Wahabies and Hadith

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

WAHABIES AND HADITH

The original name of Ghair-Muqallids is "Wahabies" and their title is Najdi because their progenitor is Mohammed ibn Abdul- Wahab, a former resident of Najd. Thus, when they are associated to their progenitor or place of origin, they are known as Wahabies and Najdis respectively. An example of this is the "Ummah" or Mirza Ghulam Aluned Qadiyani who are called Mirza'is and Qadiyanis in respect and association to their founder and source of origin.

It is this very Wahabi sect whom the Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم foretold of to emerge from Najd, "Fitna and disruption will be found in Najd and a Shaitaanic sect will arise from there." 31.1

After Mohammed ibn Abdul-Wahab Najdi, the person who propagated this sect in the Indian subcontinent is Ismail Dehlwi (the history of this movement has been mentioned in the beginning of this book. You may refer to it there). They regard the general body of Muslims to be polytheists (Mushriks) and only themselves as people of tauheed. They are fierce enemies of Muqallids and spew abuse against the Four Imams (i.e. Imam Abu Hanifa رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ, Imam Shafee رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ etc.). This sect calls themselves "Ahle-Hadith" or "Aamil bil-Hadith" and would proudly claim to be Wahabies in the past. Many of their books were even named Taufa Wahabiya, etc. Nowadays however, they get highly irritated when called "W ahabies".

The beliefs and practices of the Ghair-Muqallids are impure and vile. Here, we discuss their self-professed name, "Ahle-Hadith", to demonstrate that even their name is incorrect.

No person can be called "Ahle-Hadith" (The people of Hadith) or "Aamil bil­Hadith" (The people who practice on the Hadith}, and for someone to be so is as impossible as the joining of two opposites such as day and night, because the literal meaning of Hadith is talk, speech or utterance. Allahعزوجل states, "On which utterance will you bring Imaan upon after the Quran?, 31.2 "Allahعزوجل has revealed the most excellent speech," 31.3 and "Some people purchase talks of amusement (i.e. fictitious novels) so that they can be led away from Allah’sعزوجل path:' 31.4

In Shariah terms, a Hadith is regarded as that speech or extract wherein the sayings and actions of the Holy Prophetصلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as well as the sayings and actions of the Sahaaba, are narrated. The question posed to this sect is, which Hadith do you practice, the literal or technical? If you practice the literal Hadith, then every person who reads fiction novels should also be called' Ahle-Hadith' because they speak, believe and act every true and false utterance.

If you practice the technical Hadith, then the question is do you practice all of them or only a few? If you claim to practice only a few, then this is not something unique because every person acts on at least one saying of the Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم Rasoolullah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم states that speaking the truth gives salvation and lying causes destruction. Even Mushriks and Kaaflrs accept this. Thus, all have become Ahle-Hadith. In fact, why don't you accept Hanafi, Shafee, Maliki and Hambali Muslims to be Ahle-Hadith? They act upon thousands of Hadith.

If you say that you act upon every Hadith of Rasoolullah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, it's impossible because some Ahadith of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم are inapplicable (mansookh). Some speak of the unique and specific practices of Rasoolullah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم which were permissible or Fardh upon him but Haraam for us. Examples of this are him performing namaaz on the mimbar, making Tawaaf while seated on a camel, extending the Sajda because of Imam Husain رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ reading Salaah while keeping Hadrat Amaamah bint Abil-A'as رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ on his shoulders, having 9 wives in Nikah, performing Nikah without giving any rnehr, equality and mehr not being compulsory amongst his blessed wives, etc. In fact, it is proven from the Hadith that the Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم read the Kalima in the following manner, "There is none worthy of worship but Allahعزوجل and I am His Messenger.” Can the Ghair­Muqallids practice this Hadith and recite the Kalima in this manner? Never!

In summary, some Ahadith are sayings and practices of the Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم which are excellences for him but infidelity (kufr) for us.