Taqwiyat-ul-Iman - Strengthening of the Faith

by Shah Ismail Shaheed, Badr Azimabadi, Darussalam (Translator)

1995. First Edition. Shah Ismail Shaheed. Dar-us-Salam Pub. 151 pages.

Genres: Islam

136 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2002

About the author

Shah Isma'il Shaheed was born on 26 April 1779. He was the grandson of famous Islamic scholar and leader Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703 – 1762). When a new Islamic religious revivalist movement appeared in northern India under the leadership of Syed Ahmad Barelvi (1786 – 1831), Dehlvi joined it because he shared its mission and objectives. "The agenda of the new movement known as Tariqah-i-Muhammadiyah was to purify the tenets of Islam from Hindu customs, traditions and cultural practices." "His motive was to convince the Muslim community to purify Islam from Hindu influences and Shiite rituals. He was harsh in his criticism and believed that religion should be practiced in its original form; a thought process which gradually evolved into a Jihad movement."

The objectives of this movement was to establish an Islamic state where the Muslim community could observe pure teachings of Islam. At that time, much of North India was ruled by the British. So this movement leadership concluded that they should move to an area with less control of the British and with large majority of Muslim population – North-West Frontier region which is now called Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region was chosen to carry out this experimentation, based on the assumption that being devout Muslims, the Pakhtuns would support the reformist movement." However, they soon ran into trouble in this area with many of these Pakhtun tribes with their own old tribal and national customs. Some of their old tribal leaders had sensed a threat to their own prevailing influence over the local tribal population and their traditional Pakhtun nationalism which they were not willing to give up and hand their power and influence over to the newcomers in their area in the name of Islam.

Punjab, parts of North-West Frontier and Kashmir regions, in 1831, were under the strict rule of powerful Maharaja Ranjit Singh who also had future ambitions to control all of the North-West Frontier region of the Pashtuns. So he sent his powerful Sikh army to fight them and after a fierce battle, defeated them, at Balakot. Both Dehlvi and Syed Ahmad Barelvi were martyred in the battle on 6 May 1831 with the Sikh army.

Reviews

[Shamsuddin Ahmmad Shimul · Rating 5 out of 5]

তাকবিয়াতুল ঈমান বা ঈমানকে মজবুত করার উপায় সম্পর্কে আলোচনা করা হয়েছে, লেখক বালাকোট যুদ্ধের বীর শহীদ, শাহ ওয়ালীওল্লাহ দেহলবি (রহিমাহুল্লাহ)-র নাতি, শাহ ইসমাঈল শহীদ (রহিমাহুল্লাহ)

বইটি অনেকটা কিতাবুত তাওহীদ বইটির মতো, তাওহীদ এর মূল বিষয় সম্পর্কে আলোচনা করা হয়েছে বিশেষ করে শিরক এর উপর জোড় দেওয়া হয়েছে

আল্লাহ সুবহানাহু ওয়াতাআ'লা বান্দার সকল অপরাধ ক্ষমা করেন, একমাত্র ব্যতিক্রম হলো শিরক, বান্দা নিজ থেকে তাওবা করা ব্যতিত শিরক এর অপরাধ তিনি ক্ষমা করেন না, তাই শিরক থেকে বেঁচে থাকা আমাদের অবশ্য কর্তব্য

[Khalid · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great book. One of the greatest benefits I received from it was the explanation of the ḥadīth relating to the covenant between Allah and the progeny of Adam (A.S.) (found on pg. 58).

Another benefit that I found were benefits of the placement of stars in the sky as it is mentioned in the Qur'an (found on pg.113 of this book):
1) Beautification of the sky
2) Driving away the devils
3) Guiding Sea and Land travelers

Overall a really great read.

[Jalal Zulfiqar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Similar to Kitaab at Tawheed and beneficial overall.

[Xanthophyll · Rating 5 out of 5]

তাওহিদ সম্পর্কে আলোচনা করা হয়েছে । বেশ ভালো ব‌ই

[Imran]

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