Bioghraphy of Attaullah Shah Bukhari
Hazrat Ameer Shariyat, Attuallah Shah Bakhari was born in
Patna, India, September 23, 1892. His father name was Hafiz Syed Zia uddin. He
belongs to Syed family.He was the descendant of Abdul Qadir Jillani. Qadir
Jillani was the descendant of Hazrat Hassan.
Early Educations
Hazrat Attaullah Shah Bukhari got his early education
from Gujarat. He received traditional education. He learned the holy Quran from
his father, Hafiz Syed Ziauddin, when he was 10 years old. He completed his
early education from Gujrat. He remained associated with Deohbond School in
Saharanpur. Attaullah Shah and his father believed in traditional educational
system because they considered that Islamic education is important for Muslims
rather than any other education system. He was against the English educational
system. He considered the teaching of English as against the religion; a
commonly held view amongst the then Muslims. He learned the Islamic education
with great devotion. One thing was very surprising and exceptional about his
educational life; he had never become a regular student of any Madressah. Nor
he had been to any prominent teacher of his time. He got the Fiqh education
from Maulana Mustafa Kasmi and Hadith education from Mufti Hassan Amritsari.
Oath (bait)
Bukhari had
taken his first oath at the hands of Peer Meher Ali Shah, and second oath at
the hands of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad. He has attached himself with Deoband
school of thought.
Religious
and Services for islam
Attaullah Shah Bukhari started his career as a religious
person. He started to teach Islamic education. He started his religious life in
1916, in a small Mosque in Amritsar and taught the Quran for the next forty
years of his life. These things show that he had great love and devotion for
religion. He was unique reader of the Holy Quran. When he used to recite the
Quran everyone becomes silent and listening the Holy Quran.
Most often
people insisted him to recite Quran on different occasions. The people were
greatly impressed by the style of his recitation of the holy book. He was a
true preacher of the Holy Quran.
Attaullah Shah Bukhari shared his ideas and thoughts with
other people who belong to different school of thoughts. He also had
friendships with socialists, and communists but he never got any influence from
them. As Quran was the sole guidance for him. He wants Muslims to be active and
striving all time, because he was strong believer of romantic socialism. He had
studied Bukhari Shareef when he had been imprisoned for an anti government
religious speech.
Attaullah Shah Bukhari started his political career in
1916. The accident of Jallianwallah Bagh had cast great impact upon him, that’s
why he started his politics.
His biographer Shorish Kashmiri write about him, Bukhari
was the strong anti-British antagonist. He was against British and British
policies, he always opposed the British polices and hate them. Bukhari greatest
contribution was that he had created anti British sentiments in the hearts of
the local people.
He delivered a great speech at Khilafat Conference held
at Amritsar, 1919.
He joined the INC in 1921 in Calcutta. He delivered a
very impressive and passionate speech there. Soon his popularity turned him
into a leader, though he was arrested on 27 March 1921 because of that speech.
Bukhari believed in attaining independence through nonviolent
and constitutional means.
INC member toured the country. He combined his politics
with a vision of Islam and followed the injunctions of Quran throughout his
life. He became an eyesore to administration.
In 1923, he initiated a movement against Shudi Sangthan
movement.
In 1924, he participated in the unity conference held in
Dehli.
Qadiyaniyat Operation
In 1925, he signed on the document which was made against
Mirzaea sect. Bukhari was fully against the newly born Qadiyani movement; he
was totally against Mirza Ahmed Qadiyani, he stated that Ahmed Qadiyani was a
liar having loose character, ill-mannered and never abide by his deeds. Bukhari
had been to prison several times.
He was a central figure in the Khatm-e-Nabuwat Movement
of 1953, which demanded from government of Pakistan to declare the Ahmadi’s as
non-Muslims.
Another great work of Attaullah Bakhari was
Majlis-I-Ahrarar Islam. A number of religious political movements emerged from
Punjab during the first half of 20th century. MAI was founded in 1929 in
Lahore.MAI in collaboration with other religious parties worked against the
Ahmadis. This group was then divided into two parties. One group has following
members: Malik Laal Khan, Muhammad Alam, Maulana Abdul Qadri, and Maulana Zafar
Ali Khan. The other group was led by Fazal Haq, decided to play active part
from the platform of Majlis Ahrar-i-Islam. Fazal Haq was the chief of new
party.
Syed Attaullah Shah Bakhari participated the meeting
convened by these parties. He was the member of the INC and JUH. He had started
his speech after dinner and continues the entire night till morning prayers.
The audience in the meeting listened to him with full attention. “According to
WC Smith he would have claimed to be India’s most effective demagogue.” With
his oratory he would hold an audience of thousands inspired and attentive for
hours. In fact, he was prize asset of the MAI. He was religious and anti-British.
When the MAI evolved from idea into organization on March
30, 1930, it held the first meeting at Islamia College Lahore under the
presidency of Fazal Haq. By addressing this meeting, Attaullah Shah Bukhari
urged upon youth to come forward and fight for Independence of their country.
The MAI stood for equal distribution of wealth,
eradication of corruption, respect for every religion, and freedom to live
according to Sharia. Ataullah Shah Bokahari, in his presidential address at the
session, invited the Muslim masses to cooperate with MAI in its struggle to
safeguard the rights of the Muslims, through separate electorate and through
the medium of a separate religious organization. The MAI attracted several
groups to its rank, drawn mainly from the educated lower and middle classes,
small shopkeepers and urban Muslim youth.
Prof. Khalid Ahmed Shabir has stated that Bukhari was
among one of the three persons who had already revealed the reasons of downfall
of Muslims and proposed the solution of the dilemma.
Molana Johar rightly stated about his oratory abilities
that “he was not only enthusiastic in his speeches but spiritual”. His words
can easily mould the heart of the listener and could easily force the listener
towards the tasks he wants to be accomplished from his listener.
Knowns
Bukhari was known in India for his matchless oratory. His
speeches were full of amusing stories from Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi and
Multani. He had command on these languages. His graphics portrayed sorrows and
suffering of the poor. He said to people during his speeches, your suffering
will have got an end when the British rule will be end in India. He spreads his
message all over the India. His speeches had great impact on the minds of the
people
