On Sunday 30th June 2013, a blasphemer connected to the Tablighi Jamaat in Banglaore's Kumbatpet Markas (Musjid Ibrahim Ali Shah) after Maghrib insult

Answer

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Honour my Sahaabah, for verily they are the noblest of you then those after them (i.e. the Taabieen); then those after them (i.e. the Tab-e-Taabieen). Thereafter falsehood will prevail." There are numerous Ahaadith and Qur'aanic verses which conspicuously bear out the nobility and greatness of the Sahaabah and that they were Maqbool (Accepted) by Allah Azza Wa Jal.

Specifically about Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu), Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "If there had to be a Nabi after me, it would have been Umar." It comes in the Hadith that Wahi was even revealed to confirm the opinions of Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu). Besides these narrations, there are a number of other Ahaadith which pay glowing tribute to the virtues of Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu). His khilaafate was the golden age of Islam. Islam had reached its pinnacle in every field under the reign of Hadhrat Umar Ibn Khattaab (radhiyallahu anhu).

All the Sahaabah during the age of Jaahiliyyah had committed the worst crimes. Idolatry, infanticide, killing and debauchery were integral to their life style. Only a shaitaan inclining towards Shi'ism will single out Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) for vilification on the basis of a misdeed during the age of Jaahiliyyah. It is a monstrous haraam act to refer derogatorily with insulting epithets to any one among the Sahaabah, leave alone such a valiant Son and Patriarch of Islam as Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) who lies at the side of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) in Raudhah-e-Mubaarak, and who will be at the side of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) on the Day of Resurrection.

The vile character who had blasphemed Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) with the evil epithets should understand that he is truly a zindeeq and a brother of the Shiahs who excel in hurling vituperation at the Sahaabah. This enemy of Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) should have supplicated for thorns to have developed in his tongue to prevent him from disgorging the villainy with which he has blasphemed Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu).

It is haraam – absolutely haraam and tantamount to kufr to slur and sully the noble character of any Sahaabi on the basis of a crime which he had committed during the days of paganism and jaahiliyyah. The elders of the Tablighi Jamaat should be exceptionally wary of Shiah infiltration. Whilst the kufr uttered by the Shaitaan cannot be attributed to the elders of the Tabligh Jamaat, they are expected to severely reprimand the culprit, demand that he makes Taubaah which should include a public retraction. And if he refuses, he should be ignominiously booted out of the Jamaat. Persons who portray Shiah tendencies should not be allowed to address the public.

We reiterate that there is a Shiah element which has infiltrated the Tabligh Jamaat just as enemies have infiltrated into every other Islamic institution including our Madaaris and Khaanqahs. No mass movement can escape infiltration by enemies.