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as in View of Some Renowned Muslim Scholars [ 8 ] this movement, for it was against the interests of the Muslim. The book, Arw ah e-Thal a tha , about a renowned scholar of Delhi, Maul a n a M i r Ma h b u b ‘Al i , was written by Maul a n a Ahsraf Th a nw i and has been published with his marginal notes and comments. He says: During the mutiny, there were many ulema who were against it, and they declared that the mutiny was not jihad. Among them was M i r Ma h b u b ‘Al i , who pub- licly and privately advised people against participat- ing in the mutiny. ( Ar w ah e-Thal a tha, p. 316, Narration no. 466, marginal notes and revision by Maul a n a Ashraf ‘Al i Th a nw i , Islamic Academy, Urdu Bazaar Lahore, with reference to Jihad of 1857) Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i , a distinguished leader of those who today call the mutiny a jihad , writes: The Muslims who had participated in the riots of 1857 committed a great sin; and according to the injunctions of the Qur‘an and the h ad i th , they were mischief-makers, rebels, and men of questionable character. ( Ish a ‘atus-Sunnah An-Nabaviyyah , vol. 9, no. 10, 1887) The father of the Promised Messiah as did not participate in this jihad. So this criticism is used against the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at to assert that Islam thereby faces a grave threat. Here is another quotation: