Slander against Hazrat Thanawi

Question

Zayd is God-fearing and pious, devout and abstinent; he strictly observes fasting and prayer, is a Hanafi and a Qadiri, and respects the scholars of religion. He has deep devotion to Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi: he begins his honoured name with the title “Hakim al-Umma” and after it says “rahmatullahi ‘alayhi” (﵀). A respected local religious scholar, who writes himself down with his name as “Mufti-e A‘zam of Madhya Pradesh” (Grand Mufti of Madhya Pradesh)

Answer

Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi ﵋ was a very great scholar, a follower of the Sunna, a shaykh of the tariqa and a pious elder; he never, ever likened the blessed knowledge of the Prophet ﷺ to that of madmen and animals.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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