A Critical Review on the Literature of the Faraizi Movement FURKAN AHMED Lecturer, Department of History, University of Dhaka.

https://doi.org/10.59815/bhs.vol2603

Abstract: The Faraizi Movement was a religious reform movement of 19th century East Bengal. From the religious point of view, only what is obligatory in the Quran and Hadith is called Farz. The main slogan of the Faraizies was the complete denunciation of all rites and ceremonies which had no basis in the Quran and the Sunnah. This movement was led by Haji Shariatullah (1781-1840) and his son Dudu Miya (1819-1862). Initially it started with the aim of religious purification. By lapse of time, however their leaders, followers and overall condition had been changed. The movement developed into a socio-economic and finally a political movement. All classes of the Muslim community were involved in the Faraizi Movement and it continued for a long time against colonial rulers. It can be analyzed from different points of view on the basis of interdisciplinary method. Muin-ud-Din Ahmed Khan’ Gautam Bhadra, Iftekhar Iqbal, Narahari Kaviraj and many other prominent scholars wrote on various aspects of the Faraizi Movement. In this article, I will attempt to review their writings with a critical analysis. As the primary and secondary sources are available, my focus also will be the analysis of sources and make different sense of thinking about their theology and principles.

Key Words: Faraizi, Haji Shariatullah, Dudu Miya, Zamindars, Permanent Settlement, Islam, Resistance, Bengal.