CHAKRAALWI/PARVEZI:

Founder

The Chakraalwis and Parvezis do not have the same person in common, but their concepts are absolutely identical, that being the denial of the Sunna as a form of revelation and accepting its’ primacy alongside the Qur’an. The founders of these two movements are `Abdullah Chakraalwi and Ghulam Ahmad Parwez, respectively. What we would like to do then is to give the reader a short biography first, starting with Mr. Chakraalwi.

THE FOUNDER OF THE CHAKRAALWIS

Abdullah Chakraalwi was born in Miyanwaali, Punjab in Pakistan. He was the first in that land to reject the authority of ahaadith, referring to them as unacceptable fabrications in the religion. There were many who attempted to bring him back from the depths of evil that he had indulged in, but these please ultimately proved

THE FOUNDER OF THE PARVEZIS

On 9 July 1931, a laymen who would be one of the most ferocious forces of evil against Orthodox Islam would be born in the Punjab province of India. His name was Ghulam Ahmad Parwez (also pronounced Parvez). In his youth, he learned Islam at the feet of many great elders in his family, but never became a scholar. In his twenties, he came into contact with Muhammad Iqbal, the nationalist whose poetry led to the foundation of the state of Pakistan and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Shi`a lawyer and secularist who would become the first leader of Pakistan.

In the year 1955, he began to write different references and sources regarding the Qur’an, some of which led to the denial of the Sunna of the Messenger of Allah SAW. One of his most famous maxims was that ‘if it does not agree with the Qur’an or the dignity of the Messenger of Allah or humanity, then it must be rejected.’ This famous mantra caused him to go far from the principles of Orthodox Islam and the scholars of Islam condemned him and his ideas. However he would continue on, writing different treatises and papers, denying tenets of faith as well as historical facts that have been established in the Qur’an, Sunna and even secular sources on Islam.

In 1956, he became a member of the Law Commission and unfortunately was also propelled into the position of Chairman of Quranic Education Society and the Director of Quranic Research Centre. It was in this position that be became the most dangerous, writing commentaries on the Qur’an, its’ language and wording and surreptitiously redefining key terms and texts mentioned in the Qur’an by Allah.

On 2 February 1985, Mr. Parwez died. He left behind no issue, but the damage that he did was to last from his life, to his followers until the Day of Resurrection.

Key beliefs

1. Chakraalwis/Parvezis are the sole interpreters of the Qur’an. The Sunna is neither an acceptable source of law nor revelation.

2. The Prophet Muhammad is neither the sole expositor of revelation nor the primary source of knowing how the revelation should be acted on by believers.

3. Salvation is by leading a good life and being a good person.

4. Everyone will enter the Paradise because of their deeds.

5. The Messenger of Allah SAW is not primordial.

6. It is impossible to know Allah in either this life or the Hereafter.

Extent

Estimates vary, but not many put the Parvezis and Chakraalwis above 13,000 people worldwide.