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This however, was not the extent of the opposition to the. Indian mutiny of 1857 by non Ahmadi Muslim divines and scholars of India. The spiritual predecessors of the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community's most committed opponents, the ulama of. Deoband warned Muslims against involvement in this dispute and cautioned them that it could be counter productive to the interests of Islam. It is, for instance, stated in Arwah e Salasah, published with notes and commentary by the Deobandi leader. Maulvi Ashraf Ali Thanvi: 'Many a divine of India were against the Mutiny. They did not accept the rebellion as Jihad and Meer Mehboob Ali Sahib was one of those divines who was opposed to the revolt. He dissuaded the Muslims from participating in the disturbances. 186. If Abdul Hafeez's opinion on the question of this conflict is correct then the leaders of Deoband, on the evidence of their own history, stand guilty of treason against the ummah of Islam because Maulvi Ashiq Ali of Deoband states in relation to. Maulvi Rashid Ahmad Gongohi of the Nidawatul Ulama: 'During these days, he had to fight the gangs of miscreants who roamed the country. He used to carry a sword with him to protect himself and he would attack like a lion amidst a barrage of bullets. Once, while in the company of Maulana. Qasim al Uloom, Hadhrat Haji Sahib [Haji Imadullah Makki] and Hafiz Zaamin, the Maulana and his companions were confronted by a gang of Hindu rebels. However, this small group of patriots were not prepared to either run or surrender to the mutinying traitors of their Government. 187. This struggle which Abdul Hafeez and his colleagues are today so anxious to define as Jihad was fought against by the leaders 86. pp. 445/446. Marginal Note. Revised by Maulvi Ashra Ali Thanvi 87. Ali, Maulvi Ashiq. Tadhkirah al Rasheed, pp. 74/75 243