Book: Barelwism Vs Hanafi Fiqh

[NEW TITLE]: Barelwism Vs Hanafi Fiqh

Book Name: Barelwism Vs Hanafi Fiqh [English Rendering of the Urdu Work Razakhaniyat ba-Muqabla Hanafiyyat]

Language: English Author: Mawlana Sajid Khan Naqshbandi (Hafizahullah)

236 Pages [Only Paperback & Hardcover (unavailable in Kindle)]

Published on: 1st July 2023

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About the Book: In this day and age, the Ahl al-Bid’ah (Barelwis) who count themselves from the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah and also proclaim to be Hanafis and the muqallids of Imam Abu Hanifah (Allah have mercy on him). Whereas the reality is against it, just as these Barelwis are against the “Sunnah” and are the promoters of “Bid’ah”; in the same way they are also rebels of Hanafi Fiqh. If we pick up any major work of Hanafi Fiqh, we would fail to find the validation of practices of innovations invented by Barelwis anywhere in it. In the same note, one can test the Barelwis by demanding them: “provide me a proof of your bid’ah practices with the references from reliable books of Hanafi Fiqh,” then the fakery of their claim of following Hanafi Fiqh would lay exposed.

Mawlana Sajid Khan Sahib Naqshbandi (Hafizahullah) has penned this brief book “Barelwism vs Hanafi Fiqh” in refutation of the same Barelwi claim of adherence to Hanafi Fiqh. In this book, the respected Mawlana presents 31 masa’il from the books of the classical scholars of the Hanafi Fiqh and the past scholars of India and after elaborating each masa’il, he follows it up by putting forward the conflicting stance of Barelwism on the same juristic issue through which the opposition of Barelwism against Hanafi Fiqh becomes clearly manifest and comprehendible for the readers. Available for purchase in the following (country-wise) Amazon links:

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Maslak-e A’lā Hadhrat – The Creed of Aḥmad Riḍā Khān Barelwī: Unmasking the Shī‘ī Fitnah Concealed under the Cloak of Sunnah

[NEW TITLE]:

Book Name: Maslak-e A’lā Hadhrat – The Creed of Aḥmad Riḍā Khān Barelwī: Unmasking the Shī‘ī Fitnah Concealed under the Cloak of Sunnah

Language: English

Author: Mawlana Sajid Khan Naqshbandi (Hafizahullah)

Arranged & Translated by: Sher Muhammad Khan

228 Pages [Paperback & Hardcover (unavailable in Kindle)]

Published on: 9th April 2024
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About the Book:

The Ḥanafī school of fiqh was adhered to by the
Mu‘tazilites, and hence adhering to one of the four schools of fiqh
by itself does not entitle one to membership in the Ahl al-Sunnah.
Furthermore, a person is not considered to be a member of the mainstream group if they reject the other viewpoints and only
practices upon a few stances of the group.
What if, however, we discovered a “sect” that, despite their
unwavering bragging of themselves being staunch followers of Ahl
al-Sunnah [“kattar Sunnī”], yet their “high priest” [A‘lā Ḥadhrat]
actually followed, accepted, and propagated the beliefs of Shī‘īsm
in secret, misleading thereby millions of people?

This is perhaps an exact description of the trait of Barelwism and
its leader, Aḥmad Riḍā Khān Barelwī, despite their valiant
emphasization to gain acceptance as “Sunnīs,” they have been
found to violate Ḥanafī Fiqh in multiple beliefs, as expounded in
our previous translation work Barelwism Vs Ḥanafī Fiqh. [Available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Barelwism-Hanafi-Fiqh-Razakhaniyyat-Ba-Muqabla/dp/B0C9S7K14L%5D

Thereafter the question which automatically arises at this point is
when Barelwism and its high priest have professed such beliefs
which contradicts Ḥanafī Fiqh, then on what grounds have they
propagated such deviant polytheistic dogmas? Which is that
hidden root through which such anti-Sunnī beliefs stem from?
And which is that impure fountain from which these dogmas
were adopted, modified and vehemently introduced among the unsuspecting masses by the founder of Barelwism while tricking
them to accept it as “Sunnī beliefs”, and what was his objective
behind such a massive conspiracy?

It was hence essential that we investigate other deviate
denominations and compare the creeds of Aḥmad Riḍā Khān
Barelwī, the high priest who founded Barelwism, in order to
provide an academic response to these questions. Thus, the
purpose of this compilation is to enlighten the readers of the
creedal, historical and ancestral background of the founder of
Barelwism and his covert affiliation with Shī‘īsm, and to provide
insight into the striking fundamental similarities of both these
groups proving thereby the conspiracy of Shī‘īsm to destabilize
Ahl al-Sunnah through their taqiyyah clad operative, Aḥmad Riḍā
Khān Barelwī.

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Below is the Table of Contents and the Bookcover:

Is Ahmad Rida Khan a Gustakh-e-Rasul For Denying the Prophet ﷺ Exists?

According to Ahmad Rida Khan, only Allah in reality exists, and nothing besides Allah (really) exists. He writes:

Translation

No one (in reality) knows anything besides Allah. Indeed, Allah alone enjoys existence in a real sense. The Prophet ﷺ deemed the truest word the Arabs have spoken to be the statement of Labid, “Beware, everything besides Allah is false.” (1)

It is established according to us that the statement la ilaha illAllah according to the commoners means that “nothing besides Allah is worshipped”; according to the elite it means that “nothing besides Allah is sought after”; according to the more elite it means that “nothing besides Allah is witnessed”; and according to the masters it means that “nothing besides Allah exists”. These are all true. Iman is based on the first, righteousness pivots on the second, traversing the path is completed by the third and reaching (Allah) is constituted of the fourth. (al-Dawlat al-Makkiyyah, p.199)

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Barelwis think it is offensive to say Allah has the power to create a likeness of the Prophet ﷺ even while acknowledging He will never do so.

Ahmad Rida Khan denies the very existence of the Prophet ﷺ, wa ‘l-‘iyadhu billah.

Surely, Barelwis should be more offended by this?

(1) This statement has a number of other possible meanings (besides “nothing but Allah exists”) as mentioned by the commentators like Ibn Battal, Ibn al-Mulaqqin, al-‘Ayni etc.

For example, it could mean: a) everyone besides Allah will die; b) all activities that don’t lead to Allah are futile; c) everything that people worship besides Allah are “false” deities; d) the existence of everything else is only possible, while Allah’s existence is necessary; e) because all that exists apart from Allah results from His agency, nothing exists besides Allah and things He has created.

The Qur’an states: “Everything is perishing besides His countenance.” (28:88) The Qur’an also states: “Allah is the Real, while those they call upon besides Him are false.” (22:62; 31:30)

Ahmad Rida Khan: Nothing In Reality Exists Besides Allah

Ahmad Rida Khan states:

No one (in reality) knows anything besides Allah. Indeed, Allah alone enjoys existence in a real sense. The Prophet ﷺ deemed the truest word the Arabs have spoken to be the statement of Labid, “Beware, everything besides Allah is false.” (1) It is established according to us that the statement la ilaha illAllah according to the commoners means that “nothing besides Allah is worshipped”; according to the elite it means that “nothing besides Allah is sought after”; according to the more elite it means that “nothing besides Allah is witnessed”; and according to the masters it means that “nothing besides Allah exists”. These are all true. Iman is based on the first, righteousness pivots on the second, traversing the path is completed by the third and reaching (Allah) is constituted of the fourth. (al-Dawlat al-Makkiyyah, p.199)

(1) This statement has a number of other possible meanings (besides “nothing but Allah exists”) as mentioned by the commentators.

For example, it could mean: a) everyone besides Allah will die; b) all activities that don’t lead to Allah are futile; c) everything that people worship besides Allah are “false” deities; d) the existence of everything else is only possible, while Allah’s existence is necessary; e) because all that exists apart from Allah results from His agency, nothing exists besides Allah and things He has created.

The Qur’an states: “Everything is perishing besides His countenance.” The Qur’an also states: “Allah is the Real, while those they call upon besides Him are false.”

Ahmad Rida Khan: Physical Words Are Eternal & Uncreated!

The following question and answer is recorded in Malfuzat A’la Hazrat:

Question (to Ahmad Rida Khan): “Those things that Allah has willed” (ma sha Allah) is included in “ma kana wa ma yakun” (everything that occurred and will occur).

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla states: “We will make you recite (the revelation), so you forget not besides those things Allah has willed.” (87:6-7)

This entails that the Prophet ﷺ did not retain knowledge of those things Allah willed even though that is included in “ma kana wa ma yakun” (everything that occurred and will occur)!

Answer (by Ahmad Rida Khan): “Those things that Allah has willed” was said in relation to what? The discussion relates to the divine verses. The divine verses are a divine attribute, which is eternal. It is not included in “ma kana wa ma yakun”. “Ma kana wa ma yakun” refers to originated things that occurred or will occur from the first day (of creation) till the last day (of the universe).

Ahmad Rida Khan is here attempting to reconcile his doctrine of the Prophet ﷺ possessing ‘ilm jami‘ ma kana wa ma yakun, i.e. all-encompassing knowledge of creation (see here), with the fact that some revelation sent to the Prophet ﷺ was abrogated, which he was subsequently made to forget. His solution is that these revelations are eternal and uncreated, thus are not included within the created realm. Of course, the Prophet ﷺ received, heard and uttered physical words. (The verses under discussion refer to the Prophet ﷺ being made to recite.) According to Ahmad Rida Khan, even those physical words are eternal and uncreated!

This is the man Barelwis and their allies treat as an “imam” and an expert in Islamic theology (kalam).

He even describes the fact that Allah’s speech is divided into the eternal self-speech and temporal spoken speech, something that the Ash‘aris and Maturidis both agree upon, as a mistake! (Malfuzat A’la Hazrat, p.454; al-Mu‘tamad al-Mustanad, p.103; Anwar al-Mannan)

(For more detail on the subject of Allah’s speech, including the views of Iji, Shahrastani, Nabulsi etc., see al-Kalam al-Mawthuq by Allamah Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi.)

See also: Documented Beliefs of Ahmad Rida Khan Barelwi