Murder in the Name of Allah — Page 98
Murder in the Name of Allah. Ubayy at the watering-hole of Al-Muraysi, the Holy Prophets did not punish him. . The punishment of these two offences is easily exploited by politically orientated ulema who would debase religious causes by using them for materialist purposes and exploit religious belief for their own ends. 14. At the moment, Deobandi/Ahli Hadith ulema are accusing the. Ahmadis of disparaging the Prophetsa. Little do they realise that in doing so they have created the means of their own destruction. In comparison with mainstream Sunnis, who constitute the majority of. Muslims in the subcontinent, 15 Turkey, and many other Muslim countries, the Deobandis/Ahli Hadith and the followers of the Najdi reformer Abdul Wahhab are in a minority throughout the Muslim world (except in Nejd). They are accused of belittling the Prophetsa. . The Deobandi/Wahhabi ulema consider the mainstream Sunnis to be kafir for attributing to the Prophetsa qualities which, to say the least, are polytheist. For instance, they say that his body did not cast a shadow because he was filled with light. When Meauud-i-Sherif, popularised by the Turkish poet Suleyman Chelebi of Busra (1410), is concluded with ya Nabi Salam Alaika (peace be with you), the. Prophet's soul is present at the event, and, therefore, everyone attending should stand to show respect. In the same manner, praying at his tomb, kissing the grillework surrounding it and many other such beliefs and practices of the Sunnis/Brelvis are shirk according to. Deobandis. The Wahhabis, having demolished the historical graveyard of Jannat ul- Baqi, wished to destroy even the dome of the. Prophet's mosque and were prevented from doing so only by the strong reaction in the Muslim world. For these acts of destruction of graves, tombs and domes, Sunnis all over the world accuse the. Wahhabis of denigrating and belittling the Holy Prophets. The. Brelvis consider that it was the Deoband scholars Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautwi and Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi, who did not believe in Khatm-i-nabuwatt. In a booklet, Deobandi Maulwiyon ka. Iman, Maulana Abdul Mustafa Abu Yahya Muhammad Muinuddin. Shafi'i Qadri Rizvi Thanwi writes:. O Muslims! Look how this accursed, unholy, satanic assertion has destroyed the very basis of Khatm-i-nabuwatt. . . . See that Maulwi. Qasim Nanautwi does not believe in Khatm-i-nabuwatt, while Maulwi. Rashid Ahmad, Maulwi Khalil Ahmad and other Wahhabi ulema have declared those who reject Khatm-i-nabuwatt as kafir. 16 98