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128 Mahzarnama 2. The Edict ( Fatwa ) of Hadhrat Maulana Shah Isma'eel Shaheed (may Allah be pleased with him) "Maulana Isma'eel Shaheed waged Jehad against the Sikhs on account of their intervention in the religion of Islam. He composed that particular sermon to motivate others for Jehad. He neither declared Jehad against the British Government, nor does this sermon contain any explicit, or inplicit, reference to waging Jehad against this Government. As a matter of fact, he did not consider it legitimate to wage Jehad against this Government. " [Isha'at-us-Sunnah, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 11-12] 3. The Edict ( Fatwa ) of Maulvi Nazeer Ahmad Dehlvi "Since the condition precedent to Jehad is extinct in this land, therefore embarking upon Jehad, here, would be suicidal and sinful. " [ Fataawa Nazeeriyyah, vo. 4, p. 472] 4. The Edict ( Fatwa ) of Khaleefa-tul-Muslimeen Murtaza Ahmad Khan Maikesh writes in his " Taareekh-e- Aqwaam-e-Aalam " (History of the Nations of the World): "The Khaleefa wrote down a fatwa , and handed it over to the British authorities. It stated that the Muslims of India should not fight against the British because the latter has proved itself to be an ally of the Islamic Caliphate (Khilafat-e-Islamiyya) and its helper. " [Taareekh-e-Aqwaam-e-Aalam by Murtaza Ahmad Khan Maikesh, p. 639; Published by: Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e-Adeb, No. 2, Narsingh Das Garden, Club Road, Lahore, Pakistan] 5. The " Fatwa of the Scholars of Islam" ( Fatwa Ulama-e-Islam), Dukhani Publishing House, Lahore The title of this publication bears the following verse of the Holy Quran: