Are Qadianis / Ahmedis Muslims? (4/5)

The fact that the Allah Most High speaks about the salient features (شعائر) four times in the Holy Qur’ān highlights the importance and reverence of them. Muslims are urged to venerate the salient features and cautioned against dishonouring them.

For a Muslim to dishonour, make a mockery of or even trivialise these salient features leads him to be expelled from the fold of Islam. These signs and identities are held dearly in Islam.

The use of the salient features of Islam against its core values is disrespectful and humiliating. Islamic jurisprudence has many laws which demonstrate the reverence of the salient features of Islam.

In reference to Q 4&5, we iterate that a Masjid is a proper noun specifically denoting a place of worship for Muslims. The term has been coined for this specific reason, to the extent that a dictionary references “mosque” as:

“Noun

a Muslim temple or place of public worship.

Origin: 1600–10; earlier mosquee < Middle French < Italian moschea ≪ Arabic masjid, derivative of sajada to worship, literally, prostrate oneself; the -ee seems to have been taken as diminutive suffix and dropped” [49]

If a deviant sect or another religion is allowed to use the title of “Masjid” for their places of worship, this will be misguiding and deceptive. A place of worship is open and transparent in its views.

Obviously the Qadianis who would promote their place of worship as “Masjid” will propagate and teach their beliefs which are in complete contrast to the fundamental Islamic Creed. Innocent Muslims who would attend such a place of worship simply because it is called a “Masjid” are bound to be misguided and deceived into believing the Qadiani belief’s to be that of mainstream Islam.

If Muslims begin to build Hindu temples and start teaching Islamic ethos and creed in that temple, would that be acceptable to Hindus? Similarly if Muslims build churches and called the Christian masses to these churches, would this be acceptable to Christians? The very same sentiments are felt by Muslims when Qadianis attribute the term Masjid, to their place of worship and then promote their own creed.

Contemporary world can clearly relate to these sentiments by the Copyright Law which is there to protect the interests of the right holder. No company would sit idle while another infringes on its right to some specific patent and reap benefits off it. It is a violation of the fair business ethos. Similarly, it is completely incorrect for Qadianis to attribute the name “Masjid” to their places of worship. They are not propagating Islam, rather they are deviating true innocent Muslims. Hence, they should never be allowed to use the name “Masjid” for their own benefits.

Just as these places of worship cannot cherish the same status as “masjid/mosque” because they are far from being a Muslim worship place, similarly they cannot benefit from other advantages attached to such a holy site, like being regarded as a “Muslim Waqf”.

In the same line (Q 6), the Kalimah Tayyibah is also the sole right of monotheistic belief of Muslims. The Kalimah Tayyibah لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله translates to: “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His messenger.”

This is the simple and easy to understand meaning of this Kalimah. However, what these simple words represent is the true monotheistic creed and the beliefs of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamā‘ah. These beliefs are what our pious predecessors conveyed to us and informed us about after analyzing the Qur’ān and Ahādīth of Rasulullah (peace and blessings be upon him).

These doctrines incorporate the belief of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) son of Abdullah, born in 571 C.E to be the Rasūl of Allah. Qur’ān, the last wahī (revelation) of Allah Ta’ālā to mankind attests to this in numerous places and thus marks it as a fundamental part of our creed.[50] There can be no addition or subtraction from this creed, whether in wordings or in interpretation. It is not possible for anyone to claim that “محمد رسول الله” (Muhammad rasulullah) is someone besides our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) son of Abdullah.

Yet the Qadianis use this very Kalimah and add to it their own interpretation of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed being inclusive of the term “محمد رسول الله” (Muhammad rasulullah).

“With the coming of Promised Messiah one difference (in the meaning of Kalima) has occurred and that is that before the advent of Promised Messiah, in the meaning of ‘Mohammad ur Rasoolullah’ only Prophets of bygone days were included, but with the advent of Promised Messiah, one more prophet has been added to the meaning of mohammadur rasoolullah…thus to enter in Islam it is still the same Kalima, the only difference is that the advent of Promised Messiah has added one more prophet to its meaning…we don’t need a new Kalima, because Promised Messiah is nothing separate from Holy Prophet, as he says: ‘sāra wujūdi wujūdahū (my person became his person)’ and ‘he who differentiates between me and Mustafa has not seen me and not recognizes me’…..thus Promised Messiah is Mohammad Rasoolullah himself who has come again in this world to spread Islam, therefore we do not need any new Kalima. Yes if someone else had come then we may have required it — thus think all of you.”[51]

The guise of the Qadianis to deceive and interpolate the fundamental creed of Islam is crystal clear. It is thus not permissible for them to deceptively use our Kalimah Tayyibah for the propagation of their own beliefs.

Following the same principle ( Q 7 & 8 ) we recognize that Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madina Al-Munawwarah are two places on earth which are sanctified in Islam. This is where Islam initiated from. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) started preaching mankind 1,400 years ago from these places. Muslims all across the globe are recognized through the names of these two places.

When Qadianis use pictures related to Islamic faith, and then propagate their own creed, it becomes a form of deception for those who are trying to embrace and convert to Islam with sincere intentions. People who are trying to convert to Islam perceive that what the Qadiani belief is the true Islam whereas the reality is far from it. It is akin to a Christian Church displaying pictures of Vishnu and Rama in their church to preach Christianity to Hindus. This, obviously will be a deception and despised by the Hindus. Similarly it is highly offensive for the Muslims that other non-muslims use pictures related to our faith and use them for propagation of their own beliefs.

The same ruling will apply to any and all salient features of which are used by the Qadianis to promote their creed and interpretations under the guide of Islam.