بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله رب العلمين
الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدى يا رسول الله
In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful
A common tactic of the so-called Ahmadiyyah or Qadianis—followers of the false prophet Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian—is to draw attention to the numerous divisions within the Muslim Ummah, particularly the Hadith which speaks of the Ummah splitting into seventy-three sects. Whenever the Qadianis are confronted by a Muslim about their heresy, they quickly deflect to the topic of divisions within the Muslims and ask the Muslim which of the seventy-three sects he belongs to. This cunning method allows them to dodge any objection to their own beliefs and the character of their false prophet Mirza of Qadian, while putting the Muslim on the defence. If the Muslim is a Sunni, the Qadiani will ask him about the other sects (Shi’ites, Wahhabis, etc.) and the differences Sunnis have with them, or even about intra-Sunni disagreements of a subsidiary nature, diverting him from the topic of the Qadiani heresy. The argument of the Qadianis is that they alone are the saved sect of Islam, while the Muslims who reject them are highly fragmented, divided into seventy odd sects, and therefore should first set their own house in order before attempting to repudiate Ahmadiyyah the “true Islam”. Now many Muslims, including those who pride themselves on being experts in refuting the Qadiani religion, get stumped when the Qadianis employ this method of argumentation against them in debates and discussions. These days we frequently hear such Muslims give embarrassing answers like “I don’t belong to any sect”, “I am just a Muslim” or even “I don’t know which is the right sect”. The Qadiani will immediately pounce upon such confusion and ambiguity from his Muslim opponent, the sad result being that despite being upon the right side in the debate the Muslim ends up embarrassing himself. The truth is that the Saved Sect of the Muslims is mainstream Sunni Islam—Ahl-us-Sunnah—which has continuously been present since the inception of this Ummah and comprises the vast majority of Muslims in all eras till the present day. As for the misguided seventy-two schismatic groups which the Hadith warns against, they are the multiple sects that have broken away from the mainstream Jama’ah of the Muslims. The Qadianis are in fact included among those breakaway seventy-two sects that are threatened with Hellfire, because they originated in this Ummah despite having left it thereafter. So not all of the seventy-two schismatic groups are expelled from the circle of Islam, but certainly some of them, like the Qadianis, are. The fact that the so-called Ahmadiyyah sect was officially founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in 1889 is a proof that it is not the Saved Sect, for the Saved Sect has been continuously present since the founding moment of this Religion. It is illogical that for thirteen centuries all of the Muslims were misguided and had no understanding of the true Islam until Mirza Ghulam Ahmad appeared in the fourteenth century after Hijrah. If one were to ask a Qadiani which sect the founder of his cult belonged to before he made the Ahmadiyyah sect he will be forced to answer that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a Sunni Muslim, born into a Sunni Muslim house. His father, Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, his grandfather, Mirza Ata Muhammad, his great-grandfather, Mirza Gul Muhammad, and all his Mughal ancestors going all the way back to Mirza Hadi Baig from Samarqand were mainstream Sunni Muslims. And before announcing his false claim to being the Mahdi and Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad held the same beliefs as ordinary Sunni Muslims. He believed that the Messiah Jesus عليه السلام physically ascended to Heaven, is alive and shall descend from Heaven in the End Times, and that the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is literally the last of the Prophets, every claimant of prophesy after him being a liar.
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (c.1840-1908)
False Prophet and Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Sect
Yet even the Qadiani pretense of being a single group united against the seventy-two sects of Muslims that oppose them is a facade. The truth is that since the very beginning of Qadiani history this satanic movement has experienced schism itself. In 1914, when Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s first successor and right-hand man, Nuruddin, died, there was a succession dispute, with doctrinal undertones. While most Ahmadis recognized Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s son Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad as their next “caliph”
Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (1889-1965)
s/o Mirza Ghulam Ahmad & Second Caliph of the Ahmadiyyah Movement
Mirza Masrur Ahmad (b.1950)
Fifth Caliph & Present Leader of the Ahmadiyyah Movement
a dissenting party rallied around Maulana Muhammad Ali, one of the educated and senior companions of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. They shifted their headquarters to Lahore, and are therefore commonly referred to as the Lahori party. This Ahmadi splinter group teaches that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was not actually a prophet but merely a Mujaddid (reformer). They also teach the heresy that the Messiah Jesus عليه السلام did not have a miraculous virgin birth but that Joseph the carpenter is his biological father!
Muhammad Ali (1874-1951)
Companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad & First Emir of the Lahore Ahmadiyyah Movement
Dr. Abdul Karim Sa’id (b.1945)
Present Emir of the Lahore Ahmadiyyah Movement
Mirza Mahmud Ahmad’s son, Mirza Rafi Ahmad, founded the Green Ahmadiyyah movement, based on his person and teachings, that is distinct from the main Ahmadi/Qadiani organization. Though Green Ahmadiyyah is not a hard schism, it is not recognized by the mainline denomination of Ahmadiyyah.
Mirza Rafi Ahmad (1927-2004)
s/o Mirza Mahmud Ahmad & Founder of Green Ahmadiyyah
Recently, an Ahmadi/Qadiani based in Germany, Abdul Ghaffar Janbah, separated from the main Qadiani group and formed his own sect called Jama’at Ahmadiyyah Islah Pasand or the Ahmadiyyah Reform Movement. Abdul Ghaffar Janbah and his followers believe he is the Mujaddid of the fifteenth century and the fulfillment of the promised son or promised reformer prophecy of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (whereas the main Ahmadiyyah organization believe that Mirza Mahmud Ahmad is the promised reformer). The Ahmadiyyah Reform Movement of Abdul Ghaffar Janbah bitterly attacks the main Ahmadiyyah organization, led by Mirza Masrur Ahmad, and presently their feud seems to be escalating as more and more Qadianis are leaving the main organization and joining Abdul Ghaffar Janbah’s group.
Abdul Ghaffar Janbah
Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Reform Movement (Germany)
Munir Ahmad Azim, a Qadiani based in Mauritius, founded his own sect in 2007, called the Jama’at ul Sahih al Islam. He claims to be the “Reviver of all Faith, Messiah and Islamic Prophet-Reformer”.
Munir Ahmad Azim
Founder of Sahih-ul-Islam Movement (Mauritius)
In 2011, another Qadiani, Nasir Sultani, claimed to be the Mujaddid of the fifteenth century and founded an offshoot called the Jama’at Ahmadiyyah Haqiqi (Real Ahmadiyyah). Presently, he is imprisoned in Pakistan, awaiting the death penalty, having been convicted of blasphemy.
Nasir Sultani
Founder of Jama’at Ahmadiyyah-Haqiqi
There was also much schism among the Ahmadiyyah in Nigeria. The most prominent of those who split off from the main Ahmadiyyah organization, rejecting its system and caliphate, was one Jibril Martin who established the Anwar-ul-Islam Movement of Nigeria.
In summary, when Qadianis claim that Muslims are divided and ask about the differences within the Muslim Ummah, a Muslim should respond by pointing to these splits within the Ahmadiyyah Movement and ask which one truly represents the Qadiani religion.
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