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These quotes render meaningless the Deobandi’s denial of ‘the
Knowledge of the Unseen’ for other than Allah. They say that
none knows the Ghayb except Allah, but their claims exclude all
the matters of the Ghayb including the Being, Acts and Attributes
of Allah, relationships between Allah and His servants, the
Barzakh, the secrets of the heart and the contents of the womb. The
Deobandis claim access to the knowledge of the Unseen for their
Shaikhs either through dreams, Ilham (inspirations of the heart) or
Kashf (visions in wakefulness). Apart from this, they also claim
that some of their Shaikhs can directly communicate with Allah.
We will analyze all these alleged sources to the Knowledge of the
Unseen in the discussion next…
Information Acquired through Dreams
Almost all books by the Deobandis, whether the Fazaail-e-Aamaal
for the general readers, or biographies of Deobandi Shaikhs, or
books explaining Sufism and mysticism; all contain in them a
significant amount of reported dreams.
These dreams either mention glad-tidings for the Deobandi School
of Thought and its scholars or provide supporting evidence for
their beliefs and practices. At times, the Deobandis claim that
entire books may be revealed by way of dreams. Therefore, the
nature and significance of the information or knowledge that may
be received through dreams need to be analyzed.
Allah’s Messenger said: “The (good) dreams of a faithful
believer are a part of the forty-six parts of Prophethood.” 438 He
said: “Nothing is left of the Prophethood except al-
Mubashshirat”. They (the Sahabah) asked: ‘What is al-
Mubashshirat?’ He replied: “The true dreams (that convey glad
tidings).” 439
438 Saheeh al-Bukharee, vol: 9, no: 116.
439 Saheeh al-Bukharee, vol: 9, no: 119.
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