Rant alert.
Still making my way through this video and typing notes as I watch him cover the Ambethwi section.
One thing must be said. Mufti Rashid has done really well in highlighting something that we, as Barelwis, have handled abysmally; namely, demonstrating that refutations and takfir of Deobandi statements predate Alahazrat.
This is foundational material that anyone engaged in this field ought to know, yet regrettably many do not.
I have long maintained that if we are to dismantle the lazy takfiri caricature levelled against us, we must foreground the reality that Alahazrat did not initiate these judgements ex nihilo, nor were such rulings peculiar to those who followed him. The records show that censure of these statements existed prior to him and by other regions and scholars.
Credit where it is due, kudos to Mufti Rashid for bringing this to the fore.
That said, I do wish he had mentioned the fatwa of al-Shaykh ʿAbd al-Rahman Siraj declaring takfir upon Nanotwi. Its likely omission is understandable given that the fatwa itself has not yet surfaced in full, though an excerpt is quoted in Taqdis al-Wakil.
Locating that fatwa would be a great breakthrough for us; all the more so given that it was attested to by Mawlana Rahmat-Allah al-Kayranawi and others.