تلخیص
Syed Mehr Ali Shah was the famous Muslim scholar of British India. He is known
to have rendered invaluable services to the true cause of true Islam at that time of British
Raj. The rise and ascendency of west and fall of Muslims in political, economic and
intellectual fields led them to many religious problems and issues too. It was during this
period of adversity for the Muslims of Indo-Pak that, with the socio-political tactic of the
then British Government of India, there arose many dissentions and vitiations like Shirk,
Bid’ah and refusal of the finality of the Prophet-hood. He actively guided the Muslims to
believe in the absolute oneness of Allah as Allah alone is entitled to Man’s worship and
adoration and in the Prophet-hood of Muhammad particularly its finality for all time to
come constitute the two basic credence of Islam. He not only addressed all these issues but
also advised the Muslims of Indo-Pak to stick to the teachings of Quran and Hadith. In this
article the role of Syed Mehr Ali Shah for correcting the beliefs and deeds of the Muslim
society of the Indo-Pak have been discussed and his efforts specially reforming the belief
of Tawhīd, finality of the Prophet-hood of Muhammad, and misconceptions about other
beliefs and difference between Sunnah and Bid’ah have been focused. In the perspective
of the current situation faced by our country, it is quite necessary for our society to seek
guidance from the teachings of the Syed Mehr Ali Shah to solve the differences between
masses and reforming the beliefs and deeds mistakenly adopted by our society by the
influence of West and illiterate spiritualists.