Deobandi/Tablighi Jamaat Fabrication on Prophet (AS) Placing Hand on a Strange Woman

بســم اللــه الرحمــن الرحيــم

والصلاــة والسلاــم علــى نبيــه الكريــم

وعلــى اهــل بيتــه الطيبيــن الطاهريــن المظلوميــن

والعاقبة للمتقين

The Prophet (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam) said:

مَنْ تَعَمَّدَ عَلَىَّ كَذِبًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ

“Whoever deliberately lies upon me, then let him occupy his seat in the Hellfire” (Hadith Mutawatir)

This is a severe warning to those who fabricate stories and sayings and attribute them to the Prophet Muhammad (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam). The Deobandis in particular should heed this warning, as their literature is full of fabricated material concerning the beloved Prophet (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam), even to the extent of attributing to him what is not befitting for his personality and character. The Tablighi Jama’at in particular leads the way in fabricating lies upon the Prophet (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam) in the series of books known as “Tablighi Nisab” or “Fada’il ul-A’mal”. Here I shall present one such example of a catastrophic fabrication upon the Prophet (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam) which must be refuted for three reasons: 1. It is a lie upon the Prophet 2. It is denigrating to his known status and character, and 3. It contravenes the pure Islamic creed:

میں اپنی ماں کے ساتھ حج کو گیا تھا میری ماں وہیں رہ گئی (یعنی مرگئی) اس کا منہ کالا ہوگیا اور اس کا پیٹ پھول گیا جس سے مجھے یہ اندازہ ہؤا کہ کوئی بہت بڑا سخت گناہ ہؤا ہے اس سے میں نے اللہ جل شانہ کی طرف دعا کے لۓ ہاتھ اٹھاۓ تو میں نے دیکھا کہ تہامہ (حجاز) سے ایک ابرآیا اس سے ایک آدمی ظاہر ہؤا۔ اس نے اپنا مبارک ہاتھ میری ماں کے منہ پر پھیرا جس سے وہ بالکل روشن ہوگیا اور پیٹ پر ہاتھ پھیرا تو درم بالکل جاتا رہا۔ میں نے ان سے عرض کیا کہ آپ کون ہیں کہ میری اور میری ماں کی مصیبت کو آپ نے دور کیا۔ انہوں نے فرمایا کہ میں تیرا نبی محمد (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) ہوں

Moulana Zakariyah mentions in the virtues of Darood, an incident of a boy who used to recite Darood at every step. When asked for the reason of his action, he said: “once I went to Hajj with my mother. She died there and her face turned black and her belly swollen. I considered that condition to be as a result of some major sin. Then I prayed to Allah and saw a cloud coming from Hijaz. A gentleman appeared from the cloud. He turned his hand over my mother’s face because of which it was brightened. When he passed his hand over her belly, the swelling went away. I asked that gentleman, ‘tell me who you are, that my and my mother’s misery has been removed because of you.’ He said, ‘I am your Prophet Muhammad.’” (Fada’il-i-Durud p.138):

This fabricated story impugns the well known and established character of the Prophet (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam), regarding whom the Mother of the Believers, sayyida A’isha (radi Allahu anha) said:

وَاللَّهِ مَا مَسَّتْ يَدُهُ يَدَ امْرَأَةٍ قَطُّ

“By Allah, his hand never touched the hand of a woman” (Bukhari & Muslim)

Implicit in this story is that the Prophet (peace be upon him) is somehow still alive in this world, or is able to appear in this world physically and revive the dead, a doctrine that strikes at the very core of Quranic teachings.