Re: History of devbandis and barweli and ahle hadees in Pakistan
I guess it must be more toward dead people who were known to be good in life. I have heard them say really bad stuff about them, like they are in hell for their sins so why even mention their name to god?
As for innovation, what about the islamic concept of ijtehad? If I am not wrong, didn’t Abu Hanifa (ra) also said in the prologue of his book that his rulings are applicable to this era ?