Majestic Writings of the Promised Messiah — Page 3
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 3 ] that Mirz a Sahib issued a fatw a against jihad , or even that he stopped the Muslims or placed obstacles in their path from engaging in jihad [against the British]. Therefore, they have come up with a far-fetched story and have cited the ancestors of the Promised Messiah as as having done so. The fact of the matter is that the basic assertion on which their argument is based on is totally false. The contemporary historians of Pakistan portray the events of the mutiny as though it was a Muslim jihad against the British and all the Muslims were united in fight- ing this jihad. This is absolutely false. Nothing of the sort ever happened. What history demonstrates is that during the last days of Bah a dur Sh a h Z afar’s rule, some conspira- tors, spearheaded by the Hindus and the Buddhists of the time, not only surrounded the King but also forced some Muslim clerics into issuing a fatw a that declared the mutiny to be a jihad. So far as the Muslim populace is con- cerned, a large majority did not take part in it. Rather, Muslim scholars who were cognizant of Islamic doctrines and possessed insight and piety, openly declared it a rebel- lion and wrote that calling it jihad was totally unjustified. In fact, they used very harsh words about those who took part in the mutiny. Had this insurgency been successful, it would not have resulted in an Islamic government in India. Anyone with a modicum of historical knowledge will understand that the outcome of this mutiny would have been the replacement of the English government with a