Who is behind the Dawoodibohrahelpline?
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
I would like to ask one question
to the person who is answering the questions
asked. But first please assure me my name will be confidential and
would not be disclosed on dbnet. Now the question that came in my mind
after reading the cruel question and
the cruel answer for our beloved bawa shafiq who is this person? In
reality is he a bohra born? or is it that he only have a bohra name? but in real he is not a bohra?
Because I believe the question
and answer both are extremely vicious. NO person of the
bohra community would ask such a bad
question and no person of the bohra community would answer this badly the way this person whoever he is has answered.
My question is who is the person behind this question-answer session?
The way he has answered the
question asked is absoultely wrong and no true bohra would even like to read or listen to what he has to say against
our most beloved Bawa Shafique Aaqa
Maula. For your kind information our Maula is toba nawoo-zoobil-lah is not a dictator from any point. Our
Maula is the messenger of the God and
he does not dictate anything but he promotes Haq, Salaat and Jehad. My Maula is bohra community's bawa and he
is taking a very good care of his
children (community) by teaching them how to pray and live like a human being
in this cruel world.
I would strongly appeal to all my bohra brothers and sisters to please do something to stop this person who pretends
to be a bohra in question-answer
session and is talking totally against our holy priest, our Bawa
Shafique, our Aaqa Maula. Please
brothers and sisters let's join hand in hand to prevent such scripts coming to our pcs thru dbnet. I'm
pretty sure who ever is this person by
the bohra name is not a bohra, because if he was a true bohra he would never have said anything
against our Maula.
Shukran
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above statement. The forum does not change anything from questions, comments
and statements received from our readers for circulation in confidentiality.)
Answer:
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and who-ever He
allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there
is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!)
worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is
His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
It was never our intention to hurt your feelings or
demerit anyone whom you obviously love and revere so much. Our only intention is to proclaim the Truth
from the very words of Allah; The Glorious Quran. We are commanded by Allah in the Holy Quran to always stand on
the side of Truth and Justice, even if the Truth is against our most loved
ones, our near relatives, or even ourselves.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verse 135:O you have believed!
You be the standard-bearers of justice and witnesses for the sake of Allah;
even though your justice and your evidence might be harmful to yourselves, or
to your parents, or to your relatives.
It does not matter whether the party concerned is rich or poor: Allah is their greater well-wisher than
you. Therefore, do not follow your own
desire lest you should deviate from doing justice. If you distort your evidence or refrain from the Truth, know it
well that Allah is fully aware of what you do.
The Book of Allah was not revealed only for the
muslims, but it was revealed by Allah
as the perfect guidance for all of mankind;
muslims and non-muslims alike.
Whoever follows and obeys the commands of this Glorious Book of Guidance
is guided aright; and whoever rejects and denies this guidance and follows
anyone else unconditionally, should remember that they will be presented before
Allah on an Inevitable Day.
All we want to do is invite our brethren to read and
understand the Holy Quran for themselves, and to make them aware of this
Irrefutable Eventuality; that One Day all of us will be gathered to give a full
accounting of our deeds done in this world.
You obviously love, revere, respect, invoke,
bow down in ‘tasleem’, fold your
hands in front of him in respect, and
might even bow down in ‘sajdah’ to your high priest. You assume that everything he teaches is from the guidance of the
Holy Quran and he guides you to the straight path of Islam. I ask you in all humility and request you to seriously think about what I am about to
ask you in search of the Truth:
You ‘assume’ that he teaches from the Quran. My question is that have you ever referred
to the guidance of the Quran to check whether he is indeed on the path of the
Quran or not?
You obviously are a devout believer of the priest. My
question is, have you ever tried to understand the Message that our Merciful
Lord and Creator has sent for our guidance in Islam?
You believe and follow your priest unconditionally, and
you believe that if you love him and obey him,
he will take you to Paradise. My
question is, have you ever wondered what will be your state if your priest is
not able to deliver his promise of intercession (shafa’a) on the Day of
Qiyaamah? What will you do then?
Is the time not yet arrived that we, as muslims, should
try to understand what our Merciful Lord and Creator has revealed in His
Sublime Mercy for our guidance?
Have you ever wondered what will be your response to Allah
when He asks you if you received His Message of the Holy Quran? Do you think He will accept your answer
that you followed so and so priest unconditionally and assumed that he was
guiding from the Quran, so forgive me My Lord?
If we truly believe, as we claim, in Allah and the Last
Day, then it becomes our duty to read and understand well the Message of the
Holy Quran. It is none other than
Allah, The All Wise, Who has revealed this Book for our guidance. And it is nothing but our fallacy that we
have denied ourselves the understanding of this Book of Guidance; and have
chosen some people amongst ourselves and obeyed and followed them
unconditionally, and assumed that they are teaching us from the Quran and
guiding us to the Straight Path.
My sincere advice to you is that you open the Holy Quran
and read its meanings in any language you know best. If after reading the Quran, you find that your priest is indeed
guiding you from the Quran; then please follow him. But what if after reading the Quran, you find out that your
priest is not guiding you from the Holy Quran?
There is only one way to make sure that your priest is guiding you or
mis-guiding you: and that is to read
the Holy Quran with understanding.
Allah has given each individual intelligence and a free
will to choose the path he wants with this free will and reasoning, and that is
exactly what all of us will be held accountable for in the Court of Allah. Whoever used his intelligence and
common-sense and with his free will chose to follow the guidance of Allah, he
will be honored in the Court of Allah. And whoever chose to follow any other
path than that of Allah, he will be doomed.
All we intend to make you aware is:
it is too big a risk to base your beliefs and ‘aqeedah’ on hopes and
assumptions. It is too much of a risk
to work and do deeds in this worldly life in a certain way, and then to find
out on the Day of Judgement, that that
way was not from the Holy Quran! The
eternal life of the Hereafter is too big a reward to be missed. The eternal life of the Hereafter is too
big an honor to base it on ‘assumptions’,
‘hopes’, and ‘promises’ of any high priest!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah
Nahl verse 89:We have sent down to you this Book, which makes everything plain,
and is a guidance, blessing and good
news to those who have surrendered themselves entirely.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 19 Surah
Maryam verse 97:O Mohamed, We have made this Quran easy, and sent it down in
your tongue so that you should give good news to the pious and warn the
stubborn people.
You have been told the Holy Quran is difficult to
understand. Allah says this Quran is
plain and easy to understand! Who has
a bigger right to be believed? Allah or
your priest?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 9 Surah
Taubah verses 34-35:O you who believe!
There are indeed many among the priests and the holy men who devour the
wealth of others by evil means, and debar the people from the Way of
Allah. Give them the good news of a
painful torment, who hoard up gold and silver and do not expend these in the
Way of Allah. The Day shall surely
come when the same gold and silver shall be heated in the fire of Hell, and
with it will be branded their foreheads,
their bodies and their backs.
(And it will be said): “Here is that treasure you had hoarded up for
yourselves! Taste now the evil of your
hoarded treasure!”
You think that the priests and holy men collect and
distribute all the funds like salaams, najwa,
sabeel, wajebaat, zakaat,
khums, haqq-un-naffs, etc. in the way of Allah! Allah says that many among these priests
and holy devour the wealth of others by evil means. Who has a bigger right to be believed? Allah or your priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah
Hajj verse73:O mankind! A parable is
related to you, so listen to it! Those
on whom you call besides Allah cannot
create a fly, even though they may all
combine together for this purpose! Nay!
If a fly snatches away anything from them, they would have no power to release
it from the fly! How weak are the those
who petition, and how weak are those to whom they supplicate!
You are told to believe that these priests have some sort
of influence with Allah. You are told
to believe that these priests will ‘intercede’ for you in the Court of
Allah. Allah declares that all those
on whom you call besides Allah are so powerless and weak, that they cannot even
create a fly if all of them combined together for this purpose! Who has a bigger right to be believed? Allah or the priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 186:And if My servants ask you, O Prophet, concerning Me, tell
them that I am quite near to them. I
hear and answer the prayer of the suppliant, when he calls on Me. So let them respond to My call and believe
on Me. (Convey this to them), perhaps
they may be guided aright!
You are told that Allah listens only if He is invoked
through some ‘chosen’ people. But
Allah clearly says that He is quite near to us and hears and answers all our
prayers and supplications directly.
Who has a bigger right to be believed?
Allah or your priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 35 Surah
Fatir verse 22:And the dead and the living are not alike! Allah causes whomever He wills to hear, but
you cannot make those who are buried in the graves to hear you.
You are told to invoke and worship those who are in the
graves. You are made to believe that
those who are dead can hear you and get your prayers answered by Allah. Allah declares very clearly that those who are
buried in the graves cannot even hear you, leave alone answer your
prayers! Who has a bigger right to be
believed? Allah or the priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 157-158:Now that a clear proof, a Guidance and Blessing, has come
to you from your Lord, who can be more unjust than the one who treats Our
Revelations as false and turns away from them? We will inflict the severest torment on those who turn away from
Our Revelations because of their aversion.
Do the people now await that the angels should come down before
them? Or that your Lord may Himself
come down? Or that the manifest Signs
of your Lord should appear?
You are told to recite the Quran, but never ever try to
understand it. And if you cannot
understand it, how are you possibly going to follow the guidance of the
Quran? And because you believe
everything your priest tells you unconditionally, you just recite the Quran day
and night; but are not able to implement its commandments in your lives, simply
because you are not allowed to understand it.
Thus, in truth, the people who do this have turned away from the
guidance of the Quran. Allah says He will inflict the severest torment on the
people who have turned away from the Revelations of Allah. Who has a bigger right to be believed? Allah or the priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraf verses 48-49:Then the people of the heights will recognize by their
characteristics some ‘big’ personalities of the inmates of Hell, and will call
out to them, saying, “You have seen that today neither your followers have
availed you anything, nor your wealth
and property, of which you were so
proud. And, are not these inmates of
Paradise the same people about whom you swore that Allah would not give them
any portion of His Mercy? Today the
same have been welcomed with the words, “Go into Paradise where you will have
neither fear nor grief.”
Your priests solemnly promise that they will never leave
your side on the Day of Qiyaamah, and they will make sure that if you followed
them on this earth, they will lead you to Paradise. Allah, in the above aayah, shows us the reality of the matter of
what is going to happen to the priests as well as their ardent followers who
obeyed them unconditionally. Who has a
bigger right to be believed? Allah or
the priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 10 Surah
Yunus verses 35-36:Ask them, “Is there any of the partners you have set up with
Allah, who guides to the Truth?” Say,
“It is Allah Alone Who guides to the Truth.”
Very well, then tell, “Who is more worthy to be followed: He Who guides to the Truth, or the one who
cannot guide unless he himself is guided?
What has then gone wrong with you that you make perverted
judgments?” The fact is that most of
them are following mere conjecture, whereas conjecture cannot in any way
fulfill the requirements of the True Knowledge. Allah has full knowledge of what they are doing.
You have been told that the priests guide you to the
Truth. Allah clearly declares that it
is Allah Alone Who can guide to the Truth.
Who has a bigger right to be believed?
Allah or the priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 170-171:When it is said to them, “Follow the Commands that Allah
has sent down”, they reply, “We will follow only what we found our forefathers
practicing.” Well, will they go on
following their forefathers even though they did not use common sense and did
not find the Right Way! The mental
condition of those who rejected the way of Allah may be likened to that of the
cattle whom the shepherd calls but they hear nothing except the sound of shouts
and cries. They are deaf, they are
dumb, they are blind; therefore they do not understand anything.
You have simply taken the path followed by your
forefathers, and religiously followed that path without ever referring to the
guidance of the Holy Quran. Allah asks, Will they go on following their
forefathers even though they did not use common sense and did not find the Right
Way? Who has a bigger right to be
believed? Allah or the priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 41 Surah
Fusselat verse 37:Do not do ‘sajdah’ to the sun and the moon, but do ‘sajdah’
to that Allah, Who Created them, if you really are indeed His worshippers.
‘Sajdo tayne waajib che….’: That is what the priests teach you to do and you obey and bow
down in ‘sajdah’ to them. Allah
declares that if you are really Allah’s worshippers, then do not bow down in
‘sajdah’ to any of His creation. That
is clear ‘shirk’!! Who has a bigger
right to be believed? Allah or your
priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah
Zumur verse 2-3:So worship Allah Alone, making your religion His
exclusively. Beware! Religion is the exclusive Right of
Allah. As for those who have taken
other ‘auliyas’ (guardians) with Allah (and justify their this conduct by
saying): “We serve them only that they may bring us closer to Allah.” Allah will surely judge between them
concerning all that in which they differ.
Allah does not show guidance to any liar and denier of the Truth.
You are told by the priests to invoke and serve the graves
of the ‘chosen’ auliyaas so that they may get your prayers answered by
Allah. Allah declares that Religion is
His exclusive Right and no one has the right to be invoked except Allah
Alone. If one invokes anyone with
Allah, then it is clear ‘shirk’! Who
has a bigger right to be believed?
Allah or your priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzab verse 66-68:On the Day their faces are rolled about on the Fire, they
will say, “Would that we had obeyed Allah and His Messenger!” And they will say, “O our Lord, we obeyed our CHIEFS and our GREAT MEN, and
they led us astray from the Right Path.
O our Lord, give them a double chastisement and curse them severely”.
You are told to obey your priests and all those whom he
has given his ‘raza’. Allah says that
all those who obeyed their chiefs and their great men will be engulfed in the Fire
of Hell, and they will say with regret and sorrow on that day, “Would that we
had obeyed Allah and His Messenger”!
Who has a bigger right to be believed?
Allah or your priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 10 Surah
Yunus verses 28-30:On the Day when We will muster them together, We shall say
to those who committed ‘shirk’, “Stay where you are, you and those whom you set
up as partners with Us.” The We shall
remove the state of strangeness from among them, and the partners they had set
up will say, “You did not worship us!
Allah suffices as a witness between you and us, and (even if you
worshipped us), we were utterly unaware of your worship!” At that time everyone will taste of what he
did. All shall be brought back to
Allah, their real Lord, and all the lies they had invented will vanish from
them!
You are told to commit ‘shirk’ and invoke and worship at
the graves of the most pious slaves of Allah (The Prophets, the Imaams, the
martyrs, etc.). Allah shows the state
of the people who invoked these noble slaves of Allah on the Day of Judgment in
the above aayahs. All these noble
slaves of Allah whom people invoke and worship at their graves today, will deny
your worship and make Allah a witness that they were utterly unaware of their
worship! Who has a bigger right to be
believed? Allah or the priests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anam verse 94:(And Allah will say), “So, you have come before Us all alone, as
We created you at first. Now, you have left behind all that We gave you in the
world. Now We do not see with you
those ‘shufa’a’ (intercessors), who, you believed, had a share in moulding your
destinies! All the relations between
you and them have been cut off, and all those, in whom you trusted, have left
you in the lurch.”
You are told that the priests will never leave you alone
on the Day of Judgment and will help you and intercede for you with Allah. Allah says that He will call each one of us
all alone and then take our accounting.
All the ones whom we had named as our shufa’a (intercessors) with Allah
and in whom we trusted, will leave us in the lurch! Who has a bigger right to be believed? Allah or the priests?
We can keep on giving evidence upon evidence from the
Quran to determine the Truth from the falsehood, but only those who are truly
in search for the Truth will accept it. Those who are bent on misguidance, and
bent on following the deen of their forefathers blindly, and bent on obeying,
invoking and following their priests unconditionally; they will reject all the
guidance and warnings of Allah from the Holy Quran.
Our duty is only to invite you to determine the Truth from
the Holy Quran. To accept or reject
the Truth is upto you. And whatever
you or I do, without a doubt, we will all be gathered in the Court of Allah on
an Inevitable Day. Only the promises
made by Allah will come out to be true on that Day; and all the promises made
by the priests, without any authority from Allah, will be proven as falsehood
and deceit.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 18 Surah
Kahf verse 29:Proclaim, “This (Quran) is the Truth from your Lord: now whosoever wills may accept it, and
whosoever wills may reject it.” (As for those who reject it) We have prepared
for such workers of iniquity a fire whose flames have encircled them. There, if they as for water, they will be
given a drink like the dregs of oil, which will burn their mouths! What an evil drink, and what an evil abode!
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s
Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in Islam,
