Abu Hasan Barelwī Commits Taḥrīf Right in Front of his Reader’s Eyes

In Taqwiyat al-Īmān (p. 88) of Shāh Ismā‘īl Shahīd, we find the following passage:

The author of Taqwiyat al-Īmān firstly quotes a ḥadīth (from Mishkāt, Sunan Abī Dāwūd). The ḥadīth is as follows:

Qays ibn Sa‘d (Allāh be pleased with him) said: “I came to Ḥīrah and saw them prostrating to a leader of theirs. I thought: ‘The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ is more deserving of being prostrated to.’ I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘I went to Ḥīrah and saw them prostrating to a leader of theirs. You Oh Messenger of Allāh are more deserving of us prostrating to you.’ He said: ‘What do you suppose, if you were to pass by my grave would you prostrate to it?’ I said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Then do not do so…’” (Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2140, Badhl al-Majhūd, 8:75)

The author of Taqwiyat al-Īmān then adds his commentary:

Meaning, I too will one day die and ‘come into contact with soil’ (mittī mein milne wālā hon), so how can I be worthy of being prostrated to? Prostration is only for the Holy Being that never dies. It is realised from this ḥadīth that prostration is not made to anyone living or dead, nor to a grave or a site, because whoever is living will one day die and whoever died was once living & held within the confines of human-ness. When he then dies, he does not become God. He remains only a slave. (Taqwiyat al-Īmān, p. 88)