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Muslim Community was not the only Muslim divine of his time who acknowledged the assistance of the British Raj. Infact there was not a. Muslim leader of any consequence who did not appreciate this assistance and who did not express his gratitude to the Imperial government for the relief it brought upon the Indian Muslims at large. . THE AHLE HADITH LEADERSHIP. Maulana Nazir Hussain Dehlvi, the Muhaddith of Dehli was a contemporary of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. He was the leader of the Ahle Hadith in the sub continent of India and although he was passionately opposed to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the entire realm of its philosophy, he declared that he 'considered the. British rule an act of Almighty God's mercy' and he believed that God. Almighty had decreed that they rule India. ' 44 He also gave the British preference over his parents since he believed that they were more affectionate than one's own parents. '45. The Muhaddith of Dehli and the leader of the Ahle Hadith in India. also declared that: 'having examined all the monarchies surrounding India, including those of Burma, Nepal, Afghanistan and also Persia, Egypt and Arabia and having searched from one end of the world to another, I could not find one emperor who was worthy of being the monarch of India. . There is not one amongst these prospective candidates who deserves to be the emperor of this country. It is my conclusion that the British alone deserve, nay, have the right to rule India and may they continue to rule the dominion. '46. He also expressed an opinion that the "authority of the British in India was lawful and in accordance with the Quranic injunction ‘O ye who believe, obey Allah and His Messenger and those in authority amongst you,' and hence 44. Dehlvi, Maulana Nazir Hussain: Mujmuah Lectures: 1890: pg 54 45. Ibid: pg 19 46. Ibid: pg 26 43