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EHSAN ELAHI ZAHEER
ted by
Dr. Abdullah
(Ph.D.)
IDARA T ARJUMAN AL-SUNNAH
hadm .ahore (Paklltan,
Phone No 41 .J I 30, 4' 3131
BAREILAWIS
History and Beliefs
By
EHSAN ELAHI ZAHEER
Translated by Dr. Abdullah
(Ph.D.)
IDARA TARJUMAN AL-SUNNAH
475 Shadman Colony Lahore (Pakistan)
Phone No: 413130. 413131
Ailrightsreserved by the Idara
First Published
in 1985
Printed by Rasheed Ahmad Chaudhry
at Maktaba Jadeed Press,
4-Shara Fatima Jinnah, Lahore-3.
CONTENTS
Chapters page
Translator's Note 15
Foreword J7
Preface 25
Bareilawis 25
The need ofwritingabook on them 26
Excommunicationof Muslims by them 27
UnityandIntergration 30
Chapter — I
Bareilawis: Their History and Founder 33
The FounderofiBareil* is
His Diseases 34
His Callousness and Harshness 36
Exaggerationsof thesepoopleabouthim 37
Infallible 39
Lies 41
His Family 42
Accusingthe Bareilawiand rtis Family
of being aShia byhis,Adversaries .44
His Livelihood 45
His Habits 48-
HisMethod 49
HisWorks 51
The Liesof thesepeopleandtheirExaggeration 53
The Realities 60
The Opposition ofthe Bareilawi to Jihadand
Mujahidin. 6'1
Agentsof the Imperialism |6l
The Khilafat Movement 67
Non-Cooperation Movement 68
The Fatwa ofthe Bareilawi for Suspension
ofJihad. 70.
His Death 7*
The Exaggerationof the Bareilawis
aboutthe Bareilawi 73'
The DefamationoftheCompanionsofthe
Prophet 73.
More Liesand Fabrications 76
The Leaders of Bareilawiyyat , 78
Nairn al-Din 78
Amjad Ali 79
DidarAli 79
HashmatAli 80
Ahmad Yar 80
Chapter-II
Bareilawiyyat and itsDoctrines 83
The Beliefs and Doctrinesof Bareilawiyyat 83
Seeking help and relief from others
besides Allah 85
Seeking help from Prophet 85
Seeking help from Shaikh Abdal-QadirJilani 86
Seeking help from Ahmad Zaruq 87
Seeking help from Ibn-Alwan,Muhammad
al-Hanafi andSayyid al-Badawi 88
Seeking help from Abu Imran, the Sufi Imams,
Musa al-Kazimiand Ibnal-Furghul 89
Refutationon the basis ofthe Quranicverses 90
The Verses of the Qur'an 91
Al-Bareilawi .91
The Power andAuthority of the Prophets 96
and the Saints
The Verses of the Qur'an 97
The Beliefof the Bareilawi 102
The Prophet, the Sustainer and the Donor 103
Shaikh Jilani, theGiver of Lifeand Death 107
The Bareillawi too 109
HisTomb too 110
Selection from hisTafsir (exegesis)
The Hearing of the Dead 113
The Dead hear 113
The Prophets are alive and hear 115
The death did notoccur to the Prophet 115
There is no difference between his life
and death 116
The saintstoo arealive 116
Refutation on the basisofthe Qur'an ofthe
Quran'icverse by al-Alusiand Rashid Rida 118
The question of the knowledge ofthe Unseen 122
The word of Allah,the Exalted 123
The Prophetspossessthe knowledge ofthe Unseen 124
The Prophet (peace be upon him) knows the fine
unseen things 124
These unseen thingsarenot known to anyone
except to Allah—form the Qu>'an—from
theSunna 125
The Bareilawis oppose the explicit Qur'anic
verses 129
TheSaints too knowthe five unseenthings 135
And soand so
The Qur'anic verses belie them 135
The events too falsify them
The Question of the Humaneness of the Prophet
(peace be upon him) 136
The explicit verses indicate the Humaneness
ofthe Prophet 136
TheTraditionsoftheProphettoo 140
TheOpposition to the Qur'an and Hadith by
the Bareilawis
The Messenger of Allah is light from Allah
TheThrone and supreme authority (Kursi ) have
beencreated from the lightof the Prophet 147
The Angelstoo have beencreated from the
light of the Prophet
The Prophet had no shade . 149
Allah came down in Medina in the shape of ISO
the Prophet
The Question of Omnipresence and Omnis- 151
cience of the ProphetThe Messenger of
Allah isOmnipresentand Omniscient
He witnessed theCreation ofAdam and 152
whatever happened to him
The Prophet keepswatch overthe Creationsand 152
theChiefs ofthe righteousseehim
Theversesofthe Qur'an falsify them 154
The eventsofthe Lifeofthe Prophettoo 155
belie them.
Chapter-III
The Bareilawisand theirTeachings '°1
TheTeachings oftheBareilawiyyat 182
Sunna and Innovation in Religion
Plastering thegraveswithgypsum and building 184
erection overthem
The Haoafi jurists and their viewpoint about 165
the plastering of the graves with gypsum
buildingerectionsoverthem
The reward for putting covers, turbans and 171
garments on the graves
Lighting lamps at thegraves 171
The Teachingsof the Hanafi Fiqh 172
Theearly centuries
The religiousfestivals and thedeath anniversaries 173
The Qur'an, the offering of al-Fatiha and
holds feasts after the death of aperson on
appointed days 173
The Birthday ceremony of the Prophet 175
The Teachings of eating, drinking, usurping •
and plundering
TheTeachingsof Islam 176
Going round the graves
TheTeachingsofthe Hanafis 177
The discourse on the birthday ceremony of
the Propheton holdingfeasts after the
death of a person 177
Hiringsome persons for recitationof the Qur'an 178
Visiting the sacred relics and gettingblessing
from them
Getting blessing from the tombs of the
ProphetsandSaints 178
Gettingblessings fromthefigures andIllustra
tions 178
TheOfferings to the attendantsof the graves
who lookafter thevisitors 179
TheTeachings oftheProphet (peace beuponhim) 179
The legal device for expiation for the liabili
tiesdue to thedead
The kissing of both thumbs after hearing the
nameof the Prophet duringad-han
Refutationof thispractice Igl
Writingon the shroud igi
Supplicationafterthe funeral prayer 199
Thecalling ofad-hanat thegrave. 204
Chapter-IV
The Bareilawis and Excommunication of the
Muslims 215
Excommunication of the Muslims in general
The Islam ofthe Bareilawis 216
Declaring Abd al-Wahhab and hisfollowers to
beunbelievers 217
Declaring the Deobandies to hounbelievers 222
Excommunicationofthe Nadawis
Excommunicationofthe poetsof reformation 223
Excommunication of the leadersof education
Excommunicationof thepoliticians
Excommunication of those who raised the
standard ofJihad 226
Excommunication of the missionaries of hte
Islamic state
The opinion of Abd al-Hayy Lucknawi
about the Bareilawi and Bareilawiyyat 228
Excommunication ofother Muslims
The causesof excommunication of these people 232
Thecauseof excommunicationof Ahl al-Hadith
The beliefofthissect
Theexcommunication ofShaikh Ismail of Delhi 232
. The causeof hisexcommunication
Declaring the Imam of Ahl al-Hadith in the
sub-continentShaikh Nadhir Husain of Delhi 235
The method ofthe Bareilawi and Bareilawiyyat
Abusesand blames
Excommunication ofthose who admire Deoband 236
Those who cooperatewith the Deobandis
The heresy of the Deobandis is more severe .
than the heresy oftheJews and Hindus 237
Command to urinate upon the literature of
the Deobandis 238
The excommunication of the Nadawis
They belong to thecompanions ofhell 238
All these groupsare Wahhabis
TheWahhabis are more mean than Iblis 239
Funeral prayer should not be offered over
theirdead 241
One should not pray behind them 241
The law about their mosques
The law about their ad-han 243
The prohibition ofadmission oftheWahhabis
to the mosques ofthe Bareilawis 243
Whoever offers funeral prayer over their dead
is aWahhabi
One who offers funeral prayer over aWahhabi 243
Havingassociation and dealings with them
Drinking water from their well
The law abouttheaddressofsolemnisationof
marriage by aWahhabi andhismarriage
The marriage of a Wahhabi is not valid either
with human beingorwith ananimal 244
Zakatshould not be paid to them
The children should not be sent to them for
education
The animal slaughtered by theJews,
Christiansandthe illegitimatechild islawful 244
TheWahhabis are moredisgraceful thanthedogs
