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eyes, and the remedy for the hearts.While the harms of being together with men of bid’a are thatmany, it should be estimated how much worse the harms ofloving and praising them are. A hadîth says, “One is withthose whom one loves.” Another hadîth quoted by Imâm ’Alî(radiy-Allâhu ’anh) and others, says, “I swear that Allâhuta’âlâ will resurrect a person with those whom he loves.”The hadîth reported by at-Tabarânî says, “Allâhu ta’âlâ willresurrect a person among those whom he loves.” A hadîthreported from Abû Huraira (radiy-Allâhu ’anh) by Abû Dâwûdand at-Tirmidhî says, “Man’s religion is similar to his friend’sreligion. Everybody should be mindful of the company theykeep!” Extensive explanation about the foregoing hadîths isgiven in my book Fîh an-Nasrîn bi jawâbi ’l-as’ilati ’l-ishrîn.The aim of Nadwat al-’ulamâ’ is the same as that of thedamned Satan. They endeavour to misguide Muslims with littleknowledge from the right path. They introduce a new religionwith their statement, “It is fard to unite Muslims.” Their saying,“Their ’ibâdât will not be accepted. They will not attain blessingsand happiness,” is a slander against Allâhu ta’âlâ. Their words,“Dispute with and hostility towards men of bid’a are sinful. Thissin will not be forgiven. Pardon of it is impossible,” show thatthey have dissented from the right path of Ahl as-Sunna wa ’l-Jamâ’a and that they deny the âyats which say, “Allâhu ta’âlâforgives all the sins but shirk of whomever He wishes,” and“Allâhu ta’âlâ certainly forgives all sins.” Their saying,“Pardon of this sin is impossible,” shows that they deny theseâyats. Also, they misinterpret the hadîth, “Allâhu ta’âlâ’sslaves! Be (one another’s) brothers!” This hadîth’s meaning,as reported in Umdat al-Kari and other books, is, ‘Do the thingsthat will help you become brothers of one another.’ Accordingly,in order for the men of bid’a to become brothers to the Muslimsof the right path, they should give up their bid’as and accept theSunna. Their calling Muslims of Ahl as-Sunna to becomebrothers for themselves despite their persisting in committingtheir bid’as is a blatant heresy and an ugly deceit. [1][1] The Arabic work Fatâwâ ’l-Haramain, from which the foregoing tenfatwâs are translated, has been reproduced in by offset process inIstanbul. The author, Ahmad Ridâ Khân Barilawî, passed away inIndia in 1340 A.H. (1921).- 277 -