asslamualykum respcted mufti saab. i had a question regaring hypocrisy. 
when a person tells another to do somthing and dosent do it himself in literal terms this is hypocrisy (correct me if i am wrong) but is this the very same hypocrisy that is mentioned in the ahadith? 

Answer:

Wa Alaykum Al-Salam

The Answer:

The Scholars have defined the word Munafiq as, “He who utters Islam from his tongue and does not believe it to be correct in his heart”. This is from the four types of infidelity (Kufr). This is the meaning of the word Munafiq for whom Allah mentions that they will be in the lowest part of the hell fire. 

In Ibn Maajah it says that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “He who finds the Azan in the Masjid, then leaves and does not leave for a purpose and does not intend to return then he is a Munafiq”. In several other narrations the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) has mentioned many signs of a Munafiq. However, the Scholars agree that the word Munafiq in these Ahadeeth does not mean he is a non-believer but it means he carries out acts which are similar to a Munafiq who is a non-believer. He has attributes of a actual Munafiq. This has been mentioned in Ashi’ah Al-Lam’aat by Sheikh Abd Al-Haq Al-Muhaddith.

In Fatawa Fayd Al-Rasool, Mufti Jalal Al-Deen Amjadi writes that there are two types of Nifaq (hypocrisy). They are, hypocrisy in belief and hypocrisy in action. A hypocrite in action is the literal meaning of “hypocrite” understood in our custom and surely Allah knows best.

Zahid Husain Al-Qadri
(Beggar at the doorstep of Scholars) 

Those who have read Taqwiyat Ul-Iman and (Ashraf Ali Thanvi’s) Bahishti Zewar are aware of the fact that according to the Deobandi School, seeking assistance from the graves is Shirk Jali (absolute polytheism). But now read the belief they have for the graves and tombs of their own elders – extracted from the book Tarikh Mashaikh Chisht, written by none other than the Deobandi ‘ShaykhUl-Hadith’ of Saharanpur, Zakariya Sahib Deobandi.

While writing about the demise of Mianji Noor Mohammed Jhanjhanvi, who was the Shaykh of Haji Imdadullah Makki, he quotes Haji Sahab that his Shaykh (while in his fatal disease) said to him:

I wanted to put you into toil and exertion (of spiritualism), but I cannot go against the will of God - the call of my last journey has arrived. When Hazrat Sahib uttered these words, I (Haji Imdadullah) burst into tears. Hazrat comforted me and said that a saint does not die, but rather he moves from one world to another. The same benefit will be derived from the grave of a saint, as was during his lifetime.

Read one more extract regarding the grave of Mianji Noor Mohammed Jhanjhanvi – from his biography which is published by Idara Talifaat Ashrafia in Thana Bhavan, the preface of which is written by Qari Mohammed Tayyeb Sahab, the principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. The writer says:

Even after the demise of Mianji Noor Mohammed Jhanjhanvi, the same spring of bounty flows from his honourable soul and according to his own words, the same beneficence which used to be received from his angelic personality is derived from his grave.

So in order to prove that the same benefits do accrue from Mianji Noor Mohammed Jhanjhanvi’s grave after his demise, the writer of the biography, Sawana-e Hazrat Mianjev Pg. 79 quotes the following event:

Haji Imdadullah Makki once said that there was a weaver among the disciples of Mianji Noor Mohammed Jhanjhanvi. After the death of Hazrat, the weaver paid a visit to the mausoleum of Hazrat Sahib and after offering Fatiha, he pleaded that he was very disturbed and was living a life of poverty. He received a reply from Hazrat Sahib that he will get two annas (Indian currency coins) daily from his grave. Once when I visited the mausoleum, I found him there. After narrating the whole event to me, he said that he receives the promised amount from the foot of the grave every day.

Now please be fair! It is clearly stated in the famous books of the Deobandi sect - namely Taqwiyat Ul-Iman, Bahishti Zewar and Fatawa Rashidia - that seeking help by paying a visit to a mausoleum and requesting the saint to help in times of troubles and calamities is blatant polytheism. But now you can see that in this whole event, the verdict of polytheism has been accepted as part of faith!

Now you can yourself decide that when there is such a thick cover of hypocrisy on the face of the sect that it hides the doctrines of its own faith, how difficult it is to identify them. So in order to save the general public from the evils of this double faced religion, the scholars of Ahlus Sunnah School felt the need to educate the people time and again regarding the features of their hidden face, so that they be saved from falling into their trap. 

A point that remains to be clarified is – why is the attitude of the Ahle Sunnah scholars, so severe against the Deobandi sect? There are a number of reasons for it – they must be read and understood with a cool mind.

Reason # 1 - Their Infidelity

The first and foremost reason is the infidelities and blasphemies of the Deobandi scholars – these are actually the fundamental differences – these heretic beliefs are written in their books and are ingrained in the hearts of the Deobandis.

Reason # 2 - Difficulty in Identification

As far as actions are concerned, they too call themselves Hanafi, and apparently they offer Salaah (prayer) as we do. Their call of Salaah, Salaah of Eid etc. is the same as ours. In short, there are no outward signs with which the simple Muslims can identify/recognise them. There is every possibility that simple Muslims will misunderstand them. Therefore it was necessary that the beliefs of the Deobandi School be presented clearly to the masses, in order that there is no difficulty in identifying them.

As far as Shias are concerned, their call for prayers, their mode of prayer etc., are vastly different from that of Sunnis – they are easily identifiable. The same is the case of the Non-Abiders (Ghayr Muqallid). Their compulsory prayers, Witr prayers, Taraweeh and Eid prayers clearly warn others that they have different beliefs. Therefore the need to warn people of such deviated sects is not as urgent as is the need to educate them about the deviant Deobandis.

Reason # 3 - Their Methods of Corrupting the Faith of Sunni Masses

They are very good impostors. By entering the ranks of our Sunni masses, and impersonating to be on our side, they bring people close to them through various tricks - and when they deduce that they have been successful in doing so, they inculcate respect and adoration in their hearts for the elders of the Deoband School. Thereafter they change them to such an extent that they begin to abhor all the beliefs and customs, which were dear to them like their faith - and consider them polytheism and heresy! Within a few days, their hearts get sealed with such wretchedness that they are not prepared to listen to any reference either from the Qur’an or Hadith. It should be noted very clearly that I am not writing this from imagination. Rather these are our daily observations.

In such circumstances, there is no other way left to save the simple masses from going astray from the Straight Path followed by the Beloved Prophet şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam and the saints, but to educate them about the filthy beliefs of the Deobandi sect, and their deceits and fraud.

Reason # 4 – The Hypocrisy of the Deobandi Sect

Going through the traits of Deobandi sect, it becomes very clear that they are truly the inheritors of the traits of the hypocrites mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. For instance, the hypocrites were double-faced. One face was meant for their own group whilst the other was for the honourable Muslim Companions of the Beloved Prophet şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam. The Holy Qur’an has narrated this trait of theirs in the following words: -

And when they meet with the believers, they say, “We believe”; and when they are alone with their devils, they say, “We are undoubtedly with you, we were just mocking!”

Surah Al Baqarah, Ayah 14

The same is the case with the Deobandi sect. They too have two faces – one for the faithful followers of the Beloved Prophet şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam and the other for members of their own group. 

If you want to see a living example of the above, go to Delhi. A very famous person by the name of Jamil Ilyasi resides here who is a staunch Deobandi Tableeghi. The addition of the term Ilyasi is sufficient to portray his complete background. On the one hand, he is such an active preacher of Deobandism and Tableeghi Jamaat in Delhi that it is highly unlikely that there is any mosque in Delhi of which he is member of, which he has not turned into a camp of the Tableeghi Jamaat. But now learn the other side of picture and lament - that there is not a single Mausoleum of the twenty Khwajas of Delhi at which he is not present on the occasion of Urs. When the late Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister for the first time, Jamil Ilyasi was the one who placed the floral wreath on the grave of Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti on his behalf. Another more interesting fact is that when the late Mrs. Indira Gandhi was removed from her post and was passing her life in the abyss of defeat, Jamil Ilyasi approached her - and like a soothsayer who could see the future, advised her that there is only one person on earth who could restore her rule – and that person is Hudur Ghawth Ul Adham Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani whose sacred mausoleum is in Baghdad. Indira Gandhi did not want anything else. She immediately arranged for his trip and Jamil Ilyasi set off for Baghdad. He remained in seclusion at the holy shrine for fifteen days – and upon returning he informed her that he had received the good news from the shrine that her (Indira Gandhi’s) rule would be restored within 9 months.

Now please be fair – can someone wage a war more intense against his or her own faith, except the followers of the Deobandi faith? They, according to their own terminology, have “worshipped” graves and accepted those as “faithful” who according to them have spread polytheism. Now you yourself decide – how difficult it is to avoid people who have so many faces. They portray a different face in Deoband and Saharanpur – and a different one in Baghdad and Ajmer.