What was the Aim of the Wahabi Movement?

Aim of the Wahabi Movement

The Wahabi movement diverted into an armed fight against the British when the revolt of 1857 happened, encouraging them to carry out extensive military operations against the campaign's supporters.

Sayyid Ahmad (1786-1831) of Rae Bareli founded the Wahabi Movement. His writings reveal a grasp of the growing British presence in India, and he regarded British India as a Daru'l Harb (place of war). Wahabism is a conservative branch of Sunni Islam that aims to eradicate the malpractices that have seeped into the Muslim community. It also aimed to restore the lost glory of the Muslim rulers of the Indian subcontinent.

The Wahabi movement was a revivalist movement that tried purifying Islam by eliminating the un-Islamic practices in Muslim society. The government took drastic measures to stem the Movement's heavy losses, including conducting numerous studies, arresting the leaders, imprisoning them for long periods of time, and seizing their property. The Movement stopped entirely by the year 1870. 

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