Udaipur bohra incident
Mu'
meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam
Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and
Blessings be upon all of you)
One
of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
salaam i heartly appriciate
may allah reward u best.
kindly describe who is rsponsible 4 this generation
blow.
where one master mind man who lost local municpal election in 1972,took revange
and made this issue as religious war and some how he involved the religious
leadership in the despute.
The leadership fully misguided and ordered the Udaipur people residing
worldwide to renew MISAAQ
This setback proved big big blow and heavey heavey lose 4 the people relating
to the perticular place worldwide.The baraat (SOCIAL BOYCOTT)had been imposed
to those who did not take misaaq.
In order to that the innocent people suffered lots lots.The situation reached
to its end.The community devided.The thirst ,the hunger and the sleep of
concerning people flew away,their eyes darkened,their peace removed.The
followers were forced not to meet with opposite one, even very closed relatives
were not allowed to meet with their opposite beloved.Due to that some husbands
divorced their wives,some wives asked 4 divorce from their sposed,some who were
working abroad
suffered extra pain.People were not allowed to check their patients,or shared
their fueneral ceremon.Some been arrested withot any crime.The mosques been
colsed and no imamat namaaz been offered for few years.Many people passed away
leaving the hope of solution in their heart aside.
Some sincere tried their best for solution of despute and approached to the
high commands but they never compromised.They were always forced to take misaaq
with any pre condition.
During these 25 years,the soft hearted people become strong hearted.They deeply
hated the leader ship. Finally after 25-26 years the high commands arrived to
Udaipur to compromised but could not successed.Only 15-20/: people surrendered
themselves to the leader ship.
The community is still devided in two group.
The opposition group who were claiming and boosting for progress did nothing in
last 31 years.
In the matter of fact they are in worst condition as far ISLAMIC values and
teachings concern.
You might have know more better abt this incident. Eagerly waiting for
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Answer:
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble efforts in the propagation of the Truth. If our humble and modest efforts have helped even one brother or sister get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and pray the Merciful Lord accepts our humble and weak efforts, forgives us our shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the Hell Fire. Ameen.
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, the incident and the
conditions described by you in the
Whenever one involves oneself in sects, or creeds, or castes, etc., and moves away from the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah; it is a foregone conclusion that both the parties would base their actions on personalities, power, control, etc. rather than following the path of Truth as guided by Allah and His Messenger (saws).
It is indeed unfortunate that muslims today wish to be associated with self-invented and man-made sects and be recognized as Shias, or Sunnis, or Bohras, or Reformists, etc., when Allah Subhanah has guided the believers to be united as One Ummah and has Himself named them ‘muslims’!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 23 Surah Al-Mu’minun verse 52: And this ‘Ummah’ of yours is one ‘Ummah’, and I (Allah) am your Lord, so fear Me alone!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter
22 Surah Hajj verse 77-78: O you who have believed, do ‘rukooh’ (bow down) and do ‘sajdah’
(prostration), and worship your Lord Allah Alone, and do righteous deeds: it
may be that you attain true success! Exert
your utmost for the cause of Allah, as
one should. He has chosen you for His
service, and has not laid on you any hardship in your religion. Therefore,
be steadfast in the religion of your father Abraham. Allah had named you ‘muslims’ before
this, and has named you (muslims) in this Quran also, so that the Messenger may be a witness in
regard to you, and you may be witnesses
in regard to the rest of mankind.
Allah says in Chapter 30 Surah Rum aayat 31-32: "This (Islam) is the right and true faith, but most people do not know. (Be steadfast on this) turning wholly and sincerely towards Allah Alone, and fear Him, and establish the Salat, and do not be like the mushriks, who have set up their separate creeds and divided themselves into sects, each sect rejoicing in what it has."
Thus my dear and beloved brother in Islam, this sort of in-fighting and discord between the Bohra leadership and the so-called ‘reformists’ have absolutely nothing to do with Islam, or the Quran, or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws)! Regardless of who amongst the two parties gets the upper hand, it is evident that it is the believers who will suffer; unless and until they have the courage and the wisdom to disown the allegiance to these self-made leaders and priests; and submit their unconditional obedience to none but Allah and His Messenger (saws).
Allah says in Chapter 45 Surah
Al-Jathiyah aayat 17: "Then they differed amongst themselves after the
knowledge (of Islam) had come to them, only because they wanted to wrong one
another. Your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection
concerning the matters in which they have been differing."
Thus my dear and beloved brother in Islam, the only honorable way out for the true believers is to have the courage and wisdom to realize and recognize the falsehoods these self-invented sects propagate in the guise of Islam! And the only way to build this courage and wisdom is to read the Glorious Message of Allah Subhanah with understanding. Only then would one realize the insignificance and irrelevance of these self-invented leaders and High Priests in the sight of Allah Subhanah who debar people from the Straight Path.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter
9 Surah Taubah verses 34-35 : O you who believe! There are indeed many among the priests and
the holy men who devour the wealth of others by evil means, and debar the people from the Way of Allah. Give them the good news of a painful
torment, who hoard up gold and silver
and do not expend these in the Way of Allah.
The Day shall surely come when the same gold and silver shall be heated
in the fire of Hell, and with it will be
branded their foreheads, their bodies
and their backs. (And it will be said):
“Here is that treasure you had hoarded up for yourselves! Taste now the evil of your hoarded treasure!”
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 171 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr
Allah's Messenger (saws) said:
‘There will befall my Ummah exactly (all those) evils which befell the Children
of Israeil, so much so that if there was one amongst them who openly committed
fornication with his mother there will be among my Ummah one who will do that,
and if the people of Israeil were fragmented into seventy-two sects, my Ummah
will be fragmented into seventy-three sects.
All of them will be in Hell Fire except one sect.’ They (the Companions)
said: ‘O Allah's Messenger (saws), which is that?’ Whereupon he (saws) said: ‘It is one to which
I and my companions belong.’
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws), he can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), he can be assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your
Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister