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247 person. I desire to settle matters in accordance with the Quran and Hadith. If a person agrees to settle issues in such a manner, whereby they accept whatever is in accordance with the Holy Quran and the authentic Hadith and disregards anything that contradicts them, then nothing would give me more pleasure; this is precisely what I stand for—this is the delight of my eyes. My belief is opposed to the Wahhabis. In my view, anyone who refuses to fol- low a school of thought seeks to free themselves from divine law, because eve- ryone cannot be a religious scholar who is capable of deriving and interpreting divine law. Scant knowledge does not make someone worthy of being followed. If such a person were to free themselves from following all those who are right- eous and who have purified mankind, would they be justified in doing so? The mysteries of the Holy Quran are not revealed except to those who are pure and holy. People who come to me must first be coloured—in a way—with the hue of Hanafi Islam. In my view, these four schools of thought are a blessing from Allah the Exalted. They may be likened to four walls which surround Islam. In order to support Islam, Allah the Exalted created such remarkable people who were extremely pious and spiritually purified. The reason that people have become cor- rupted in this day and age is only because they have stopped following the Imams. God Almighty loves two kinds of people: firstly, those whom Allah Almighty Himself purifies and grants knowledge; secondly, those who follow them. In my estimation, those who follow these people are good people indeed, because their souls were purified and they were closer in era to the Noble Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. I have heard with my own ears, certain people using harsh language for Imam Abu Hanifah, may Allah the Exalted be pleased with him, but they are wrong in doing so. ” 1 15 August 1901 A Revelation of the Promised Messiah as On the morning of 15 August 1901, a revelation was received: ُ وَاِنِّی ْ اَرٰی بَعْض َ الْمَصَائِب ِ تَنْزِل And I see certain afflictions descending. 2 1 From the notebook of Maulvi Sher Ali Sahib ra 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 31, dated 24 August 1901, pp. 3-4 p. 226