SuleimanalMuslim said:
What is 'an extreme barelvi to the core', Abu Fadl?
That last video (part 3) has highlighted a stinking hypocrisy and I find it very disturbing (I'm not referring to the few rigid Ulama in India who don't get pictures taken, appear on video, dye beard black, chained watches etc. They are at least consistent).
Look what has been revealed in this video: Allamah Sharafat Nushahi (relative of Pir Maroof Nushahi), the well-known Nushahi writer admired by Nushahis and others in the UK, writes that Mola Ali is afzal/superior to Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique and Hazrat Umar Farooque.
The book is distributed from Bradford, signed by Pir Maroof Nushahi Saheb. Pir Nushahi Saheb is the patron of Irfan Mashaddi Saheb and Ansarul Qadri etc., yet no fiery speeches were made and no fatwas passed by anyone.
This book was written way before Jilani Shah Saheb's book and furthermore, crucially, Zubda-ut-Tahqeeq does not in any place say Moula Ali is afzal but simply discusses whether afzaliat is qati or not, yet you have all the fiery speeches and name-calling from the very same camp!
If this is not hypocrisy then what is? This is where I think ya pound salam alaika is the only way to describe it because in the former case it's about the UK visa and other financial benefits.
Wait! It gets worse yet. the same molanas (Irfan Saheb and Ansar Saheb) not only turn a blind eye to Ala Hazrat's fatwa this time but actually totally contradict Ala Hazrat when it comes to their patron. Both of these scholars argue that Pir Nushahi Saheb is a syed even though he is not from the children of lady Fatima, when Ala Hazrat has clearly stated that syeds are only from the children of Fatima, Hasan & Hussain.
Why this double-standard and hypocrisy? They simply use Ala Hazrat's name for either money or politics and the proof of that is they way they selectively use his name to hate on people for political/financial benefit.
Sorry if I got a bit emotional but I'm sure all people looking straight at this can see the cause of frustration. It's a valid question that needs to be asked.