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:

i have been reading your notes and your views on our religion and it is all rubbish your questions and the answers u give please stop sending mails like this and calling yourself a well wisher and believer of islam u are not even a mumeen if u question our dai and call him a dictator please stop this as a real mumeen is not going to be brainwashed by your very much intelligent answers

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Answer:

Your view about the Dawoodi Bohras is wrong

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and who-ever 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.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 18 Surah Kahf verse 29:Proclaim, “This (Quran) is the Truth from your Lord: now whosoever wills may accept it, and whosoever wills may reject it.” (As for those who reject it) We have prepared for such workers of iniquity a fire whose flames have encircled them. There, if they ask for water, they will be given a drink like the dregs of oil, which will burn their mouths! What an evil drink, and what an evil abode!

Our duty was only to invite you to the Truth of the Glorious Quran. Allah has given each individual intelligence and the free will to choose whatever path he/she wills to attain salvation. If we follow the guidance of the Holy Quran, we shall be guided aright. If we choose to reject the guidance of the Quran, and follow any other Path, we shall have no one to blame except ourselves.

Allah and His Messenger alone have the right to be followed and obeyed unconditionally. If we choose to follow any other Personality unconditionally, then we have definitely strayed from the Siraat al Mustaqeem.

I humbly and earnestly invite you to read and understand the clear message of the Holy Quran. That is the only Straight Path that leads to the Mercy and Forgiveness of Allah. Any other path, in any other name, under any other guise, under any other Personality… leads only to the everlasting torment of Hell Fire. Each and every human being will bear witness to this Truth One Day. The choice we have is to either understand the Message of the Quran in this life and align ourselves with the commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws); or keep on following the other Personalities that have absolutely no authority from the Glorious Quran.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imran verse 31-32: O Prophet, tell the people, “If you sincerely love Allah, follow me. Then Allah will love you and forgive you your sins, for He is All Forgiving, All Merciful.” Also say to them, “Obey Allah and His Messenger.” And if, in spite of this, they do not accept your invitation, warn them that Allah does not love those, who refuse to obey Him and His Messenger.

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 and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan