Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 326
Ahmadiyya, the Muslim leadership of the Indian sub-continent began to issue edicts of apostasy and infidelity against the founder of the. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and its membership. In a Fatwa issued by the then anti Ahmadiyya Muslim ulemma of Ludhiana in 1890 CE, it was stated in relation to Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his followers: 'Their marriage contracts are all void and anybody is free to enter into marriage relationship with any women in the wedlock of any of them. '3. A year later, in 1891, Maulvi Abdul Haq Ghaznavi issued a leaflet in which he addressed Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and declared that on the basis of his [Ghaznavi's] revelations, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was, God forbid, an infidel. 4. Two years later, in 1893, only 3 years after the initiation of the. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Maulvi Nazir Hussain Dehlvi of the. Ahle Hadith Jamaat in India called upon the Muslim masses: 'not to salute the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community with. Islamic salutation. '*. This call of the Ahle Hadith leadership also demanded that Muslims refrain from any social contact with the members of the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community since they asserted that: 'It was unlawful for the Muslims to invite an Ahmadi to a meal or accept an invitation from an Ahmadi. ”. These edicts against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community merely set the ball rolling. Notable amongst those who issued similar Fatwas against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community were, Muhammed Hussain. Batalvi, Abdul Rehman Bihari, Sanaullah Amritsari, Rashid Gongolhi,. Muhammed Abdullah Tonki and Khalil Ahmad Sharanpuri. 3. Fatwa Ulemma e Ludhiana: 1890 5. Ishaatus Sunnah 4. Dard, Life of Ahmad: pg 178 6. Ibid 327