Truth About the Split — Page 397
397 Azlam , or extreme wrong-doer, epithet used by Maulawi Muhammad Ali for Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra. Bai‘at , oath of allegiance, sworn on the hand of a Prophet or his Khalifa. Bai‘at-e-Dam , or oath sworn as a guarantee against desertion at the time of Jihad. Bai‘at-e-Irshad , or oath of allegiance sworn as a. sign of spiritual advance. Bid‘at , or innovation in religious belief or practice. Chakrhalawi, or belonging to Chakrala—a term used for a follower of Muhammad Abdullah of Chakrala, who taught the self-sufficiency of the Holy Quran, and excluded the Hadith and the Sunna from Muslim authorities. Durud , or soliciting blessings of God on the Holy Prophet sa of Islam. Fasiq , or one who rebels—term used for deniers of Khilafat, Hanafis , or followers of the Hanafi school of juristic thought in Islam, so called after the founder Imam Abu Hanifah.