Opposition To Barelvi Practices
Thanwi opposed a wide variety of religious practices in South Asia, which he saw as bidah, unacceptable innovation within Islam. Thanwi wrote a number of books that dealt with this subject. One such, Hifzul Imān ("Protecting Faith"), denounced such common acts as worshipping at tombs, asking for intercession from other than God, and believing in the omnipresence of Muhammad and Muslim saints.
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