Qadianis Consider False Mahdi of Jaunpur a Mujaddid

 بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

يا نبي سلام عليك

In a previous post I exposed the fact that the so-called Ahmadiyya (Qadiani) religion consider Ibn Abd al-Wahhab of Najd, Muhammad al-Shawkani, Sayyid Ahmad Barelwi and Shah Ismail of Delhi to have been Mujaddids. These four men, the principal figures of Wahhabism, are listed as Mujaddids in the Qadiani text Asl-e-Musaffa composed by Mirza Khuda Bakhsh.

However, these are not the only individuals that we as traditional Sunni Muslims would object to that have been included in the Ahmadiyya list of Mujaddids.

Qadianis say the Abbasid ruler al-Mamun was a Mujaddid of the 2nd century after Hijra (Asl-e-Musaffa p.163)

Al-Mamun fell under the spell of the Mutazila and instituted the Mihna, an inquisition on the creation of the Quran. The great Sunni Imam, Ahmad bin Hanbal, ironically considered a Mujaddid by the Qadianis too, suffered greatly in this inquisition and was persecuted for refusing to compromise the correct belief that the Quran is the Word of Allah and not created. 

It is also said that al-Mamun had the great Imam of the Ahl al-Bayt, Ali al-Rida, poisoned. The latter obtained martyrdom due to that poisoning in Tus which is now called Mashhad (the place of martyrdom).

But perhaps more objectionable and scandalous than this is that the Qadianis consider the false Mahdi, Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri, to have been the Mujaddid of the 9th century after Hijra (ibid, p.165)

In fact, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s most senior companion, the first individual to pledge allegiance to him, Nuruddin of Bhera, whom the Qadianis recognize as their first Caliph, praised Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri as a Mujaddid who did the work of Tajdid:

ہمارے ملک میں۔یا ہمارے ملک میں سے سیّد محمدؐ جونپوری۔علی متقی شیخ۔شیخ عبدالحق محدث دہلوی۔الشیخ المجدد الالف الثانی۔شاہ ولی اللہ۔اور سید احمد بریلوی یہ لوگ ہیں جنہوں نے  دعویٰ مجددیت کے کیے اور لوگوں نے بھی انکو مجدد مانا۔انکی کارنامے بحمد اللّٰہ ہم سے مخفی نہیں

“In our country, or from our country, Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri, Shaikh Abdul Haqq Muhaddith of Delhi, the Mujaddid Alf Sani, Shah Waliullah, and Sayyid Ahmad Barelwi, are the men who claimed to be Mujaddids, and people accepted them as Mujaddids. Their achievements, praise be to Allah, are not hidden from us” (Review of Religions, June-July 1908, p.261)

In a list of Mujaddids compiled by N. A. Faruqi of the Lahori subsection of the Ahmadiyya, Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri is listed as the only Mujaddid of the 9th century AH (Ahmadiyyat in the Service of Islam, p.143)

Ironically, the Qadianis consider Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi, known as Mujaddid Alf Thani, as a Mujaddid too, along with Ali al-Muttaqi and Muhammad bin Tahir al-Fattani Gujarati. These three great Sunni Imams and Reformers harshly refuted the false Mahdi of Jaunpur and his followers, who call themselves Mahdawis.

But it should not be too surprising that one heretical group (Qadianis) praise and celebrate a heretic (Jaunpuri) that appeared prior to their heresy. There are in fact many uncanny similarities between the Ahmadis (Qadianis) and the Mahdawis (Jaunpuris).