WE MEHDAVIS CANNOT OFFER NAMAZ BEHIND A NON MEHDAVI

WE MEHDAVIS CANNOT OFFER NAMAZ BEHIND A NON MEHDAVI AS

FIRSTLY

THE NIYAT OF IMAM AND MUKHTADI SHOULD BE SAME

FOR EXAMPLE WE MEHDAVIS BELIEVE THAT DURING NAMAZ DEEDAR E KHUDA IS POSSIBLE BY THE WILL OF ALLAH (SWT)

IT IS PROVEN BY THE HADITH

AS SALAT TU MERAJ LIL MOMINEN

NAMAZ MOMIN KI MERAJ HAI

DURING NAMAZ IF ALLAH WANTS WE WILL BE BLESSED BY DEEDAR E KHUDA

SECOND HADITH

JIBRIL ALAIHEY SALAM SAID TO HUZOOR E AKRAM (SAWS) INFORM ME ABOUT AL-IHSAN. HE (SAWS) SAID: THAT YOU WORSHIP ALLAH AS IF YOU ARE SEEING HIM ……….. . (HADITH-E- JIBRIL ALAIHEY SALAM)

TUM NAMAZ AISI PADHO GOYA TUM KHUDA KO DEKH RAHE HOO AGAR AISI NA PADH SAKO TO AISA PADHO KE KHUDA TUMKO DEKH RAHA HAI

BY THIS WE CAN COMFIRM THAT DEEDAR IS POSSIBLE DURING NAMAZ BECAUSE HUZOOR (SAWS) WILL NOT UTTER A SINGLE WORD WHICH IS AGAINST ISLAM OR THE THING WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE

SECONDLY

MOST IMAMS TAKE MONEY FOR THEIR PRAYERS AND START THEIR PRAYER AS SAYING (MAI RAKAT BANDHTA HOON WASTE ALLAH (SWT) KE (WHICH IS FALSE) MU MERA KABE KI TARAF KARKE),

WE CANNOT OFFER PRAYER BEHIND KAZZAB (LIER). (KIMIYA-E-SA’ADAT)

THEIR HUFFAZ (THOSE WHO REMEMBER AND RECITE QURAN) DEMAND AND TAKE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY FOR LEADING DAILY PRAYERS. IF THEIR COMPENSATION OR SALARY IS STOPPED, THEY WILL STOP LEADING IN PRAYERS.

IF IMAM DOES NOT TAKE MONEY FOR PRAYER THEN HE SHOULD SATISFY THE THIRD CONDITION WHICH IS COMPULSORY

THIRDLY

IMAM SHOULD DO THE TAZDEEQ OF IMAMUNA KHALEEFATULLAH MERAN SYED MOHAMMED JAUNPURI MEHDI E MAUD ALAI HI SALATU WASSALAM

(1)Thwaban(rz) said,

"The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said,

 'If you see him, go and give him your allegiance,

even if you have to crawl over ice, because he is the Khaleefah of Allaah,

The Mahdee.'" [Ibn Maajah]

Narrated by Ibn Maajah, op. cit., Hadeeth 4084.

(2)Huzaifa(rz) said;

Huzaifa(RZ) said to rasoolullah(saws) if you appoint a khalifa it would be better huzoor(saws) replied if I appoint any khalifa and if you disobey him you will be the bearer of punishment(azab) [MISHKAT SHAREEF] vol2 hadees no 5979 bab jami il mana qib rivayat (tirmizi) 

IF THE DISOBEYING OF KHALIFA E RASOOLULLAH (SAWS) WILL BE A SIN THEN WHAT WILL BE DISOBEYING A KHALIFA AT ULLAH

THE ANSWER IS IN THE QURAN ITSELF

EVEN IN THE QURAN, AS PER THE AYAT, "AFAMAN KAANA..." (11:17), WHICH IS IN PRAISE OF MAHDI(AS), HELL IS PROMISED FOR A DISAVOWER OF MAHDI(AS). IT IS APPARENT FROM, "WAMAN YAKFUR BIHI MINA AL-AHZAABI FA ANNARU MAWAIDUHU - BUT THOSE OF THE SECTS THAT REJECT HIM,- THE FIRE WILL BE THEIR PROMISED MEETING-PLACE" (11:17) THAT, WHOSOEVER DENIES THE MAHDI(AS) FROM THE OTHER SECTS, THE FIRE OF HELL IS PROMISED FOR HIM.

THE IMAM (AS) HAS COMMANDED THAT IF A PERSON HAS TO GO TO THE MARKET, HE SHOULD TAKE A COMPANION ALONG WITH HIM, SO THAT WHEN THE TIME FOR PRAYER ARRIVES, THE PRAYER CAN BE PERFORMED IN CONGREGATION. THIS ALSO ENSURES THAT WHEN TWO MAHDAVIS GO TOGETHER THEY CAN FORM THEIR OWN CONGREGATION AND NEED NOT JOIN THE CONGREGATORY PRAYERS OF NON-MAHDAVIS.

IMAM MAHDI (AS) HAS PROHIBITED HIS FOLLOWERS FROM FOLLOWING IN PRAYERS A PERSON WHO DENIES HIS MAHDIAT. THESE COMMANDMENTS OF IMAM MAHDI MAUOOD (AS) REGARDING PROHIBITION HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE EARLIEST AND MOST RESPECTABLE BOOKS OF MAHDAVIA LIKE AQIDA SHARIFA, INSAF NAMA AND NAQLIYAT E MIYAN ABDUR RASHIDRZ. IT IS OBLIGATORY ON EVERY MAHDAVI TO ACCEPT AND ADHERE TO THESE COMMANDMENTS OF IMAM MAHDI(AS).

DUE TO IGNORANCE OF BELIEFS SOME MAHDAVIS DO NOT SEE ANY HARM IN PERFORMING PRAYERS BEHIND A DISAVOWER (MUNKIR) OF MAHDI(AS). WHEREAS, IT IS OBLIGATORY ON EVERY MAHDAVI, WHO HAS COMPLETE FAITH ON THE IMAMAT AND MAHDIAT OF HAZRAT SYED MUHAMMAD JAUNPURIAS, TO FOLLOW HIS COMMANDS ALSO. BECAUSE HE (MAHDI(AS)) HAS SAID THAT, "EVERY COMMAND WHICH I SAY IS FROM ALLAH(SWT) AND I SAY IT ON THE COMMAND OF ALLAH(SWT). THE PERSON WHO DENIES EVEN ONE LETTER OF THESE COMMANDS WILL BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT BEFORE ALLAH(SWT)." (INSAF NAMA)

HAZRAT MAHDI MAU’OOD ALAIHIS SALAAM HAS TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS ABOUT PRAYER THAT, "DO NOT PERFORM PRAYERS BEHIND PEOPLE WHO DENY MAHDI. IF YOU HAVE PERFORMED THE PRAYER (BEHIND THEM), REPEAT IT." (AQIDA SHARIFA)

WHEN HAZRAT MAHDI(AS) HAD HALTED IN THATTA (SINDH) SOME COMPANIONS HAD GONE TO THE CITY ON SOME NEED AND PERFORMED THE OBLIGATORY PRAYERS BEHIND AN OPPONENT OF MAHDI(AS). HAZRAT MAHDI(AS) COMMANDED THEM TO REPEAT THEIR PRAYERS. (INSAF NAMA)

THE COMPANIONS OF MAHDI(AS) TOO ARE UNANIMOUS IN THE OPINION THAT PRAYER SHOULD NOT BE PERFORMED BEHIND DISAVOWERS (MUNKIRAN) OF MAHDI(AS). (INSAF NAMA)

IN THE VILLAGE OF BHADRIWALI, BANDAGI MIYAN SYED KHUNDMIR SIDDIQ-E-VILAYET(RZ), BANDAGI MIYAN SHAH NEMAT(RZ), BANDAGI MIYAN SHAH NIZAM(RZ), BANDAGI MIYAN MALIKJI(RZ), BANDAGI MIYAN ABU BAKR(RZ), BANDAGI MIYAN SYED SALAMULLAH(RZ) AND OTHER COMPANIONS(RZ) HAD A CONSENSUS (IJMA) ON THIS MATTER THAT "WHOEVER FOLLOWS A DISAVOWER OF MAHDI IN PRAYER, WE WILL CALL HIM AN OUTCAST (KHARIJI)." (PRAYER OF A MEHDAVI)

ONCE IN THE CITY OF NAHARWALA, AT THE TIME OF MAGHRIB, WHEN THE TEACHER (MUALLIM) SHAIKH AHMED WENT FORWARD (FOR LEADING THE PRAYERS), BANDAGI MIYAN SYED KHUNDMIR(RZ) CAUGHT HIS HAND, PULLED HIM BACK AND SAID "YOU ARE A DISAVOWER (MUNKIR) OF MAHDI. IT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE TO PERFORM PRAYERS BEHIND YOU." SIMILARLY, IN A CONGREGATION OF MIRAN SYED MAHMOOD(RZ), A TEACHER (MUALLIM) EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO LEAD PRAYERS. ONE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE DAIRA CAUGHT HOLD OF HIS HAND, PULLED HIM BEHIND AND SAID, "YOU ARE A DISAVOWER OF MAHDI(AS). IT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE TO PRAY BEHIND YOU." (NAQLIAT-E-MIYAN ABDUR RASHIDRZ)

THE KEY REASON, WHICH IS UNDERSTOOD, FOR NOT PERFORMING PRAYERS BEHIND A DISAVOWER OF MAHDI(AS) IS THAT HE IS A DISBELIEVER (KAFIR). IT IS WRITTEN IN A SAHIH HADEES THAT HAZRAT RASOOLULLAH(SAWS) HAS SAID, "MAN ANKARAL MAHDI FAQAD KAFARA - WHOEVER DENIES THE MAHDI IS A DISBELIEVER." (HIDAYATUL KALAM)

FURTHER, THERE ARE MANY NARRATIONS OF MAHDI(AS) ABOUT THE DISAVOWERS OF MAHDI(AS) BEING DISBELIEVERS. HE SAID IN PLAIN WORDS THAT DENYING HIS SELF (ZATH) IS DISBELIEF (KUFR). SOMETIMES HE SAID, "MY DENIAL IS THE DENIAL OF ALLAH(SWT), THE QURAN AND THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH(SAWS)." AT OTHER TIMES HE SAID, "MY DENIAL IS THE DENIAL OF ALL THE PROPHETS(PBUT) AND THEIR BOOKS." THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT WHATEVER HE HAS SAID OR DID WAS ON THE COMMAND OF ALLAH(SWT) AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET(SAWS). HIS TEACHINGS ARE THE GIST OF (THE TEACHINGS OF) ALL THE PROPHETS(PBUT) AND THEIR BOOKS. THEREFORE, HIS (MAHDI’S(AS)) DENIAL IS ABSOLUTE DISBELIEF. BECAUSE THE DENIAL OF ALL IS EVIDENT FROM THIS, A MAHDAVI, IF HE IS REALLY A MAHDAVI, HAS TO DECIDE ON HIS OWN WHETHER A DISAVOWER OF MAHDI(AS) IS A DISBELIEVER (KAFIR) OR NOT. AND IF THIS IS HIS (DISAVOWER’S) STATE, THEN WHAT IS THE MEANING OF PRAYERS BEHIND HIM?