The Ahmadiyya Case:
by Hafiz Sher Muhammad
Compiled and translated by Dr. Zahid Aziz
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword by Dr. Saeed Ahmad Khan, Head of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
- Preface by the Compiler and Translator, Dr. Zahid Aziz
- Introduction
- The History of the Case:
- Start of legal action
- Defendants' response — their inability to define 'Muslim'
- Defendants' reasons for calling Ahmadis as kafir
- Defendants' exception against First plaintiff succeeds
- More pre-trial exchanges
- Defendants' Special Plea — a new ploy
- Defendants fail in filing new exception
- Preparation for trial — Top Pakistani experts come to defendants' aid
- 1984 hearing — Defendants submit preliminary questions
- The final phase — November 1985
- The trial — dramatic opening
- Ahmadis present full case — win judgment
- The Aftermath:
- Pakistani witnesses make misleading statements
- Our reply
- Muslim cases in non-Muslim courts
- "Non-Muslim can be judge of Shariat court" — Dr Israr Ahmad
- Verdict of a Muslim court
- Which party accepts Allah's Judgment?
- The Final Judgment of the Court:
- Introduction
- Plaintiff’s claim
- Earlier judgment by Berman
- Defendants’ withdrawal from case
- Courts deciding Islamic cases
- Second Plaintiff’s uncontested case
- Hafiz Sher Mohammad’s expert evidence for Plaintiff:
- Definition of Muslim
- Hazrat Mirza’s statements of belief
- Cases on definition of Muslim
- Hafiz Sher Mohammad’s rebuttal of defence case:
- Hazrat Mirza’s stand on Finality of Prophethood
- Revelation to Muslim saints continues
- Use of word nabi for saint
- Hazrat Mirza’s claims
- Meaning of jihad
- What is ijma?
- Fatwas of Kufr
- Cases on admission to mosques
- Expert witness concludes his evidence
- Second Plaintiff’s evidence
- Defendants mislead and inconvenience Plaintiff
- Orders granted to Second Plaintiff
- The Evidence Presented in the Case:
- Who is a Muslim?
- The Holy Quran
- How the Holy Prophet converted people to Islam
- Muslim authorities on ‘Who is a Muslim’
- Holy Prophet on Practical Signs of a Muslim
- The Prohibition of Takfir
- A Mu’awwil cannot be called Kafir
- Beliefs of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his followers
- Issue of Khatam an-nabiyyin:
- Belief in Khatam an-nabiyyin
- Meaning of Khatam an-nabiyyin
- Denial of claim to prophethood
- Revelation in Islam:
- The Quran and Hadith on continuity of revelation
- Revelation to Companions of Holy Prophet
- Views of Muslim theologians and authorities
- Revelation and Hazrat Mirza’s claim:
- Wahy Nubuwwat and Wahy Wilayat
- Meaning of Muhaddas
- Terms nabi and rasul for non-prophets:
- Distinction between literal and technical meanings
- Metaphorical and proper (real) use
- Use of nabi and rasul for saints
- Summary
- Claims of eminent Muslim saints
- Muslim saints and sufis in India:
- Introduction
- Pronouncements of saints
- Conclusion
- Terms and concepts of Tasawwuf:
- Tasawwuf and Tariqat
- Fana fir-rasul
- Zilli Nubuwwat
- Buroozi Nubuwwat
- Masil Anbiya — Like of Prophets
- Ummati wa Nabi — Follower and Prophet
- Finality of Prophethood
- Clarification of Correction of an Error:
- Letter by Sayyid Muhammad Ahsan of Amroha
- A second recorded incident
- Meaning of muhaddas in Correction of an Error
- No claim to prophethood — Summary
- Titles Mary and Messiah for Muslims:
- How a believer becomes Mary and Messiah
- Muslim Saints likened to Jesus and Mary
- Sayings of Holy Prophet Muhammad
- Views of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
- Meaning of Messiah and claim of Promised Messiah
- Claim to be Messiah not against Islam:
- Ulama on claim to be Messiah or Mahdi
- Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s views
- Fulfilment of Prophecies
- Dignity of Jesus:
- Hazrat Mirza honours Jesus as Prophet of God
- Hazrat Mirza’s reply to Christian attacks
- Muslim Ulama criticise Jesus of the Gospels
- Birth of Jesus:
- Views of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
- Arguments from Holy Quran and Hadith
- Muslim Views
- Views of followers of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
- Jihad:
- Jihad in Holy Quran and Hadith
- Jihad — Views of Muslim religious leaders
- Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s views on jihad
- Why Hazrat Mirza had to explain meaning of Jihad
- Jihad and the British Government
- Hazrat Mirza’s statements on loyalty to British rule
- Fatwas of Kufr
- Attitude towards other Muslims:
- Funeral Prayers for other Muslims
- Saying prayers behind other Muslims
- Tributes to Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
- Tributes to the Lahore Ahmadiyya:
- Tributes to Muhammad Ali and Lahore Ahmadiyya
- Woking Mission under Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
- Supplementary Material / Appendix:
- Who is a Muslim?
- Issue of Khatam an-nabiyyin
- Revelation in Islam
- Muhaddas and Hazrat Mirza's claim:
- Concept of Muhaddas in Islam
- Hazrat Mirza's claim
- Use of Nabi and Rasul for non-prophets:
- Earlier Islamic Authorities
- Hazrat Mirza's stand
- Followers of Hazrat Mirza
- Ummati wa Nabi — Follower and Prophet
- Clarification of Correction of an Error
- Muslims and the British rule of India
- Munir Report on Fatwas of Kufr
- Ahmadis and other Muslims:
- Hazrat Mirza did not call Muslims as Kafir
- Funeral prayers for other Muslims
- Saying prayers behind non-Ahmadi imam
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