بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ
الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدي يا رسول الله
In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful
Blessings and salutations of peace be upon you my Master, Apostle of Allah
At the beginning of the tenth century after Hijrah a false Mahdi claimant appeared named Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri (1443-1505). He founded a new sect which regrettably exists till this day known as the Mahdawis. No different than the other false Mahdi claimants and their followers, the so-called Mahdawis and followers of Muhammad Jaunpuri separated from the Jama’ah or main body of the Muslims, namely, Ahl us-Sunnah. Had the Jaunpuri pretender restricted himself to a mere claim of being the Mahdi he would not have been such a controversial figure. But as is common with such pretenders ensnared by the Devil and working to loot the faith of the people, they inevitably assault the very foundation of Faith - the Oneness of God. Hence, in the books published by the Mahdawis themselves it is mentioned that Muhammad Jaunpuri claimed to be God Himself and said:
انا الله رب العالمين
I am Allah, Lord of the worlds (Panj Faza’il, p.95)
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He also said:
جس نے مجھے دیکھا اس نے خدا کو دیکھا
Whoever has seen me has seen God (Sharh Aqidah, p.177)
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Mahdawi apologists argue that the Hadith:
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Whoever sees me has surely seen the Truth (Sahih al-Bukhari) proves that one who has seen the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has in fact seen Allah Who is Al-Haq (the Truth). But the correct meaning of the Hadith is that whoever sees the Prophet, meaning in a dream, then he has seen him in reality, as explained by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani in Fath al-Bari
أَيِ الْمَنَامَ الْحَقَّ أَيِ الصِّدْقَ