بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
والصلاة والسلام على خاتم النبيين
وعلى اهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المظلومين
In
a recent discussion with some Barelwis, I mentioned the idolatrous Salat
al-Ghawthiya which their sect approves of and encourages. They denied its
existence or feigned ignorance of it, knowing full well that such a thing
constitutes shirk and kufr, but unwilling to disassociate from the Barelwi sect.
In this entry, I shall direct the readers to some of the Barelwi books in which
Salat al-Ghawthiya and its method of offering have been detailed. Firstly,
Salat al-Ghawthiya, according to the Barelwis, is offered as two optional Raka’at
after Salat al-Maghrib. Then after making the Taslim, the worshiper invokes salat
and salam upon the Prophet (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam). Then he faces
in the direction of Baghdad, Iraq, where the tomb of Shaikh Abd al-Qadir
al-Jilani (rahimahullah) is located, and while walking eleven steps toward it
recites an idolatrous prayer to the Shaikh, supplicating to him for help (Fada’ile
Nawafil p.13):
This
idolatry is being published by the so-called “Da’wate Islami” sect led by Ilyas
Qadiri, the largest Barelwi religious organization. The founder of the Barelwi
sect, Ahmad Rida Khan Barelwi, wrote a risala justifying the Salat
al-Ghawthiya entitled Anharul-Anwar man Yam Salatil-Asrar:
Similarly,
another Barelwi mulla, Muhammad Amir Shah Qadiri Gilani, has written a book Salate
Ghawthiya in which he has also sought to justify the idolatrous practice of
offering this prayer:
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