মাসিক আত-তাহরীক The unadulterated Islamic movement
(اَلْحَرَكَةُ الْإِسْلاَمِيَّةُ الْخَالِصَةُ)
To establish the Deen (Islam) of Allah on the world of Allah only for Allah, is called truely the Islamic movement. The aim of this movement is to gain satisfaction of Allah. The basis of this, is the holy Quran and saheeh Sunnah. Its only function is to propagate and establish the Kitab (Quran) and Sunnah rightly. In fact, no Islamic movement, where there is found such characteristics properly except in the Ahle hadeeth movement. For that reason, ‘the Ahle hadeeth movement’ is the most pure Islamic movement in the history of the world.
There were Islamic movements in different ages; it is going on still today and will be continued in future. But in the name of Islamic movements, the movements that have been led so far, most of them at the end gained a narrow Mazhabi stamp and the states and constitutions, they formed, have followed some Mazhabi doctrines instead of following the holy Quran and saheeh Hadeeth impartially. The final results of it became very terrible. In the past, during the Abbasid rule, the merciless patronization of Mutazili by the ruler Al-Mamun, Mu‘tasim and Wasik billah (198-232 A.H.), at present the Islamic republic i.e. Shi‘aite republic of Iran and the proposal for a Mazhabi (Hanafi) rule in Pakistan and Bangladesh by a particular Islamic party, bears the clear proof of it.[1] If the word Islam is annexed with any political party, it becomes easier to achieve cheap popularity. But, as all are using Islam as a protecting amulet, just to cover up the party narrowness, the Islamic movement now becomes a labyrinth. So that it would be very difficult to realize to how we would be included in the real Islamic jama‘at by joining in which group of Islam.
For which characteristics the honoured Sahabis, in spite of being the best muslim of the golden age, used to recognize themselves as Ahle hadeeth, for the same reason the Ahle hadeeth, without any sort of hide and seek, to establish Quran and Sunnah in its respective dignity, has reckoned their movement as Ahle hadeeth movement. For which the cheap popularity has surely been humbled. But yet, one who will give preference the Truth (Haq) and will follow the true Islam with open mind will be able to be an associate of this movement.
In point of fact, as any Muslim who utters Kalima (Kalima Shahadat) by his lips, cannot be called a Kafir (infidel), whatever non-Islamic ways he may lead his life. In the same way any movement, conducted in the name of Islam, whatever Shirk and Bid‘at may it have contained, it could be called Islamic movement in general sense of term. But in Ahle hadeeth movement does not have to arise any question of mixture at all. Because the only goal of this great movement is to establish the unadulterated original feature of Islam. Thus the workers of this movement become uncompromising fighters in type against all sort of Shirk and Bid‘at and un-Islamic efforts. So, having no scope for gaining cheap popularity by pleasing everybody, the number of the adherents to Ahle hadeeth is always lesser in comparison with others. Rather, it can be said that lesser in number is considered as pride for them. Because, the glad tidings confirmed by the Prophet (sm) is fixed only for those valiant Mujahids (i.e. uncompromising persons) who do not care for their oppositionists and enemies and strictly follow the Truth and Justice (Muslim, H/1923). Moreover, as per declaration of the holy Quran, the number of the grateful servants of Allah becomes always very few (Saba 34/13).[1]. See: Urdu Weekly Al-Islam (Lahore) 13th year, 23rd issue and Bengali Weekly ‘Sonar Bangla’ (Dhaka) 31th January, 1986 ‘Sitting of Questions and Answers’; Professor Gholam Azam, ‘Questions and Answers’ (Dhaka: Grontho Malancha, 1998) P.182.
