I have read the excellent book, Sautush Shaitaan, by Mujlisul Ulama of S.A.

Answer

Firstly, the Musjid is not a venue for singing nasheeds and making merry. Brother, the ahkaam of the Deen are not determined on the basis of majority. The Haqq has already been finally explained and stated in the kutub of the Shariah which have come down to us from the era of Khairul Quroon.

None of our Akaabir Ulama of Deoband had conducted themselves so liberally, to say the least, as the present-day 'deobandi' ulama do. Hadhrat Thanvi (rahmatullah alayh) had said that bid'ah is not confined to moulood and urs. There are many acts of bid'ah in our own ('i.e. Deobandi) Jamaat.

In recent years, many acts of bid'ah have become associated with our Ulama, in our Madaaris and in the Tabligh J amaat. The Madaaris, Khanqahs and the Tabligh Jamaat are increasingly being deflected from Siraatul Mustaqeem and the Sunnah. Whilst almost every khaanqah is desolate and riddled with bid'ah, the Janaazah of the Madaaris are in the process of departing for the Qabrustaan, and so is the Tabligh Jamaat set to become a deviant sect. All movements and institutions of Haqq deteriorate with the passage of time. Bid'aat and Munkaraat become attached to these institution, killing the Rooh. Look at the condition of the once greatest Daarul Uloom, Jamiah Azhar in Cairo. Great Fuqaha and Auliya had emerged from the portals of that wonderful Madrasah. But, alas, today it is a bastion of deviation. The same disease is affecting our Darul Uloom Deoband and all our Madaaris, and the situation of these institutions is deplorable in the U.K. and South Africa.

We have pointed out their errors with solid Shar'i dalaa-il in many of our writings. Not once did any of the liberal Ulama of our Deobandi School manage to respond with dalaa-il. They only find fault with our method of acquittal, viz., we are harsh and we hurl epithets at them.

It does not matter who these Ulama may be and no matter what their status may be, their bid'ah and un-Islamic practices will remain haraam, and it devolves on the Ulama-e-Haqq as an obligatory duty to expose and refute all the bid'ah, fisq and fujoor which the ulama of this age have introduced and with which they are misleading the masses of the Ummah.

You should not be too surprised at this development because it is imperative for the predictions of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) to materialize. Nabi-e-Kareem

(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "A time will dawn over the people when nothing of Islam will remain but its name, and nothing of the Qur'aan will remain but its text. The Musaajid will be beautifully adorned structures, but devoid of hidaayat. The Ulama will be the worst of the people under the canopy of the sky. From them will emerge Fitnah, and the Fitnah will rebound on them"

There are many similar Ahaadith which depict the lamentable and corrupt condition of the Ulama during the Last of Ages. We are seeing these predictions materializing in this age. The majority will always be astray. This has been the state of the Ummah in every age.

If we have erred in any of the views we have expressed in our writings, then there are thousands of Ulama who should respond. But, in front of the Haqq they are helpless. The Haqq will always triumph.