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Dear readers!

Meditating upon the spiritual guide's face; calling the spiritual guide for help; chanting his name; believing that the spiritual guide is fully aware of his disciple's condition; calling out to the spiritual guide for help when in difficulty; seeking help of the spiritual guide after he is dead; reverencing the spiritual guide's residence; paying respect to the vicinity of the spiritual guide's tomb; believing in the power to do good and to remove difficulties; believing in divine inspiration and in knowledge of things which are hidden; saying faatihah for the dead; holding functions on the occasion of death anniversaries, the birth of the holy Prophet and the martyrdom of Imam Husain and his associates; journeying with the intention of visiting tombs and graves; kissing sacred relics and paying exaggerated respects to them; showering excessive praises on the spiritual guides; believing that connection with their spiritual guides was sufficient for their deliverance; seeking fulfilment of their wishes by invoking their spiritual guides and holding nazr and niyaz for this purpose; believing that profit or hurt can accrue from their spiritual guides in life and also in death; asking the saints for grant of progeny or livelihood; making the saints the means and hoping for their redemption through their intermediary; calling to people for help with the appellation "O" (ya). All these things are believed in and practiced by the Wahaabi propagandist ulama of Deoband as mentioned in their own books and other writings, which, if collected in one place, will make a huge volume. As a first instalment, I have reproduced only a few of them so that readers may know that everything that the Wahaabi propagandists of Deoband hold to be polytheistic is proved correct by their own writings. As a matter of fact, these Wahaabis of Deoband are undergoing punishment for inventing a lie against Allah and for being insolent to Prophets and saints, in that they are proved wrong through their own fatawaa of declaring every good and lawful act to be polytheistic and thus earn the wrath of Allah. May the merciful Allah protect us from them!

 


Fataawa of the ulama of Deoband (2)

"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.)
 


Writings of the ulama of Deoband (3)

* It is our belief that whosoever says that so and so is more knowing than the holy Prophet (Alaihis Salaam) is a polytheist, and our elders have pronounced fatawaa of polytheism against a person who says that Shaitaan, the accursed, is more knowing than the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam). —
(Al-Muhannad, Page 14. By ulama of Deoband.)

* "Hazrat Maulana Gangohi in several of his fataawa has explained that whosoever calls Iblees, the accursed*
to be more knowing and vaster in knowledge than the holy Prophet is a polytheist"—
(Ash-Shahaabus Saaqib, Page 88.)
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* This servant of the Ahle Sunnat has in his possession the book Ash-Shahaab-us-Saaqib, published by the Ashrafiya Publications, Raashid Company, Deoband, Saharanpur, India. You have read an excerpt from Page 88 of this book. However, the word "than" is missing after the words "Iblees, the accursed, but the actual wording is: "Iblees, the accursed, the beloved Prophet (Alaihis Salaam)".

This servant of the Ahle Sunnat warns the Wahaabis of Deoband that if, following their own bad habit of issuing fatawaa of polytheism against somebody merely on account of any printing error or by putting wrong meaning to any writing, if somebody were to issue a harsh fatwa against the writing of Gangohi Sahib as reproduced by Janab Husain Ahmad, the ulama of Deoband would feel most annoyed. My purpose in making this discrepancy known is that every one who believes in Wahaabi-ism should know that we Ahle Sunnat-Wa-Jama'at are not at odds with anybody else for unfounded reasons and do not issue fatawaa without a concluding argument because our aim is to prove right what is right and prove wrong what is wrong. We bear love to the faithful for the sake of Allah and we also have enmity with the wrong-doers for the sake of Allah.
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* "I and my teachers consider such a person to be a polytheist who calls Shaitaan, the accursed, or any other of the creations, as more knowing than the holy Prophet". — (Al-Khatm Ala-Lisaanil-Khasm, Page 6, and Qat'ul Wa-teen, Page 10.)

(When the fatawaa of being a polytheist was given against Janab Khaleel Ahmad Ambethvi, Ashraf Ali Thanvi Sahib and Manzoor Ahmad Sanbhali Sahib came to his defence, and expressed their views in the following manner).

Regarding his (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) being the most perfect of the creations in respect of knowledge and actions, "my belief as well as those of my elders can be summed up in this verse: In short, you are the most respected one after Allah". — (Bastul-Banaan, Page 7, by Ashraf Ali Thanvi.)

* It is my belief, as also those of all of our eminent people, that the excellent knowledge given by Almighty Allah to the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) has not been given even to the angels closest to Him and to none of the group of the blessed Prophets". — (Saif-e-Yamaani, Page 8, by Sanbhali.)

Dear readers!
(Buraheen-e-Qaati'ah has been certified by Janab Gangohi and endorsed by Janab Tandvi. Now if all the Wahaabi propagandists of Deoband consider the writings of Ambethvi Sahib to be correct, Thanvi Sahib and Sanbhali Sahib and all those Deobandi-Wahaabi ulama who had signed Al-Mukannad will have to be declared polytheists and apostates. But if on the other hand, the numerous writings of all these ulama are deemed to be correct, then Ambethvi and Gangohi and Husain Ahmad Tandvi Madni will have to be declared polytheists and apostates and accursed. This means that the writings of whichever group of Wahaabis of Deoband are endorsed, they will not be able to save it from being declared polytheistic and they would themselves lose their faith).
 


Fataawa of the ulama of Deoband (3)

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.)
 


Writings of the ulama of Deoband (4)

* The Deeni A'qa (religious master) of the Wahaabi propagandists of Deoband, Ashraf Ali Thanvi Sahib, says: "If Zaid (meaning anybody) holds the belief that the sacred personality (of the holy Prophet) had the knowledge of the unseen is true, still the question is: does this knowledge of the unseen encompass all things or is it confined merely to some of them? If it means knowledge of only a few unseen things, then how is it that he (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) bears the stamp of distinction in this respect? Such knowledge of she unseen is also possessed not only by a Zaid or an Amar but by the epileptics and the insane, the animals and the beasts as well" — (Hifz-ul-lmaan, Page 7 & 8, by Janab Ashraf Ali Thanvi.)

(It should be noted that the epithet "such" is not only used in the sense of "being like something" but is also used in the sense of "in like measure" and "this much" is what is meant here (in Thanvi Sahib's writing)".

* . . . In the controversial writing of (Thanvi Sahib), the word "like this" has been used in the sense of "in this measure" and "this much", so where does a similitude comes in." — (Tauzeeh-ul-Bayann, Pages 8, 17, by Murtaza Hasan Darbhangi.)

"Hazrat Maulana Thanvi has used the word "like this' not "this much" in his writing. Had the word "this much" been used, then the apprehension would have been justified that, Allah forbid, the knowledge of the holy Prophet (Alaihis Salaam) had been made equal to that of others . . . The word "like this" indicated a similitude". — (Ash-Shahaab-us Husain Ahmad Tandvi Madni.)

(Murtaza Hasan Sahib does not acknowledge the word "like this" to be an epithet of similitude for fear of being guilty of polytheism while Husain Ahmad Madani says that "like this" is a simile and tries to prove as correct what Murtaza * Sahib deems polytheistic, and Murtaza Sahib tries to prove (in Thanvi Sahib's writing) what, in the eyes of Husain Ahmad Sahib (Thanvi Sahib's writing) is polytheism. Thus, while defending Thanvi Sahib, both these have themselves become polytheists, according to the differing fatwa of each of them).

* "If some knowledge of the unseen is meant, then how does it distinguish the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam)? Knowledge of some of the unseen is possessed by even those who are non-Prophets". —
(Taghyeer-ul-Unwaan, Page 3, by Ashraf Ali Thanvi.)

* "Knowledge of the unseen which is direct (personal) is exclusive to Allah, but knowledge of the unseen (Ilm-e-Ghaib) which is indirect (through revelation etc.) is possible for the creations". — (Bastul Banaan, Page 2, Ashraf Ali Thanvi.)

* "It has been accepted in Hifz-ul-lmaan (by Ashraf Ali Thanvi) that the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) had been given knowledge of the unseen by Allah. —(Tauzeeh-ul-Bayaan, Page 13, Murtaza Hasan Darbhagi.)

* "People say that Prophets and friends of Allah do not have knowledge of the unseen, but I (Haaji Imdaad-ul-Laah) say that whichever way the right-guided people may cast their eyes, they discover and perceive of the unseen". —
(Shamnatim-e-lmduadiyah, Vol. 2, Page 115 and Imduad-ul-Mushaanq, Page 76.)

* "Thus, Maulana Thanvi has divided the unseen world into two parts, and believes one part can be seen in everybody". —
(Ash-Shahab-us-Saaqib, Page 106, Husain Ahmad Tandvi Madani.)

"This Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) informs us of the unseen of all kinds, whether they relate to the past or the present, to the names or the attributes of Allah or to the Shari'ah rules or to the truth of religion or its denial or to heaven and hell or to events after death, and this Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) is not at all miserly in letting us know about them".—
(Marginal note on the Qur'aan, Page 764, Shabbeer Ahmad Usmaani.)

* "The conclusion is that ordinary people are not informed of the unseen directly, but the Prophets (Alihimus Salaam) are so informed". —
(Marginal notes on the Qur'aan, Page 95, Shabbeer Ahmad Usmaani.)

* "In short, in the same way as knowledge of the unseen is exclusive to Allah which no non-Allah can share, similarly it is exclusive to the Prophets to be informed of the unseen, which no non-Prophet can share".

* "Allah Almighty has declared, "I have informed the Prophet of the unseen". (Ilm-e-Ghaib, Pages 34 and 35, by Qaari Muhammad Taiyyab, former Secretary, Daarul Uloom, Deoband.)

Dear readers!
(After going through all the above writings and fataawa you must have understood it fully that these Wahaabi propagandists of Deoband who speak with differing voices deny each other and declare each other to be polytheists. You must have also realised that by thus holding differing and contradicting views they are, instead of spreading love for the faith amongst people, creating a tendency among them to distance themselves from Deen. This servant of the Ahle-Sunnat has presented some examples of the writings and fataawa of the ulama of Deoband in order that just people would know the reality and thus save themselves from these deprecators. May Almighty Allah protect us from them!)
 


Fataawa of the ulama of Deoband (4)

* "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.)
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* 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!
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"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. Instead of giving my own opinion 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?

Dear readers'
The author of the booklet "Johannesburg to Bareilly" and all the propagandists and followers of Deobandi-ism slander us, the Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wa-Jama'at, when they say that their Imam, A'laa Hazrat Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi (Rahmaatul Laahi Alaihi) was in the habit of firing salvos of polytheism against Musalmaans. The Wahaabi propagandists of Deoband do not inform people of the reality on the other hand, they mislead people by telling their own people fabricated tales about the Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wa-Jama'at. It is for this reason that I would like to present facts to the people, so that they may know to what degree these propagandists of Deobandi-ism are liars and bad.

Readers must have known by now that the fatwa of polytheism against those polytheistic writings of some of the ulama of Deoband given by A'laa Hazrat Bareilvi (Rahmatul Laahi Alaih) after exhausting all arguments with them, are acknowledged to be polytheistic even according to the ulama of Deoband.

Besides Janab Murtaza Hasan Darbangi, Janab A'mir Usmaani, a nephew of the renowned Aalim of Deoband, Shabbeer Ahmad Sahib Usmaani, has proved these polytheistic writings to be polytheistic in the Feb-March, 1957 issue of monthly "Tajalli" of Deoband, and opposed the standpoint of Deoband. Recently, a great protest was organized throughout the Islamic world against Shaitaan Rushdie's book "Satanic Verses". The Wahaabis of Deoband, citing their own Imam Ibne Taimiyah as the source, declared those insolent to the holy Prophet to be polytheists and apostates and gave proof of the fact that the entire Muslim Ummah was unanimous on this that anybody found guilty of being insolent to the holy Prophet is, in the eyes of all of them, a polytheist and an apostate and liable to be executed.

It is, thus, proved that the Imam of the Ahl-e-Sunnat, A'laa Hazrat Maulana Shah Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi (Rahmatul Laahi Alaihi) did not declare even one Musalmaan to be a polytheist. Nor did he ever fire salvos of polytheism against those holding such polytheistic beliefs, and reduced to writing After exhausting all arguments in this regard in accordance with the unanimous opinion of the Ummah, and the polytheistic writings on which the fatawaa was given have been accepted by the ulama of Deoband themselves to be polytheistic.

On the contrary, let us see how the Wahaabi propagandists of Deoband behave. The main aim of Wahaabi'ism is to prove all true Musalmaans to be polytheists.*
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* It must be explained for the information of the readers that every polytheist is necessarily an infidel, but every infidel is not a polytheist. This servant Of Ahle--Sunnat will, Insha-Allah, very soon present to the readers a book called "Mera-Deen" (My Religion), giving all the details about polytheism and infidelity in the light of the teachings of the Qur'aan and the Sunnat. Still some facts on the subject can be seen on the following page'. — (Kaukab Noorani Okarvi)
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Dear readers!

These preachers belonging to the Deobandi-Wahaabi-Tableeghi group declare all those polytheists who say (Ya Rasoolal Laah) "O Messenger of Allah"! Those who celebrate (Meelaad Shareef) the birth of the beloved of Allah and the last Prophet of Allah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam); those who believe, in accordance with the Qur'aan and the Sunnat, that (Ilm-e-Ghaib) the knowledge of the unseen was granted by Allah to His Prophet and to those beloved of Allah; those who believe that the holy Prophet is present (Haazir-o-Naazir) not in the physical sense but in the spiritual sense; those who pay respects to the Prophets and the friends of Allah; those who hold ('Urs) death anniversaries of the beloved of Allah for the sake of the souls of such; those who go to the tombs of the beloved of Allah and kiss their graves or the cloth covering their graves, and even say that marriage with them is prohibited; those who consider Prophets and the beloved of Allah to be their helpers with Allah's will; those who hold Giyaarhveen Shareef for the soul of the Ghaus-i-A'zam  (Radiyal Laahu Anhu); those who hold that Allah alone has eternal and exclusive power over everything, and also believe that only through His will, the beloved of Allah can make use of them; those who believe that the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) was not an ordinary man but the best of all Prophets and His light.

Dear readers! If I were to draw up a list of the things for which true Musalmaans are dubbed as polytheists all Musalmaans will, according to them, be declared to be polytheists. From this shortened list, you will know that A'laa Hazrat Bareilvi (Rahmatul Laahi Alaih) had pronounced his fatawaa of polytheism against only those few of the ulama of Deoband on account of only such matters on which the entire ummah is unanimous. But the things for which these Deobandi-Wahaabi-Tableeghi people declare true Musalmaans to be polytheists are things on which not only the entire ummah is not unanimous but there is no unanimity of views even amongst the Deobandi-Wahaabis-Tableeghi band. The things for which these Deobandi-Wahaabi-Tableeghi ulama declared true Musalmaan to be polytheists have been proved, through the writings of these very people, to truly reflect the true views of the Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wa-Jama'at. Since these Deobandi-Wahaabi-Tableeghi people can declare as wrong the things declared correct by the Qur'aan and the Sunnat but cannot prove such correct things to be wrong, and then, they heap upon themselves the torture meant for those who pronounce the right to be wrong.

Dear readers' By now you would have become fully aware that the salvos of declaring true Musalmaans as polytheists have not at all been kept open by the Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wa-Jama'at but by the propagandists of Deobandi-Wahaabiism and, by day as well as by night, they declare true Musalmaans to be polytheists. I can justifiably say about them that the real aim of Deobandi-Wahaabi-Tableeghi-ism is to make polytheists of true Musalmaans the world over. A'laa Hazrat Bareilvi (Rahmat-ul-Laahi-Alaih) declared as polytheists only those of the ulama of Deoband through his religious opinion who had indulged in polytheistic writings, but by endorsing the polytheistic writings of their elders these Deobandi-Wahaabi-Tableeghi are themselves becoming polytheists and causing others to be the same by making them their associates. May Almighty Allah protect us from the evil of these Deobandi, Wahaabi, and Tableeghis!

The author of the booklet "Johannesburg to Bareilly" has repeatedly levelled some accusations in all three of the booklets. He might have been under the impression that it would be easy to hoodwink people outside South Africa or India and Pakistan into holding a false opinion against A'laa Hazrat Imam of Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Shah Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi, because the common man does not know the reality of things and has no special liking for doing research into matters (specially religious). And yet the fact is that hiding the truth and spitting at the moon harms only those who do so. But those whose very foundations are laid on lies and whose only trait is to speak lies can have nothing to do with the fear of Allah. Those who are incapable of seeing their own tattered clothes can but observe spots on the garments of others.

Below are given the views of the ulama of Deoband about A'laa Hazrat Imam of Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Shah Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi (Rahmatul Laahi Alaih).

Ashraf Ali Thanvi says: "There is a great deal of respect in my heart for Ahmad Raza. He calls us polytheists, but he says so on account of the great love for the holy Prophet that surges in this heart, and on account of nothing else."

Khursheed Ali Khan, S.D.O. Canals, says that a telegram was sent by a disciple of Hazrat Thanvi informing him of the death of Maulana Ahmad Raza Bareilvi and I read it out to him. On hearing this, Hazrat Thanvi recited the Qur'aanic verse, "Inna Lil Laahi WA Inna Ilaihi Raaji'oon". Somebody from the audience said, 'Maulana Bareilvi has declared you to be a polytheist and you are reciting the Qur'aanic verse on his death.' Upon this, Hazrat Thanvi said, 'Maulvi Ahmad Raza Khan was a great aalim and was immersed in the love of the Prophet. On the basis of the meaning he put on my writing, it was but right for him to say what he said. If I had been in his place and he in mine and he had said the things I had said I would have declared him a polytheist on the basis of the meaning he had put on it."

Abul A'laa Maudoodi Sahib says: "I have great respect in my heart for the scholarship and grace of Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi. In fact, he had great insight into religious knowledge, and his greatness is acknowledged even by those who differed with him".

Malik Ghulam Ali Sahib says: "The fact is that so far we have been under a great misconception about Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan Sahib. I have reached this conclusion after going through some of his writings and fatawaa that the depth of knowledge which I discerned in him is seldom found even in few ulama, and the love of Allah and the love of the Prophet oozed out from each and every sentence written by him".

Janab Mu'eenud-deen Nadvi says: "The late Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan Sahib Bareilvi was one of the ulama and authors with scholarship and insight who lived in the present times. He had a vast and deep knowledge of Deen, especially jurisprudence and hadith. The insight and research with winch he has answered questions from the ulama fully reflect his comprehensiveness, his deep knowledge, his power to derive from the Qur’aan, his intelligence, and his comprehension. His learned and researched fataawa are worthy of being studied by both his protagonists as well as his opponents".

Mufti Intizaamul Laah Shahaabi says: "The late Hazrat Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan was a leading aalim of these times. He was very well versed in the details of jurisprudence. Qaamoosul Kutub Urdu, compiled under the supervision of Dr. Maulvi Abdul Haq, mentions the Maulana (Ahmad Raza Khan) and carries notes on him. I have already gone through Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan's translation of the Holy Qur'aan and Fataawa Rizviyah etc. The Maulana's poetical works in praise of the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) is very effective. My friend, Dr. Siraajul Haq, Ph.D., is fond of the Maulana's poetical works and calls the Maulana a lover of the holy Prophet. The Maulana had a deep knowledge of Deen".

Allamah Niyaz Fatehpuri says: "I have met Maulana Ahmad Raza. He was a man of extraordinary learning and grace. His study was extensive as well as deep, and the light of his learning showed in his visage. Despite his humility, his beautiful face exuded a strange sort of awe."
Janab Ja'far Shah Phulwari says: "Janab (Ahmad Raza Khan) Faazil Bareilvi had command over Islamic learning (Tafseer, hadith, and fiqh). He also had excellent knowledge of logic, philosophy and mathematics. He was so intoxicated with the love of the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) that he could not tolerate even the slights disrespect towards him (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam). If he found no valid excuse or interpretation for any disrespect, he had no hesitation in hastening to pronounce a fatwa against any person howsoever mighty he might be. He was so lost in the love of the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) that it was not improbable for him to commit excesses. The demands of respect had made him very sensitive, and with this sensitivity developing to a delicate point, sternest in his disposition becoming pronounced is not a strange phenomenon. If certain irreverent sayings can be attributed to an overflow of sentiments regarding unity of Allah, then the act of declaring as infidels can be attributed to the demands of love and respect. 1, therefore, deem Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan (Rahmatul Laahi Alaih) to be excusable in this regard. But this right is exclusive to people, who are, like Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan, lost in love and respect (of the holy Prophet)".

Janab Shabbeer Ahmad Usmaani says: "The death of Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan is a very great tragedy for the world of Islam and it cannot be ignored".

The father of Janab Muhammad Yoosuf Benori, Janab Zakariya Shah Benori, says: "Hanfiyat in India would have been finished if Allah Almighty had not let Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi be born in India".

A Wahaabi Aalim, Janab Fakhrud-deen, Head Teacher of Moradabad, India, says: "Our differences with Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan apart, we take great pride in his services. We could so far tell non-Muslims that if all the knowledge of the world can be accumulated in any one person that person has to be a Musalmaan, and, see, a personality like Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan is still present in our midst who is thoroughly abreast of all the knowledge that is there in the world. How unfortunate that with him has departed from us this pride of ours!".
To find out about more impressions of his personality you should see the article "Imam Ahmad Raza in the eyes of men of intellect" in Khayaabaan-e-Raza; the article, Faqeeh-e-Islarn, Imam Ahmad Raza Number, in Al-Meezaan, Bombay; the article, "Jahaan-e-Raza", in the weekly "Chattan", Lahore.

The Imam of the Ahl-e-Sunnat, A'laa Hazrat Maulana Shah Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi (Rahmatul Laahi Alaih) besides being the author of more than a thousand books and a unique personality of his times, was well-versed in 55 different branches of knowledge and arts, and a poet of high calibre. He served Deen through all the branches of knowledge and arts. His poetry is very popular among all people, his own and others.

The collection of his poetical work is called "Hadaa'iq-i-Bakhshish" which is divided in two authentic parts.

After the passing away of A'laa Hazrat, one of his devotees, Maulana Mahboob Ali Khan Sahib, collected A'laa Hazrat's unpublished poetical works. He made efforts to collect every unpublished poem of his from every one living near or far. Yet, nothing can be said with a degree of certainty whether these works are in truth those of A'laa Hazrat. His authentic poems are only those which were published in two volumes during his life-time.

The entire responsibility for the poems included in the third volume lay on Maulana Mahboob Ali Khan Sahib, but unfortunately he could not himself do the proof-reading. Moreover, Muslims owned next to no printing press in the pre-partition days, as is the case even now in non-Muslim countries. Also, non-muslim printing presses paid no attention to the correctness of the verses and some verses got printed in a wrong order.

Friends said that this was indeed done at the behest of the evil-doers. So, Maulana Mahboob Ali Khan promptly got the true state of affairs published as also his repentance.*

Maulana Mahboob Ali Khan had compiled the 3rd volume of A'laa Hazrat's poetical works. He himself says: "The caligraphist and the proprietor of he Nabha steam press both were irreligious.
"I had made it plain to the caligraphist as well as the proprietor of the Nabha Steam press that the ode had not been acquired in full and the couplets were not continuous, that is to say, they were not in the order they should have been (the subject-matter of the couplets were separate from one another)— hence these couplets should not be printed together, and the word "Separate" should be underlined in thick lines before the couplets. I had also pointed out to them the order in which the couplets of the ode were to be printed. But the caligraphist and the proprietor of the press, either by design or by mistake, paid no heed to the order in which they were to be printed. After the book was printed, this poor man (Mahboob Ali Khan) had got his repentance published repeatedly. May Allah and the Messenger of Allah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) accept my repentance! And may my Sunni Muslims brethren also forgive me for the sake of Allah and His Messenger"!

Dear readers! Please take note that a mistake occurs in the printing of an unpublished and un-authenticated poetical works of A'laa Hazrat after his passing away. The man responsible for the mistake repeatedly gets his repentance printed in the form of posters, pamphlets, newspaper articles and fatwa, because he is intensely conscious of his mistake. His ego does not come in the way, but after acknowledging his guilt gets his repentance published. All criticism by his own people and others ends with the publication of his repentance. On the other hand, please observe the behaviour of the other side. How very foolish are the propagandists of Deoband resident in South Africa? (“The photo of Page 37 of Hadaa'iq-e-Bakhshish,** Volume 3 is reproduced on Page 7 Part 2 of the booklet "Johannesburg to Bareilly") which they have, perhaps, published with pride. But those people without insight seem to be deprived of sight as well. In this photo the word "Separate" is written in bold letters, and a line has been drawn under the couplets which are meant to be separated and which have been taken objection to by the author of the booklet "Johannesburg to Bareilly".

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* Maulana Mahboob Ali Khan's detailed published material and repentance can be seen in the monthly 'Sunni" of Luckhnow for the month of Zilhij 1374 A.H. The detailed fataawa of the Shahi Imam of the famous Fatahpuri Masjid of Delhi, and renowned scholar, Mufti-e-A'zam Shah Muhammad Mazharul Laah (Alaihir Rahmah) called "the Qur'aanic verdict of Daarul Iftaa, Delhi", was published in the form of a booklet and distributed throughout the country. All the details on this subject are given in it. The accusation died down after the publishing of the details and the repentance.

* * The words printed by the "Nabha Steam Press" appear on the photograph of the title-page of Hadaa'iq-e-Bakhshish Volume 3 as published in the booklet, Johannesburg to Bareilly, Page 7, Part 2.
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It is a miracle that by printing the photograph of Page 37 of the "Hadaa'iq-e-Bakhshish". Volume 3 Page 7, Part 2 of "Johannesburg to Bareilly", the Deobandi Wahaabi propagandists in South Africa have made themselves an object of ridicule throughout the world, and because of it the statement of Maulana Mahboob Ali Khan also stands vindicated.

Now thirty three or so years later, these Deobandi Wahaabi propagandists of South Africa are once again criticising A'laa Hazrat with reference to these couplets under the mistaken notion that in South Africa people would hardly be knowing details of an event which occurred in India in 1955 and, in any case, who would be investigating about it, so they would succeed in organising public opinion against A'laa Hazrat. These self-proclaimed monopolists of Deen who call themselves right-guided ulama think that their conspiracies and nefarious doings will be beneficial for them. But they do not know that that which had been destined for someone at the beginning has already materialised.

It is the destiny of the Mulla-worshipping people of Deoband that, inspire of the wrong doings of the propagandist ulama of Deoband, they should go on praising and defending their ulama. It is the great good fortune of us (The Sunnis) that Almighty Allah has blessed us with His tremendous grace, in that He has destined for us praising and defending the honour of His beloved Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam), his progeny, his companions and the friends of Allah (Ridwannul Laahi Alaihim Ajma'een). May the Merciful Allah eternally preserve this honour and distinction upon us! And may the Merciful Allah end our lives as the slaves of His beloved Messenger!

If these self-proclaimed right-guided ulama adhere to the principles of justice and equity, then they should tell us what justification for levelling accusations would be there when the reality becomes known. If they do not, then the. ulama of the propagandist group of Deoband should cease criticising the Imam of Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi, and accept their own mistake, and thus save themselves the ignominy of slandering a Musalmaan.

The author of the pamphlet "Johannesburg to Bareilly" on page 11, part 1, has reproduced the fatwa of the ulama of Deoband, Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi and Khaleel Ahmad Ambettvi, with regard to celebrating the Meelaad Shareef of the last Prophet of Allah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) according to which "celebrating it is like celebrating the birth of their god, Kanahiya, by the Hindus".

By way of clarification, but without reference to any book, the author of "Johannesburg to Bareilly" has heaped upon us Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wa-Jama'at the worst kind of slander, for which Allah Almighty will, Insha Allah, punish him. We, the Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wa-Jama'at supplicate to Almighty Allah to give him an awful punishment here in this world and in the next as well.

Just see the words used by the author of the booklet "Johannesburg to Bareilly". These are the exact words: "Hazrat Moulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi forbade Meelaad, because the Meelaad reciters copy and imitate the Blessed Birth of Rasulullaah Sallal Laahu Alayhi Wasallam in the following manner; that a lady sits behind a curtain with a baby in her lap. When the Meelaad  reciters mention the birth and that Aamina is going through severe labour pains, the lady behind the curtain starts moaning and groaning as if she is really experiencing labour. Suddenly she pinches the baby and the baby cries out aloud. On hearing this cry the Meelaad reciters adjudge it to be the cry of the Blessed Birth, and start chanting; "Ya Nabi Salaamolaik, Ya Rasool Salaamolaik'. They tie up small pieces of clothes with bloodstains on it to mark the Blessed Birth. They mimic the scene as if it is really taking place". La'natul Laahi Alal Kaazibeen!