False things have always been attributed to great personalities of Islam through out the history. Dr. Tahir ul Qadri is no exception to that. He emerged so quickly, and had so many accomplishments in such a short span of time, that some corners started their organized efforts to defame him. They attributed lots of things to him which either he never said, or were quoted out of context.
One must authenticate news before believing it. As said in the Holly Quran (Sura Hujrat 49:6)
O ye who believe! If a wicked person comes to you with any news, ascertain the truth, lest ye harm people unwittingly and afterwards become full of repentance for what ye have done.
.اے ایمان والو! اگر تمہارے پاس کوئی فاسق (شخص
کوئی خبر لائے تو خوب تحقیق کر لیا کرو (ایسا
نہ ہو
کہ تم کسی قوم کو لاعلمی میں (ناحق
تکلیف پہنچا بیٹھو، تم اپنے کئے پر پچھتاتے رہ جاؤ
In one of his speeches, Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri described a couple of his dreams i.e.
1_The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
came to my dream, when I was young. He asked me to make an Islamic center and promised me that he would come there.
2_In a dream I saw that there are a lot of people gathered in a ground. Someone told me that the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
is present there and is very angry that why people of
Pakistan have done nothing for Islam. The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
is saying that he came on the invitation of the scholars, but now he is angry with them. He (i.e. the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
) is going to leave this country. On this I went to the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
and begged forgiveness on the behalf of my country fellows. After some time, the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
s anger reduced and He accepted my invitation to stay in Pakistan. He asked me to make arrangements related to his stay and travel including the arrangement of the ticket of the journey.(There is no advice to contest election in any dream.)
People came up with numerous objections on these dreams. The major objections include:
1. He is using cheap ways to win popularity and hence he talks about his dreams in every other speech.
2. The dream shows that the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
was angry with all the scholars except the Dr. himself. Does it show that there is no other good scholar in the country except him?
3. Why did the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
ask him for the arrangements of the stay or travel, including the ticket? Does the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
need such things to travel and is he dependant on Dr. Qadri for these arrangements (Na Uzu Billah)?
Very first thing is that narrating ones dreams is the Sunnah of the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
. It has been a practice through out the history if Islam and not a means of gaining fame.
The Prophet said,
while I was sleeping last night, the keys of the treasures of the earth were brought to me till they were put in my hand. (Bukhari Vol. 9, Book 87, No. 127)
Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani (رحمت اللہ علیھ
has mentioned his dreams in Bahja tul Asrar which is an account of whatever he used to describe in his sittings (in front of thousands of people).Hazrat Ali Hajvari (رحمت اللہ علیھ
has mentioned his dreams in his famous book Kashaf ul Mahjoob.
Imam Shairani, in his book Tabaqat writes that Imam Jilal ud Din Syuoti saw the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
70 times not in his Dream but while he was awake. This shows that Imam Jilal ud Din Syuoti mentioned about his ziyara and hence others recorded this in the books.Shah Wali Ullah has written a full-fledged book (namely Ad dur us Samin Fi Mubasharat un Nabi ul Ameen) in which he has gathered 40 dreams seen by him or his teachers.
Secondly, if there isnt any good scholar except Dr. Tahir ul Qadri, is a coherent statement and should be understood in that approach. Quran declares about man: So We made him (i.e. a human being) hearer, seer (Al-Insan 76:2), though there are millions of deaf and blind people in this world who cannot hear or see anything.So from Quran we can conclude that exceptions are there, even if they are not mentioned in the actual statement.
And the third and most important objection is Why did the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
ask for the arrangements of the stay or travel, including the ticket? Does the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
need such things to travel and is he dependant on him for these arrangements (Na Uzu Billah)?
The main point is this regard is that the dreams are subject to interpretation and should not be taken in their literal meanings. This is proven from Quran. Hazrat Yaqoob (علیہ السلام
says to Hazrat Yusaf (علیہ السلام
: Thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of dreams
(Yusuf 12:6) Hazrat Yusuf (AS) acknowledged it by saying My Lord, You have given me the kingdom and taught me the meaning of dreams. (Yusuf 12:101)
The Prophet said, Whoever has seen me in a Dream, then no doubt, he has seen me, for Satan cannot imitate my shape. (Bukhari Vol. 9, Book 87, No. 123).
Dr. Tahir ul Qadris dreams are interpreted as follows: _
Dream: The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
asked me to make an Islamic center (Minhaj-ul-Quran) and promised me that he would come there (in that center).
Interpretation: Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
s faiz (favor) would be included in that center.
Dream : The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
was going to leave this country.
Interpretation: Islamic way of life is going away from our society.
Dream: The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
asked me to make arrangements of his stay.
Interpretation: The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
wanted me to start a struggle for the revival of Islam.
Dream : The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیھ وآلھ وسلم
asked me to make arrangements of travel including the ticket of the journey.
Interpretation: Ticket and other arrangements of travel are sign of excessive traveling required for the preaching of Islam.