The Difference between “Allegations” and “Disagreements” – ‘Allāmah Khālid Maḥmūd

‘Allāmah Khālid Maḥmūd makes a useful distinction with regards to our “differences” with Barelwīs:

An allegation is for one group to accuse another group of a belief which the other group does not acknowledge to truly be their belief and in fact they deny it. They offer a different explanation to the statement which was the basis of the allegation. If they acknowledge that it is truly their belief, then this is a disagreement, and not merely an allegation.

For example, we say to the Qādiyānīs: “You regard Mirzā Ghulām Aḥmad Qādiyānī to be a prophet after the Prophet ﷺ.” They say: “Indeed, we regard Mirzā Ṣāhib to be a prophet, and a prophet can be born after the Prophet ﷺ.” Now a real disagreement has been established between us and Qādiyānīs.