Main Shia Sects: Ismailia, Bohras And Alvis

THERE ARE SAID TO BE MORE THAN 20 SECTS AMONG THE SHIAS EACH AT LOGGERHEAD WITH THE OTHER. THE MORE PROMINENT AMONG THE LIVING ONES ARE DESCRIBED AS UNDER:

ISMAILIA :

THERE IS A BRANCHING OF SHIAS IN REGARD TO THE IMAMATE - THE ISMAILIS SECT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE REST OF SHIAS SO FAR AS THE IMAMATE OF FIRST SIX IMAMS FROM HAZRAT ALI TO IMAM JAFFAR SADDIQ IS CONCERNED. THERE IS DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ABOUT THE REST OF THE IMAMS IN SO FAR AS THE ISMAILIS ARE CONCERNED. IMAM JAFFAR SADIQ HAD FIVE SONS VIZ ISMAIL, ABDULLAH, MUSSA, ISHAQ AND MUHAMMAD; THE ELDEST BEING ISMAIL FOLLOWED BY ABDULLAH. AS RECORDED IN "USUL KAFI", IMAM JAFFAR IS REPORTED TO HAVE HE IS FREE FROM ANY DISABILITY." (P. 421).

ON THIS BASIS THE ISMAILIS CONSIDERED ISMAIL AS THE IMAM AFTER THE DEMISE OF IMAM JAFFAR SADIQ ; BUT SINCE ISMAIL DIED DURING THE LIFETIME OF IMAM JAFFAR SADIQ, HIS BROTHER, ABDULLAH, LIAD CLAIM TO IMAMATE AFTER THE EATH OF HIS FATHER IMAM JAFFAR SADDIQ. BUT THE MAIN BODY OF SHIAS CALLED ITHAN ASHERIA SECT TAKE MUSA KAZIM (DIED 25 RAJAB 183 H) AS THEIR IMAM INSTEAD OF ISMAIL THE TWELVE IMAM WHO HAS DISAPPEARED. THE ISMAILIS HOWEVER, MADE MUHAMMAD BIN ISMAIL AS THEIR IMAM MAKING IT HEREDITARY I.E. SON AFTER THE FATHER.

THIS SECT (ISMAILIA) LIKE THE SHIA IS ALSO OPPOSED TO ISLAM ON THE BASIS OF FUNDAMENTALS. LIKE OTHER SHIAS, THEY DENY THE CALIPHATE OF FIRST THREE CALIPHS (HADHRAT'S ABU BAKAR, UMAR AND USMAN). SHAH ABDUL AZIZ IN HIS BOOK HAS DWELT ON THE BELIEFS AND TEACHINGS OF THE ISMAILIS. ONE OF THEIR BELIEF IS THAT IF IMAM ORDERS A THING, IT IS BINDING ON A BELIEVER, MALE OR FEMALE, EVEN IF IT IS AVERSE TO HIS OR HER NATURE. IF THE IMAM ENTRUSTS A WOMAN TO MAN, THE NIKAH WILL BECOME BINDING ON THE BOTH AND IT CANNOT BE ANNULED. THEY ALSO ENTERTAIN THE BELIEF THAT IMAM CONVERSES WITH ALLAH AS HAZRAT MUSA DID.

THE KALIMAH OF THE ISMAILIAS IS :

THAT IS TO SAY THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR KALIMAH "ALI IS ALLAH" AND STANDS FOR THE ISMAILI WORSHIP IN THE ISMAILI CREED IS AGHA KHAN ( ).

ACCORDING TO THE TEACHINGS OF ISMAILI CREED "IMAM" IS THE BE ALL AND END ALL OF EVERYTHING. HE IS GOD PERSONIFIED, THE QUR'AN, THE KABA AND PARADISE. BESIDES IN THE QUR'AN WHEREVER THE NAME OF ALLAH IS MENTIONED, THE ISMAILI BOOKS REFER TO IT AS THEIR OWN IMAM-E-ZAMAN. THEY SAY THAT HE (IMAM) GIVES BENEFIT, HE MAKES ONE LIVE AND KNOWS THE SECRETS (OF FUTURE) AND IS PRESENT EVERYWHERE. IN FACT ALL THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD ARE PRESENT IN HIM AND HE IS GOD! ( ).

THE AGHA KHANIS DO NOT BELIEVE EITHER IN THE FINALITY OF PROPHETHOOD. IT IS STRANGE THAT WHILE QADIANIS HAVE BEEN DECLARED A NON-MUSLIM MINORITY ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR DENIAL OF THE FINALITY OF PROPHETHOOD, THE AGHA KHANIS DESPITE THEIR KUFRIC BELIEFS CONTINUE TO BE TREATED AS CONSTITUTIONAL MUSLIMS IN PAKISTAN!

THE ISMAILI CREED PRESENTS THE SAYINGS OF THEIR OWN IMAM AS AGAINST THE FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF ISLAM VIZ TAWHEED, RISALAT AND THE QUR'AN. DESPITE THEIR NAKED TRANGRESSION, THE ISMAILIS CALL THEMSELVES AS MUSLIMS. THE AHLE-SUNNAH AT LARGE ARE NOT AWARE OF THEIR TRUE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES AND AS SUCH CONSIDER THEM AS A MUSLIM SECT ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH ISLAM WHATSOEVER. AS A RESULT OF THE CARELESSNESS OF MUSLIMS, THIS GROUP IS OPERATING UNDERGROUND TRYING HARD TO SPREAD THEIR TENTACLES WITH THE AIM OF ESTABLISHING AN AGHA KHANI STATE IN PAKISTAN COMPRISING OF BORDER AREAS LIKE CHITRAL, GILGIT AND HUNZA ETC. SINCE AGHA KHANIS CLAIM TO BE MUSLIMS THEY GENERALLY HIDE THEIR REAL BELIEFS IN ORDER TO HOODWINK THE MUSLIM MASSES. THERE IS NO DENYING THE FACT THAT THE AGHA KHANI COMMUNITY LIKE THE QADIANI COMMUNITY IS APOSTATE AND OUTSIDE THE PALE OF ISLAM. HENCE THE ULAMA RIGHT FROM TO NOW I.E. OF ALL AGES HAVE BEEN UNANIMOUS ABOUT THE KUFR AND APOSTACY OF THE ISMAILIAS. THOSE OF MUSLIMS WHO STILL CONSIDER ISMAILIS AS A SECT OF MUSLIMS BECAUSE OF THEIR IGNORANCE OR LACK OF CONCERN TO KNOW THE TRUE FACTS ARE ONLY TO BE PITIED AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THEM THAT THE ISMAILIES (AGHA KHANIS) ARE MAKING HAY HERE AND EVERYWHERE.

IN THE PRESENT TIMES THE ISMAILIS ARE COMMONLY CALLED AGHA KHANIS. THEIR PRESENT IMAM IS PRINCE AGHA KARIM WHO IS MILLIONARE AND HAS INCESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN THE PROMOTION OF TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN WHICH IS SUBVERTING THE ISLAMIC CULTURE OF THE COUNTRY. BESIDES AN AGHA KHAN FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE SO-CALLED AIM OF WELFARE AND UPLIFTMENT OF RURAL MASSES. THIS FOUNDATION AT PRESENT IS CONCENTRATING ON BACKWARD AREAS LIKE CHITRAL AND GILGIT (WHICH CONTAIN STRONG POCKETS OF AGHA KHANIS) IN ORDER TO EVENTUALLY TURN IT INTO AN AGHA KHANI (ISMAILI) STATE. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS FOUNDATION IS TO LEAD POVERTY-STRICKEN MUSLIMS ASTRAY THROUGH GIVING THEM MATERIAL INDUCEMENT AND MONETARY HELP. THE PEOPLE AT THE HELM OF AFFAIRS SHOULD AWAKE FROM THEIR SLUMBER AND UNEARTH THE WHOLE CONSPIRACY AGAINST ISLAM & UMMAH.

SHAIKH AHMAD SIRHINDI IMAM RABANI MAJADID ALIF THANI IN HIS BOOK FAZAEL-E-SAHABAH CONCLUDES : "THE ISMAILIAS CONSIDER THE THINGS DECLARED BY ISLAMIC SHARIAH UNLAWFUL AS LAWFUL. THEIR CALL IS TO NULLIFY THE SHARI'AH AND TO CAST DOUBTS AND MISGIVINGS ABOUT ITS DO'S AND DON'TS. ACCORDING TO THEM GETTING RID OF HARDSHIPS AND ACQUIRING EASE OF BODY IS PARADISE AND PHYSICAL DISCOMFORTS ARISING OUT OF MANUAL LABOUR AND TROUBLES CONSTITUTE HELL. IN SHORT, THEY BELIEVE IN SUCH DEVILISH FANTASCIES. THEY EVEN SAY THEY GOD IS NOT PRESENT. . . . . . THEY TREAD IN THE LIGHT OF (HEDONISTIC) PHILOSOPHY AND MAKE FUN OF SHARIAH."

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE TWO LEADING FATWAS OF THE ULAMA ABOUT AGHA KHANIS AND THEIR FOUNDATION:

FATWA OF DAR-UL-ULOOM KARACHI:

"THE AGHA KHAINS ARE OUTSIDE