What you'v heard him read is true but what was said was for that particular mureed to console his particular halat (a stage known as Qabz) where a person is being bombarded with wasaawis from Shaitan to deviate him from the truth.. And this khuaab was to console him that the path he has chosen is indeed Huq. Notice that it wasn't Maulana who put that khuab in his head, it was from Huq Ta'ala.. As a hadith states that Although Nabuwa is discontinued but one part of it which is Khuab will remain.
Also, in another Hadith Rasoolullah 'Sallalahu Alyhewassalam' said that "Verily he who sees me in a dream sees al Huq (Truth)".
From this we know that Shaitan can never come in a dream and claim to be Rasoolullah Sallalahu alaehe'wassalam, since Allah 'Subhanahu w'atala' sent his Nabi for Hidayah and only Hidayah.
Now, we the Ummah who'r much far from the times of Rasoolullah'Sw, we have not seen him, nor do we have an image of him..what we have is our Mashaikh who lead us towards Huq. They are here to guide us through the deviations of Shaitan and Nafs, which otherwise are lethal for a Taalib.... See More
Rasoolullah 'Sw was asked by the Sahaba as what were to happen to the people who would come after you, who wouldn't have your company to guide them like we have? Aan Hazrat 'Sw replied, "There will be Mashaikh and Ulama amongst my Ummah like i am amongst you".... See more
(Am not an aalim so cant give u exact references)
Keep all of the above in mind and now think, if a person who's being shelled with wasawis about the path he chose and about his Shaikh, if a consolation were to come from Huq Ta'ala, in what form would it come? Its not out of reach for Allah to show you your Shaikh- your only Sahara/guidance to take you towards Sirat-e-Mustaqeem, in the image of Rasoolullah 'Sw to put you at ease.
The point here that you and your ulama here keep missing is that this "halat" on him was "un-intentional"/ gher-ikhtiyari, that should be enough proof for a person with logical reasoning that we' are not liable for what we say/do un-intentionally..becuase if that was the case then the majnoon/mentally-disabled would also be put to trial on the day of Judgment, but they won't be since they'r Mazoor/gher-muqalaf/disabled.
We also know that Shaitan cannot make a person say something or force someone to do something, as in his defence to the people of Jahannum/Hell, he would say "why are you all blaming me? did i force you to those sins that you did..? NO, so blame yourself not me"
So, who then, is forcing those words from the tongue of this Salik? who else has that power, but ALLAH 'Subhanahu'wata'ala????????
THANKS to this post, it did just the opposite, showed people who have Salaamati-e-Fitrat the truth, and those who are not under the influence of your deviant Ulama and ala-hazrat (as you put him) "Astaghfirullah".
ouR Ulama don't waste their time and effort on putting another Sect/Firqa down, they rather spend that time teaching Al-Haq. (that goes to show how weak your scholars are, who have nothing better to do but to scandalize Others.. what a SHAME!!)
tO, THOSE reading this post with a Neutral mind, Awliya-e-Huq aren't teaching us a path which they invented themselves, they'r teaching us the teachings of our Shaikh-e-Haqeeqi 'Sallalahu A'wassalam and none other. Ilm comes frm Sohbat not books.
I hope this would provide some help in understanding the circumstances in which Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi 'Rahimahullah said what was said.