abu Hasan
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we see 'photos' of muhammad ibn abd al Wahhab najdi, the founder of wahabi movement on the internet. google his name and you will see a few pics - different guys labelled as shaykh najdi. if you google shah waliyullah dihlawi, you will find some pictures purportedly of the shaykh.
but these are anachronisms. consider the following:
according to history of photography, the first surviving photograph is 'view from a window in le gras' and dated from 1826 or 1827.
the first photograph with humans in it is the boulevard du temple in 1838.
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muhammad ibn abd al-wahhab, the founder of wahabism died in 1206AH, which is 1791, about 35 years before the photograph was invented. [shaykh najdi: 1115-1206 AH / 1703-1791(or 1792) CE at the age of 88]. besides, the photos are of men in their forties-fifties; and if that was the case, these purported photos would be some 70 years before the date of the earliest surviving photograph.
mawlana shah waliyullah dihlawi 1114-1175 /1702-1762CE] passed away a full 65 years before the invention of the photograph; therefore all photos of his are fake; of course, a painted portrait is something which we have no means to authenticate or refute - unless the portrait was made by some well-known painter and a contemporary of shah sahib.
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also the most shameless among devbandi/wahabi groups are circulating/labeling the picture of ghulam mirza qadiyani as alahazrat's photo.
but these are anachronisms. consider the following:
according to history of photography, the first surviving photograph is 'view from a window in le gras' and dated from 1826 or 1827.
the first photograph with humans in it is the boulevard du temple in 1838.
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muhammad ibn abd al-wahhab, the founder of wahabism died in 1206AH, which is 1791, about 35 years before the photograph was invented. [shaykh najdi: 1115-1206 AH / 1703-1791(or 1792) CE at the age of 88]. besides, the photos are of men in their forties-fifties; and if that was the case, these purported photos would be some 70 years before the date of the earliest surviving photograph.
mawlana shah waliyullah dihlawi 1114-1175 /1702-1762CE] passed away a full 65 years before the invention of the photograph; therefore all photos of his are fake; of course, a painted portrait is something which we have no means to authenticate or refute - unless the portrait was made by some well-known painter and a contemporary of shah sahib.
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also the most shameless among devbandi/wahabi groups are circulating/labeling the picture of ghulam mirza qadiyani as alahazrat's photo.
