Fatwa Of Aala Hazrat In The Context Of The Udaipur Incident: Anyone Who Takes The Law Into One’s Hands By Killing For Blasphemy In A Muslim Or Non-Muslim Country Would Be Punished According To Islamic Sharia

By Mufti Saleem Noori for New Age Islam Translated and edited into English by Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi, New Age Islam 7 July 2022 Islamic Sharia Deems Everyone Who Takes The Law Into His Hands To Be Criminal And Deserving Of Punishment, According To A Fatwa Issued By Aala Hazrat Main Points: 1. In accordance with Islamic Sharia, anyone who murders a citizen by taking the law into his hands, whether in a Muslim or non-Muslim country, is subject to punishment. 2. Aala Hazrat’s Fatwa implies that in democratic countries, our task is to abhor criminal behaviour, prevent ordinary people from cohabiting with criminals, and work to have the offender brought to justice. 3. Through their publications, lectures, and Friday sermons, the Ulama and Imams must educate the people of the fact that taking the law into their own hands is strictly prohibited in Islamic Sharia, whether in connection with the charges of blasphemy or apostasy. 4. After the brutal murder of Kanhaiyalal, Mufti Saleem Noori, a Senior Teacher of Dargah-e-Aala Hazrat Bareilly's Madrasa Manzar-e-Islam, made a vital contribution to disseminating this fatwa to the general public in order to curtail potential legal violations. ----- Bareilly Sharif Dargah. Photo: Wikipedia commons. ------ The most revered scholar and jurist of Islam in India is Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Faazil-e-Barelvi, whose shrine is located in the Indian city of Bareilly in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He is well-known for promoting Sunni Sufi Khanqahi ideas worldwide. He is regarded as one of the greatest Sunni revivalists of Islam, and a Master of both Modern and Islamic Sciences, having a significant global influence, particularly in the Indian subcontinent. He has contributed significantly, particularly to the building of peace and tranquillity in India.. Some people nowadays have come to believe that killing, beheading, or executing someone who diminishes the majesty of our Prophet is an Islamic, religious, and rewarding deed as a result of emotional slogans and frightening ideas. They believe that doing so will allow them to enter Paradise. Therefore, allow us to inform you that in accordance with the Fatwa issued by Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Barelvi Sahab, “Killing a criminal and taking the law into one’s hands is a crime. Any common man who does so is a criminal in the eyes of Islam and will be punished by the judiciary.” Additionally, Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Fazil-e-Barelvi made it clear that blasphemy punishment only applies in nations with an Islamic government and judiciary, and that even under these circumstances, the Hakim or Sultan of Islam alone has the authority to impose punishment. He clarified that no common individual has the right to use force to impose punishment on any criminal. Similar to how many crimes in India are punishable by death, only Indian courts have the authority to impose such punishments. In a country where Islamic law is in effect and blasphemy carries a death sentence, if a common citizen murders a criminal for blasphemy there, that citizen will be seen as a murderer and a criminal, and as such, he will be subject to punishment by the Islamic government or court. Aala Hazrat further stated that in democratic countries, our only task is to abhor criminal behaviour, prevent ordinary people from cohabiting with criminals, and keep people away from illegal activity, and work to have the offender brought to justice. This clear fatwa of Ala Hazrat is mentioned in the Arabic language on page 137 of his book 'Husamul Haramain' which has been recently translated and published into several other languages, including Urdu, Hindi, Nepali, and others. [In the most recent case, Mufti Saleem Noori, a Senior Teacher of Dargah-e-Aala Hazrat Bareilly's Madrasa Manzar-e-Islam, made a vital contribution to disseminating this fatwa to the general public in order to curtail potential legal violations. Additionally, the comments clarified by Mufti Saleem Sahib in this article are also accurate interpretations of Aala Hazrat's fatwa, which is contained on the same page of the book.] It is the responsibility of the Muslims to make sure that everyone is aware of the Shariah principles and teachings that Aala Hazrat has accurately articulated in order to prevent breaching the law. Through their publications, lectures, and Friday sermons, the Ulama and Imams must notify the people that Aala Hazrat had issued a fatwa regarding the circumstance as in the present case [e.g. the merciless murder of Kanhaiyalal] in his book "Husamul Haramain" and inform them plainly that taking the law into one's own hands is strictly prohibited, whether in connection with the charges of blasphemy or apostasy. They must convey the message of Aala Hazrat's Fatwa, which states that even under an Islamic government, killing a person, who has insulted the prophet, without the approval of the Sultan or Hakim constitutes a serious crime under Islamic law. The murderer or lawbreaker shall not be referred to as a Ghazi or given any other honorific title. Instead, the Sultan or Hakim must punish him in accordance with Islamic law as a deterrent to others from enforcing the law themselves. “This edict is applicable wherever there is Islamic administration,” Aala Hazrat continues in his fatwa, “If this is true with the Islamic government, it [taking the law into one’s hands] will be much more unjustifiable in countries without an Islamic government”. Aala Hazrat goes on to argue that while killing the individual who has insulted the Prophet will require him to risk his life and get into difficulties, Islam forbids doing this because Allah Almighty makes this clear in the Quran: “Do not throw yourselves with your own hands into destruction” (2:195) When directing ordinary Muslims, Aala Hazrat stated in the fatwa that, in accordance with Islamic Sharia, it is sufficient for them to verbally denounce anyone who has insulted the beloved Prophet, forbid common people from associating with him, and file a complaint with the appropriate government officials and bring the blasphemy matter to courts so that the offender may be brought to justice. Aala Hazrat explains the rationale as being that it is not permissible for them to take the law into their own hands in order to punish that criminal and insulter. The aforementioned Fatwa of Aala Hazrat makes it abundantly apparent that it is a criminal and punishable act to take the law into one’s hands in order to punish and kill the person for insulting the beloved Prophet (peace be upon him). Such a person truly deserves to be punished by the law. … The original version of this article by Mufti Saleem Noori Sahab appeared in the July 2022 issue of Mahnama Aala Hazrat, a renowned monthly Urdu publication. ----- Mufti Saleem Noori is a Senior Teacher at Madrasa Manzar-e-Islam, Dargah-e-Aala Hazrat, Bareilly, and an influential scholar of Islam. He is well-known in the mainstream media for issuing Fatwas condemning terrorism and violent acts committed in the name of Islam. ---- Hindi Article: Fatwa Of Ala Hazrat In The Context Of Udaipur Incident: Anyone Who Takes The Law In One’s Hands By Killing For Blasphemy In A Muslim Or Non-Muslim Country Would Be Punished According To Islamic Sharia उदयपुर धटना के संदर्भ में आला हजरत का फतवा URL: https://newageislam.com/radical-islamism-jihad/fatwa-aala-hazrat-udaipur-blasphemy-sharia/d/127426 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism