True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 103
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 103 ] Muslims. This is the plight of the Muslims who have ‘united in their belief of Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n ’. Further documentation of the plight of this Muslim ummah is noted in the paper Ahle- H ad i th of April 16, 1914. This is the paper that represents them and they can- not deny it. A correspondent of the paper writes about his visit to Burma: I have been staying here for the last ten days. A big gathering was scheduled to be held at the J a mi‘a Mosque at 2. 00 p. m. I went to the mosque for prayers at the time fixed for the afternoon prayers. The mosque was filled to capacity. There were strange happenings. Cups full of sherbet and trays full of bananas and dates were placed before the Im a m. He constantly raised his hands in prayer. Some audible words were—the beloved of God, ‘Abdul-Q a dir J i l a n i …. Thereafter, the mosque resounded with the chanting of ‘ Y a Mur a d i , Y a Mur a d i ’ (O, object of my love…) Then the necks and foreheads of the gather- ing were besmeared with a mixture of sandalwood powder according to the custom in vogue among the Hindu Pandits. Thereafter, a harlot stood up, dancing in the mosque as though in ecstasy. She pretended to fall headlong into the burning censer and skillfully covered her face with her hands (to protect her face from burning). This was followed by a loud beat on the tambourine by the trustee of the mosque which brought a hush in the mosque. Then the Im a m said the final prayers and sherbert and bananas and dates