THE THREE FOUNDATIONS OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AHLE SUNNAH SCHOLARS &THE
DEOBANDI SCHOLARS:
The religious enmity between Deoband and Bareilly, and its
negativeeffects that are prominent from the press to the stage, and
which started in the previous century is not abaseless one. If your
mind is open to the truthread below the real foundations of the
differences of this religious dispute that has divided the Muslim
nation into two groups.
A) THE FIRST FOUNDATION OF DIFFERENCES (Insolent Writings Of Deobandis
Against The Holy Prophet- peace and blessings be upon him).
Everyone is aware that a Muslim has a very strong and devoted relation
with his Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The belief
regarding the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is so
reverential and sensitive that a Muslim cannot bear any insult towards
the Holy Prophet. In order to protect his honor, the Muslims of the
subcontinent have offered sacrifices in every era and with such an
exemplary spirit that it is now a part of history. This aspect of a
Muslim's love for the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
should be remembered -that while expressing anger and regret
againstthe insolent, a Muslim has never bothered to see who will be
targeted. Whoever commits any disrespect or blasphemy against our Holy
Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) - whether the individual is
an outsider or from among us - the swords of the Muslims have become
unsheathed against suchpeople.
The contemporary example of the outcast Salman Rushdie is beforeyou.
He made the entire Muslim world his enemy by attacking the honor of
our Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Indeed all those
who gave numerous sacrifices to defend the donor of the Holy Prophet
(peace and blessings be upon him), deserve immense praise.
This itself is the main foundation of our anger against the scholars
of the Deobandi school - because their elders have written insolent
words and phrases against our Holy Prophet(peace and blessings be upon
him). A few examples of such insolent writings are as follows: -
1. The religious leader ofthe scholars of Deoband,Maulvi Ashraf Ali
Thanvi in his book entitled"Hifz-ul-Iman" (The Protection of Faith)
has compared the knowledge of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be
upon him), with the knowledge of lowly creatures such as animals and
beasts - andhe himself has confessedto this heinous crime! (May Allah
protect us!)
Learned people know that if anything is compared with a respectable
thing, it implies respect - whereas on the contrary, if anything is
compared with a disgraceful and shameful thing, it implies defamation
and disrespect. This principleis so well known and widely accepted in
the Urdu language, that no learned person can denythe authenticity of
this interpretation.
On this basis we claim that, beyond doubt, Mr. Thanvi is guilty of
insolence towards the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
By comparing the knowledge of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be
upon him) with that of animals and lowly creatures, he has definitely
committed theheinous crime of insulting the Holy Prophet (peace and
blessings be upon him).
2. The second and third leaders of the Deobandi school i.e. Maulvi
Khalil Ahmed Ambethvi and Maulvi Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi have written in
their book "Baraheene Qatia" (The Definite Proofs), that on the
issueof encompassing the knowledge of the earth, the knowledge of
Satan exceeds the knowledge of our Holy Prophet (peace and blessings
be upon him). Furthermore,they claimed that if one believes that the
knowledge of our Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
exceeds that of Satan, such a person will become a "polytheist"
(Mushrik), because the vastness of Satan's knowledge is proven from
Qur'an and Hadith, whereas no such proof exists in respect of the
knowledge of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). (May
Allah protect us!).
In the above-mentioned case, there are no two opinions that assessing
the knowledge of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to
be inferior to that of Satan, is a blatant blasphemy and insolence
towards the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Similarly, it is a blatant insolence and a blasphemy to say that in
contrast to Satan, anyone who believes in the vast extent of the
knowledge of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is a
"polytheist" (Mushrik), but having the same belief about Satan is not
polytheism!
Likewise it is also a clear disrespect towards our Holy Prophet (peace
and blessings be upon him) to say that there is no clear proof in the
Qur'an on the vast extent of his knowledge, but there is proof in
Qur'an as well as Hadith regarding the vast knowledge of Satan!
3. The most important leader of the Deobandi school, and also the
founder of the Deoband Madressah i.e. Maulvi Qasim Nanotvi, in his
book "Tahzeer-ul-Naas" has refused to accept our Holy Prophet (peace
and blessings be upon him) as the Last Prophet - whereas to believe in
Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him), as the Last
Prophet of Allah is proven both from the Qur'an and the Hadith.
He has gone to the extent of writing that"even if it were assumedthat
a New Prophet can come during the era of the Holy Prophet (peace and
blessings be upon him), or after the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings
be upon him), it would not have an effect on the "Finality"
(Khatemiat) of our Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon
him)".Whereas every sane person can easily understand the simple
principle that the belief regarding the Finality of the Holy Prophet
(peace and blessings be upon him) gets negated upon the arrival of a
new Prophet. It is this very book of Maulvi Qasim Nanotvi - i.e.
"Tahzeer-ul-Naas" which the Qadianis term a precursor to validate
theprophethood of Mirza Gulam Ahmed Qadiani (May Allah protect us).
It should be clear that our dispute with Deobandi scholars on the
issue of Khatm - e- Nubuwat (The Finality ofProphethood) is not a
secondary one, but is regarding Islamic principles and is fundamental.
It is not concerned just with the permissibility (hillat) or
prohibition (hurmat), but with infidelity and Islam.
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