Soon after, his uncle died and reportedly requested him to take care of the family as he had no male heir. Shariatullah was unable to attend his uncle's funeral due to disagreements he had with the local villagers on the manner in which the Islamic funeral had to be conducted. On another occasion, Shariatullah made the call to prayer for Maghrib, to which no one showed up for. He became concerned after finding that many Muslims were indulging in superstitious and Hindu-influenced practices which he viewed as un-Islamic. Thereafter, he began propagating Islam to the Muslim community of Bengal and India. These series of events encouraged him to play his role in guiding the local Muslim population to what he believed to be the pure Islam. This struggle, founded in 1818, came to be known as the Faraizi Movement. Surprisingly, Shariatullah faced a lot of opposition from the Muslim elites in Bengal who also tried to entrap him into legal matters. Following the initial failure of his propagatory activities, Shariatullah decided to return to Makkah.