S. Insaf wrote:Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer was invited to Berlin, Germany to an All World Inter-religious Conference on Islam, Islamic State and Governance by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung held on 16th to 18th October 2008. Participants from countries like Germany, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, USA, Canada etc were invited. Among participants were Jews, Christians and Muslims. Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer was requested to deliver inaugural address.
It being Friday all Muslim participants requested Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer to lead ‘Juma’ (Friday) prayer and deliver Khutba. There were several Muslim women who also prayed together with men.
Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer in his Khutba spoke on the problem of Islam and Muslims in contemporary world and dealt with question of Jihad in one hand and of status of women in Qur’an on the other.
Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer in his inaugural address spoke on the values of Qur’an and the concept of society, which Qur’an gives for successful governance. He spoke in particular about values of justice, benevolence, compassion and wisdom. Any government whatever its form must ensure realization of these values. He also spoke in the light of history and contemporary world.
Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer inaugural address was greatly appreciated by all the participants in the conference.
Prof. Zaid Abu Nasr who was earlier teaching in Al-Azhar and now teaching in Netherlands University embraced Dr. Engineer and congratulated him for his profound knowledge of Qur’an and Islam.
Compare this with the act of late Sayedna Taher Saifuddin who had refused to pray behind a Sunni Muslim Imam and also to lead the prayer in a Sunni Muslim mosque in Alighar after receiving the honorary degree of doctorate. Late Sayedna's had hurt the feelings of Muslims there and it remained a subject of discussion for long time.
Namaz (salat) is very highly prominent in almost all sect of true religion of Islam. A poet said, “
Kar le vuzu na der kar, jaldi se aa namaz me. Bande se baaten karta hai, uska Khuda Namaz me.” Thus, because of Namaz extremely high prominence
Namaz requires once best attention. And there is not an iota doubt that
Prophet Mohammed (s.a.) who revealed the Quran; his
Namaz (salat) is linked to the holy Quran.
1. In Namaz, in the position of standing and reciting Quran sura’t, Dawoodi Bohras recites “
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem” which is part of Quran, the first aayat of Sur’t Fatiha/sur’t Alhamd, and non-Dawoodi Bohras are deprived of this, they do not recite this aayat of Quran thus their recitation is incomplete. Individuals Namaz attendee are not allowed to shout during Namaz- Dawoodi Bohras Namaz attendee do not shout, whereas non-Dawoodi Bohras attendee shouts “
Aameen” and there is no word like “
Aameen” in the holy Quran!!!
Prophet Mohammed (s.a.) Namaz is linked to Quran: “
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem”, is the part of Quran which Dawoodi Bohras recite and “
Aameen" is not the part of Quran thus they do not recite “
Aameen”. Whereas non-Dawoodi Bohras do not recite what there is in the Quran and shouts loudly what is not there in the Quran!!!
2. Military in any nation and historically is generally considered as a most DISCIPLINED institute. As life and death matter is associates with it. The universal practice in Military discipline in standing are two: Attention (Sawdhan) and Relax (Wishram). In position of attention (sawdhan) they bring their legs close together attached and keep their hands straight down. And in position of relax (wishram) they stretch their legs wider from each other and hold their hands.
As Namaz is of high prominence, “…Bande se baaten karta hai, uska Khuda Namaz me” and requires once best attention thus, Dawoodi Bohras the follower of Mola Ali (a.s.), while standing in Namaz, stands in the position of Attention (Sawdhan) and non-Dawoodi Bohras during Namaz stands in the position of Relax (Wishram)!!!
Dear Respected Gentleman Brother Mr. S. Insaf Sahib,
(I) As you have presented that post, is it possible for you to kindly clarify if Dr. Engineer Asghar Ali offered prayers as per faith of Dawoodi Bohras which is the way of Rasoolallah (s.a.): to recite “Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem” before reciting both Sura’t and not to shout “Aameen”, stand in the position of Attention (Sawdhan) and not in Relax (Wishram), and entering in Sujood from Rukoo like ‘Halal’ cattle and not like non-Dawoodi Bohras whose approach imitates that of all Haram animals like Pigs/Dogs/etc?
(II) One last humble and polite request: Is it possible for you to kindly clarify if the name of the book written by Janab Dr. Mr. Asghar Ali Engineer sahib is something like - “
Quran ki Inklabi Tafseer”? If the answer in ‘No’ then kindly please ignore the following lines and if the answer is ‘yes’ then there is the biggest problem – ‘
Inklab’ means that the existing is not perfect/outdated/not right and here is the NEW alternate which is otherwise.
That infers what all ‘
Tafseer’ are in existence coming from Mola Ali (a.s.), Molana Abdullah ibn Abbas (r.a.), all Fatimi Imams (a.s.) and all true Dai’s of Fatimi Dawat are mazallah not perfect/outdated/not right and what Dr. Mr. Engineer Asghar says is better than all and is perfect and right!!! Before analyzing the house of Engineer Asghar version of Quran the nameplate on gate (
Quran ki Inklabi Tafseer) displays that what is in the house, is not in the line with the Tafseer of Mola Ali (a.s.) and his associates.
Best regards,
Sincerely,
Mubarak