. In order to appropriatethe accomplishments of vigilant Muslims and Islamic strugglers,he produced many articles in which he played the part ofnational leadership and inspiration. Acting very cleverly, he tookthe lead of the party. Yet the real heroes who suggested theidea of Pakistan’s establishment and who worked for thispurpose were numerous others led by Alî Jinnah. While AliJinnah was arousing in the Indian Muslims the idea ofindependence and inviting them to unity, Mawdûdî madedemands for his personal advantages. In order to preventdisunion, a fatwâ was issued for his imprisonment. Hisinstigation was suppressed and Pakistan became firmlyestablished in 1366 (1947). He was freed in 1950. As the pureMuslims of the Ahl as-Sunna pursued the cause of Islam withinthe new state, Mawdûdî began to busy the minds with a falsereligion named “Qadîânism”, and consequently in 1953, he wasjudged and imprisoned again; this time the term was twenty-sixmonths. While he was in prison, a constitution defendingMuslims was prepared and accepted in 1956, but as soon as hegot out of the prison his articles imbuing with revolutionary ideasmade a mess. He caused the constitution to be prohibited andmartial law to be declared. In 1962, the new constitution wascarried into effect. But Mawdûdî did not keep quiet. He causedthe organization of Jama’at Islam to be closed. He wasimprisoned again in the early 1964, but under the amnesty hewas freed a little later. By shouting “human rights” and “justice”,he fell for the idea of raising a rebellion. He opened way totumults in Kashmir. Indians took advantage of this and attackedKashmir. The government met horrible and difficult situations.Dissatisfied with all these eccentricities, Mawdûdî co-operatedin an underhand way with those in Saudi Arabia. He wasenrolled as a member of the assembly of consultation inMedina, which had been established in order to spread antimadhhabismin every Muslim country. Yet the hadîth, “Uponhim who helps a cruel person, Allâhu ta’âlâ sends thatcruel person to worry him,” manifested and he wasimprisoned by those whom he wanted to approach.Muhammad Yûsuf Banûrî (d. 1397/1977), one of theprominent scholars of Islam in Pakistan, Director of the Karachi- 187 -