Need some feedback

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If there is anyone that is familiar with the organization/institution that is represented at this site:
Khanqah Imdadia Ashrafia | Hazrat Maulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahab (Rahmatullah-e-Alayh), I would appreciate any feedback that you may be able to provide.

Thank you.

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What is exactly that you want to know Muzna? Our house where I grew up in Pakistan was only 2 galiyaan away from this, and I might be able to find some personal contacts to give you more info. In fact, if I remember correctly, we know the family of the damaad of the sheikh of this institution. This is about 25 years old institution and I think that it belongs to ahle hadees maslak.

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probably the ahle hadees type of deobandiya, definitely deobandi though just by looking at the imagery of the site

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I will find out more, but deobandi and ahle hadees are opposite of each other, in fact hate each other. Plus there’s a huge deobandi mosque, literally 200 feet away from this mosque, so I know for sure that this is some other maslak than deobandi. Also, it’s not barelvi, because there is another huge batelvi mosque about 1500 feet on the other side of this mosque. That is why I am assuming that it’s ahle hadees.

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I guess I don't really know what to ask but it is my unconfirmed understanding that the place is under investigation for being involved in extremist activity. Is that at all possible?

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ahle hadees don't have 'walis'. Stop guessing the maslak from the geography lol.

Here is an extract from shajra "Shaikh al-Mashaikh Sayyidina Abi Ahmad al-Abdal al-*Chishti *(Rehmatullahalaih)

Shaikh al-Mashaikh Sayyidina Abi Muhammad al-Muhtaram al-*Chishti *(Rehmatullahalaih)

Shaikh al-Mashaikh Sayyidina Abi Yusuf al-Chishti (Rehmatullahalaih)

Shaikh al-Mashaikh Sayyidina Maudood al*-Chishti* (Rehmatullahalaih) """

Here is an extract from Biography

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At the age of 15, he took bay'at (pledge) to the great *Wali *(saint) of his time, Shaykh Shah Muhammad Ahmed (ra) and spent three years continuously in his lofty company. Thereafter Shaykh was guided to the company of the famous **Wali *(saint) Shaykh Shah Abdul Ghani Phoolpuri (ra), with whom he spent 17 years. The Shaykh's service and dedication to his Shaykh is unsurpassable in recent times. During the seventeen years with Shaykh Phoolpuri (ra) t*he nights were spent in a retreat (jungle) from where no other human sound was audible except for the Shaykh's (Phoolpuri) *zikr *(remembrance of Allah). It was under the tutelage of Shaykh Phoolpuri for seventeen years that Hazrat mastered the scholarly work of Mathnawi by Shaykh Rumi. Shaykh Phoolpuri (ra) himself was guided by the greatest scholar of recent history, Hakeem ul Ummat Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanwi (ra), who in turn was taught the Mathnawi by Shaykh Haji Imdadullah (ra).**
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This looks like some sort of sufi'ish thing. Definitely not ahl e hadees.

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Looking at the website, this looks more like a Sufism dominated school of thought institution. But I am not sure how to deny or confirm your statement Muzna.

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Ok Einstein.

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There is maslaks within maslaks these days, there is a definite ahle hadees contingent within deoband community now. read it on sunniforum and it makes sense from the boards.
I couldn't perceive from the site that this was ahle hadees type group, i took that part from you, however i have known about maslak within maslak for a while

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I will read Sunni forum, but deobandis follow imam Abu Hanifa, while ahle hadees are totally against the concept of taqleed and fiqh, and pretty much hate imam abu hanifa. They can never be connected.

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I agree....however I doubt that if there was something to hide that it would be visible from simply looking at the website. I posted the link as an identification tool.

I think I was hoping that someone who may have an indirect connection would be able to shed some light.