IDARA T ARJUMAN AL-SUNNAH Hadm .Ahore (Paklltan, Phone No 41 .J I 30, 4' 3131 BAREILAWIS
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ii~t .; n EHSAN ELAHI ZAHEER ted by Dr. Abdullah (Ph.D.) IDARA T ARJUMAN AL-SUNNAH hadm .ahore (Paklltan, Phone No 41 .J I 30, 4' 3131 BAREILAWIS History and Beliefs By EHSAN ELAHI ZAHEER Translated by Dr. Abdullah (Ph.D.) IDARA TARJUMAN AL-SUNNAH 475 Shadman Colony Lahore (Pakistan) Phone No: 413130. 413131 Ail rights reserved by the Idara First Published in 1985 Printed by Rasheed Ahmad Chaudhry at Maktaba Jadeed Press, 4-Shara Fatima Jinnah, Lahore-3. CONTENTS Chapters page Translator's Note 15 Foreword J7 Preface 25 Bareilawis 25 The need of writing a book on them 26 Excommunicationof Muslims by them 27 Unity and Intergration 30 Chapter — I Bareilawis: Their History and Founder 33 The Founder of iBareil* is His Diseases 34 His Callousness and Harshness 36 Exaggerations of these poopleabout him 37 Infallible 39 Lies 41 His Family 42 Accusing the Bareilawi and rtis Family of being a Shia by his,Adversaries .44 His Livelihood 45 His Habits 48- His Method 49 His Works 51 The Lies of these peopleandtheir Exaggeration 53 The Realities 60 The Opposition of the Bareilawi to Jihad and Mujahidin. 6'1 Agents of the Imperialism |6l The Khilafat Movement 67 Non-Cooperation Movement 68 The Fatwa of the Bareilawi for Suspension of Jihad. 70. His Death 7* The Exaggerationof the Bareilawis about the Bareilawi 73' The Defamation of the Companions of the Prophet 73. More Lies and Fabrications 76 The Leaders of Bareilawiyyat , 78 Nairn al-Din 78 Amjad Ali 79 Didar Ali 79 Hashmat Ali 80 Ahmad Yar 80 Chapter-II Bareilawiyyat and its Doctrines 83 The Beliefs and Doctrines of Bareilawiyyat 83 Seeking help and relief from others besides Allah 85 Seeking help from Prophet 85 Seeking help from Shaikh Abd al-Qadir Jilani 86 Seeking help from Ahmad Zaruq 87 Seeking help from Ibn-Alwan, Muhammad al-Hanafi and Sayyid al-Badawi 88 Seeking help from Abu Imran, the Sufi Imams, Musa al-Kazimi and Ibn al-Furghul 89 Refutation on the basis of the Quranic verses 90 The Verses of the Qur'an 91 Al-Bareilawi .91 The Power and Authority of the Prophets 96 and the Saints The Verses of the Qur'an 97 The Belief of the Bareilawi 102 The Prophet, the Sustainer and the Donor 103 Shaikh Jilani, the Giver of Life and Death 107 The Bareillawi too 109 His Tomb too 110 Selection from his Tafsir (exegesis) The Hearing of the Dead 113 The Dead hear 113 The Prophets are alive and hear 115 The death did not occur to the Prophet 115 There is no difference between his life and death 116 The saints too are alive 116 Refutation on the basis of the Qur'an of the Quran'ic verse by al-Alusi and Rashid Rida 118 The question of the knowledge of the Unseen 122 The word of Allah, the Exalted 123 The Prophets possessthe knowledge of the Unseen 124 The Prophet (peace be upon him) knows the fine unseen things 124 These unseen things are not known to anyone except to Allah—form the Qu>'an—from theSunna 125 The Bareilawis oppose the explicit Qur'anic verses 129 The Saints too know the five unseen things 135 And so and so The Qur'anic verses belie them 135 The events too falsify them The Question of the Humaneness of the Prophet (peace be upon him) 136 The explicit verses indicate the Humaneness of the Prophet 136 The Traditions of the Prophet too 140 The Opposition to the Qur'an and Hadith by the Bareilawis The Messenger of Allah is light from Allah The Throne and supreme authority (Kursi ) have been created from the light of the Prophet 147 The Angels too have been created from the light of the Prophet The Prophet had no shade . 149 Allah came down in Medina in the shape of ISO the Prophet The Question of Omnipresence and Omnis- 151 cience of the Prophet The Messenger of Allah is Omnipresent and Omniscient He witnessed the Creation of Adam and 152 whatever happened to him The Prophet keeps watch over the Creationsand 152 the Chiefs of the righteous see him The verses of the Qur'an falsify them 154 The events of the Life of the Prophet too 155 belie them. Chapter-III The Bareilawis and their Teachings '°1 The Teachings of the Bareilawiyyat 182 Sunna and Innovation in Religion Plastering the graves with gypsum and building 184 erection over them The Haoafi jurists and their viewpoint about 165 the plastering of the graves with gypsum building erections over them The reward for putting covers, turbans and 171 garments on the graves Lighting lamps at the graves 171 The Teachings of the Hanafi Fiqh 172 The early centuries The religious festivals and the death anniversaries 173 The Qur'an, the offering of al-Fatiha and holds feasts after the death of a person on appointed days 173 The Birthday ceremony of the Prophet 175 The Teachings of eating, drinking, usurping • and plundering The Teachings of Islam 176 Going round the graves The Teachings of the Hanafis 177 The discourse on the birthday ceremony of the Prophet on holding feasts after the death of a person 177 Hiring some persons for recitation of the Qur'an 178 Visiting the sacred relics and getting blessing from them Getting blessing from the tombs of the Prophets and Saints 178 Getting blessings from the figures and Illustra tions 178 The Offerings to the attendants of the graves who look after the visitors 179 TheTeachings of the Prophet (peace be upon him) 179 The legal device for expiation for the liabili ties due to the dead The kissing of both thumbs after hearing the name of the Prophet during ad-han Refutationof this practice Igl Writing on the shroud igi Supplication after the funeral prayer 199 The calling of ad-hanat the grave. 204 Chapter-IV The Bareilawis and Excommunication of the Muslims 215 Excommunication of the Muslims in general The Islam of the Bareilawis 216 Declaring Abd al-Wahhab and his followers to be unbelievers 217 Declaring the Deobandies to ho unbelievers 222 Excommunication of the Nadawis Excommunication of the poets of reformation 223 Excommunication of the leaders of education Excommunication of the politicians Excommunication of those who raised the standard of Jihad 226 Excommunication of the missionaries of hte Islamic state The opinion of Abd al-Hayy Lucknawi about the Bareilawi and Bareilawiyyat 228 Excommunication of other Muslims The causes of excommunication of these people 232 The cause of excommunication of Ahl al-Hadith The belief of this sect The excommunication of Shaikh Ismail of Delhi 232 . The cause of his excommunication Declaring the Imam of Ahl al-Hadith in the sub-continent Shaikh Nadhir Husain of Delhi 235 The method of the Bareilawi and Bareilawiyyat Abuses and blames Excommunication of those who admire Deoband 236 Those who cooperate with the Deobandis The heresy of the Deobandis is more severe . than the heresy of the Jews and Hindus 237 Command to urinate upon the literature of the Deobandis 238 The excommunication of the Nadawis They belong to the companions of hell 238 All these groups are Wahhabis The Wahhabis are more mean than Iblis 239 Funeral prayer should not be offered over their dead 241 One should not pray behind them 241 The law about their mosques The law about their ad-han 243 The prohibition of admission of the Wahhabis to the mosques of the Bareilawis 243 Whoever offers funeral prayer over their dead is a Wahhabi One who offers funeral prayer over a Wahhabi 243 Having association and dealings with them Drinking water from their well The law about the address of solemnisation of marriage by aWahhabi and his marriage The marriage of a Wahhabi is not valid either with human being or with an animal 244 Zakat should not be paid to them The children should not be sent to them for education The animal slaughtered by the Jews, Christiansand the illegitimatechild is lawful 244 The Wahhabis are moredisgraceful than the dogs The work "Taqwiyyat al-lman" by Shah Ismail Shahid 244 The cause of excommunicating theMuhaddith Den lav i 245 Selection from the biography of Sayyid Nadhir Hussain by al-Ansari al-Yamani Selection by Abd al-Hayy Lucknawi Excommunication of the disciples of Sayyid Nadhir Hussain 245 Selection from their biographies Declaring Imam Ibn Hazm to be unbeliever 245 Abuses and reviles for Ibn Taimiyya 245 Reviles for Ibn al-Qayyem 245 Abusing al-Shawkani 246 Abusing Ibn Abd al-Wahhab 246 Abusing his followers, the Wahhabis in general 246 Criticism and Curses 247 Lies and Falsehoods 247 The excommunication of the Najdis in general 248 The excommunication of Al-Saud in particular 249 The excommunication of those who do not excommunicate the eminent persons of the Deobandies 249 the eminent persons of the Deobandies. 251 The excommunication of Shaikh Nanawtawi 252 The excommunication of Shaikh Gangohi 253 Abuses and Reviles 254 Abuses of Ashraf AliThanawi 255 The Cause of his excommunication 256 The excommunication of his adherents 257 The excommunication of those who are doubtful about their unbelief 258 The moral character of the Bareilawi and the ethics of Bareilawiyyat 259 Prohibition of studying the works of Ibn 269 Taimiyya The fatwa of the Bareilawis about postpone ment of the Hajj 270 The poets of reformation in the sub-continent and the Bareilawis 274 Nadhir Ahmad Dehlawi is an unbeliever 272 Shibli Nu'mani is an unbeliever 272 Altaf Husain Hali is an unbeliever 272 Dhaka Allah (Zakaullah) is an unbeliever 273 NawwabMahdi Ali Khan is an unbeliever 273 Allama Iqbal is an unbeliever 274 Zafar Ali is an unbeliever 275 Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan, the founder of the Muslim University of Aligarh, is an unbeliever 276 Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, is an unbeliever 276 His Political party, the Muslim League, isan unbeliever .