The Qadiani Violation of Ahmadiyya Teachings

The Clash of Qadiani Beliefs with Teachings of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian

by Dr. Zahid Aziz

Table of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: The Qadiani Belief that the Kalima is no longer sufficient to make a Person Muslim:
    • Mirza Mahmud Ahmad gives Summary of his Article
    • Views of Mirza Mahmud Ahmad’s Brother Mirza Bashir Ahmad
    • This Qadiani Belief led to the Split
    • Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian] did not call other Muslims as Kafir [Non-Muslim]
    • Mirza Mahmud Ahmad sides with Opponents of Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian]
    • Promised Messiah’s [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s] Court Declaration that he does not call Muslims as Kafir
  • Chapter 2: The Qadiani Refusal to hold Islamic Funeral Prayers for other Muslims:
    • Mirza Mahmud considers other Muslims as non-Muslims
    • Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian] allowed Funeral Prayers for other Muslims
    • Promised Messiah’s [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s] Practice
    • Practice of the Ahmadiyya Community
    • Prayers after other Muslim Imams
    • Mirza Mahmud Ahmad’s Later Speech admitting the Facts
  • Chapter 3: Finality of Prophethood:
    • Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian] believed in Finality of Prophethood
    • Mirza Mahmud Ahmad’s Belief that Prophets can still come
    • Use of Term Prophet for Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian]
    • Denials of claiming Prophethood by Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian]
  • Chapter 4: Successorship or Khilafat after the Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian]:
    • Brief Review
    • Anjuman made Successor by the Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian]
    • Rules and regulations of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya
    • Anjuman to be Supreme after Promised Messiah’s [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s] Life
    • Maulana Nur-ud-Din’s exposition of Anjuman’s Position
    • Mirza Mahmud Ahmad usurps Anjuman’s Authority
    • Anjuman made entirely Subservient to Khalifa
    • Mirza Mahmud Ahmad’s admissions in his Speech
    • Anjuman made entirely Subservient
  • Sources:
    • Writings of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian
    • Ahmadiyya Journals (pre-Split)
    • Qadiani Sources
    • Lahore Ahmadiyya Publications
  • Summary:
    • Stark Contrast between the Views of the Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian] and Mirza Mahmud Ahmad