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The Sufis have many self-contradictory and confusing concepts
related to death, soul, grave and Barzakh.
1. Some claim that the Messenger of Allah and the
‘righteous saints’ are actually alive and in control of their
senses, whilst they are being buried,
2. Others believe that death just comes to them momentarily,
3. Yet others even dislike the use of the term, ‘death’, and
say ‘they have gone behind a curtain.’
The Deobandis have an amalgam of all these four false beliefs in
their Aqeedah as will be analyzed in the course of this chapter.
The Deobandi View of Life in Barzakh
The Deobandis believe that the Messenger of Allah is alive in his
grave and can be benefited from, just as he could be benefited
from, during his lifetime in this world. Fazaail-e-Aamaal is full of
such quotations, which claim that the Messenger of Allah is
aware of the conditions of his Ummah (nation) and can physically
help those who seek his assistance. They also claim that he is in
contact with the Deobandi scholars from whom he learnt to
speak the Urdu language. 198
Moreover, the Deobandis extend these qualities to their dead
Shaikhs and scholars, as is mentioned in their books. These false
beliefs are responsible for the poor understanding of Tawheed and
widespread misconceptions on issues of Aqeedah amongst the
198 Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi writes in Al-Baraheen al-Qaatiyah about
the superiority of the Madrasa (school) of Deoband, he says, “It comes
to my mind that the school of Deoband has an exalted position near
Allah, because of the numerous scholars who have passed out from it
and benefited the common folk. Subsequently, a noble person was
blessed with a vision of the Prophet Muhammed , in which he saw
Allaah’s Messenger speaking in Urdu. The noble person asked,
‘How do you know this language, while you are an Arab?’ He
said, ‘From the time I have been in contact with the scholars of the
school of Deoband, I’ve known this language’.” Rasheed Ahmad
Gangohi comments, “From this we understand the greatness of this
Madrasa (school).” [Al-Baraheen al-Qaatiyah, p.30]
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