Why do the Barelwis say that the Deobandis are Wahhaabis?

Answer

Because the Ulama of Deoband are the enemies of Qabar Puja (gravewordhip) and Bid'ah. Deoband is the name of a town in India. The Madrasah is in this town, hence those who studied at the Madrasah in Deoband or at any other Madrasah affiliated to the main Madrasah are called Deobandis. Deobandis are Hanafis. We too are Deobandis – genuine Deobandis, not fake deobandis such as these facebook and radio crank, fraud molvis who claim to be deobandis simply because they had studied at some Deobandi Madrasah.

The Ulama of Deonband are not a separate sect. Although the grave-worshippers and moulood clique (the Barelwis of India) are fully aware that the Ulama of Deoband are staunch Hanafis and in Tasawwuf are of the Chishtiyyah Silsilah, they (the Barelwi Qabar Puja gang), in order to defame and disparage the Deobandis, grabbed hold of some similarities between the Hanafi Ulama of Deoband and the Wahhaabis, and baselessly slandered that the Ulama of Deoband are Wahhaabis. And, they had a very 'valid' reason for this slander.

Due to the teachings of the Ulama of Deoabnd, thousands of Muslims abandoned the Barelwi qabar puja-meelaad bid'ah cult. This resulted in a stark drop in the nefarious trade of the Qabar Pujaaris. They suffered substantial monetary losses in their haraam coffers which are filled by fleecing the stupid, jaahil public who pay for every bid'ah act.

Both the Wahhaabis and the Ulama of Deoband are staunch against bid'ah and acts of grave-worship, hence the Bid'atis in India found it convenient and expedient to brand the Ulama of Deoband as 'Wahhaabis'. But there is a world of difference in the beliefs of the Ulama of Deoband and the Salafi Wahhaabis of Saudi Arabia. Just as the Ulama of Deoband are 'kaafirs' according to the Barelwi Qabar Pujaaris, so too are the Ulama of Deoband 'kaafir' according to the Wahhaabis. The consensus of the Qabar Pujaaris and Wahhaabis on this issue is the evidence for the Ulama of Deoband being the Ummat-e-Wast (The Middle/Moderate Ummah) praised in the Qur'aan Majeed.

The Ulama of Deoband have published a deluge of literature to criticize and expose the deviation of both these sects – Qabar Pujaaris and Wahhaabis. Thus, the Wahhaabi label which the Qabar Pujjaaris dangle in front of the ignorant masses is only to bamboozle and befuddle them in the hope of reclaiming lost adherent, and to stem the tide of defection from the Grave-Worshipping cult of shaitaan's progeny.