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148 Mahzarnama ". . . behind him, performance of prayer is not legitimate. . . . " [ Fatwa Shariat-e-Gharr'aa, p. 9] Maulvi Abd-us-Sam'ee Bedayuni issued this fatwa : "Observance of daily-prayer behind any Mirza'i [sic. pejorative term for Ahmadi] is definitely illegitimate. Praying behind Mirza'is is no different from praying behind the Hindus, the Jews or the Christians. The members of Ahle Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah denomination and other persons of Islamic faith must never let Mirza'is to enter our mosques for either offering daily prayers or for any other religious observances. " [Saa'iqa-e-Rabbani ber Fitna-e-Qadiani, published in 1892 A. D, p. 9] Maulvi Abdur Rahman Behari issued the following fatwa : "The daily-prayer which is offered behind him, or his followers, is simply null and void, and worthy of being rejected. . . their prayer-leadership is the same as the prayer-leadership by a Jew. . . . " [ Fatwa Shariat-e-Gharr'aa, p. 4] Mufti Muhammad Abdullah Tonki issued this fatwa : ". . . it is certainly not permissible to offer daily-prayer behind him or his followers. . . . " [Shara'ee Faisalah, p. 25] Maulvi Abdul Jabbaar Umar Puri issued the following fatwa : "Mirza Qadiani is outside the pale of Islam. . . certainly not wrothy of leading the daily-prayers. . . . " [Shara'ee Faisalah, p. 20] Maulvi Aziz-ur-Rahman, Mufti of Deoband issued the following fatwa : "Whichever person espouses Qadiani doctrine, it is unlawful (sic. haraam) to make him your prayer-leader. " [Shara'ee Faisalah, p. 31] Mushtaq Ahmad Dehlvi issued this fatwa : "A person who has a good opinion of Mirza, and those who share his creed, he himself is severed from the body of Islam, and it is illegitimate to make him your prayer-leader. . . . " [Shara'ee