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Abul A'la Maududi (Urdu: ابو الاعلی مودودی‎, Abul Alā Mawdūdī – alternative spellings of last name Maudoodi, Mawdudi; 25 September 1903 – 22 September 1979) was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist and scholar active in British India and later, following the partition, in Pakistan.[1] Described by Wilfred Cantwell Smith as "the most systematic thinker of modern Islam”,[2] his numerous works, which "covered a range of disciplines such as Qur’anic exegesis, hadith, law, philosophy and history",[3] were written in Urdu, but then translated into English, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Burmese, Malayalam and many other languages.[4] He sought to revive Islam,[5] and to propagate what he understood to be "true Islam".[6] He believed that Islam was essential for politics and that it was necessary to institute sharia and preserve Islamic culture similar to reign of the Rashidun and abandon immorality, from what he viewed as the evils of secularism, nationalism and socialism, which he understood to be the influence of Western imperialism.[7]

Imam Amir
Allamah
Shaykh al-Islam
Syed Abul A'la Maududi
ابو الاعلی مودودی‎
Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami
In office
26 August 1941 – October 1972
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Mian Tufail Mohammad
Title
First Amir and Imam of Jamat-e-Islami
Shaykh al-Islam
Allamah
Sayyid
Mujaddid of 14th century
Personal
Born
25 September 1903
Aurangabad, Hyderabad Deccan, British India
Died
22 September 1979 (aged 75)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Religion
Islam
Denomination
Sunni
Lineage
Direct descendant of Muhammad through Hussain ibn Ali and Moinuddin Chishti
Jurisprudence
Quran Hadith Ijma
Movement
Jamaat-e-Islami
Muslim leader
Successor
Mian Tufail Mohammad
Disciples
Jalaluddin Umri, Dr. Israr Ahmed, Abu Lais Islahi, Wahiduddin Khan, Amin Ahsan Islahi, Yusuf al-Qaradawi,
Website
www.maududi.org
Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi
Grave maududi.jpg
Grave of Maulana Maududi in Pakistan
Venerated in
Jamaat-e-Islami, Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Circle of North America, Hamas
Major shrine
Grave of Maududi, Pakistan
He was the founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the then largest Islamic organisation in Asia.[8][9][10] At the time of the Indian independence movement, Maududi and the Jamaat-e-Islami actively worked to oppose the partition of India.[11][12][13] After it occurred, Maududi and his followers shifted their focus to politicizing Islam and generating support for making Pakistan an Islamic state.[14] They are thought to have helped inspire General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq to introduce "Sharization" to Pakistan,[15] and to have been greatly strengthened by him after tens of thousands of members and sympathizers were given jobs in the judiciary and civil service during his administration.[16] He was the first recipient of the Saudi Arabian King Faisal International Award for his service to Islam in 1979.[17] Maududi was part of establishing and running of Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia.[18]

He was the second person in history whose absentee funeral was observed in the Kaaba, after King Ashama ibn-Abjar.[4][9]

Early life
Political activity
Beliefs and ideology
Mystique, personality, personal life
Legacy
Timeline of Abul A'la Maududi's life