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Wahabi Love for Gandhi and fellow Hindus
When Shaykh Faisal was deputy prime minister of Saudi Arabia, he toured India and put flowers upon Mahatma Gandhi's grave [News (Pakistani Daily), 11th May 1955]. Similarly, in 1957 Shah Sa'ud went on a tour to America and with him was the Defence Minister Fahd ibn Sa'ud, who put flowers on the grave of George Washington[Kohstan (Pakistani Daily) , 2nd February 1957]
When Saudi shaykhs go to Muslim countries they do not place flowers on any of the graves of the awliya' because it may dent their 'aqida, but do they think by placing flowers upon the graves of Mahatma Gandhi and George Washington theywill strengthen their 'aqida?
Shah Sa'ud whilst on tour in India said, "I am satisfied that the Indian government are treating the Muslims with justice." This was at the time when Muslims were being sacrificed in Kashmir. Shah Sa'ud invited the Indian prime minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to tour Saudi Arabia. When he arrived, the newspaper Al-Balad Sa'udia Makka reported thus:
"When Nehru arrived in Riyadh the Indian national anthem was played and the women of the Royal Family left their homes and cars to welcome him."Everything we have written about Nehru is taken from Ta'rikh Najd wa Hijaz by Allama Ghulam Rasul Sa'idi and Safar Nama by Muhammad Asim an-Najdi, who was with Maududi when he toured in 1960.
Al-Balad Sa'udia then wrote an article including the lines: "We welcome Nehru as he is a peaceful and sensible person, and it is our prayer that he lives thousands of years. Shah Sa'ud said: "Mr Nehru's soft voice has more effect than the bang of guns" and called him the "angel of Asia" and also called him a "Rasul". Our assumption is that he did not mean Prophet but messenger, just as many Muslims use the name 'Abd al-Mustafa, meaning not a worshipper but a follower.
When they received Nehru, they called him Aman ar-Rasul. He toured a school where the rulers studied and where the Gita was sung. We have a right to askwhy do the Saudi 'Ulema not say that these things are haram: to sing Gita, for Muslim women to come out of their homes to welcome kafir rulers, to put flowers on the graves of kuffar, to call the person who slaughtered uncountable Muslims in India a messenger of peace (Aman)? Oh those who ask for authentic proof for Milad an-Nabi, by Allah show us even a da'if (weak) hadith to justify these actions!
When they welcomed Nehru in such a way, back in India and Pakistan marches and rallies were organised in protest. The King was sent a telegram in 1960 by Sayyid Mawdudi, who came to Saudi for Hajj and was invited on Royal order to Riyadh. Delivering his speech he said:"If we were to invite the Prime Minister of Israel to Pakistan and welcome him like you welcomed Nehru, how would you feel? You called the enemy of Muslims the Messenger of Peace." The whole world criticised them for this, but no Saudi 'alim made any objection.
In the West people do dhikr in mosques, and do Na'at Khanni once a month; or they read the Qur'anand convey the reward to Muslims who have parted from this world, especially Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir Jilani. The Najdi students who come to the West write piles of books against this and ask for authentic proofs but when reminded that the people and leaders of their own countries put flowers on the graves of kuffar they quietly digest it.
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