Muhammad Ramzan (preacher)

Muhammad Ramzan was an Indian Muslim preacher and Tablighi Jamaat in what is today Haryana.

Muhammad Ramzan
Born1769
Meham
Died1825
Madhya Pradesh
OccupationWali, Tablighi Jamaat saint

Ramzan worked to persuade recent converts to Islam from Hinduism to abandon Hindu customs and religious festivals and to follow Muslim ones instead.

Ramzan told converted Rajputs, Meo and Jats (Muslim Rajputs) were in no way different from their Hindu counterparts in culture, customs and celebrations of religious festivals. He also said that they were not only pir-parast (Guru-worshippers) and grave worshipers (Qabr-parast); they were also idolators They celebrated Holi, Diwali and other Hindu festivals with zeal and dressed in the Hindu fashion.[1][2][3][4]

Works as a reformer

Ramzan was the most prominent reformer in Haryana who typified this Da'wa. He made the Rajput Muslim conscious of their separate identity from Hindus.

Ramzan spent much time in areas where converted Rajputs lived. He told told them stope practicing Hindu rites. He tried to persuade them to marry their cousins (real uncle's daughters), which they were reluctant to do.

The converts were also reluctant to eat beef, which was prohibited under Hinduism. Ramzan introduced new festivals like Mariyam ka Roza and Rot-bot (on this eves, people observed on 17 Rajjab, a pao of roasted beef placed on a fried bread, was distributed amongst relatives and near and dear ones).

Ramzan also encouraged the converts to build mosques in large numbers, and to establish the wearing of Muslim dress and the observance of Islamic obligation. Waa'z (sermons) were employed as method of Da'wa.

Hindus also revered Ramzan and in several Hindu villages there were "Shah Ramzan ke Chabutre" (raised platforms for Shah Ramzan). Such endeavours have ruled out the possibility of reconversion and have helped in the Islamization of neo-Muslims.[2][5][6][7][8][9]

Early life and death

Ramzan was born in Meham District Rohtak (Haryana) Punjab in 1769. His father Shah Abdul Azeem ( d 1828 Meham ) was Majzoob ( مجذوب )Sufi. His grand father Shah Abdul Hakeem (1709- 1773) was a notable Urdu writer of his time.[10][11]

Ramzan was dissatisfied with the Sufi religious system under his father, whose Rajput devotees present him with a tithe from every thing taken in their raids. At age 14, Ramzan he left his family to study with Shah Abdul Qadir and Shah Abdul Aziz Delhivi the sons of Shah Waliullah. There he studied for fourteen years (1783-1796). He has worked as a preacher and tablighi throughout his life.[2][6]

Ramzan was killed by Bohras at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh after returning from "Hajj" on 18 January 1825.[2][7][12]

Scholarly work

Ramzan wrote in local language and dialects, sometime in the form of poems that could be recited and held debates with the scholars of other religious.[5]

  • AQAID E AZEEM عقاہدء عظیم
  • BULBUL BAGH E NABI ( Poetry ) بلبل باغ نبی
  • AKHIR GUTT آخر گت
  • Rangeeli ( Poetry )
  • Waseet Nama
  • Translation Qaseeda Amali
  • Adab Chokra ( children education )
  • Bohri Biaz
  • Fatawa e Muhammadi
  • Barq Laamaa Risala
  • Alim o Frayz Risala Ramzani
  • Radd e Rawafiz Risala ( Persian )

His famous books "AQAID E AZEEM","BULBUL BAGH E NABI" And"AKHIR GUTT" are available on" Haryanvi Siddiqui" page Facebook.

References
  1. "Internet Archive Search: creator:"HAZRAT SHAH MUHAMMAD RAMZAN MEHAMI"". archive.org.
  2. "MATAR AL AJDAD". August 29, 1964 – via Internet Archive.
  3. "The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India".
  4. http://www.bharatvani.org/books/tfst/appi1.htm
  5. Travellers in Faith: Studies of the Tablīghī Jamāʻat as a Transnational Islamic Movement for Faith Renewal
  6. "HADI E HARYANA". October 29, 1963 – via Internet Archive.
  7. "Tazkira E Ulamaye Hind". November 29, 1914 – via Internet Archive.
  8. "Tazkira E Sufiya E Mewat" – via Internet Archive.
  9. "FATAWA E AZIZI" – via Internet Archive.
  10. "اردوو کی شاخ ہریانوی زبان میں تالیفات Urdu Ki Shakh Haryanvi Zuban Main Talifat". February 29, 1932 – via Internet Archive.
  11. "Punjab Mein Urdu Hafiz Mehmood Khan Shirani" – via Internet Archive.
  12. The Tabligh Movement or Millions of Bearded Militants on the March.

Further reading
  • MATAR AL AJDAD (1964) by Prof:Manzoor-ul-haq Siddiqui
  • Tazkira E Ulamaye Hind (November 1914) by Rehman Ali
  • Urdu Ki Shakh Haryanvi Zuban Main Talifat (February 1932)by Hafiz Mehmood Sheerani
  • Punjab Mein Urdu by Hafiz Mehmood Khan Shirani
  • Tarikh E Zbane Urdu by Prof : Masoud Husain Khan
  • HADI E HARYANA (October 1963) by Prof:Manzoor-ul-haq Siddiqui
  • Tazkira E Sufiya E Mewat by Muhammad Habib ur Rehman Khan Mewati
  • The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India by K.S. Lal
  • TIME FOR STOCK TAKING ( The Tabligh Movement or Millionsof Bearded Militants on the March )by Sita Ram Goel
  • Family Tree ( خاندانی شجرہ ) Compiled by Shafa Ullah Siddiqui
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