There is a fraudulent argument, which they give. They blame scholars of Ahlus Sunnah for branding others as disbelievers. This shows the helplessness of insolent people. They lack moral courage to seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty and His Beloved şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam for their printed insulting words and arrogant attitude (referring to the works Taqwiyatul Imaan, Tehzeerun Naas and other books). They should refer to these words clearly because the Prophet of Allah şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam says,
"When you do a wrong thing, you must immediately seek forgiveness; secretly for your secret action and openly for you open action."
Imam Ahmad rađiyAllāhu ánhu in Zuhd and Imam Tibrani rađiyAllāhu ánhu in Al-Kabir, Imam Baihaqi rađiyAllāhu ánhu in Shuaib (Ul-Emaan) on the authority of Muaz rađiyAllāhu ánhu, son of Jabal rađiyAllāhu ánhu through a genuine Sanad.
BLATANT LIARS
These insolent people quote this verse,
"Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would seek in it something crooked: these were they who denied the Hereafter!"
Then they try to instigate the Muslim public by blaming the scholars of Ahlus-Sunnah for condemning many Muslims as disbelievers. Their allegation is that they have a machine, which prints the verdicts of disbelief only. Ismael Dehlvi has been called a disbeliever. More brazen-faced people go so far as to say that (May Allah Almighty forgive us from quoting) that Imam Shah Abdul Aziz rađiyAllāhu ánhu has been called a disbeliever, Shah Wali-Allah rađiyAllāhu ánhu has been called a disbeliever, Haji Imdad-Ullah rađiyAllāhu ánhu has been called a disbeliever and Mawlana Shah Fadlur Rahman rađiyAllāhu ánhu has been called a disbeliever. The absolutely shameless go beyond this and say that (May Allah Almighty forgive) Shaykh Mujaddid Alf Thaani rađiyAllāhu ánhu has been called a disbeliever.
In short, they mention the name of that person who is held in high esteem by the people they talk to. So much so that one of these impudent individuals went to Shah Muhammad Husain Allahabadi and wrongly alleged that His Holiness, Sayyiduna Shaykh-Ul Akbar Mohiuddin Ibn al-Arabi rađiyAllāhu ánhu has been called a disbeliever. May Allah grant a place in Heaven to the Mawlana in the highest Heaven! He acted upon the Quranic verse,
"O you who believe, if any wicked person brings you tidings, verify it."
He wrote a letter to ascertain the truth. In reply, a treatise named Anja-al-Deri Un Waswas-ul-Muftri was sent. On receipt of this treatise the Mawlana sent a letter of condemnation to the liar.
These insolent people always tell lies and the answer is the same which our Almighty Allah says,
"It is those who believe not in the Signs of Allah, that forge falsehood: it is they who lie!"
And Allah Almighty says,
"If anyone who disputes in this matter with you, now after (full) knowledge hath come to thee, say: 'Come! Let us gather together - our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves - then let us earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie!"
O Muslims! It is not difficult to deal with this weak and fraudulent argument. Ask these people to give proof. There is no point in saying that such and such persons have been called disbelievers. They must give evidence. They must show the book, or the magazine or the Islamic verdict or any other document in which such a statement is contained. If they have any evidence, why don't they produce it? For which particular day are they waiting? They must give proof if they can. Obviously, they can't. Allah Almighty knows that they can't produce any documentary proof. See that the Holy Quran gives evidence that they are liars.
O Muslims! Your Almighty Allah Almighty says,
"Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it? Since they produce no witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah."
O Muslims! There is no point in testing those people who have already been tested. A number of times it has happened that these insolent people have made a lot of fuss and noise, but they run away when some Muslim asks them to give proof. They could not face him. They are addicted to making fuss and noise. They want to cover the disbelief of those who have used insulting language for Allah Almighty and His Prophet şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam by instigating the Muslim public by saying that the scholars of Ahl-E-Sunnat brand other people disbelievers without any reason. They may have said the same for the insolent people as well. O Muslims! These inventors of lies can't produce any proof. It is a fact: Falsehood has no legs of proof to stand upon.
Allah Almighty says,
"And that Allah will never guide the snare of the false ones."
The light of the truth is enough to expose their falsehood.
Almighty Allah says,
"Say (to them O Beloved Rasool): bring your proof (of what you state) if you are truthful."
