The Reality of Khilafah — Page 155
An Announcement for Public Awareness 155 Sheikh Muhammad H usain Batalawi His insistence on calling us infidels and the proof of our Islamic faith. A reward of 27 rupees for the Sheikh if he is able to write and publish a book that competes with Sirrul-Khil a fah God is my witness that I have not stepped out of Islam by so much as a cubit. As far as I know and believe, I stand firm on all the verities of the Holy Quran and Hadith. I feel sorry that Sheikh Muhammad H usain and our other opponents have not only declared me to be an infidel and a dajj a l [deceiver] and one des- tined to abide forever in Hell, they have also abandoned the Quran and the Hadith. I have said time and again that I cannot follow their selfish desires and their mistaken beliefs; however, if they have anything from the Holy Quran or Hadith that I am suppos- edly against, I am ready to accept it at any time. I proved to them that the word ی تَوَفّ [ tawaff i ]—which is a common idiom used by the Holy Quran, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, his Companions, and by Arabs even today— means ‘to cause someone to die’. It does not mean anything else. I have also shown them that the word tawaff i , as proven to have been used by the Holy Prophet s as , points to the fact that Jesus has passed away. Open up Bukh a r i and reflect with a pure heart on the account wherein the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says that, on the Day of Judgement, he will say the exact same words as are ascribed to Jesus, the righteous