Are Ahmadis Not True Muslims? — Page 11
? 11 astute legal assessment of the entire affair. In their report, the honourable justices gave the following decision, which may be regarded as the last word on this issue:. . . the claim that a certain person or community is not within the pale of Islam implies on the part of the claimant an exact conception of what a Muslim is. The result of this part of the inquiry, however, has been anything but satisfactory, and if considerable confusion exists in the minds of our ulama on such a simple matter, one can easily imagine what the differences on more complicated matters will be. ( Report of the Court of Inquiry, constituted under Punjab Act II 1954 to enquire into the Punjab Disturbances of 1953, p. 215, Lahore, printed by the Superintendent, Government printing, Punjab, 1954) Thereafter the honourable justices made the following remarks, after recording the definition of a Muslim, as given by the top 10 ulema of different sects: Keeping in view the several definitions given by the ulama, need we make any comment except that no two learned divines are agreed on this fundamental. If we attempt our own definition as each learned divine has done and that definition differs from that given by all others, we unanimously go out of the fold of Islam. And if we adopt the definition given by any one of the ulama, we remain Muslims according to the view of that alim but kafirs according to the definition of every one else. ( Ibid. , p. 218)