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130 Mahzarnama (deceased). ¾ Maulvi Abdul Aziz Ludhianvi. ¾ Maulvi Ghulam Ahmad, Mudarris Awwal, Madrassah No'amaaniyyah, Lahore. ¾ Maulvi Sayyed Ahmad, Imam of Jaam'e Masjid Delhi. ¾ Qaadhi Rafiullah, resident of Budni, District Peshawar. ¾ Maulvi Abdul Jabbaar Ghaznavi Amritsari. ¾ Sayyed Muhammad Abdus Salaam Dehlevi, grandson of Hadhrat Shams-ul-Ulema Sayyed Muhammad Nazeer Hussain, Al-Muhaddith, Dehlvi. ¾ Maulvi Muhammad Ibrahim Dehlvi, son of Maulvi Muhammad Hussain Faqir. ¾ Sayyed Muhammad Abul Hasan Dehlvi grandson of Hadhrat Shams-ul-Ulema Sayyed Muhammad Nazeer Hussain, Al-Muhaddith, Dehlvi. ¾ Maulvi Maddaah-e-Basheer wa Nazeer, ibn Maulvi Muhammad Hussain alias Faqeer. ¾ Maulvi Khalil Ahmad, Mudarris Awwal, Madrassah Saharanpur. ¾ Maulvi Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi. ¾ Mahmood Hasan, Mudarris Awwal, Madrassah Deoband. This fatwa which was issued by the above-named ulema in response to a query by the Anjuman Islamia, Punjab, states unequivocally that: (1) "According to the religion of Islam, extrajudicial killing of any human being is not legitimate, it is unlawful (haraam), and counted among the most heinous sins; regardless of whether that human being is Muslim or non-Muslim, Christian or Jew, Hindu or Paarsi, etc. etc. " (2) "A definitive accord between the British Government and all of its subjects does exist in regard to mutual protection and peace, whether explicitly formalised or only implicitly so. "