The Afghan Martyrs — Page 152
"As under the rule of our government Muslims live in peace, if to win freedom from the government, with all zest and enthusiasm Muslims hold mutual consultations and unanimously resolve to conspire to engage in 'Jehad' against non Muslims it would be an act without any sound basis or foundation. In no way can 'Jehad' be justified against this government. Twenty or thirty years ago when a well known divine, Moulvi Mohammad Ismaeel, in the course of his sermon attempted to persuade his listeners to engage in 'Jehad' in India he made it plain that those who live in India in peace under the British rule are not permitted to engage in 'Jehad'. II (Asbaab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind Page 104) 5. The edict issued by Khaleefa-tul-Muslemeen Sultan Abdul Hameed II who ruled over the Ottoman Empire follows: "The Khaleefa reduced to writing and handed over to the British, an edict to the effect that in India Muslims must not fight the British as they had proven themselves to be sympathetic to, and allies of the Islamic Khilafat. " (Taareekh-e-Aqwaame-Aalam by Murtaza Ahmad Khan Page 639) 6. A unanimous edict by the Muftis of Mecca: "Edicts have been procured from Jamal Deen ibne Abdulla, Sheikh Umar Hanafi Mufti of Mecca, Ahmad bin Zambi Shaafaee Mufti of Mecca and Husain bin Ibraheem Mufti of Mecca Moazzama in which it is proclaimed that India is Darul Islam. " (Booklet- Syed Ata Ulla Bukhari by Shorash Kashmiri Page 131) 7. An edict issued by Moulvi Nazeer Husain of Delhi is: 152