Answer to Modernism

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I guess you didnt want to make a new thread.

Al-Muhannad ala'l Mufannad, (also known as al-Tasdeeqat li-Dafa
al-Talbeesat), and is usually known commonly as: Aqeeda Ulama Ahl-e-Sunnat Deoband, by the great Muhaddith and commentator of Sunan Abu Dawud, Maulana Khalil Ahmad al-Sahranpuri (d. 1346 AH) in 20 large volumes. This book contains some 26 questions asked by the Ulama of Hijaz to the Ulama of Deoband with regard to questions that could be used to detect if the Deobandi's were non-Sunni's or "Wahhabi's". All the answers prove that the Deobandi's are from Ahl-us-Sunnah, and it contains the testification of some 24 early Deobandi Ulama, followed by the attestation of some 36 later Ulama from the Indian subcontinent. The most important thing to bear in mind is the signatures from the Ulama of Makkah, Madina, al-Azhar and Syria - who also wrote short letters to declare in praiseworthy terms that the Deobandi's are true Sunni's, and the allegations made by the Barelvi's holds no weight in their scholarly eye's. There are some 46 names from this latter list alone!We have listed 34 Ulama previously in an article on Shaykh Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki from Makkah. He has this book al-Muhannad - for he himself quoted a whole Fatwa from it and mentioned the names of most of the Ulama who signed it from Hijaz etc. This same Fatwa was translated and reproduced in Shaykh Hisham al-Kabbani's Encyclopaedia of Islamic Doctrine (vol. 3). This book is available from us if anyone is interested in a photocopy for a small remuneration, or it may be bought directly from: i) Idara Islamiyyat, 190 Anarkali, Lahore 2, ii) Idaratul-Ma'arif, Darul Ulum, Karachi 14, iii) Darul-Ishaat, Urdu Bazar, Karachi 1 and iv) Maktaba Darul Ulum, Karachi 14 - Pakistan.NOTE: Shaykh Muhammad Alawi al-Makki did not list all the Ulama of Makkah, Madina, al-Azhar and Syria who wrote commendations to vindicate the Ulama of Deoband from the allegations made by Barelvi's. We shall reproduce the full list soon, insha'Allah, with full references.What can be concluded is that the Ulama from Makkah, Madina, al-Azhar and Syria all admired Darul-Ulum Deoband and its scholars. Please read below what Rida Khan had to say about the Deobandi's and their admirers, which therefore included all these late Ulama, and in our times, this includes the late Shaykh Abdal Fattah Abu Ghuddah and the currently living Shaykh Muhammad Alawi al-Makki. In the book Cherag-e-Muhammad (p. 96) by Shaykh Zahidul Husayni, Maulana Sayyid Husayn Ahmad al-Madani listed the following 14 Ulama from Hijaz who later repudiated the claims made by Ahmad Rida Khan in his Husam al-Haramayn as follows:
The Ulama of Makkah al-Mukarrama:
1) Shaykh Abdullah Makki al-Shafi'i
2) Shaykh Shu'ayb al-Maliki
3) Shaykh Ahmad al-Makki
4) Shaykh Abdul Jalil Effendi al-Hanafi
5) Shaykh Ahmad Rashid al-Hanafi
6) Shaykh Muhibuddin al-Hanafi
7) Shaykh Muhammad Siddiq Afghani al-Makki

The Ulama of Madinah al-Munawwara
1) Shaykh Yasin Misri al-Shafi'i
2) Shaykh Abdullah al-Nablusi
3) Shaykh Abdul Hakim Bukhari al-Hanafi
4) Shaykh Mullah Shankar Bukhari
5) Shaykh al-Sayyid Muhammad Amin Ridwan Shafi'i
6) Shaykh Effendi Ma'mun al-Bori
7) Shaykh Fatih Tahiri al-Maliki

NOTE: Sayyid Husayn Ahmad al-Madani lived in Madina for a number of years and had taught Sahih al-Bukhari in the Holy Prophet's (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) Mosque in Madina al-Munawwara, thus, he had first hand contact with most of the Ulama in Makkah and Madinah in those days. One of the Barelvi's claimed that Shaykh Husayn only took on the title al-Madani because he died there! In fact his biographer and disciple lists the following years that Shaykh al-Madani actually spent in Madina al-Munawwara in his Cherag-e-Muhammad (p. 73):

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Ahmad Raza Khan made the great accusation in his Husam al-Haramayn and followed up in his Tamheed-e-Iman, that the four Illustrious scholars: Maulana Khalil Ahmad al-Sahranpuri, Maulana Rashid Ahmad al-Gangohi, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi and Maulana Qasim Nanautwi all became unbelievers and apostates from the deen of Islam. He did not stop at that heinous point, but went on to declare quite blatantly that: "ANY PERSON WHO DOUBTS THE KUFR OF THESE PEOPLE WILL THEMSELVES BECOME KAFIRS!" (See the preface to his Tamheed-e-Iman, p. v, by the South African Barelvi who called himself the "Khadim-e-Raza: servant of Rida Khan", Mohammed Bana, dated 19/10/87).

THE ULAMA OF MAKKAH, MADINAH, AL-AZHAR AND SYRIA WHO TESTIFIED IN FAVOR OF THE ULAMA OF DEOBAND AND DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM AHMAD RIDA KHAN AND HIS ALLEGATIONS, AS LISTED IN: AL-MUHANNAD ALA'L MUFANNAD

The following is a full list of all the Ulama who testified in favour of the Ulama of Deoband in repudiation of Ahmad Rida Khan, his followers and their allegations. The honorific tiles and descriptions given to the Ulama below are based on what has been listed at the beginning of each testificatory letter from Hijaz, al-Azhar and Syria

THE ULAMA OF MAKKAH AL-MUKARRAMA:
1) Muhammad Saeed Ba-baseel al-Shafi'i, Teacher & Imam and Khateeb in Masjid al-Haram.

2) Ahmad Rasheed al-Hanafi. His letter was dated as being written and signed on Friday 17th of Dhil Hajj 1328 AH.

3) Muhibud-Din al-Muhajir al-Makki al-Hanafi - Imam Junayd and Imam Shibli of his time for his extreme piety.

4) Al-Shaykh Muhammad Siddiq al-Afghani al-Makki - who was called the Imam of the Awliya and Arifin.

5) Hadrat Maulana al-Shaykh Muhammad Abid (ibn Husayn) - Mufti of the Maliki's.

6) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Ali ibn Husayn Maliki - Teacher in the Haram Sharif.

THE ULAMA OF MADINAH AL-MUNAWWARA

7) Sayyid Ahmad Barzanji al-Shafi'i - he wrote a lengthy certification which was written on the 2nd day of Rabiul-Awwal in the year 1329 AH. He was also the author of a specific refutation of Rida Khan, as has been mentioned above.

8) Shaykh Rasuhi Umar in the year 1322 AH. He was a teacher in Madrasa al-Shafa

9) Mullah Muhammad Khan in the year 1326 AH. He was a Hanafi scholar from Bukhara originally and he was a teacher in the Masjid al-Nabawi

10) Shaykh Fayd al-Karim Khalil ibn Ibrahim, teacher in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

11)Syed Ahmad al-Jazairi - Shaykh of the Maliki's and a teacher in the Masjid al-Nabawi.

12) Shaykh Umar ibn Hamdan al-Mahrasee - Servant of Knowledge in the Masjid al-Nabawi

13) Shaykh Muhammad Zaki al-Barzanji - Servant of Knowledge in the Masjid al-Nabawi

14) Shaykh Muhammad al-Aziz al-Wazeer al-Tunusi - teacher in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

15) Shaykh Muhammad al-Soosi al-Khiyari - teacher in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

16) Shaykh Ahmad ibn al-Ma'mun al-Balgeesh - in the year 1328 AH

*17) Shaykh Muhammad Tawfiq - teacher in Syria and Khateeb of Jami al-Saruji *

18) Shaykh Musa Kaadim ibn Muhammad - teacher at Bab us-Salam

19) Shaykh Ahmad ibn Muhammad Khayr al-Haaj al-Abbasi - teacher in the Noble Mosque

20) Shaykh ibn Nu'man Muhammad Mansur - dated 1326 AH

21) Shaykh Ma'sum Ahmad Sayyid - Servant of Knowledge in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

22) Shaykh Abdullah al-Qadir ibn Muhammad

23) Shaykh Yasin al-Farra al-Dimashqi - dated 1326 AH

24) Mullah Abdar Rahman - Teacher in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

25) Shaykh Mahmud Abd al-Jawwad - Servant of Knowledge in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

26) Shaykh Ahmad Bisaati - Servant in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

27) Shaykh Muhammad Hasan Sindi - Servant of Knowledge in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

28) Shaykh Ahmad ibn Ahmad Asad - Servant of Knowledge in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

29) Shaykh Abdullah al-Nablusi al-Hanbali - dated 1328 AH - teacher in Haramain Sharifain

30) Shaykh Muhammad ibn Umar al-Fulaani - teacher in the Haram al-Sharif al-Nabawi

31) Shaykh Ahmad ibn Muhammad Khayr al-Shanqiti al-Maliki al-Madani - dated 1328 AH

THE ULAMA OF AL-JAMI AL-AZHAR, CAIRO, EGYPT

32) Hadrat al-Shaykh Saleem al-Bashari - Shaykh al-Ulama in al-Azhar

33) Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim al-Qayaani

34) Shaykh Sulayman al-Abd

THE ULAMA OF SYRIA

35) Hadrat Maulana al-Sayyid Muhammad Abul Khayr well known as Ibn Abidin ibn al-Allamah Ahmad ibn Abdal Ghani ibn Umar Abidin al-Husayni al-Naqshabandi al-Dimashqi al-Hanafi - who was a direct descendant of the great Hanafi Faqih and Muhaddith known as Ibn Abidin, author of al-Fatawa al-Shaamiyya

36) Mustafa ibn Ahmad al-Shatti al-Hanbali - who was described as the Muhaqqiq (research scholar) of his time.

37) Mahmud Rasheed al-Attar - who was a well known student of the greatest Muhaddith in his age, and he was Shaykh Badrud-Din al-Hasani al-Hanafi (his biography is on the ASFA forum and in The Reliance of the Traveller, x98, edited by Nuh Keller)

38) Hadrat al-Shaykh Muhammad al-Bushi al-Hamawi

39) Hadrat al-Shaykh Muhammad Saeed al-Hamawi

40) Hadrat al-Shaykh Ali ibn Muhammad al-Dalail al-Hamawi

41) Al-Fadil al-Imam al-Rabbani Hadrat al-Shaykh Muhammad Adeeb al-Hauraani

42) Hadrat al-Shaykh Abdal Qadir

43) Hadrat al-Shaykh Muhammad Saeed - dated **
**17th of Rabiul-Awwal 1329 AH

44) Hadrat al-Shaykh Muhammad Saeed Lutfi al-Hanafi

45) Shaykh Faaris ibn Muhammad al-Hamawi

46) Hadrat al-Shaykh Mustafa al-Haddad

ULAMA OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WHO TESTIFIED TO THE 26 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN AL-MUHANNAD ALA'L MUFANNAD IN ORDER TO DECLARE RIDA KHAN'S CLAIMS TO BE BASELESS

The Ulama of the Indian subcontinent also testified alongside the Ulama from Hijaz, al-Azhar and Shaam that the Deobandi's were pious Sunni Muslims free from the allegations of Kufr thrown at them by Rida Khan and his followers. The list includes the following names:

1) Shaykh al-Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan
2) Hadrat Maulana Mir Ahmad Hasan
3) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Azizur Rahman, Mufti al-A'zam of Darul Ulum Deoband
4) Hakeem al-Ummah Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi
5) Hadrat Maulana Shah Abdur Rahim Raipuri
6) Hadrat Maulana Hakeem Muhammad Hasan
7) Hadrat Maulana Qudratullah Muradabadi
8) Hadrat Maulana Habibur Rahman
9) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Ahmad al-Qasimi
10) Hadrat Maulana Ghulam Rasul
11) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Sahul
12) Hadrat Maulana Abdus Samad
13) Hadrat Maulana Hakeem Muhammad Ishaq
14) Hadrat Maulana Riyadud-Din
15) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Kifayatullah
16) Hadrat Maulana Diyaul-Haqq
17) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Qasim
18) Hadrat Maulana Ashiq Ilahi Meeruthi
19) Hadrat Maulana Siraj Ahmad
20) Maulana Qari Muhammad Ishaq
21) Maulana Hakeem Muhammad Mustafa Bijnawari
22) Hadrat Maulana Hakeem Muhammad Mas'ud Ahmad Gangohi
23) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Yahya Sahranpuri
24) Hadrat Maulana Kifayatullah Sahranpuri

CERTIFICATION OF LATER ULAMA

1) Hadrat Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyib - one time Rector of Darul Ulum Deoband
2)Hadrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Shafi (teacher of Shaykh Abdal Fattah Abu Ghuddah)
3) Hadrat Maulana Zafar Ahmad Uthmani (also a teacher of Shaykh Abdal Fattah Abu Ghuddah)
4) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Yusuf al-Banuri (another teacher of Shaykh Abdal Fattah)
5) Hadrat Maulana Khayr Muhammad Jalandhari
6) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Jamil Ahmad Thanawi
7) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Mahmud of Multan, Pakistan
8) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Abdullah of Multan
9) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Abdus Sattar of Multan
10) Hadrat Maulana Abdal Haqq
11) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Ahmad Thanawi
12) Hadrat Maulana Abdal Haqq Naafi
13) Hadrat Maulana Abdullah Bahlawi
14) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Anwar of Faysalabad, Pakistan
15) Hadrat Maulana Shamsul Haqq Afghani
16) Hadrat Maulana Sayyid Hamid Siyal
17) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Rasheed Ahmad of Karachi, Pakistan
18) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Fareed
19) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Ahmad Saeed
20) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Wajeed
21) Hadrat Maulana Ali Muhammad
22) Hadrat Maulana Mufti Abdal Qadir
23) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Sharif Kashmiri
24) Hadrat Maulana Sayyid Sadiq Husayn
25) Hadrat Maulana Abdal Hayy
26) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Abdullah
27) Hadrat Maulana Abdas Sattar Tunusi
28) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Sharif Jalandhari
29) Hadrat Maulana Nazir Ahmad
30) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Idris31) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Ali Jalandhari
32) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Ayyub Banuri
33) Hadrat Maulana Fadl Ghani
34) Hadrat Maulana Fayd Ahmad
35) Hadrat Maulana Muhammad Sarfraz Khan
36) Hadrat Maulana Qadi Abdal Lateef

ULAMA OF MAKKAH AND MADINAH WHO TESTIFIED AND SIGNED AGAINST RAZA KHAN'S: HUSAM AL-HARAMAYN SPECIFICALLY
Maulana Sayyid Husayn Ahmad al-Madani who was a contemporary of Raza Khanand a resident of the Holy City of Madinah al-Munawwara was one of the Deobandi Ulama who was present in the Hijaz when Rida Khan came to have his book Husam al-Haramayn signed by the Ulama of Makkah and Madinah. After the reality of Rida Khan's deceitful tactics were exposed by the Ulama of Deoband in works like al-Muhannad ala'l Mufannad and many other works, the following Ulama of Hijaz signed against Rida Khan's Husam as mentioned in Shaykh al-Madani's biography: Cherag-e-Muhammad (p. 96):

The Ulama of Makkah al-Mukarrama:

1) Shaykh Abdullah Makki al-Shafi'i
2) Shaykh Shu'ayb al-Maliki
3) Shaykh Ahmad al-Makki
4) Shaykh Abdul Jalil Effendi al-Hanafi
5) Shaykh Ahmad Rashid al-Hanafi
6) Shaykh Muhibuddin al-Hanafi
7) Shaykh Muhammad Siddiq Afghani al-Makki
The Ulama of Madinah al-Munawwara
1) Shaykh Yasin Misri al-Shafi'i
2) Shaykh Abdullah al-Nablusi
3) Shaykh Abdul Hakim Bukhari al-Hanafi
4) Shaykh Mullah Shankar Bukhari
5) Shaykh al-Sayyid Muhammad Amin Ridwan Shafi'i
6) Shaykh Effendi Ma'mun al-Bori
7) Shaykh Fatih Tahiri al-Maliki **the Chief Mufti of the Shafi'i's in Madinah al-Munawwara also wrote a book against Ahmad Rida Khan once the reality of his treachery against the Ulama of Deoband, Makkah and Madinah came to light. The full details behind this are mentioned in the book: Cherag-e-Muhammad by Shaykh Zahid al-Husayni. Details are found in an another article. The Mufti in question was Sayyid Ahmad al-Barzanji, who was one of the Ulama who initially signed in favor of Rida Khan's Husam al-Haramayn. Let us repeat the details behind Sayyid Barzanji's book and the Ulama who testified against Rida Khan.**

***Ghayatul Ma'mul fi Ilm Ghayb al-Rasul of Sayyid Barzanji was written in refutation of Ahmad Rida Khan's views on Ilm al-Ghayb (Knowledge of the Unseen) possessed by the Holy Prophet - sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Here are some quotes from this book.*

On page 28, Shaykh Barzanji said that Raza Khan was: "One who stuck to his deviant beliefs because of his stubbornness and animosity..."

Also on the same page: "(He) acknowledges himself to be a scholar, whereas the thing he claims for himself (ilm) was never given to him...."

"His ta'weel and tahreef (interpretation and wilful changing of the truth) is an example of extreme treachery and obvious ignorance.."

"He (Rida Khan) is an ignoramus..."

**

*These statements were conferred also by the following Ulama:*

i) Shaykh Abdal Qadir Tawfiq al-Shalabi al-Tarablusi al-Hanafi, who later resided in Madinah al-Munawwara. He added on page 33 that Rida Khan was a "quarrel monger" and his (Rida Khan): "Beliefs are a pile of lies, false allegations and completely against religious teachings..."

ii) Shaykh Fatih al-Tahiri, Muhaddith and Faqih of the Maliki's declared Rida Khan to be: "One who strives to create dissension...." and : "Is one of those people who follow their low bestial desires and whatever Shaytan pours **
**in their heart...."

The following Ulama also conferred and agreed upon the rebuttal of Shaykh Barzanji against Rida Khan:

i) Mufti Tajuddin Ilyas al-Hanafi
ii) Shaykh Muhammad Sa'eed al-Dalail
iii) Sayyid Abbas Ridwan
iv) Shaykh Umar al-Hamdan
v) Shaykh Khalil al-Kharbuti

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There are 7 specific books, which clarify the status of the Ulama of Deoband to be pious Sunni Muslims, and ultimately demolish all Barelvi allegations and slanders. The first being the work: Al-Muhannad ala'l Mufannad (also known as al-Tasdeeqat li-Dafa al-Talbeesat), and is usually known commonly as: Aqeeda Ulama Ahl-e-Sunnat Deoband, by the great scholar and Muhaddith that Rida Khan called an unbeliever, and he is, Maulana Khalil Ahmad al-Sahranpuri (d. 1346 AH). This book contains some 26 questions asked by the Ulama of Hijaz to the Ulama of Deoband with regard to questions that could be used to detect if the Deobandi Ulama that Rida Khan declared unbelievers were in essence what he claimed! The answers proved conclusively that the Ulama of Deoband were Sunni's, not Wahhabi's, and far from the label of unbelief pronounced by Rida Khan, and his followers up until this day. This book contains a great number of certificatory letters and signatures by the Ulama of Hijaz, al-Azhar and Shaam.
A host of Indian subcontinent Ulama also endorsed this book. We shall list all the names shortly with the dates they actually signed their declarations in favour of all the Deobandi Ulama that Rida Khan made takfeer of. Al-Muhannad ala'l Mufannad was written originally in Arabic, unlike Rida Khan who based his false and exaggerated allegations based on his own Arabic translations of the misinterpreted quotes from the four Deobandi Ulama - who all wrote their works under examination in Urdu only. Since hardly any of the Ulama of Makkah and Madinah knew any Urdu they could not check the claims made by Rida Khan from the works of the Deobandi Ulama, but had to rely on Rida Khan's own Arabic translations. This was the first way of misinterpreting and in reality deceiving the Ulama of Hijaz.

It would have been more scholarly and honest if Rida Khan actually went and approached the 4 Deobandi Ulama who were all alive in his own time, and asked them personally what they meant by their statements, that he, Rida Khan, seems to have clearly misunderstood. If one was to ask oneself why Rida Khan failed to take on this path, one can only entertain one conclusion. Namely, he was out to get his contemporaries who were very popular and especially so in eradicating innovations and superstitions currently prevailing in India during British colonialist rule. Ahmad Rida Khan and his followers had realised that the Ulama of Deoband had succeeded in founding a great Madrasah under the Dars-e-Nizami syllabus to produce scholars for all India since 1867. At that time Rida Khan was just 11 years of age but he and his ilk had realised that the Ulama of Deoband in the tradition of Shah Waliullah of Delhi, had managed to produce a large following, a great number of educated scholars, and a number of scholarly works.

All of this was not in the interest of the Barelvi's who had failed to match the scholarship, and even establish a proper Madrasah to create Ulama in the same grandeur and rank as Darul Ulum Deoband. Even today hardly anyone talks about a famous Madrasa in the hometown of Rida Khan, known as Bareilly. Whatever they have today in the name of a Madrasah is far less known than Darul Ulum Deoband in all India or the rest of the world. So, it seemed natural for Rida Khan and his cohorts to knit-pick on any issue which could cause his young movement to blossom; especially since he supported a number of practices which were initially alien to the first three pious generations of Islam (Salaf us-Salihin). He knew very well that the Ulama of Deoband were mounting a campaign to return to following strict Sunni Islam, which was as close as possible to the practice of the Salaf, as interpreted by the great Imam, Abu Hanifah, rahmatullah alayhi.

With this begrudging and impudent attitude, Rida Khan mounted a campaign against all of his contemporaries from all the Sunni factions, which opposed his ideology. He mounted his campaign heavily on the Ulama of Nadwa in Lucknow, the Wahhabi's who labelled themselves as Ahl-e-Hadith, and most heavily against the most successful group, the Ulama of Deoband, who were and continue to defend the true teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah, and fight the baseless innovations which were current in his time and unfortunately so still in our times. Prior to his writing his Husam al-Haramayn, Rida Khan was virtually unknown as a major scholar of Islam in comparison to his contemporaries.

The second of the books in refutation of Rida Khan, was a direct reply to his Husam al-Haramayn, and this was written by his contemporary Deobandi Ulama which included: Shaykh Khalil Ahmad al-Sahranpuri, al-Sayyid Husayn Ahmad al-Madani, and Shaykh Muhammad Manzur Nu'mani. The title of this work was: Aqaid Ulama-e-Deoband aur Husamul-Haramayn ka mukammil Jawab. This book also contained the signatures of some 14 Ulama from Makkah and Madinah, in reply and direct opposition to Rida Khan. The names will be presented below

The third of the books in reply to Rida Khan was Ghayatul Ma'mul by the Mufti of the Shafi'is in Madinah, Sayyid Ahmad al-Barzanji. Note, he is scholar number 11 of the Madinan Ulama in the Barelvi list above. The scholars who condemned Rida Khan in this book will be listed below. One should ask oneself why this Mufti who was initially a signatory to Husam al-Haramayn later refuted Rida Khan?!

The fourth and fifth booklet were actually written by Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi himself, after he was asked some questions regarding the allegations made by Rida Khan against his Hifz al-Iman. The titles of these 2 works are: Bastul-Banan li-Kaffil-Lisan an Kitabi Hifz al-Iman, written in the year 1329 AH in reply to questions put to him by Maulana al-Sayyid Murtada Hasan from Chandpur; and the second work was entitled: Tagyeerul-Unwaan fi Ba'di Ibaaraati Hifz al-Iman, written in the year 1342 AH, in answer to another question put to him.

The sixth work was a book entitled: Al-Sahm al-Ghayb fi kabd Ahlul Rayb by al-Shaykh al-Sayyid Muhammad Anwar Shah al-Kashmiri (d. 1352 AH). This work was mentioned by the late Shaykh Abdal Fattah Abu Ghudda in his editing of Shaykh al-Kashmiri's book: al-Tasreeh bima Tawatur fi nuzul al-Masih (p. 30). It was written in Persian and Shaykh Abdal Fattah mentioned that it was written specifically against the Barelvi's (Shaykh Abdal Fattah did not show any respect to the Barelvi's or their leader, Rida Khan on that page). Shaykh Abdal Fattah declared Shaykh al-Kashmiri to be the Imam of His Age (Imam al-Asr).

The seventh work was written by Shaykh al-Sayyid Husayn Ahmad al-Madani in 3 volumes and it is entitled: al-Shihab al-Thaqib ala'l Mustariq al-Kadhib. This is the most extensive reply in the time of Rida Khan. Note, all the scholars who replied to Rida Khan from amongst the Deobandi Ulama were living contemporaries of Rida Khan.

These are seven titles known to myself in refutation of Rida Khan in his life time, and with all these facts taken into consideration, one can only conclude that Barelvi's who spread rumours and hyperbole against the Ulama of Deoband, are either plain ignorant of these works which are all in print even today, or they have been lying against all Muslims, be they Barelvi or not. And, success comes from Allah and delusion from the Shaytan. All the above titles with another 18 more titles have been fully listed with the names of their authors and their publishers in another article, Alhamdulillah.

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Man I was going to post two sentences about this issue of Deboandi vs. Barelvi but khanbaba layed out everything.

Read this little advice from a brother:

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=73112&postcount=31

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So basically... there are some deobandis who take barelvis as deviant and then there are some barelvis who take deobanids at deviants. etc. this happens. but we should look at the brotherhood that exists between those two. in no way they are sects. they are both alhe-sunnah alhamdulillah.

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khanbabax

Thank you so much. This issue had been weighing on me for some time. My reasons for posting the ill directed fatwa from the wahabis so blatantly was to get a response on the validity of the fatwa against these esteemed personalities.

I really appreciate your response. more in PM

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^ mairai bhai...yahi to 1400 saal sai hamari badnaseebi hai...kufr kai ftwai..iis kai ilawa hum nai ummah ko diya hee kya hai.....

Well this sucks... !
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as I say "chal nikal islam kay chokor say"

I say it because islam kay 'dairay" say toh taqreeban sab ko nikala ja chukka hai :)

anyone read ibne einsha's urdu ki akhri kitab, I love that illustration in it.

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exactly...whenMaulana Ahmed Raza Khan sahab died....maulana ashraf ali thanvi prayed for him...his students asked you are praying for the man who in his whole life issed fatwa of kufr on you and abused you with very wrong words...his reply was....moulana ahmed raza issued fatwas against me in respect of prophet(pbuh) and and in respect of prophet(pbuh) ...a person can say even more harsh words to me....ii will still pray for him....such the great gesture of ashraf ali thanvi......

he was one of the greatest sufi of 20 century...in 1939 or 1937...he was the man who saw Quaid-e-Azam with prophet(pbuh) and all great sahabs...and then indicated that Pakistan is the ruling of Allah and will come into being....
whenevr he used to write letter to jinnah...at the end...he used to write....
aap ka khadim
ashraf ali (thana bhoon, up, india)

such a great humbleness.....

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:D

oh yes..i have read it ....it is...pehley logo ko islam kai dairai mai dhakhil kiya jata tha...aaj kal dhakla band hai...aab siraf logo ko nikala jata hai .....

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when the Halaku khan was about to enter Baghda...the people of baghdad...that is shias and sunnis were fighting over the issue...how many angels..can sit on the tip of needle....!!!!!!!

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Commenting on unjust criticism he received from certain people, Hakim al-Ummah Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (ra) said:

Commenting further on the charges of Kufr which were directed against the ‘Ulama of Deoband, Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (ra) said:

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Hakeem al-Ummah Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (ra) says:

Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi (ra) was the most prolific author of his times but he did not use any of his books as a source of income.

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yes...every genius and great men come under severe criticim...i once read in GS ...a sentence beloew someone's ID..that
this world spare everyone except genius...same the case....

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Guys look at this salafi webstie (Jaanleva often refers it) what it says about the aalim!

30 years old virgin man
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If we follow this website, we are left with only a handful of muslims in this world! Because it declares everyone a kafir!

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Probably at that time there were not so strong scientific evidences against religion as they are today!

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this site is a bit conservative...and extremists...Jaan leva and me used to uote from this site about shias which was all true...

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Please quote some scientific evidences against Islam.

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that site is a joke.

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Now that is something that should be held as an example to the self declared ulema of today who use their position to accumulate wealth. I am referring to the leaders of MMA for example. But lets nto get into that. I just wanted to note that the sign of real ulema is that they dont do their work for fame or money.