Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and women

 

Whenever there is talk of women in relation to Imam-ul-Hind, Hazrat Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, it comes out that he had a soft spot for women in his heart and he devoted himself to their education not only as the Minister of Education but also in all his affairs. Always strive in personal life. As far as women's education is concerned, his views were similar to those of Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi used to say that educating a boy means educating a single individual, while educating a girl means educating an entire generation. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad also had the same idea.

Maulana's father Hazrat Maulana Khairuddin was also concerned about the education of women. He had a great role in the education of his five children. When he would sit down to teach the children, he would include not only the two boys but the three daughters in the lesson. Maulana Azad was the youngest among his siblings. Khadija Begum was the eldest, Fatima Begum was two years younger than her and Hanifa Begum was two years younger than her. Abu Nasr Ah was also two years younger than Hanifa Begum, while Maulana was also two years younger than Abu Nasr, that is, the age difference of all the siblings was two or two years. It was a time when people did not know well about women's education and thought that women become stubborn and uncontrollable after getting education. On the contrary, not only Maulana Azad but also his father Maulana Khairuddin thought that the more educated women are, the better they will be. He was the son of Sheikh Muhammad Hadi and he is related to Sheikh Jamaluddin alias Bahlul Dehlavi, who is considered as one of the famous scholars and companions of Mumtaz Alam and Fazil Wahid Akbari. Therefore, good behavior towards women was in the blood of Maulana.

Maulana Khairuddin was a very fortunate person who lived his life in the service of God and people with honor and good name. The other side of his good fortune was his righteous children who served the religion as much as possible. Abu Nusraah Ghulam Yasin Dehlavi and Abul Kalam Mohiuddin Ahmad Azad Dehlavi were a collection of perfections, while among the daughters, Fatima Begum Arzoo and Hanifa Begum Abro continued their passion for poetry and poetry, as well as women's awareness of the homeland, social reform, struggle for freedom and women's education. Played an important active role.

According to him, Maulana's sisters were interested in education, we get from the fact that her three sisters namely Khadija Begum, Fatima Begum (Arzo Begum) and Hanifa Begum (Abro Begum) were not only educated but they also taught education. The rule of women was teased as a jihad. Although the eldest of the siblings, Khadija Begum, died in 1943, her educational qualification was not less. Hazrat Maulana's wife Zalikha Begum was also educated. Not only that, Zalikha Begum's siblings were also educated. In which Zubaidah Bibi and Hafiza Bibi (wife of Maulana's elder brother Abu Nusrah) were older than her and Zahra Bibi and Hanifa Bibi were younger than her. Maulana herself had no children but she had children of her own. Nuruddin, the only son of his elder brother Ghulam Yasin Abu Nasr Ah, was brought up just like his own children. As far as Nuruddin Sahib is concerned, his wife, Nazak Jahan Begum, was a teacher's certificate from Jamia Urdu, Aligarh. His younger sister Qaiser Jahan Begum had broken all records of education. In the 1950s, Qaiser Jahan Begum successively obtained three M.s. in Economics, History and Urdu. Oh Do it.

In Maulana's life, according to him, two women had an immense influence on him. Maulana Azad was probably the most in awe of his mother, Alia Begum, who is also known as Zainab and who was the granddaughter of Sheikh Tahir Watari. His father Majid Hazrat Maulana Khairuddin had a big hand in shaping his character. Mother was equally gifted. Maulana had mastered Arabic, which was truly her Arabic language, from her mother. Although a good deal of Urdu was spoken at home, according to Maulana, his mother did not think Urdu was very appropriate. Maulana Azad's mother died within a year of Maulana Khairuddin's return to India and settling in Calcutta. It was 1899. His burial took place in Manak Tala Cemetery. Maulana Khairuddin had a special type of marble building built over his grave. He had also reserved a place for himself next to his grave, so both of them have a peaceful dream under the same dome. Coincidentally, the grave of Maulana Azad's wife Zalikha Begum is also here. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is on her grave. The plaque was installed on April 9, 2004 in a ceremony organized by the Institute for Asian Studies.

According to Maulana Azad, Ms. Aliya or Zainab was a simple-minded, God-fearing, good-natured and religious woman. Her house was a model of Hijazi civilization and she kept the Arab traditions alive with her morals and hospitality. Despite the fact that all kinds of comfort and prosperity were available, they were free from vices such as self-importance, self-righteousness or outward pride. He tried to inculcate the qualities of Hamida in his children and he was successful in this regard.

As for Zalikha Begum, Maulana Azad would often mention to his sisters that she had not done her due to her spouse. What we mean here is that Maulana used to stay out of the house most of the time during the freedom struggle.