72 sects - What is Jam'aah? PT.2
This article is divided into two parts here are Parts 1 and Parts 2:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الانبياء والمرسلين
The First part of this article will discuss the authenticity 72 Sects Ahadith,
1. Is the 72 Sects hadith sahih?
The general saying about 72 sects is sahih and has multiple versions with different grades.
t was compiled in Jami' at-Tirmidhi hadiths 2640 and 2641, Sunan Abi Dawud hadiths 4596 and 4597, Sunan Ibn Majah hadiths 3991 and 3992 and 3993, Musnad Ahmad hadith 2/332, Al-Mustadrak hadith 61, as well as numerous other books of hadith.
The two most authentic versions are the following:
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ افْتَرَقَتْ عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي سَتَفْتَرِقُ عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً كُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلاَّ وَاحِدَةً وَهِيَ الْجَمَاعَةُ
It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and my nation will split into seventy-two, all of which will be in Hell apart from one, which is the main congregation.
And:
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: افْتَرَقَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَلَى إِحْدَى أَوْ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً وَتَفَرَّقَتِ النَّصَارَى عَلَى إِحْدَى أَوْ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلاَثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً
Narrated Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Jews were split up into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and the Christians were split up into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and my community will be split up into seventy-three sects.
— Sunan Abi Dawud 4596, Book 42, Hadith 1 [Graded Hasan Sahih]
Furthermore there is this hadith:
Abdullah bin Amar(ra) relates that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) said “Surely things will happen to my people as happened earlier to Israelites, they will resemble each other like one shoe in a pair resembles the other to the extent that if anyone among the Israelites has openly committed adultery to his mother there will be some who will do this in my Ummah as well, verily the Israelites were divided into 72 sections but my people will be divided into 73 sections, all of them will be in the fire except one.” The companions asked, ‘Who are they O Messenger of Allah,’ Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “They are those who will be like me and my companions.“
It is considered Dhaif but it should not be because as Abu Mansur Abd al-Kahir ibn-Tahir Al-Baghdadi said:
“There are many isnad (independent testimonies) for the tradition dealing with the division of the community. A number of following companions have handed it down as coming from the Prophet (peace be upon him): Anas ibn-Malik, Abu-Hurairah, Abu-l-Darda, Jabir, Abu-Sa’id al-Khidri, Ubai ibn-Ka’b, Abd-Allah ibn-Amr ibn-al-‘As, abu-Imamah, Wathilah ibn-al-Aska’ and others. It is also handed down that the pious Caliphs mentioned that the community would be divided after them, that one sect only would save itself, and the rest of them would be given to error in this world, and to destruction in the next.”
Source: Abu-Mansur ‘abd-al-Kahir ibn-Tahir al-Baghdadi, “Al-Farq Bain Al-Firaq”, Translated into English by Kate Chambers Seelye, Published by AMS Press, New York (1966) p22-23.
So it becomes quite clear that there is no doubt about the authenticity of this hadith and great scholars of Islam like al-Baghdadi regarded this hadith to be an authentic one. While talking about the types of divisions to occur among the Muslim Ummah, Abu-Mansur al-Baghdadi says:
“Every man of intelligence among the authors of the treatise has known that the Prophet (peace be upon him) in speaking of the divisions that were to be condemned and the members of which were destined for hell-fire, did not mean the various legal schools, who, though they disagreed as to the derivative Institutes of Law, agreed concerning the fundamentals of religion………. And verily the Prophet (peace be upon him), in mentioning the sects condemned, had in mind only those holders of erring opinions who differ from the one sect which will be saved, in such matters as ethics and the unity, promises and threats (regarding future life), predestination and free-will, the determination of good and evil, right guidance and error, the Will and Wish of God, prophetic vision and understanding, the attributes of Allah, His Names and Qualities, any question concerning what is ordered and what is permitted, [signs for] prophecy and its conditions, and similar questions.”
Source: Abu-Mansur ‘abd-al-Kahir ibn-Tahir al-Baghdadi, “Al-Farq Bain Al-Firaq”, Translated into English by Kate Chambers Seelye, Published by AMS Press, New York (1966) p22-23.
It should also be noted that other than Tirmidhi, Ibne Maja gives three independent narrations of the same hadith. Here is an example of one.
2. Main Congregation? Meaning of Jam'aah
"Wait, why does it say to follow the Main Congregregation yet you believe in Ahmadiyyat which is not the majority of Islam?"
Ironically, the word main is not there. The word use is "الْجَمَاعَةُ" and its transliteration would be the Jam'aah. The arabic word for "Main" is simply not there. Jam'aah itself does not even mean "main group" rather it just means group.
Jama’at refers to a group of people united for a single purpose:
الجَمَاعةُ : طائفةٌ من النَّاس يَجْمعُها غرضٌ واحدٌ
(معجم المعانی الجامع)
Al-Jama’atu: a group of people that are gathered together for a single purpose.
(Mu’jim al Ma’an-il-Jami’)
This Jama’at cannot be blanketly taken as the majority of the Muslims nor the scholars in all ages, as they have never been united in a way in which they could be called a Jama’at.
In the middle ages of Islam it most likely referred to that group of pious Muslims who faithfully adhered to the Qur’an and Sunnah. This group would at regular intervals be bolstered and reaffirmed with the coming of the Mujadideen, or Islamic reformers, sent at the head of every century 9:
Narrated Abu Hurayrah:
The Messenger of Allah (sa) said: “Allah will raise for this community at the end of every hundred years the one who will renovate its religion for it.”
Abu Dawud said: ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Shuriah al-Iskandarani has also transmitted this tradition, but he did not exceed Shrahil.
(Sunan Abu Dawud, the Book of Battles, Chapter: Description Of Happenings In Every Century, Hadith # 4291)
The Jama’at in reference to the latter days can only refer to the community of the Promised Messiah (as).
2.1 Would the Ummah always be guided?
Further proof that the Majority is not the Jam'aah is that Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself told us that the Ummah would not always be guided and this can be found in the Quran.
The Qur’an has stated that few people in the latter days would be rightly guided:
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ [] وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ الْآخِرِينَ
[56:14] A large party from among the early Muslims,[56:15] And a few from the later ones,
The Holy Prophet (sa) stated that in the latter days, the Muslim Ummah would be divided into 73 sects, with the vast majority (72 of them) in the fire 12:
It was narrated from ‘Awf bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (sa) said:
“The Jews split into seventy-one sects, one of which will be in Paradise and seventy in Hell. The Christians split into seventy-two sects, seventy-one of which will be in Hell and one in Paradise. I swear by the One Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, my nation will split into seventy-three sects, one of which will be in Paradise and seventy-two in Hell.” It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, who are they?” He said: “The Jama’at.”
(Sunan Ibn-e-Majah, the Book of Tribulations, Chapter: The division of nations, Hadith # 3992)
It is interesting to note that whereas all other Muslim sects have differences between them and have even declared each other Kuffar in the past, when it comes to Ahmadiyyat they are always more than ready to join hands and declare that they are all Muslims despite their differences, but Ahmadiyyat is not Islamic in any way. In this way, they practically show themselves as being part of the larger group and Ahmadis as being the one group that is separated from the rest.
he Prophet Muhammad (sa) stated that it was not known which part of his Ummah was better, the first part in which he was in or the latter part 3:
Narrated Anas (ra):
that the Messenger of Allah (sa) said: “The parable of my Ummah is that of a rain; it is not known if its beginning is better or its end.”
(Jami’ At-Tirmidhi, the Book of Parables, Hadith # 2869)
This latter part is referring to the age of the Messiah.
About the first age, he explained that the best era of Islam in terms of it’s practice would be his time and then up the third generation after him, but afterwards there would appear people lacking in their practice of Islam 4:
Imran b. Husain (ra) reported Allah’s Messenger (sa) as saying:
The best among you (are) the people (who belong to) my age. Then those next to them, then those next to them, then those next to them. ‘Imran said: I do not know whether Allah’s Messenger (sa) said twice or thrice (the words:” Then next” ) after (saying) about his (own age but he then said): Then after them (after successors or those who would succeed them) would come a people who would give evidence before they are asked for it, and would be dishonest and not trustworthy, who would make vows but would not fulfil them, and fatness (excessiveness) would appear in them.”
(Sahih Muslim, the Book of the Merits of the Companions, the Chapter The Virtues Of the Sahabah, Then Those Who Come After Them, Then Those Who Come After Them, Hadith # 2535)
The Holy Qur’an has described this intermediary period of misguidance as being of a thousand years, in which the true understanding of Islam would slowly disappear from the earth:
يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
[32:6] He will plan the Divine Ordinance from the heaven unto the earth, then shall it go up to Him in a day the duration of which is a thousand years according to what you reckon.
The true understanding of Islam would be reestablished with the coming of the Messiah. The Prophet Muhammad (sa) particularly declared about the misguided people of this age that “he was not of them, nor they of him” 5:
The Messenger of Allah (sa) stated: Be joyful and then again be joyful. The similitude of my Ummah is like the example of rain. It is not known whether it’s end is better or it’s beginning. Or it is like a garden, from which an army eats one year, and another eats from it another year, so that perhaps the last of them is an army who is most profound, deep and best in action.
How can such a community be destroyed where I am the in the beginning of it and the Mahdi is in the middle of it and the Messiah is at the end of it. But between that there is a period of misguidance. They (the people who inhabit this intermediary time) are not from amongst my people and I am not from amongst them.”
(Mirqaat-ul-Masaabih Sharah Mishkaat-ul-Masaabih, The Book of Characteristics and Virtues, the Chapter on the Reward of this Ummah, Hadith # 6287)
The Sunnah would not be followed, and true Islamic faith and practice would become something novel and strange 6:
Narrated Kathir bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin ‘Awf bin Zaid bin Milhah narrated from his father, from his grandfather:
that the Messenger of Allah (sa) said: “Indeed the religion with creep into the Hijaz just like a snake creeps into its hole, and the religion will cling to the Hijaz just like the female mountain goat cling to the peak of a mountain. Indeed the religion began as something strange and it will return to being strange. So Tuba is for the strangers who correct what the people have corrupted from my Sunnah after me.”
(Jami’ At-Tirmidhi, the Book of Faith, the Chapter of what has been narrated about how Islam began as something strange and will return to being strange, Hadith # 2630)
The Muslim leadership would degenerate into despotic and tyrannical regimes after the Khulafa-e-Rashideen (the four rightly guided succcessors) until the coming of the Messiah, which would usher in true Muslim leadership in the form of Khilafat on the form and precept of prophethood 7:
Hudhaifa reported that the Messenger of Allah (sa) stated:
“Prophethood shall remain among you as long as Allah shall will. He will bring about its end and follow it with Khilafat on the precepts of prophethood for as long as He shall will and then bring about its end. A tyrannical monarchy will then follow and will remain as long as Allah shall will and then come to an end. There will follow thereafter monarchial despotism to last as long as Allah shall will and come to an end upon His decree. There will then emerge Khilafat on precept of Prophethood.” The Holy Prophet said no more.
(Masnad Ahmad bin Hanbal, Masnad of the Kufi’in, Ahadith of An-Numan bin Bashir, Hadith # 18406)
The Prophet Muhammad (sa) also declared that faith would be non-existent on the earth during this time, to be revived only with the coming of the awaited Messiah and Mahdi 13:
Narrated Abu Huraira (ra):
While we were sitting with the Prophet (sa) Surat Al-Jumu’a was revealed to him, and when the Verse, “And He (Allah) has sent him (Muhammad) also to other (Muslims)…..’ (62.3) was recited by the Prophet, I said, “Who are they, O Allah’s Messenger (sa)?” The Prophet (sa) did not reply till I repeated my question thrice. At that time, Salman Al-Farisi was with us. So Allah’s Messenger (sa) put his hand on Salman, saying, “If Faith were at (the place of) Ath-Thuraiya (pleiades, the highest star), even then (some men or man from these people (i.e. Salman’s folk) would attain it.”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, the Book of Commentary of the Qur’an, Hadith # 4897)
It becomes patently clear that the Ummah would not always be guided to the truth.
2.3 The topic of Jamm'aah was also covered in this article (Part One) and it is recommended that you read it.
2.4 The Muslims would become like Jews
The Muslims would become like the Jews in their thinking and actions 14:
The Messenger of Allah (sa) stated: “That which happened to the children of Israel will surely come to pass on my Ummat, as one shoe is similar to it’s pair. To the extent that if there is a person in their community who openly has illicit relations with his mother, there will be a person in my Ummat who does the same. The children of Israel were divided into 72 sects, and my Ummat will be divided into 73 sects. Every one of them will be in the fire, except one group.” They asked: “Who is that group, o messenger of Allah?” He said, “that which is on the same path as me and my companions”.
(Sunan At-Tirmidhi, the Book of Faith, Chapter: What has been related about the Division of this Ummat, Hadith #2641)
The mosques would be full of worshippers but empty of guidance. The muslims would read the Qur’an but not understand it. And their Ulema and leaders would be the worst creation under the heaven 15:
Hadhrat Ali (ra) relates that the Prophet Muhammad (sa) said:
“Soon, there will come a time when nothing will remain of Islam except its name, and nothing will remain of the Qur’an except its inscription. Their mosques will be full of worshippers but destitute of any guidance. Their religious leaders will be the worst people under Heaven and strife will issue from them and return to them.” (i.e. They will be the source of all the ills.) (Mishkat-ul-Masabeeh, The Book of Knowledge, the Third Section, Hadith # 276)
(Mishkat-ul-Masabeeh, The Book of Knowledge, the Third Section, Hadith # 276)
The Muslims would go to them for religious edicts but find them like swine and apes 16:
Abu Huraira (ra) stated that the Prophet Muhammad (sa) said:
There will be a great fear that will come upon my Ummah. The people will go to their religious scholars but will find them as apes and swines
(Nawadir-ul-Usool Fi Ahadith-ir-Rusul, The one hundredth and fiftieth principle, the untruthful Ulama embellish (in their writings) and the secret of that by which they embellish).
and that the Ummah would be led astray by these so-called scholars and leaders because of their propensity to give religious edicts without proper knowledge 17:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As (ra):
I heard Allah’s Messenger (sa) saying, “Allah does not take away the knowledge, by taking it away from (the hearts of) the people, but takes it away by the death of the religious learned men till when none of the (religious learned men) remains, people will take as their leaders ignorant persons who when consulted will give their verdict without knowledge. So they will go astray and will lead the people astray.”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, the Book of Knowledge, Chapter on how Knowledge will be Taken Away, Hadith # 100)
The Ummah becoming like the worst of the Jews means that amongst their other vices, they would oppose the messengers sent to them:
لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا ۖ كُلَّمَا جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ
[5:71] Surely, We took a covenant from the children of Israel, and We sent Messengers to them. But every time there came to them a Messenger with what their hearts desired not, they treated some as liars, and some they sought to kill.
The Jews were particularly vehement in their opposition to the Messiah (Jesus) sent to them, being the only messenger from amongst the Israelite prophets that they failed to eventually accept. The Ummah in the latter days would therefore also reject the Messiah sent to them.
The Ulema would become like the worst of the scholars of the Jews. Amongst other ills, the Qur’an mentions how they were hypocrites, likened to donkeys loaded with books:
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ حُمِّلُوا التَّوْرَاةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ الْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًا ۚ بِئْسَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
[62:6] The likeness of those who were made to bear the law of Torah, but would not bear it, is as the likeness of an ass carrying a load of books. Evil is the likeness of the people who reject the Signs of Allah. And Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.
They were corrupt and would stop people from accepting the truth:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْأَحْبَارِ وَالرُّهْبَانِ لَيَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
[9:34] O ye who believe! surely, many of the priests and monks devour the wealth of men by false means and turn men away from the way of Allah. And those who hoard up gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah — give to them the tidings of a painful punishment,
They were a rebellious group who would exceed all bounds and limits of their faith and common decency:
لُعِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُودَ وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا وَّكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ
[5:79] Those amongst the children of Israel who disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of David, and of Jesus, son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and used to transgress.
Now I shall quote 73 Divisions in Islam and the One True Jamaat by Dr. Ijaz A. Rauf for the Jews also awaited a warrior messiah:
According to the Hadith I have mentioned in the beginning, other than being 72 in number, this set will resemble Jews in their behavior as one shoe in a pair resembles the other. I shall not go into details of the behavior of 72 sects however, would just like to mention resemblance of these sects to the Jews of the time of Messiah (Jesus(as)) in their beliefs.
Jews of that time believed that a previous Israelite prophet Elijah (Ilyas(as)) had ascended to heaven in his chariot of fire and before the advent of the Messiah, he will descend from heavens in his chariot and prepare the grounds for the advent of Messiah and then the Messiah will appear. So when Jesus(as) made a claim to Messiahship, they rejected him saying we did not see Elijah (Ilyas(as)) descending from heavens. When Jesus(as), claimed that John the Baptist (Yahya(as)) is the Promised Elijah (Ilyas(as)), Jews insisted that he should have descended from heavens if he was Elijah (Ilyas(as)) and so they rejected both Jesus(as) as well as John (Yahya(as)). These 72 sects of Islam, at the time of the Promised Messiah(as) without any exception held the belief that Jesus(as) ascended to heavens with his body and soul and it would be the same Jesus(as) who will return as the Messiah for the Muslim Ummah. They insist on seeing him descend from heavens with his hand on the wings of two angles on the white Minaret.
Just like the Muslims of the present times, the Jews of the time of Jesus(as) were waiting for two figures to appear, a priestly Messiah (equivalent of Islamic Mahdi) and a warrior Messiah, a king who would come and deliver Israelite from the bondage of slavery. Lawrence H. Schiffman in his article “Jewish Sectarianism in Second Temple Times” [12] says:
“They believed that the coming age would indeed begin with a great war and punishment, yet they saw the leadership of the people in the hands of two Messianic figures. A priestly Messiah would take precedence and re-establish Jerusalem sacrificial cult. Along with him a Dividic Messiah would rule over the re-established temporal kingdom.”
Thus when Jesus(as) preached peace and tolerance and non-violence, Jews mocked at him and rejected him. Today Muslim well aware of the mistakes Jews made, insist on the coming of a Mahdi (the guided one) for the religious reformation of the Ummah and a warrior Messiah. They await a Messiah whose sole job will be to lead Muslims in a holy war against all the other powers of the world and shed blood and kill Dajjal and that’s how, most of the Muslims of the present time believe, Messiah will save them.
2.5 The Muslims would be the Enemies of the Imam Mahdi
That the Ulema of the time would be the enemies of the Imam Mahdi is attested to by several sources. Hadhrat Ibn-e-Arabi stated that the Ulema would oppose him because they would be fear losing their authority over the people 18:
When this Imam Mahdi appears, his most severe enemies will be the Fuqaha (jurists and scholars). This is because (with the appearance of the Mahdi) authority will no longer remain with them.
(Al-Futuhaat-e-Makiyya, Chapter Three Hundred and Sixty-Six. About the descent of the ministers of the Mahdi Az-Zahir in the last days about whom the Holy Prophet (sa) gave glad tidings and who is from the pure Ahl-e-Baiat)
Hadhrat Mujaddid Alif Thani stated that the Ulema of the time would not understand the reasoning based on the Holy Qur’an of the mahdi and declare him to be outside the Sunnah and Hadith, in the same way that scholars declare edicts of Imam Abu Hanifa as against the Qur’an and Sunnah 19:
Hadhrat Isa (as), when he descends will follow the Shariat of the Holy Prophet (sa). He will follow his Sunnat as well. This is because the abrogation of this Shariat is not permitted. It is not unlikely that the so-called legalistic scholars will reject his interpretations and declare them to be against the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (sa), given their being derived from subtle and fine sources. The example of Hadhrat Isa (as), Ruh-ullah is like that of Hadhrat Imam Azam Kufi (ra). Who on account of the blessings of taqwa and piety as well as following the Sunnat, reached such a high level of reasoning and extrapolation that others could not understand. On account of the subtleness of his interpretations, they take them as being against the Qur’an and Sunnat, and declare him and his followers as being Ashaab-e-Rai (those who follow only their own personal interpretations). This is all a result of their inability to realize the level of his insight and understanding…
(Maktubaat-e-Imaam Rabbani, Hadhrat Mujaddid Alif Thani, vol. 2, letter 55)
We are in the latter days now, and there is no doubt that the majority of the Ummah has deviated in terms of some of their beliefs and actions. It is these Ulema and those under their influence that have declared Ahmadis non-Muslims. Their edicts are thus not legitimate.
2.6 The 72 sects went to one side by themselves
Now I shall quote 73 Divisions in Islam and the One True Jamaat by Dr. Ijaz A. Rauf:
Having mentioned the resemblance of his Ummah with Jews, and division of the Ummah into 73 sections, Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) mentions that all will be in fire except one. Meaning 72 sects will be in fire while one will be safe. When asked who the safe ones will be, Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) replied “They are those who will be like me and my companions” indicating that remaining 72 will resemble Israelites while only one will resemble him and his companions. Having said that we have to understand that there ought to be a way to separate one Jama’at from 72. Thus there should be some method by which two sets of sections among Muslim Ummah will be formed and in one set there will be only one Jama’at (to which Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, referred to as resembling him and his companions) while the other set will contain 72 sects which will resemble Jews. To go any further we have to establish here three things. Firstly that there were at one time 73 sections of Muslims. Secondly they formed two sets on containing one Jama’at and the other one containing 72 sects. Thirdly the set containing one Jama’at consisted of the followers of a claimant of Messiahship. The third condition has to be fulfilled because, as I have established above, we are referring to the time of the Promised Messiah(as), only the followers of Messiah can form a Jama’at which resembles Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions(ra). To establish that the above mentioned three conditions were fulfilled, I shall present here my translation of a portion of an editorial published in Urdu in Pakistani daily newspaper “Nawai Waqt” [5].
“One of the special importance of this decision has been that on it the consensus of Ummah has been in substantially correct manner. Throughout the history of Islam, such an overwhelming complete consensus has never been reached on any important topic. Other than the big religious scholars, holders of Shar’a, all the political leaders and political leaders of each group have agreed on this consensus. Other than these, all sufia karam, aarifeen Billah, the leaders of Tassawaf and practices had complete agreement. Excluding Qadianis all the rest of 72 sects which are considered to be of Muslims, agreed and are happy on the solution of this affair. Among the leaders of the nation and a’maideen, there does not appear to be any group which does not have a joyous attitude towards this decision. Nation should take a notice of this.”
And that was not the only newspaper which testified the number to be 72 following is another testimony of an English newspaper published from U.K. [6].
“By a constitutional amendment the National Assembly has stripped half a million members of the Ahmadiyya community of their religious status as Moslems. The excommunication of such a large number claiming to be Moslems by a political institution is a unique event in the 1400 years of the history of Islam. The burden of taking the measure fell on the National Assembly because Islam rejects priesthood and the Moslems, although divided into 72 sects, do not have a church or a pope. Religious edicts handed down by muftis or religious scholars are not binding on any individual or body of Moslems.”
Clearly, according to these newspapers there existed 73 sections in Islam, one Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya and the rest of the 72 (A full list of the sects in Islam is included in Appendix II). The rest of the 72 sects were unanimous and happy and formed a party (a set) excluding the one (the other set) from Islam. Although they all had fatwas declaring one another to be kafirs, when it came to the question of Ahmadi Muslims they were all united so that there remains no doubt as to the identity of 72 and one making a total of 73. I have already established that Jews had 72 sects at the time of Messiah, so this hadith would be reflecting the time of Messiah among Muslim Ummah, which all Muslims today believe is also the time of the appearance of the Mahdi.
(73 Divisions in Islam and the One True Jamaat by Dr. Ijaz A. Rauf Chapter One Literal Fulfillment of Prophecy: Existence of 73 Sections)
2.7 "What I am upon and my companions"
Many ignorant people try to say that following the Companions and HolY Prophet Muhammad(saw) is called Sunnah therefore to be saved we should be Sunnis. Just because you call yourself Sunni does not mean you will have the proper aqida and be part of the saved sect. By this logic if someone named their sect الطائفة المحفوظة (the Saved Sect) then it said that their sect is the saved sect because of the name, how ignorant would that sound? Fact of the matter is that the Sahaba have the Aqidah of Ahmadi Muslim. For example they believed that Isa(as) died and they had our view on the finality of Prophethood
Anyways it becomes patently clear that Sunnah.com has manipulated their translations to try to deceive muslims into believing the saved sect is the the wider Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaat when it reality it is al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah.
Now I shall quote 73 Divisions in Islam and the One True Jamaat by Dr. Ijaz A. Rauf
Now I would like to analyze the one Jama’at which was separated out by 72 collectively and is called Jama’ate Ahmadiyya to see if they had any resemblance with the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions(ra) as prophecized in the Hadith. I believe that the resemblance mentioned in the hadith should be reflected in all aspects of life of the followers of this one Jama’at. One could clearly see it in their Taqwa as well as in actual events surrounding their lives. As different personalities perceive characters differently and thus a solid proof of the resemblance of a character with another cannot be provided and can only be observed and judged by individuals, so I shall not discuss this. However, I would like to assure everyone, who associates with Ahmadi Muslims that if they observe keenly they will see reflections of Hazrat Abu Bakr(ra) and Hazrat Uthman Ghani(ra) among men and Hazrat Khadija(ra) among women when it comes to financial sacrifices, they will see the character of Hazrat Bilal(ra) when it comes to steadfastness and they will see reflections of Hazrat Umar(ra) and Hazrat Ali(ra) when it comes to bravery. As far Taqwa is concerned, I believe, Allah is the only Judge of Taqwa, so I shall leave that also and let the individuals decide for themselves what do they see in terms of Taqwa when they associate with Ahmadi Muslims.
There are some actual events which surrounded the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions and got recorded in the history as well as some in the Holy Qur’an, which I would like to discuss in this article and show to the readers how these events got repeated in the history of Ahmadiyyat with each and every resemblance with the event which occurred in the time of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him).
1. Stoning Because of Beliefs.
I am sure the readers would agree with me that persecution of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions(ra) was very severe. However, there is one event of the life of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) which did not escape any historian. Even the western, non-Muslim historians, like Sir William Muir [13] and W. Montgomery Watt [14], who did not believe the persecution to be that severe, have recorded this event and have testified to the authenticity of the event. This is the event when Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) went to Taif for preaching. Brutal treatment of our beloved master (peace be upon him) by people of Taif is described by many historians and biographers. I would like to quote Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmud Ahmad(ra) from his book “Life of Muhammad”[15].
“Reports of him had already reached Taif, and here he now was, without arms of following, a lone individual with only one companion, Zaid. The town folks thought him a nuisance which should be ended, if only to please their chiefs. They set vagabonds of the town and street boys at him who pelted him with stones and drove him out of town. Zaid was wounded and the prophet (peace be upon him) began to bleed profusely.”
One thing is very clear in this event that our beloved master (peace be upon him) got pelted with stones just because of holding the beliefs which were against the popular beliefs of the people of that time. This kind of treatment has been received by several Ahmadi Muslims and the resemblance of Ahmadi Muslim to the holy prophet (peace be upon him) and his companion Hazrat Zaid(ra) in regards to the event of stoning by opponents had been shown to every generation so far since the foundation of Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. The very first time this resemblance was manifested for mankind was in the form of shahada by stoning of an Ahmadi Muslim in Afghanistan. The event is described in detail by Promised Messiah(as) in his book “Tadhkiratush Shahaditain” [16]. Friedmann, an independent historian, has also recorded this event in the following words [17].
“Abdul Latif himself, who accepted Ghulam Ahmad’s religious claims in 1900 after he read some of his books, came to Qadian in 1902 and stayed there for several months. Upon his return to Kabul in January 1903 he was arrested. A religious disputation was arranged between himself and several orthodox divines. Predictably enough, it was decided that the Ahmadi views were unacceptable, and that those who held them were unbelievers. When Abdul Latif repeatedly refused to renounce his faith, he was stoned to death in July 1903.”
Then in India where the founder of this Jama’at resided resemblance to this event was manifested in 1905 when the Promised Messiah (AS) visited Amritsar and is recorded by Friedmann [18] as well as by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad(ra) whom I shall quote from his book “Hazrat Ahmad, The Promised Messiah” [19].
“The carriage was brought up to a side door of the apartment, and the Promised Messiah(as) proceeded to occupy it. As he was going to seat himself, this became known to people, and such of them as were standing outside the lecture hall advanced towards him, and one of them struck at him with a thick heavy stuff. One of his disciples who was nearby at once placed himself between the Promised Messiah(as) and the assailant to ward off the blow. Fortunately the carriage door was opened and the stuff stuck against it and the gentleman escaped with only a slight injury. As soon as the Promised Messiah had taken his seat the carriage started. The mob rained a shower of stones at it.”
The next generation saw this event repeated in the time of Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II(ra). After Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II(ra) made a claim to be the promised son of the Promised Messiah(as), he held several public lectures and gatherings in various cities of the Indian subcontinent in early 1940’s and at several of these occasions public pelted Ahmadi Muslims with stones. The severest of them was in Delhi when a number of Ahmadi Muslims were injured due to stoning at the stage [20]. At one of these occasions, Sheikh Ijaz Ahmad Sahib (Nephew of Sir Muhammad Iqbal Sahib), also came to oppose the movement. However, when he saw opponents pelting Ahmadi Muslims with stones, he decided to confess his faith in Ahmadiyya Islam saying that this indeed is the way opponents treated our beloved Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) [21].
In our present time we again witnessed this resemblance with the holy prophet (peace be upon him) in the recent event of Shabqadar, Pakistan where three Ahmadis were pelted with stones just because of their beliefs. The event was reported by various human rights commissions and news agencies [22-24]. NETNEWS (News International) on April 10, 1995 reported [22].
“Supporter of ‘infidel’ stoned to death. From Abdullah Jan, PESHAWAR: An angry mob stoned a person to death and seriously injured another on Sunday for allegedly converting a Muslim to the Ahmedi faith, in Shabqadar, 45 kilometers from here. The third companion of the victims escaped.”
Other than the above so far more than 100 Ahmadi Muslims have been murdered by opponents just because of their beliefs in the Messiah and Mahdi of the time.
2. Similarities in Other Forms of Persecutions.
Next I would like to discuss some of the collective persecution Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions received at the hands of opponents and show the same type of persecution extended towards Ahamdis by all the 72 sections of Islam.
One of the action which people of Mecca resorted to in order to put pressure on Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions to try and force them to denounce their faith and its preaching is recorded by Watt [25] as:
“With the formation of a grand alliance a boycott of clans of Hashim and al-Muttalib was instituted. None of the other clans was to have any business dealings with them, and there was to be no intermarriages.”
Is this alliance and boycott any different than the one recorded by Munir Report [26] and Friedmann [27]. Friedmann states:
“All Pakistan Muslim Parties convention was held in Karachi in January 1953. The convention was attended by leading Muslim ‘ulama’. Some of them represented organizations, such as the Jama’at-i Islami, the Jamiyyat al-ulama-i Islam and others. The convention resolved to resort to “direct action,” demanded the resignation of the prime minister of Pakistan, and declared a total boycott of the Ahmadis.”
A total social boycott of Ahmadi Muslims was also announced and implemented in 1974 throughout Pakistan [28]. The price Hazrat Bilal(ra) paid for reciting the Kalimah is known to every Muslim. Sir William Muir records [29]:
“In the depth of his anguish, the persecutors could force from him but one expression, AHAD! AHAD! ‘ONE, ONE (only God)!’ On such an occasion Abu Bakr passed by, and secured liberty of conscience to the faithful slave by purchasing his freedom.”
Following are a few of the independent opinions and accounts of the price Ahmadi Muslims are paying for reciting the Kalima.
“So far more than 100 people of this Jama’at have been killed in different parts of the world in the name of religion. Since 1984, during the Kalima wiping campaign this Jama’at has had the opportunity to offer sacrifices like the companions of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). About 50 thousand Ahmadis live in Rabwah and a case has been registered against every one of them for the offense of reciting the Kalima.” [30].
“Among different periods during the one and a half thousand years history of Islam, Muslims have been alleged to have forced non-believers into reciting the Kalima Tayyeba. However, no other example is found of an event where a person reciting Kalima was stopped by sword.” [31].
“Once there was a time when Muslims spread all over the world to preach the Kalima Tayyiba and fasting and prayers and now is the time when a Qadiani cannot recite Kalima even if s/he wants to recite it with a true and pure heart. This is because they are stopped from doing so. Because for them doing so is an offense punishable by law.” [32].
The Meccans did not like to call Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his companions Muslims but called them Sabians [33]. Today, it is illegal in Pakistan for an Ahmadi Muslim to claim to be a Muslim and Ahmadi Muslims are given the names like Mirzais, Qadianis etc. So far 729 cases had been registered against Ahmadi Muslims for calling Adhan, preaching and claiming to be Muslim [34].
It is well known that Meccans tried their best to stop Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions from preaching and practicing their religion. Every possible step was taken to stop them. They were prohibited from Praying and we find its mention even in the Qur’an which many commentators have said to be referring to the action of Abu Jihl.
“Hast thou seen him who forbids. A servant (of Ours) when he prays.” [35].
Now a days it has been made illegal for Ahmadi Muslim to Pray as by doing that they would be ‘pretending to be Muslim’ which for an Ahmadi Muslim is a criminal offense and punishable by law in Pakistan. So far 19 cases had been registered against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan for Praying (saying Salat) [34].
3. A Glance at the Rainbow of Sacrifices
Between April 1984 and 31st October 1992 Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya has had the honor of making the following sacrifices in the cause of Allah [34].
Number of Ahmadi Muslim Martyred because of their beliefs in Pakistan. 22 Number of Ahmadi Muslims who were attacked with the intention of killing 37 Incidents of digging the graves of dead Ahmadi Muslims 12 Incidences of causing hindrance in burials of Ahmadi Muslims in general graveyards 19 Ahmadi Muslims sentenced to death 7 Number of Ahmadi Muslims charged for putting a badge of Kalima 71 Charged for calling Adhan, Preaching and pretending to be Muslim 729 Charged for saying Assalam-o-alaikum (peace be upon you) 4 Charged for praying (saying Islamic Salat) 19 Charged for reciting the Holy Qur’an 10 Charged for publishing the verses of the Holy Qur’an on an invitation card 48 Charges against Ahmadi Muslim Magazines 103 Confiscated books, newspapers and magazines 462 Ahmadis convicted so far in above trials 112 Ahmadiyya Mosques which have been completely destroyed 11 Ahmadiyya Mosques which have been partially destroyed 7 Mosques which have been sealed 11 Ahmadiyya Mosques which have been seized 2 Mosques whose construction has been hindered 11 Mosques from where the Kalima has been wiped 66 Ahmadi Muslims fired from their jobs because of their beliefs 31 Total Ahmadiyya land seized by opponents from Rabwah 148,225 sq. yards. 4. Similar Allegations Against
Allegations raised against our beloved Master are recorded at many places in the Qur’an. I shall like to present and discuss only two of them. Holy Qur’an records [36]:
“And indeed we know that they say that it is only a man who teaches him. (But) the tongue of him towards whom (their minds) incline (in making this insinuation) is foreign while this is Arabic (tongue) plain and clear.”
“And those who disbelieve say, ‘It is naught but a lie which he has forged and other people have helped him with it.’ Indeed they have perpetrated a (great) injustice and a (great) falsehood. And they say, ‘(These are) fables of the ancient; (and) he has got them written down, and they are read out to him morning and evening.”
These verses are referring to the allegation of the disbelievers that the Christian and Jewish slaves who have been converted to Islam had secretly helped Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) in compiling the Qur’an and hence there is a foreign hand behind this conspiracy. Such allegations are raised even today by anti-Muslim forces against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Similar allegations have been raised against the Ahmadiyya Muslim community by the opponents. Firstly Ahmadi Muslims were alleged to have been helped by Hindus. Ehsan Elahi Zaheer, one of bitter enemies of the Ahmadiyya movement wrote [37]:
“Hindus supported the Ahmadi cause through pen, press and platform”
How much that help was could be understood by any person by the prophecies of Promised Messiah(as) about Pundit Lekh Ram and the prayer duels as well as open debates held by Promised Messiah(as) with Ariyya Smajists. Secondly an equally absurd and unsubstantiated charge against Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at is the theory of British sponsorship. Nearly every hostile witness alleges that the Ahmadiyya Jama’at owes its foundation, existence and success to the Imperial British Government [38]. While the message of the founder of this Jama’at to the British Queen is recorded in Ayenae Kamalat e Islam which ends in the following words [39]:
“O’ Queen of the earth! accept Islam and thou wilt be safe. Be a Muslim. God will provide for thee till the last day and he will save thee and protect thee from thine enemy.”
Thirdly Ahmadis are alleged to have been helped by Jews just as the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) was alleged [40]:
“Jews helped the Ahmadis academically and equipped them with arguments and self manufactured documents against the accepted principles of Islam”
Further allegation raised against Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) is recorded in the holy Qur’an as [41]:
“And those who disbelieve say, ‘Why was not Qur’an revealed to him all at once? (We have revealed it) in this manner that We may strengthen thy heart therewith. And we have arranged it in the best form.”
The above does not seem to be any different from the allegation raised against the Promised Messiah(as) by the opponents by saying that why did Promised Messiah(as) not advance all the claims at once? Why did he first claimed to be Mujaddid, then Muhadith then Mahdi and then Messiah. And a similar answer is given that it was necessary to strengthen the Promised Messiah’s own heart about his mission and thus he laid claims to the status’s whenever Allah informed him and commanded him to do that.
5. Hijra Because of Persecution.
It is well know in both Islamic as well as non-Islamic worlds that Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions had to migrate out of their homeland and seek asylum into various foreign lands because of intense persecution in Mecca (their homeland). First of this migration was to Abyssinia as recorded by Ibn-e-Hisham [42] and Sir William Muir [43]:
“To escape these indignities and danger of perversion, Muhammad (peace be upon him) now recommended such of his followers as were without protection to seek an asylum in a foreign land.”
“This is termed the first Hijra or the flight to Abyssinia, as distinguished from the later more extensive emigration to the same quarter.”
And then eventually the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) himself had to emigrate to Madina around April 622 [44]:
“Two or three weeks after the pledge of Akaba, that is, about the beginning of Muharram, the emigration commenced.”
Many Ahmadi Muslims in our present time had to follow this sunnah of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions just because of the beliefs they held and because of the ever intensifying persecution in Pakistan. Following is what the human rights advocates had to say to the united nations [45].
“Ahmadi Muslims are being driven out of Pakistan. When seeking refuge in other countries, they have a prime facie showing of persecution based on religion. Asylum rights and the right of non-refoulement are involved. Any country that forcibly repatriates an Ahmadi Muslim to Pakistan while Ordinance XX is in effect is in violation of international law.”
Those who persecute Ahmadi Musilms shamelessly admit that the aim of the persecution is to drive Ahmadi Muslims out of Pakistan or to exterminate them, as expressed by Dr. Karren Parker [46]:
“Leading pro-government Muslim clergy told the speaker that their aim is to drive the Ahmadis out of Pakistan, to arrest those who remain and to destroy or seize Ahmadi religious property.”
And finally the migration of Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) himself was resembled by the migration of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Khalifatul Masih the 4th. The immigration of Hazrat Ameerul Mo’maneen(rh) like Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) in the capacity of the leader of the faithful took place in 1984 after the announcement of the infamous ordinance XX in Pakistan. And just as at the time of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), other than occasional individual migrations because of the persecution there were two major collective migrations before our beloved master (peace be upon him) migrated to Madina. Similarly, in the present time there were two mass migrations of Ahmadi Muslims out of Pakistan because of persecution before Hazrat Ameerul Mo’maneen himself migrated. One of these mass migrations was in 1953 and the other one in 1974.
6. Independent Testimony of Resemblance
In the following I shall present some quotation from different sources where people have testified that Ahmadi Muslims resemble Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions in their character, their struggle, enthusiasm, love for their faith and in persecution they are subjected to.
“At the present time all the sects of Muslims are impressed one way or the other by English, Hindu or other nations. It is only Ahmadi Jama’at, which like the first Muslims are not influenced by any individual or a group and are carrying out purely Islamic works.” [47].
“We still retain the truthfulness and Islamic Spirit in India because here the unveiled services of the spiritual leaders are constantly at work. And there have always been some scholars of such a stature who do not worship wealth. And if you ask the truth, in the present time, this work is carried out by the followers of Late Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on the same pattern as the first Muslims used to do it.” [48].
“It is an accepted fact that the way Ahmadi Muslim are preaching their religion and practical vigorous efforts they have done in this endeavor has hardly been paralleled by any other Islamic Jama’at after the Arab Khulafa’a-i-Rashideen.” [49].
Taj Muhammad Bhatti, Nazim-e-Aala (the highest regional office) Majlise Tahafze Khatme Nabuwwat (an organization established to and bent on persecuting Ahmadi Muslims) Quetta Pakistan gave the following testimony in a court trial [50]:
“It is true that at the time of Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), when people prayed (said Salat), called Adhan or recited Kalima, the disbelievers treated them in exactly the same way as we treat Ahmadis today.”
7. Similarity in Rewards
Rewards for the sacrifices Muslims of the time of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) are countless and too many to be noted in this article, however major reward to which Allah has drawn the attention of all Muslims in Sura Nasr of the holy Qur’an in following words [51]:
“When the help of Allah comes and the Victory. And thou seest men entering the religion of Allah in troops.”
And it is established fact of the history that after Hijra, Islam spread very fast and people entered the fold of Islam in big groups. Tribe after tribe joined the religion of Islam. Specially after the conquest of Mecca, numbers of people entering the fold of Islam was overwhelming. Indeed people entered the fold of Islam in troops at the time of Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions.
Following is a portion copied from a page on the world wide web site (see notes for explanation) of the anti-Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. Just as at the time of Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companion even the bitterest enemies of Islam bore witness to the success and the rewards Allah bestowed upon early Muslims, today even the bitterest enemies, such as the author of the above mentioned web site who have started an anti-Ahmadiyya Movement, bears witness to the Rewards bestowed by Allah on the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam in the following words [52]:
“Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam is a Religio-Political Trading Corporation. It has branches in all countries and all major cities of the world under whose umbrella Qadianis/Ahmadis are systematically trapping Muslims, who are ignorant of their evil designs. Whether in America, Europe or Central Asia, or the underprivileged and displaced communities like Africans and Bosnian Refugees, all those who are not aware of the real motives of Ahmadiyya Movement get trapped by them in the name of Islam. 50,000 Muslims in Mali, 24,000 Muslims in Ivory Coast, 100,000 Bosnian Refugees in Europe and 45000 Albanians are just a few victims of Qadiani Onslaught.”
Do we see the promise of Allah made in the words, “And thou seest men entering the religion of Allah in troops.”, being fulfilled again in favor of Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam?
8. Closing Remarks
At the end I would like to leave the readers, who may see the resemblance of one Jama’at (out of 73 sects among Muslims) with the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions, with some Ahadith of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) to ponder at.
Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) is reported to have said:
“One who dies without accepting the Imam (Appointed by Allah) of the time, his death is a death in disbelief”. [53]
Regarding Imam Mahdi, our beloved master said:
“When you see him (Imam Mahdi) then certainly perform bait to him even if you have to crawl over your knees through the mountains of snow because he (Imam Mahdi) will be the Khalifa of God.” [54].
“One who obeyed Imam Mahdi obeyed me, one who disobeyed him disobeyed me” [55].
“One who rejected Imam Mahdi he did kufr” [56].
2.8 Is the Saved Sect, Salafis?
A strange incident is that Salafis have used the Jam'aah hadith against Ahmadi Muslims (we already know that Jam'aah does not mean majority) but they have used it to mean that the wider Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah is right and Ahmadiyyat isn't. First of all, Ahmadis are part of the Ahlus Sunnah. Secondly, Salafis are even a majority of Ahlus Sunnah and so if this argument is about how the saved sect is not Ahmadiyyat then in reality it is an argument against Salafiyyah.
2.9 Name of the Promised Sect is "Ahmadiyya"
Hazrat Ali(ra) had been reported to have said:
“Mahdi Maoud will be colored with the glory of Muhammadiyya and will have the wealth of Ahmadiyya.”
[“Yanabaiul Muwadat” Part III page 58, by Allama Fazil Saheikh Suleman Ibn Sheikh Ibrahim Alma’aroof NaKhawajah Kalan (Died 1877) Matba’a AL Irfan Saida Bairoot.]
Hazrat Mujaddid Alif Thani wrote:
“Around one thousand and some years after the sad demise of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), the Haqeeqate (truth) Muhammadiyya will ascend from its station and will unite with the place of Haqeeqate (Truth) Ka’aba. At that time Haqeeqate Muhammadi (Muhammadi Truth) will be called Haqeeqate Ahmadi (Ahmadi Truth).”
(“Mubda’a o Ma’ad” by Imam Rabbani Mujaddad Alif Thani Sheikh Ahmad Farooqi Naqshbandi Sarhindi Qadas Sirah with Urdu Translation by Hazrat Maulana Sayed Zawar Hussain Shah Naqshbandi Published by Idarahe Mujaddadiyya, Nazim Abad No. 3 Karachi No. 18 p205.)
Hazrat Imam Ali Al-Qari wrote:
“so among seventy three sects all of them will be in fire and the firqah najiyya (sect deserving paradise) will be the one among ahle sunna (Sunnis) which will have the glory of Muhammadiyya and will be following the holy Tareeqatul (practices of) Ahmadiyya.”[“Al Muraqqatal Mafateeh Sharah Al-Mashkawatal Masabeeh” Lil Muhadith Al-Shaheer Ali bin Sultan Muhammad Al-Qari (Died 1014 hijra) Part I, Maktaba Imdadiyya Multan p248.]
Conclusion
We can clearly see how Sunnah.com manipulates the word Jam'aah in order to hide the truth. We can also see how that 72 sects hadith is fulfilled with Ahmadiyyat being that saved sect. We also saw how Jam'aah is not the majority.
