Aboobakker siddhuique darul huda islamic university kerala, india

2.6.4 Turning point

In the life of CM Usthad, he came across with many critical conditions. When he completed his school education, he was free of charge. He was in a perplexed condition about his future. He spent one year by doing nothing. Even if, he was working in a garment shop of his uncle during this interval. He became troubled to waste the valuable time in vainly.

He requested his uncle to send him to school or dars. After his continous, request uncle gave him permission study at his father’s dars in Oravangara. He continued his studying that dars for ten years although he was shifting to Thrikkarippur and Beericheri with his teacher.⁷⁷ This gave him an extra ordinary power to recover his lost times and years so he studied interestingly and very keenly. So, this critical condition is considered as a turning pointof his life. Thus following his strong interest to education later, he became a famous scholar of Kerala.

2.6.5 Study at Baqiyyath College in Vellore⁷⁸

For the further study, CM Usthad joined in Baqiyyath College in Vellore. In 1962 after he completed his education from his native darses, he travelled to satisfy the keenness of knowledge to the hub of knowledge in Vellore in Tamilnadu.⁷⁹

This period laid a great impact on the life of CM Ustahd and from here; he began to think about the importance of combined education. There he studied many important kitābs (traditional books) and he became expert one in the field of teaching and education by studying from the expert teachers like Abūbakker Hazrat and Hassan Hazrat.⁸⁰ Thus, he completed the Mawlawi Fādhil Bāqāwi course in 1962 from this famous this Bāqiyat.

C.M Usthād flourished his knowledge about different braches of knowledge from this college and he used to write about differen subjects. C.K.K Maniyoor, P.K.P Abdul Salam Musliyar, Kappil Ummer Musliyar also were studying in Bāqiytah with CM usthad. He was graduated with the title of Moulawi Fazil Al-Bāqawi at 1963.

2.6.6 Teaching field

After he completed his education from Vellur, he returned to his native. In the same year, he served as a mudaris in march10 in Pudiyangadi for three years and returned to his native. From 29-9-1996, he began to teach in his native dars in Orvangara, because his brother who was teaching here went to higher study to Vellor. So C.M Usthād was appointed here as a mudaris, he spent his valuable portions of life by sharing knowledge to the upcoming community and making them capable and proficient to lead the next community as the torchbearers of next generation.

After this, he was appointed as a mudarris in Etticualm dars in 1388, (H 1968). In addition, his bother Mohammed was appointed as mudarris in Oravangara Masjid. He continued his service in Etticulam for one year only, because in this time he was making plannings to reform the educational situation of Kasaragod by applying the combined educational system. Then he tried hard to make this fulfill until his demise. Thus as result of his hard he started many Islamic colleges like Saa’diyaand MIC, etc.

2.6.7 Marital life

C.M Usthād as he was a social reformer he also did not forget family matters. Along these responsibilities, he stepped into the marriage life. Marriage was conducted with Ayesha (the daughter of his uncle P M Muhammed Kunchi) when he was teaching in Pudiyangadi, dars at (H-1383 Shaban 17) the nikah⁸¹ was conducted early. In this time, C.M Usthād was 30 years old and his wife’s age 15 year old.⁸² He has seven childrens including four daughters and three sons.

2.6.8 Family background

C.M Abdulla Moulawi known as Qāḍi of Chemberika and Mangalore and the vice president of Samstha Kerala Jamiyathul Ulama was really belonging to an eminent lineage. His family root ends to the virtuous and pious scholars.⁸³ Unfortunately, the history of this family background not found as it deserves. We got only the history five generation of this spiritually rich family. To put it in another way, this family ends in one of belowed companion of prophet Muhammed (PBUH)⁸⁴

This real history of this family starts from the pious ancestor called as Pokarsha who was grandfather of C.M Usthād’s father -the former Chemberika Qāḍi C Muhammed Kunchi Musliyar. Pokkarcha (pokkucha) settled in Chemmand, it was then cultural centre of the Ksaaragod situates adjacent to Chandragiri River. Pokarsha shifted with his family from Chemnad to Chemberika following a devine message got him in his dream. After he settled in Chemberikka, he spent his valuable times with prayers and wordships. He used to recite Qurān repeatedly most of his times. He used to say the visitors who came seeking his presence, “here remains I and a tree only”. Acutually this word he spoke was the word of pious slaves of Allāh.Becaus they dodn’t think about nothing except Allāh because they fully devoted them to the will of god.

His son Abdulla known as Abdulla al-Jamhari was a great orator and versatile scholar of his time. People were calling him Andu Musliyar. He served as Qāḍi of Orvangara, Kiyoor, and Terrotories. (Finally, he breathed his last, when the cholera affected this area defectively). He had eight children including three sons. Among them elder son was C.Muhmmed Kunchi Musliyar father of C.M Usthād’s father⁸⁵.

C.Muhammed Musliyar father of CM Usthād was born in Chemberikka as son of Abdulla Musliyar and Maryam Umma.He started his primary education from his father.When he was ten-year-old father passed away. Then he studied from Kiyoor Abdulla Kunchi Hāji (May Allāh bless him) who husband his sistester. Abdulla Kunchi Hāji served in Grand Masjid of Kasargod and Thrikaripur Masjid. Along with him, C.M Usthād studied in his dars. Muhammed Kunchi Musliyar studied near Ayincheri Musliyar in Kasaragod, and when he shifted to Vayakkad, he went with him. His uncle had small business in religious educational centre Ponnāni, so he also accompanied him for few times. After his study was completed, he returned to his native. In 1938, he was appointed as Qāḍi of Kiyoor, and became mudaris in Orabangara Masjid. He was going to his dars from Chemberikka to Oravangara by walking. In other words, he continued this walking for 25 years.

When this virtuous scholar was going to dars, the people of different religion were coming to his house to get his blessings. Many of them converted to Islmam and they were brought to his house to get barkath (purification. Eespecially anglers were going to him to find solutions for their problems and troubles. In addition, they were donating big fishes to Qāḍi because they loved him very much, and they respected him as a real guide and master.⁸⁶

In his last times, he was unable to teach, so the responsibility of dars was gaven to his son. however, until his last time he was Qāḍi of many places like, Kiyoor, Melparamba, Chemberikka, Kalanad, Deli, Uduma, Mangad, Pakyara, Bandichal, Bayikkara, Aloor, in these 12 places he carried his duty as a Qāḍi,(the relioius judge). In Hijra 1393-Arabic month dulka’d -Friday he was demised. His mausoleum (qabr) situates in south part of maqam of Masjid. Adjacent to it, is the mausoleum of C.M Usthād. He set for hajj three times, and in his last time also he was prpared to perform Hajj but unfortunately, he was taken ill and he passed away from this world. (May Allāh bless us with him) C.M Usthād has written a book about his lineage named Kanzul Fatah in Arābic Malayalam.