Can anyone confirm this?

[Faisal]

As-salaamu'alaykum brothers and sisters,

I was reading a book on the Barelwi-movement the other day and came across a shocking statement of Ahmed Raza, who is considered to be the founding-father of this movement. He supposedly said:

The Ghair-Muqallideen Deobandis are the dogs of hell. To say Raafidhis (shia) are worse than them is a transgression against them and is equivalent to finding faults in their cursed dignity. (Fatawaa Razwiyyah v.4 p.90)

I have asked some Barelwi acquaintances about this, but they can neither confirm or deny this. However, they refuse to distance themselves from such statements. Instead, they go on about the Wahhabi/Deobandi heretics who are conspiring with the Kuffar to destroy Islam.

Now, I usually offer my Friday-prayer at Barelwi mosques, but statements like these have prompted me to avoid these, since I guess I would be considered a "Ghair-Muqallid dog of hell" because I don't quite follow a particular school of Fiqh. I have always had a positive approach towards other Muslims and tried to promote unity, but this is really difficult and dispiriting...

[freshwayz]

As-salaamu'alaykum brothers and sisters,

I was reading a book on the Barelwi-movement the other day and came across a shocking statement of Ahmed Raza, who is considered to be the founding-father of this movement. He supposedly said:

The Ghair-Muqallideen Deobandis are the dogs of hell. To say Raafidhis (shia) are worse than them is a transgression against them and is equivalent to finding faults in their cursed dignity. (Fatawaa Razwiyyah v.4 p.90)

I have asked some Barelwi acquaintances about this, but they can neither confirm or deny this. However, they refuse to distance themselves from such statements. Instead, they go on about the Wahhabi/Deobandi heretics who are conspiring with the Kuffar to destroy Islam.

Now, I usually offer my Friday-prayer at Barelwi mosques, but statements like these have prompted me to avoid these, since I guess I would be considered a "Ghair-Muqallid dog of hell" because I don't quite follow a particular school of Fiqh. I have always had a positive approach towards other Muslims and tried to promote unity, but this is really difficult and dispiriting...

There is an old saying that the lake does not get dirty with the dog's mouth (i.e. dog drinking from it etc). Just ignore such people, whether their imam said such a thing or maybe he didn't, it should not make any difference. He was just another human being, he lived and died. The religion does not revolve around him, nor does existence.