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Hindus...Ahl-e-Kitab???


"Some primordial spiritual connection must have been at work. For only recently have Muslim scholars learnt that Hindus indeed constitute the fourth major group of Ahl-e-Kitab mentioned in the Holy Koran repeatedly. For some mysterious reason, the Holy Koran had left this question vague. It mentioned a major religious group as "Sabe-een" as the ummah (community) of a prophet who had brought a divine book bearing God's revelation to the world. It also mentioned Hazrat Nooh (Prophet Noah of the Bible) as a major prophet ranking with prophets like Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed. But who the followers of Hazrat Nooh are was left a mystery.

Painstaking research has been going on seeking the fourth major Ahl-e-Kitab. From Hazrat Shah Waliullah, Maulana Sulaiman Nadvi and Maulana Obaidullah Sindhi to a contemporary scholar from Uttar Pradesh, Maulana Shams Navaid Usmani, a number of scholars from the sub-continent, too, contributed to this effort. It is now clear that Hindus are indeed the lost ummah of the Prophet Nooh, whom they know as Maha Nuwo. Evidence from Markandaya Puran and several Vedas, and their description of "Jal Pralaya" (devastation caused by the Flood, as in the biblical and Koranic stories of Noah's flood) has been most helpful in this search."
www.adishakti.org

Is there any validity to this??? Please discuss.
 

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Login to find out (January 14, 2006 at 6:02pm)
You confirmed my original view re: this, Aragorn.
 
Login to find out (January 14, 2006 at 5:33pm)
Its pure speculation. They are not Ahl al-Kit?baccording to any school of fiqh. They may qualify for thimmah according to some schools of fiqh. This is because the Khulaf?' Rashid?n included the Zoroastrians within the fold of thimmah and some scholars built upon this example to include the eligibility of other religions.

Still, that's the subject of thimmah wherein there is difference of opinion. However, there is no difference of opinion that Hindus are not Ahl al-Kit?b.