Ganga Singh Wahabi Hogaya!

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Re: Ganga Singh Wahabi Hogaya!

@marwati

Muqawee I dont think its fair to use word wahabi for hanafis (deobandis), concept of sufism exists in both deobandi and bareilwi schools of hanafis. Wahabis/ahle-hadith are ghair muqalid and dont believe in sufism. Bareilwis are criticized for bid’aa and various devaint cultural influences , so in their nervousness, they shout wahabi against their deobandi opponents. The clean and true version of hanafi fiqa, with iran , turkestan and afghanistan as its centres, was free from bareilwi-like customs. Islam in hindostan of general folk got corrupted due to hindu cultural influences, those who refused to clung to it, were recognized as bareilwis in 20th century. The founder of bareilwism, ahamd raza issued a fatwa that jihad is haram against british. Interestingly, bareilwis of pashtuns are as militant/warriors as deobandis.

I understood that and its a complicated issue, I was just trying to found the reasons behind this major change in Pashtun society.