�Double
Standards
The Fataawa of the ulama of Deoband�
* "Uttering of words which may be thought to belittle the prince of the
universe (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) even where the intention of the person
uttering those words is not to do so is liable to make such a person a
polytheist".
(Lataaif-i-Rasheediyah, Page 22, by Janab Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi
and Ash-Shahaab-us-Saaqib, Page 57, Husain Ahmad Tandvi Madani.)
* "He who utters a single polytheistic word is, in the eyes of all, a polytheist".
(Al-lfaazaat-ul-Yaumiyah, Vol. 7, Page 234, by Janab Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
* "With all his claim to adhering to Islam and faith and striving his best in this regard, a person who is insolent towards the Prophet and rejects the essentials of Deen is, without doubt, an apostate and a polytheist in the eyes of all Muslims".. (Ashaddul-'Azaab, Page 5, by Janab Murtaza Hasan Darbhangi.)
* "He (Gangohi) also mentioned utterances which could be said to cause hurt
to the holy Prophet (Alaihis Salaam), and declared that a person uttering
polytheistic words should be deterred from doing so by all possible means, and
if such a person does not refrain from doing so he should be killed because he
has been insolent to Almighty Allah and His trustworthy Prophet (Sallal Laahu
Alaihi Wasallam)".
(Ash-Shahaabus Saaqib, Page 50 by Husain Ahmad Tandvi
Madni and Lataa'if-i-Rasheediyah, Page 22 by Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi.)
* "All ulama are unanimous in holding that he who is insolent to, and belittles, the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) is a polytheist and he who doubts the polytheism of such a person is himself a polytheist. . . The verdict of polytheism is passed on the basis of things, which are obvious, not wilful, or intended or deduced. . . The ulama have said that to show annoyance with the Prophets (Alaihimus Salaam) is polytheism even if insolence is not intended". (Al-lifaar-ul-Mulhideen, Pages 51, 83 and 86, by Janab Anwar Shah Kashmiri, a teacher at Deoband.)
* "He who believes that the holy Prophet (Alaihis Salaam) is only as much
distinguished from us as an elder brother is from the younger one goes, in our
view, out of the pale of Imam.
(Al-Muhannad Page 28, by ulama of Deoband.)
* "Certain harsh words which have occurred in Taqwiyat-ul-Imaan (written by
Isma'iel Dehlvi Phulti Balakoti) were intended to cure the ignorance prevalent
in those days. . . The words used by Isma'iel Dehlvi are, of course,
disrespectful and insolent. These words may never be
used".
(Imadaad-ul-Fataawa, Vol. 4, Page 115, by Thanvi.)
(It is most essential to bring to the notice of my readers that '`Taqwiyat-ul-Imaan" is still being regularly published and distributed gratis on behalf of the ulama of Deoband. Inspite of words of disrespect and insolence contained in it, its publication and dissemination shows that present day Wahaabi propagandists are disrespectful and insolent. Therefore, in the next pages you will read the fatwa of the Imam of Deobandis, Gangohi Sahib, about repeating polytheism and propagating the polytheist and insolent writings, according to which it is proved that all Wahaabi propagandists of Deoband believe in polytheistic writings and they are pronounced disrespectful, insolent and straying from Deen, in the light of the fatwa of their own Imam)
"Most people
call out to the spiritual guides, the Prophets, the Imams, the martyrs, the
angels, the devils and the fairies in times of distress and ask them for the
redress of their hurt... They also give them offerings for this purpose... Thus
they indulge in polytheism... Allah has not given to anybody the power to be of
profit to anybody nor can anybody be of help to anybody else... There is no
intercessor on the earth or in the heavens who can profit or hurt him who
believes in such a person and calls to him for help ...These had been practiced
by the polytheistic Arabs and so whoever deals with somebody in this manner
would be like Abu Jahal... And in this there is no distinction between saints
and Prophets, Jinns and Shaitaan, and devils and fairies, that is, he will
become an apostate by associating himself with others, be they Prophets or
friends of Allah, or spiritual guides or martyrs, or devils and fairies. �
(Taqwiyat-ul-lmaan, Pages 5 & 8, by Janab Isma'iel Dehlvi Phulti Balakoti.)
* "Allah
Almighty being there, to call to such lowly persons (Prophets and friends of
Allah) who can neither be of profit nor of hurt to come to help is unthinkable.
It is rank injustice to bestow the status of such a Great Being (Allah) on such
worthless people (Prophets or friends of Allah)." �
(Taqwiyat-ul-lmaan, Page
29.)
* "How
can anyone be the redresser of needs, the solver of difficulties and holder of
one's hand? People holding such beliefs are out and out polytheists. They cannot
even be allowed to get married. And those people who arc informed about their
evil thoughts and even then do not call them "apostates and polytheists" are
polytheists themselves in the same degree.�
(Jawaahir-ul-Qur'aan, Page 147,
by Ghulam Khan, Rawalpindi.)
* He who
seeks helps from anyone except Allah is, infect, a thorough polytheist. There is
none in the world as bad as he. Curse be upon such from all in the world."
It is
also declared: "To ask for fulfilling their needs and invoke them is the way of
the polytheists".� �
(Tazkeer-ul-Akhwaan, Pages 83 & 343, by Janab
Isma'iel Dehlvi� Balakoti.)
* To
choose polytheism, to regard polytheistic� acts to be good, to make some
others say polytheistic things... to belittle a Prophet or an angel, to pillory
them... to call somebody from afar thinking he would listen to him... to
consider somebody to be invested with authority to profit or hurt... to ask
somebody to fulfil his heart's desire, or to grant him livelihood, progeny... to
make a vow in the name of somebody... to chant any saint's name by way of daily
duty... to think that being connected to a saint is enough for one's
deliverance... to praise somebody excessively... these and other things all come
under polytheism and, are, therefore, bad." �
(Bahishtee Zewar, Pages 37
& 38 by Ashraf Ali Thanvi.)
* The
unmatched and unparalleled embodiment of good, the all excellence (Gangohi
Sahib) in the eyes of Deobandis, says: "To use such words of praise for anybody
as Qiblah-o-Ka'bah, Qibla-i-Hajaat, Qibla-i-Deeni- Wa-Dunyaavi (all epithets of
veneration) is forbidden."�
(Tazkiratur Rasheed, vol. 1, Page 137.)
"He who
tries to prove somebody to be in a position to turn events of the world as he
would like them to be although he may not consider his power to be equal to
Allah's nor tries to prove him to be such, atonce proves himself to be a
polytheist". � (Taqwiyatul Imaan Page 20.)
*
Polytheism is proved against persons who may pay exaggerated respect to any
spiritual guide or any Prophet, or any real grave, or any tomb, or any house, or
any relic or symbol... or stands with hands folded before any of these or
travels long distances to visit such houses... or when he has visited that house
or that person walks back while facing that house or that person... makes
request with hands folded.. respects even the jungle in the vicinity of such a
house... and does some other such things".� (Taqwiyatul Imaan Page 8.)
* "Thus,
a person becomes a polytheist if he chants somebody's name all the time and
calls him from near or far, and invokes his help before attacking his enemy,
completes a reading of the Qur'aan on behalf of some dead person, or
concentrates on his countenance... or thinks that somebody is fully aware of
what passes within himself... whether such beliefs are related to Prophets or
saints, or to the spiritual guide and martyrs, to an Imam or the progeny of an
Imam, or to devils and fairies or thinks that all these things happen to them
because of themselves or by the grace of Allah. All such beliefs are
polytheistic".�
(Taqwiyat-ul-lmaan, Page 7, by Janab Isma'iel Dehlvi
Balakoti.)
*
"Question: Is it permissible to participate in any ('Urs) death anniversary in
which the Qur'aan is recited and afterwards sweets are distributed?
Answer: It is not right to participate in any ('Urs) death anniversary or (Meelaad) birth celebrations of the holy Prophet, and no death anniversary or birthday celebration is right".� (Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi, Fataawa Rasheediyah, Part 3, Page 94.)
*
"Soyam, Dahum, Chehlum (the third, the tenth, the fortieth), all these rites
belong to the Hindus". �
(Fataawa Rasheediyah, Part 1, Page 99, by Rasheed
Ahmad Gangohi.)
* This daily recitation of the birth of the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) is like celebrating the birth of Kanahiya (a Hindu god) every year.� (Baruaheen-i-Qaut'iah, Page 148, by Khaleel Ahmad Ambethvi, authenticated by Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi.)
* "Question: Is holding birthday celebration of the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) but without rising up permissible?
Answer:
Holding birthday celebration is, in any case, unlawful". �
(Fataawa
Rasheediyah, Part 2, Page 150 by Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi.)
The book certified by
Janab Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi, the "A'yatul Laah", the "Muta'ul-A'lam" and the
"Mawaa-i- Jahaan" of the Wahaabi propagandists of Deoband, says: "In short, the
thing to be considered is that having seen how Shaitaan and the Malak-ul-Maut
(Angel of Death) have fared, it is not polytheism to say that the pride of the
universe (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) encompassed knowledge of the world
without reference to any Qur'aanic text and only on wrong assumptions. It cannot
be part of Imaan. The vastness of the knowledge given to Shaitaan and the Angel
of Death is proved by the text (of the Qur'aan and Sunnat), while there is no
such text available in support of the vastness of the knowledge of the pride of
the world (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam)". �
(Baraheen-i-Qaati'ah, Page 51,
by Khaleel Ahmad Ambethvi.)
"Vast knowledge of a particular kind was not
given to him (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) but was given to Iblees, the
accursed... And because he (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) is of higher rank than
the Angel of Death does not at all prove that his (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam)
knowledge of those matters is equal to that of the Angel of Death much less
excels it"� (Baraheen-e-Qaati'ah, Pages 52, by Khaleel Ahmad Ambethvi vi and Ash
-Shahaab-us-Saaqib Page 92, by Husain Ahmad Tandvi Madni.)
* "He who deems or declares
the knowledge of the holy Prophet (Alaihis Salaam) to be equal to the knowledge
of Zaid or Bakr (i.e. any man) or animals or madmen is a thorough
polytheist"�
(Al-Muhannad*, Page 36, by Janab Khaleel Ahmad Ambhetvi.)
* It should be noted that the book called Al-Muhannad bears the signatures of
Janab Mahmoodul Hasan, A'shiq llaahi Meruthi, Ahmad Hasan Amrohvi, Mufti
Kifayatul Laah and many other small and big fries of Deoband. It is also a
miracle that the polytheistic nature of the polytheistic writings of the Wahaabi
propagandist ulama of Deoband have been certified to he polytheistic not by one
or two but by hundreds of Deobandi ulama themselves. Such of their writings
which from the basis of differences between Deobandis and Sunnis (Bareilvis)
have been proved to be polytheistic by Al-Muhannad and those who endorse such
writings also have been proved to be polytheists by Al-Muhannad. Indeed by
publishing Al-Muhannad these Deobandi Wahaabis have proved that the creed of
Maulana Shah Ahmad Raza Khan is the true one. Truth always triumphs!
"Thus to assert that knowledge of the unseen is possessed by non-Allah' is
outright polytheism"�
(Fatawaa Rasheediyah, Page 90, Part 3, by Gangohi.)
* "Knowledge of she unseen is
exclusive to Almighty Allah. To say by implication that it is also held by any
other is not without the risk of committing polytheism".
(Fatawaa
Rasheediyah, Page 32, Part 3, Gangohi.)
"And to believe that he (Sallal Laahu Alaihi
Wasallam) had knowledge of the unseen is open Saaqib, Page 102, by Janab
polytheism". (Fataawa Rasheediyah, Page 141, Part 2, Gangohi.)
* "I (Thanvi) consider him who believes (that
the holy Prophet had knowledge of the unseen) or says such a thing explicitly or
by implication goes out of the pale of Islam"�(Bast-ul-Banaan, Page 4, by
Thanvi.)
* "Thus all four Imams of the religion and the
totality of ulama unanimously hold that Prophets (Alaihum-us-Salaam) are not
aware of the unseen". (Mas'alah Dar Ilm-i-Giab, Page 4, Gangohi.)
* "Nobody should hold the view that the
Prophets or the friends of Allah or the Imams or the martyrs have knowledge of
the unseen. He should not hold the view in respect of even the holy Prophet
(Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) and he should not say such a thing in praise of
him (otherwise he would render himself a polytheist)".
* "Allah alone knows
about the unseen. The holy Prophet(Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) does not know
anything about it". �
(Taqwiya`-ul-lmaan, Page 125, by Isma'iel Dehlvi
Balakoti.)
Dear readers! You have already seen the
fataawa (religious opinion) of the ulama of Deoband on the writings of the ulama
of Deoband themselves. You may be thinking that issuing fataawa of being a
polytheist by the ulama is an easy matter. Let us see what an Aalim of Deoband,
Janab Murtaza Hasan Darbhangi, has to say on this subject.
On Page 3 of his book, Ashaddul 'Azaab, he says: "The ulama of Islam do not act in haste, nor does any one of them issue a fatwa of polytheism on trivial, conjectural and innovative matters. The sacred band (of ulama-i-Islam) does not dare do so unless polytheism becomes as apparent as the sun. So far as possible, those ulama bring out the true meaning of a saying by interpreting them. But if somebody desires to go to hell and he himself goes out of the pale of Islam, then they are forced to do so. In the same manner as it is polytheism to call a Musalmaan a polytheist, it is polytheism to call a polytheist a Musalmaan".
On Page 302, he further says: "The ulama have been extra careful in the matter, but when a saying would admit of no other interpretation and polytheism would become as manifest as the sun, then they have no option but to give a verdict of polytheism. As the poet says:
If I see a blind man standing in front of an open well, Then to remain seated and not to stir myself would be sin.
Who will, then, be held responsible if the ulama keep silent on such an occasion and the people go astray? After all what are the ulama there for? Whatever else they will do if they are not to tell the difference between Islam and polytheism".
On Page 13, he says: "If in the eyes of Khan Sahib (Maulana Ahmad Raza) some ulama of Deoband were really like what he thought them to be. Then it was a must for him to declare the (ulama of Deoband) as polytheists, and not doing so would have made him a polytheist if he had not pronounced them (Ulama of Deoband) polytheists".
He further says: "All ulama of Deoband are of the opinion that Khan Sahib (Maulana Ahmad Raza) was justified in giving his verdict. Whoever says so (as Muhammad Qaasim Nanotvi has said in Tahzeer-un-Naas and Ashraf Ali Thanvi in Hifz-ul-Imaan) is a polytheist, an apostate and an accursed person, so let me also put my signature to this verdict; whoever doesn't call such apostates as polytheists is himself a polytheist". �(Ashaddul 'Azaab, page 12, 13.)
On Page 2 of this very book, the same Murtaza Hasan Darbhangi says: "Venerating the Prophets of Allah and not to be insolent to them is among the fundamentals of Deen"
And another Aalim of the Deobandis, Muhammad Anwar Shah Kashmiri. On page 86 of his book, Ikfaar-ul-Mulhideen, says: "The ulama of Islam have said that being insolent to the holy Prophets (Alaihimus Salaam) renders him who does so a polytheist even if his intention was not to do so; that is to say, if he did not intend to be insolent even then to utter insolent words is polytheism".
Dear readers! You have seen what the ulamas of Deoband have to say about those who are insolent to Prophets. Now see what punishment Ashraf Ali Thanvi, the Hakeem-ul-Ummat of the Deobandis, has prescribed for those insolent to the Prophets.
On page 26 of his book Zaad-us-Sa'eed, Thanvi Sahib says: "It is indicated by the Holy Qur'aan that being insolent to the lofty personality of the holy Prophet (Allah forbid!) A person doing so is punished by Allah with ten curses. So, Almighty Allah has named the ten curses He sent on Waleed Bin Mugheerah for being insolent".
Dear readers! Thanvi Sahib himself and other ulama of Deoband have been insolent to the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) not only in one instance but in several. And, according to Thanvi Sahib himself, ten curses from Allah are sure to fall upon such Wahaabis of Deoband for each of their insolence and they may also be considered to be the followers and associates of Waleed Bin Mugheerah. In view of this detailed explanation would the author of the booklet "Johannesburg to Bareilly" and his associates like to save themselves from the curses of Allah by acknowledging polytheistic writings as polytheistic and those holding such views to be polytheists? Or would they like to earn for themselves condemnation in this world and in the next world and heap upon themselves eternal damnation by declaring such polytheistic writings to be all right.