Ahmedis are a misguided self-proclaimed off-shoot of Sunni mazhab (religion). They’re non-Muslims; they should choose to call themselves something else.
Major premise, a mazhab is a cultural manifestation of a way of life i.e., deen. Deen has certain principles without any manifestation that is rendered useless. When we speak about “La Iqra ha fid Din.” Deen is to be distinguished in this form as completely a bigger umbrella under which “Sharia” (the law), “Fiqh” (the understanding and school of thought), and “Mazhab” (the customary practices) comes. For being a Muslim or follower of Islam, you should have a basic belief that Allah is God, and Muhammad peace be upon him is his last prophet, and no other prophet will come after him. If anyone differs from this belief, then he is rejecting Islam’s basic belief and not able to say him as part of Islam, but he can label himself any believer other than Muslim.
The root of the dispute between Muslims and the Ahmedi community
They deceive the western public claiming them true Muslims while they believe in a new Messenger after Prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h. That’s why Pakistanis demand them to declare themselves non-Muslims first to claim minority rights. For those who claim that the Ahmedis consider themselves as minorities and a different religion, this Answers it all:
