Objections of a Hyderabad Pamphlet Against the Ulama of Deoband and Their Answers

Question

Here in Hyderabad, after the lectures of Mawlana Palanpuri, a short pamphlet of 15 pages, “Palan Haqqani ki Haqiqat aur Tablighi Jamaat ki Haqiqat” (“The Reality of Palan Haqqani and the Reality of the Tablighi Jamaat”), was published, containing many objections (against Deoband, the Tabligh, Wahhabism, etc.). The text of Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi’s book “Hifz al-Iman”, pp.

Answer

Respected Sir, may your honour be increased! Wa ‘alaykum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Your esteemed letter was received; on reading it I learned of your distress. The constant occupation of a certain group is precisely this: to make the common people suspicious of the ulama of the people of truth (ahl al-haqq)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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