Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 149
Mahzarnama 149 Faisalah, p. 24] Maulvi Ahmad Reza Khan Barelvi issued the following fatwa : ". . . the [sic. punitive] sanction concerning [sic. the offense of] praying behind him is identical with the sanction regarding the apostates. . . . " [Hisaam-ul-Hermann, p. 95] Maulvi Muhammad Kifayat Ullah Shahjahaan Puri issued the following fatwa : ". . . . There is no doubt in their being kaafir, their Bai'at is haraam, and their leading the prayer is certainly not legitimate. " [ Fatwa Shariat-e-Gharr'aa, p. 6] Fataawa about Observing Funeral Prayer Maulvi Nazeer Hussain Dehlvi issued this fatwa : ". . . avoid such duplicitous liar [dajjaal, kazzaab]. . . nor must you offer his funeral prayer. . . . " [Isha'at-us-Sunnah, vo. 13, no. 6] Maulvi Abdus Samad Ghaznevi issued this fatwa : ". . . his funeral prayer is not to be offered. . . . " [Isha'at-us-Sunnah, vol. 13, no. 6, p. 101] Qazi Obaidullah bin Sibghatullah Madrasi issued this fatwa : ". . . . whoever obeyed him, he too has become kaafir and apostate (murtad). . . and if such a murtad dies unrepentant, then you must not offer his funeral prayer. " [ Fatwa der Takfeer-e-Munkir-e- Urooj-e-Jismi wa Nozool-e-Hadhrat-e-Isa Alaihis Salaam] Mufti Muhammad Abdullah Tonki of Lahore issued the following fatwa : "Whoever has deliberately offered the funeral prayer of any Mirza'i, he must publicly repent and it would be befitting for him to renew his marital vows. " [ Fatwa Shariat-e-Gharr'aa, p. 12] Going much further than the aforementioned strictures, the fataawa were given that Ahmadis should not even be allowed to be buried in the graveyard of Muslims. According to Maulvi