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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar (1880–1940)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{similar names|Mohammed Sajid (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Mawlānā
| title = {{small|Mufakkir-e-Islām}}
| name = Abul Mahasin Muhammad Sajjad
| office1 = 2nd General Secretary of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]]
| term_start1 = 13 July 1940
| term_end1 = 23 November 1940
| predecessor1 = [[Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi]]
| successor1 = Abdul Haleem Siddiqi<ref name="salman"/>
| module = {{Infobox religious biography|embed = yes|religion=Islam
|birth_date = 1880
|birth_place = Panhessa, Nalanda District now [[Bihar Province]], [[Colonial India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1940|11|23|1880}}
|nationality = Indian
|denomination = [[Sunni Islam]]
|jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
|alma_mater = Madrasa Subhāniya, Allahabad
|notable_works = ''Fatwa Tark-e-Mawalat''
|founder = [[Muslim Independent Party]]
}}
}}
'''Abul Mahasin Muhammad Sajjad'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Siddiqui |first=Dr Sohaira Z. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTMqEQAAQBAJ&dq=abul+mahasin+sajjad&pg=PA107 |title=Islamic Law on Trial: Contesting Colonial Power in British India |date=2025-04-15 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-39639-5 |page=107 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_VtAAAAMAAJ&q=abul+mahasin+sajjad |title=South Asian Studies |date=1993 |publisher=Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab |pages=60, 91 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Aziz |first=Khursheed Kamal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JituAAAAMAAJ&q=abul+mahasin+sajjad |title=Public Life in Muslim India, 1850-1947: A Compendium of Basic Information on Political, Social, Religious, Cultural and Educational Organizations Active in Pre-partition India |date=1992 |publisher=Vanguard |isbn=978-969-402-119-5 |page=121 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Alam |first=Mohammad Manzoor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kzRuAAAAMAAJ&q=abul+mahasin+sajjad |title=100 Great Muslim Leaders of the 20th Century |date=2005 |publisher=Institute of Objective Studies |isbn=978-81-85220-06-2 |page=177 |language=en}}</ref> (1880 – 23 November 1940) was an Indian Islamic scholar who was one of the most influential [[ulama|ulemas]] of the 20th century.<ref name="Mohammad1987">{{cite book |last1=Mohammad |first1=Muzaffar Imam |title=Role of Muslims in the National Movement, 1912-1930: A Study of Bihar |date=1987 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-033-8 |page=250 |language=en|quote=MAULANA MUHAMMAD SAJJAD ( 1880 - 1940 ) Maulana Mohammad Sajjad was one of the most reverend and revolutionary leaders of Bihar, who served religion and politics equally. He was born in the year 1880 at Panhessa village in...}}</ref> Sajjad was a founder of Anjuman-Ulama-i-Bihar, [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]], and [[Imarat-e-Shariah|Imarat-i-Sharia]].<ref name="Alam2004" /> A leader in the [[Indian independence movement]], Abul Mahasin Muhammad Sajjad participated in the [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–22)|Non-cooperation Movement]], [[Khilafat Movement]], and [[Civil Disobedience Movement]]; he [[opposition to the partition of India|opposed the partition of India]] and championed the concept of [[composite nationalism]]. He also founded the [[Muslim Independent Party]] in 1935 to represent Muslims in Bihar who were disillusioned with Congress and the Muslim League. The Muslim Independent Party formed the government in Bihar in 1937. Yunus, the party president, became the chief minister of Bihar on 1 April 1937.<ref name="Sajjad2018">{{cite web |last1=Sajjad |first1=Mohammad |title=The real culprits behind India's Partition |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/column/the-real-culprits-behind-indias-partition/20180524.htm |publisher=[[Rediff]] |access-date=30 October 2020 |language=en |date=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="Ashraf2016">{{cite web |last1=Ashraf |first1=Ajaz |title=The forgotten story of two Maulanas who mocked Jinnah's idea of Pakistan |url=https://scroll.in/article/814820/the-forgotten-story-of-two-maulanas-who-mocked-jinnahs-idea-of-pakistan |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |access-date=3 November 2020 |language=en |date=6 September 2016}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Muhammad Sajjad was born in the Panhessa village in the [[Sheikhpura district]] of the [[Bihar Province]] in [[Colonial India]].<ref name="asir">{{Cite book|title=Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta|author=[[Asir Adrawi]]|page=13|location=[[Deoband]]|publisher= Darul Muallifeen |language=ur |edition = 2 April 2016}}</ref> His father was Hussain Baksh who died when he was only 4 years old.<ref name="Hayāt">{{Cite book |author=Akhtar Imām Aadil Qāsimi |title=Hayāt-e-Abul Mahāsin |publisher=Jāmia Rabbāni Manorwa Sharīf |edition=2019 |location=[[Samastipur District]], [[Bihar]] |page=108,109 |language=ur}}</ref>

Sajjad's elder brother was the revered Sufi saint Sufi Ahmad Sajjad who lived until 1948. Sufi Ahmad Sajjad's Mazar is located near a mosque in the village where Urs of the great Sufi Saint is celebrated every year on the 27th day of Muharram. The shrine's current Sajjada Nashin (hereditary administrator) is the saint's grandson Pir Syed Shah Mohammad Ziauddin (born 1953).<ref name="Alam2004">{{cite book |last1=Alam |first1=Jawaid |title=Government and Politics in Colonial Bihar, 1921-1937 |date=1 January 2004 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-979-9 |page=225 |language=en|quote=Sajad, Maulana Muhammad (1884-1940); pan-Islamist ''alim'' from Panasha, a village in Nalanda district: educated at Bihar Sharif, Deoband, and Allahabad; started career as a teacher of theology and taught at Bihar Sharif, Gaya and Allahabad; founded Anjuman-Ulama-i-Bihar, 1917; one of the founders of Jamiyat al-Ulama-i-Hind and became its Secretary; founder-Secretary, Imarat-i-Sharia Bihar and Orissa; took prominent part in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation movements, 1920-22; worked for Hindu-Muslim unity; actively participated in the hartals to boycott the Simon Commission; took active part in the Civil Disobedience movement, 1930 and was imprisoned; established Anwarul Ulum Madrass at Gaya.}}</ref>

Sajjad started studying at Madrasa Islamiya in Bihar, and then studied at Madrasa Subhaniya in Allahabad for about six years. His major teachers include Abdul Kāfi. He graduated in 1323 [[Hijri year|AH]].<ref name="asir"/> Sajjad completed his studies in [[Bihar Sharif]], [[Deoband]], and [[Allahabad]].<ref name="Alam2004"/>

== Career ==
He later returned to [[Bihar Sharif]] and [[Allahabad]], to teach theology, as well as at [[Gaya, India|Gaya]].<ref name="Alam2004"/> In 1917, Sajjad founded the Anjuman-Ulama-i-Bihar and also became one of the founders of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind|Jamiyat al-Ulama-i-Hind]].<ref name="Alam2004"/> He served as the secretary of Imarat-i-Sharia, which he helped found.<ref name="Alam2004"/>

A leader in the [[Indian independence movement]], Sajjad took part in the [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–22)|Non-cooperation movement]], [[Khilafat Movement]] and [[Civil Disobedience Movement]].<ref name="Alam2004"/> He was a proponent of [[Hindu-Muslim unity]] and was a leader in the [[hartal]]s that boycotted the [[Simon Commission]].<ref name="Alam2004"/> He along with [[Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi]], [[Shaukat Ali (politician)|Shaukat Ali]], Begum Md. Ali, Azad Subhani, [[Abdul Majid Daryabadi]] and others represented the Central Khilafat Committee at the All Parties Conferences and All Muslim Parties Conferences on [[Nehru Report]].<ref name="youngbites">{{cite web|last1=Singh|first1=Major Kulbir|title=Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi: Political activist from Bihar|url=http://www.youngbites.com/newsdet.aspx?q=204964|website=youngbites.com|date=1 July 2017}}</ref> He [[opposition to the partition of India|opposed the partition of India]] and the separatist campaign of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]].<ref name="Sajjad2018"/> He established Anwarul Ulum Madrasa in [[Gaya, India|Gaya]].<ref name="Alam2004"/>

Sajjad authored the ''Fatwa Tark-e-Mawalat'', the religious edict on boycotting the British goods, on 8 September 1920. It was signed by 500 Muslim scholars and issued from the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wasif Dehlavi |first1=Hafizur Rahman |author1-link=Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi |title=Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah |page= 58|language=ur|oclc=16907808}}</ref> He was appointed the general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on 13 July 1940.<ref name="salman">{{cite book |author1=Salman Mansoorpuri |title=Tehreek Azadi-e-Hind Mai Muslim Ulama aur Awaam ka Kirdar |date=2014 |publisher=Deeni Kitab Ghar |location=Deoband |pages=194–196 |language=ur}}</ref> He would earlier serve as the working general secretary in absence of [[Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi]].<ref name="salman"/>

==Death==
Sajjad died on 23 November 1940.<ref name="asir"/>
[[File:Abul mahasin Mohammad sajjad (cropped).jpg|thumb|Inscription on the grave of Abul Mahasin Muhammad Sajjad]]

==See more==
* [[List of Deobandis]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book |last=Nadwi |first=Talha Nemat |title=Hadhrat Mawlāna Abul Mahasin Muḥammad Sajjad |publisher=Abjad Publishers |year=2018 |edition=2nd, 2019 |location=[[New Delhi]] |language=ur}}
* {{Cite book |title=Hayāt-e-Abul Mahāsin |author=Akhtar Imām Aadil Qāsimi |location=[[Samastipur District]], [[Bihar]] |publisher=Jāmia Rabbāni Manorwa Sharīf |language=ur |edition=2019}}
{{Hanafi scholars}}
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[[Category:1880 births]]
[[Category:1940 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Bihar]]
[[Category:Founders of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]]

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