Nowadays there is a personality becoming very popular and many of the people are inspired by him, his way of expressing things especially on Politics, I am talking about Zaid Hamid or BrassTrack. Once I send an email to my network about the Book written by Zaid Hamid on Hindu Zionist. And I was really shocked after getting the reply by some people, they were very aggressive and against him. Then I thought to make some research and find out the basic reason of the this behavior of people. Then suddenly I found it today from different sites and comments of the people who share their personal experience about Zaid Hamid. I am not sure about the truth about this person but now I am going to share what I found and heard about this person.
In late 90s there was bastard named Yousaf Kazzab (Yousaf Ali) who claimed that he is the Prophet (Naauzbillah) after Prophet Muhammad (Sal Allah Ho Aly He Wasalam),Yousuf Ali had been preaching his divine revelation to his followers for quite many years when finally a handful defected and braved to testify against him in the Lahore High Court which ultimately gave Yousuf Ali, a death sentence on charges of Blasphemy. Yousuf Ali was then confined to Kot Lakhpath jail and in 2001 was shot dead by a fellow prisoner. Throughout the legal proceedings one witness after another testified to the fact that Zaid Zaman was a key figure in the promotion of Yousuf Ali’s Kazzab movement. I have been told that there even does exists an analog video of Zaid Zaman standing beside Yousuf Ali while he addressed his followers in Lahore. Somehow the fact that Zaid Zaman was a key figure in this movement is generally a foregone conclusion, as there are one too many eye witnesses and more importantly numerous had testified the fact which may even be present in the records of Lahore High Court, including Zaid Zaman’s testimony to the honorable judge, all records are securely preserved in the archives of Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwwat in Karachi.
In the past few years there has been a buzz spreading around Pakistan’s digital world talking about the recent fame surrounding the TV show personality Zaid Hamid who conducts a show on TV One called Brasstacks. It should be mentioned that brasstack is reportedly a paid-for show which has started airing barely a few months back and has developed a very strong following amongst the masses. Admittedly Zaid Hamid is quite eloquent in his show and is well versed in his explaining his innumerable concepts of ranging from economic terrorism by the Zionists to other such issues which are poised at him even Islamic issues.
I too have been guilty of occasionally catching a glimpse of his shows. All seemed well until a close associate contacted me via facebook sharing his concerns about Zaid Zaman Hamid and revealed his suspicious association with Yousuf Ali, a self proclaimed prophet from Lahore in the 1990’s. Zaid Zaman was purportedly the right hand man of Yousuf Ali and was fondly referred to as his Hazrat Ali. Zaid Zaman was instrumental in spreading the message of prophecy far across Pakistan, to develop a large cult like following in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad mostly due to Zaid Zaman’s excellent communication skills.
The Zaid Zaman Hamid storm actually started with the email from Naufil Shahrukh, a close friend whom I have known since 1990, the email at first in the form of a private message on Facebook but soon propagated online and published on Dictatorship Watch, verbatim
If you guys remember the Pakistan false prophet, Yousuf Ali, who was arrested and sentenced to death by the Lahore High Court and then murdered in Kot Lakhpat jail by a fellow prisoner – this guy Zaid Hamid was known as Zaid Zaman at that time and was the Khalifah of that Kazzab. Zaid is still leading that cult which belongs to the Firqah Batinyah of Sufism and they have a different aqeedah altogether which they only profess within their inner core. Many of my personal friends fell prey to his charisma in the 1990s, some of them reverted back to Hidayah and were instrumental in filing a case against Yusuf Ali which ultimately lead to his death sentence and the cult members dispersed for a few years.
The time line of events that he narrates in his letter are erringly accurate and when Naufil mentioned to me later pointing out the common friends who fell prey to this cult one does weigh in a sigh of relief to have been spared of the poison. The most logical reason as to why our neighborhood was penetrated to such an extent can be attributed to the fact that Zaid Hamid hailed from our locality. Off the friends who willingly embraced Yousuf Ali’s prophecy was Ryzwan Tayyab who very soon featured himself as a militant leader of the movement and after the collapse of this movement has retreated into a cocoon of severe depression irreparably damaging his family around him. Ryzwan was also involved in actually issuing death threats to the few journalists who were critically investigating Yousuf Ali back in those days.
The resurfacing of Zaid Hamid after 15 years of hibernation is interesting, he catapults himself in 2006 as a security threat analyst frequently publishing PDF based Pakistan threat reports for a subscription fee of Rs. 25,000 but within a span of a two years mustered up enough finances to launch a self sponsored TV show which started transmission in the early months of 2008, suspiciously timed around the fall of the Pervaiz Musharraf’s regime. The sudden shot to fame on TV is being compared to the launch of Dr. Shahid Masood’s End of Time series, which too was based on an eloquent anchor with one too many theories to present.
Off the numerous people stepping forth to expose Zaid Hamid the must read narration is of a two year email correspondence between Zaid Hamid and Abidullah Jan. It gives an insight onto Zaid Zaman when he first started sharing his BrassTacks Security reports, slowly moving into becoming a much sought after personality. What was interesting to read was when in the early months of 2007 Zaid Zaman approached Abidullah Jan struggling to stay afloat and requested Abid to help promote his security reports to a wider audience “I am in need of some clients to stay afloat as I am being squeezed by the government’s men for being too open and ruthless”. Zaid Hamid a few months later, after the 3rd Nov Martial Law appeared on a couple of pro-Musharraf TV shows on PTV with Ahmed Qureshi. Then suddenly out of the blue he is able to muster up enough finances to launch a self sponsored show on TV One. Watching a person flutter from being financially strapped and haunted by ‘government’s men’ to appearing on a pro-Musharraf show, then having catapulting into his own show seems all too suspiciously the work of some ‘hidden hands‘
The only acknowledgment of any link with Yousuf Ali came from an email shared with me privately where Zaid Hamid Alhamdolillah, i have nothing to do with Yousuf or his beliefs or any other people like him.
Lest I be charged of taking this message out of context I share with you the entire section of the email so people may understand his response fully
In the last 30 years of my life, In search of truth and to study this world and its ideologies, Allah took me to many places and I met many people. I have traveled with Iranian revolution, have faught in Afghan Jihad, have gone out with Tablighi Jmaat, spent time with Jamaat Islami, have met hundreds of people including Dr. Israr, Ahmad deedat, Yusuf Islam, Anne Marrie schimmel and so on and so forth. Have also been with sufi groups in Pakistan, Turkey, Madina and Cyprus. I have also seen the western society, its civilization from a close range. Whatever I speak and do today, is the result of these experiences in life but with the mercy of Allah, He protected his humble slaves and keeps them in His infinite mercy and guidance. He showed me the world and people, but kept me away from their harm and made me benefit from any khair they had.
I also met and studied many objectionable people who were controversial but in the end Allah kept me away from them. It was all learning experiences. Alhamdolillah, i have nothing to do with Yusuf or his beliefs or any other people like him
Though he puts forth a convincing argument but it seems yet again that he refuses to acknowledge his association with Yousuf Ali to categorically say that he has “nothing to do with Yousuf or his beliefs” is this admittance of his association or denial of the fact?
Proponents of Zaid Hamid continue to plead his innocence even today as Pakistan First blog, which has been previously labeled to have a strong pro-Musharraf tilt, shared an article by Asif Shiraz who writes Zaid Hamid: As I knew him
I first met Zaid hamid at the youthful age of 17, when the emotions were high, and the search for truth pristine and innocent. A friend had told me about Zaid Hamid, and I was anxious to meet him: I was not disappointed. Our first meeting was a blast. I enjoyed Zaid sahib’s charismatic talk on many different issues, especially his passion about Islam and his knowledge on a diverse set of subjects. Although it’s been many years now, I still remember highlights of that conversation: Quotations from Iqbal, recollection of glorious events from the lives of the Sahaba, and discussion of the relevance of having truth faith “Yaqin”. Not once on that day, nor ever afterwards in these fifteen years, have I ever heard anything from Zaid Hamid which is incongruent to ideas present in mainstream religious teachings of Ahl-e-Sunnah wal-jamaat. No mention of any “cult ideology”, and no reference to anyone claiming “prophethood” whatsoever. He is a firm believer in Khatme-e-Nabuwat and the finality of Prophet Muhammad(sm). In fact, Zaid Hamid is the only person whom I have met, who lives in a rented home, but still spends a handsome chunk of his earnings every year to pay a visit to the blessed cities of Hijaz-e-Muqaddas. It is nothing other than Zaid Hamid’s love and devotion to the Prophet(sm) that he has visited Masjid-e-Nabwi more than 10 times. After the first initial meeting, I have been in touch with Zaid Hamid off and on for many years, until I moved to Chaklala Scheme III becoming his neighbor and an even closer friend.
Asif Shiraz does admit in his article that he is now a neighbor of Zaid Hamid but surprisingly fails to disclose that he is an employee of BrassTacks as proclaimed by him in this Facebook message (screen shot)whilst a little investigation also sheds some light that Mr. Asif Shiraz incidentally happens to be the Administrative domain contact for Zaid Hamid’s website Brasstacks.biz (screen shot)
It is sadly Asif Shiraz’s attempt to stand up for his boss only goes to discredit Zaid Zaman. To analyze Zaid Hamid’s Brasstacks TV show one should read the two articles published in The News by Fasi Zaka September 18th The Pakistan Report and on 25th September published a follow up titled Hate Speech – II
Here is the audio recording of the speech of Yousuf Kazzab and Zaid Zaman Hamid delivered in a “world assembly” held at “bait e raza” Lahore in February 1997.yousuf announces Zaid Zaman(ZZ Hamid) as “Sahabi”. Zaid Zaman Hamid in response praises him. The audio was presented and testified in session court Lahore:.
My concern here remains is that Zaid Zaman is appearing on public TV and continues to eloquently preach his philosophy to the public at large, had if this individual remained as private entity, then we would have had no right to question his beliefs, but once he dons the public forum, then I feel it is the right of the people to know the facts. Generally as a free society we cannot stop him from sharing his opinion with the public at large but it is our right to question his logic and any underlying issues that may tarnish his analysis as he chooses to present to the public, and in the same pretext its important to then question his association with the self proclaimed prophet a notion strictly prohibited in the religion of Islam.
The mystery surrounding this controversy seemingly gets worse with every passing day, could it be a mere propaganda, could it be his attempt to cover up his past, or does he simply choose ignore and hopefully forget, but more importantly does he still believe in the prophecy, so many questions, all shall remain a mystery until he alone chooses to address the propaganda and clarify his position once in for all.
I the end I must say most of the details I get from here and Express in my point of view, Now what are your comments?
Update: Well today I’ve found one audio on youtube about Zaid Hamid and I hope it will clear his image; Check it:
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ye issue kuch din pehlay bhe utha tha … my brother is also a big fan of him… meray bhai nay zaid hamid say khud ye poocha tha kay im ur fan i just received this info wat do u say? or us kay jawab main zaid haid nay yousuf kazaaab ullu kay kay pathay ko kafi galian di thi or kaha tha kay mijhay aaisay banday say milana durust nahi jo RASOOL ALLAH SAW ki shan main ghustakhi karay… or wo kafi barham howa tha is bat per… ab i don know kay kia sahi hai !!!!!!
i have read this article and i am also one of a bigger fan of zaid hamid,,just because of his ideas and his insight.
i have heard him many times and you already know it that his knowledge and insight is far more better than an ordinary man.but i always think that what is the reality behind all this,and its realy shocking for us,infact now-a-days we cannot make the diffrence between right and wrong.
and infact ziad hamid has never discuss his belives ever in any show then what is the problem,,he is just telling the things which are realated to islam,,than how a common man can make a difference that ziad is someone else..
I was a big fan of Zaid hamid until he said:
“Pak army is doing absolutely right”
and latter he abuses Zardari and parliament and after that said “Army do what parliament says (i.e what usa says)”
He is Zaid hamid of double standards now
Everybody has up n downs in his life.. It was not only one Zaid who came across to meet Yousaf, there may be thousands who were miss guided by him… where are they now? In our society of course. May be thanking Allah for saving them from a Satin like Mr. Zaid. Why criticize only Mr. Zaid? Why we believe what other people say about him and not what he says for himself?.. I will remain fan of his till the day i hear any thing wrong from his mouth.
So far Zaid Hamid has not been found to say anything wrong and what he says offends those who belong to a different sect.
Regrettably, the whole article is based on self declared email exchanges (which cannot be taken as an official record). A legal case references have been made, but details like date, witness lists, judge name etc are missing. Any personality which could be accessed for verification i.e. ex-judge, attorney etc?
What is author’s response, if one says that Zaid is true and Bakar is wrong and intentionally trying to mitigate him for his Pro-Pakistan, anti-Zionist stand, especially without credible proofs?
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Im still confused abt dis issue mr zaid admitted dat once he wz a part of dat………while he wz doing a meeting wid sum of my uni friends…………..
when ever some one get up against the enemies of Islam,or try to awake the muslim ummah. our enemies start negative propaganda against that person or try to eliminate him. its a hadeeth of Rasul Allah SAW that reporting a matter or disseminating something without confirming the truth is enough to consider that person a liar. so we must not listen to such propaganda, till we find truth in that. there may be many people involved in accusing some one but who knows who they are, may be one person appear by different names. personally i have found Zaid hamid a sincere, loyal and an islamic person having islamic ideologies.
Its true that now a days it is difficult to know the hidden reality behind the scene. But in case of Zaid Hamid Sb, it is totally propaganda which the people are spreading who belong to other school of thought or from our enemies. We Pakistani, some times react very quickly without knowing the reality and especially in religious matters for example the person was killed in Gujranwala (The owner of the factory, few days back) had never insulted Quranic verses but whole the story was created by some ones who want to take revenge and unfortunatelly religion is the best tool to play with the emotions of innocent people (This is what some of our religious parties are doing). Up to my experience and exposure (I have studied Iqbal in details, travelled around the world, having top degree , met with top scholars of the world and sofies) Zaid Hamid Sb is among few top Muslim scholars who have really impressed me. He seems a true Muslim. However Allah knows better.
Im still confused about this issue Zaid Hamid, he should explain and clear about yousuf kazzab on his TV shows so that the end of confusing climate.
i admitted that he is a brave person
zaid hamid the gerat…..?he is able to become a president of pakisatn..?
I was also a big fan of Zaid Hamid before reading this report by Moulana Saeed Ahmed Jalal Puri of Aalmi Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwwat (file attached) from one of my friend. I scanned and send this reprot to Zaid Hamid for varification (6 day ago) but till todate no reply received. I use to get daily newsletters from brasstacks on my email but since I send this file to Zaid Hamid, I am no longer in the mailing list.
download the report from here:
http://wikisend.com/download/578708/A real face of Zaid Hamid.doc
watch this .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBG7lpYGLcE
oh plz shut up.let Pakistan have a good leadership. People like you have been shouting for sixty years and are responsible for making Pkistan what it looks like today. Pakistan was made in the name of Islam and will flourish in fulfilling its promises to Allah that forefathers did at 1947.
assalam-o-alay kum
please go to this page if u realy want to know reality of Zaid Hamid
http://www.scribd.com/doc/23672211/Zaid-Hamid-s-past-present-a-research-work#
Zaid Sir I love you. You look very handsome and dynamic. You look like a Hollywood hero, you look so attractive, marvellous in your blue suite and red cap, Tom cruze is nothing infornt of you. We girls of our college, fantasize about you, I bought all of your posters and pasted in my bed room. I don’t know how to contact you.
Hey friends, does anyone got Zaid Sir’s number. “ Sir, I want to marry you”.
I m also confused about tythis conteroversy…..but famous ulmas has written in their researches about zaid zaman hamid..that he is zaid Hamid/Zaid ZAman Hamid is first Khalifa of YOUSFUF KAZAB…………..if he is not so why he didnt go and denied in any newspapaer that he was not a big supporter of Yousuf Kazab in his hearings……….
assalam-o-alay kum
please go to this page
http://jazbablog.com/jazba/?p=3586#comment-1505
Asalamoalykum dear pakistani brothers and sisters,plz plz for God sake don`t be a part of propaganda against Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid Sahib,he is a lover of our Aaqa-o-mola Hazrat Muhammad Peace be upon him nd he is true pakistani.plz 1st listen to him then by God i m sure ur minds will be clear that a person like him can never be betray aaqq-o-Mola Hazrat Muhammad peace be upon.
infact we should be part of his mission because his mission isn`t a new oen, he simply preaches the message of aaqa-o-mola Hazrat Muhammad saw’s.May Allah bless him May he live long May he succeeded in his mission ,May Allah show all of us straight path Ameen.
Leave every thing, just look what he is saying he is not qouting anything other than Quran , Sunnah and Hadith.
He is asking people for the prepration of kamil Imaan on Hadith , Quran and Auliya ALLAH , (his research , his homework everything is pointing him the true follower of Quran , Hadith , Sunnah , Auliya ALLAH (the LORD’s friend community)
A man is know by his own words, if anyone have any critics in mind than listen , read and watch him carefully eliminating the importance of rumors ,
Zaid bhai nay jo itnay arsay mein shaoor paida kia hai logon mein Americans, Hindus , jews , economic war , state terror ka asaal shakal dikhai hai .
we must join our hands togather and forget everything to do the things which suppose to be done by our elders.
Zaid is speaking truth and truth is bitter. action speaks louder than voices i heard it from my friend tou …. Mr read his whole life you’ll come to know how much pain he suffered , how much luxeries he left to work for real thing , research spiritual study leads one to truth and our thinking is our energy blessed by ALLAH ALMIGHTY.
Please stop this critics and help the person who is trying to do better for everyone.
more over he is doing all this for the betterment of our country we need to step fwd and face critics and ans it with full. we need to creat a spiritual society here which Zaid asked to everyone but i think here no one understand the meaning of spirtuality when everyone here is spiritual this land is the ground of spiritual forces saving us since we have this land.
Please say ALLAH HO AKBAR. and join the hand of zaid sb u never know zaid don’t want to come on TV but there are more than one zaid working for the same thing.
Zaid is follower of Naimatullah Shah Wali , he is reading Rummi , he learnt the knowledge thats why when he speak he speak and when he do he do .
Its saddening what ever is written on this site, to ruin the image of zaid why for america who want him dead or india who is doing best to end his teachings.
Jo na janay haq ki taaqat
rab na deway us ko himaat.
mard e momin hee qoum ki taqdeer badaltay hain, businessman nahi.
aur bulleh shah said ” Lokaan Nu Samjhana Okha” tou hum kia ker saktay hain.
Leave every thing, just look what he is saying he is not qouting anything other than Quran , Sunnah and Hadith.
He is asking people for the prepration of kamil Imaan on Hadith , Quran and Auliya ALLAH , (his research , his homework everything is pointing him the true follower of Quran , Hadith , Sunnah , Auliya ALLAH (the LORD’s friend community)
A man is know by his own words, if anyone have any critics in mind than listen , read and watch him carefully eliminating the importance of rumors ,
Zaid bhai nay jo itnay arsay mein shaoor paida kia hai logon mein Americans, Hindus , jews , economic war , state terror ka asaal shakal dikhai hai .
we must join our hands togather and forget everything to do the things which suppose to be done by our elders.
Zaid is speaking truth and truth is bitter. action speaks louder than voices i heard it from my friend tou …. Mr read his whole life you’ll come to know how much pain he suffered , how much luxeries he left to work for real thing , research spiritual study leads one to truth and our thinking is our energy blessed by ALLAH ALMIGHTY.
Please stop this critics and help the person who is trying to do better for everyone.
more over he is doing all this for the betterment of our country we need to step fwd and face critics and ans it with full. we need to creat a spiritual society here which Zaid asked to everyone but i think here no one understand the meaning of spirtuality when everyone here is spiritual this land is the ground of spiritual forces saving us since we have this land.
Please say ALLAH HO AKBAR. and join the hand of zaid sb u never know zaid don’t want to come on TV but there are more than one zaid working for the same thing.
Zaid is follower of Naimatullah Shah Wali , he is reading Rummi , he learnt the knowledge thats why when he speak he speak and when he do he do .
Its saddening what ever is written on this site, to ruin the image of zaid why for america who want him dead or india who is doing best to end his teachings.
Jo na janay haq ki taaqat
rab na deway us ko himaat.
mard e momin hee qoum ki taqdeer badaltay hain, businessman nahi.
aur bulleh shah said ” Lokaan Nu Samjhana Okha” tou hum kia ker saktay hain.
Zaid Hamid agar ap sache muslim hain tu Imran Khan aur Dr.Tahir ko saath mila ker Pakistan mein inqelab berpa ker do.Gharib hawam ap ko bohet Dua de gi.Allah kare hamara Pakistan aur es ke Assets bi bach jayen Dushman se.
ab to zaid ka yousuf kazab se taluk khud zaid ne man lia iski kitni munafiaq hai Abdullah k coments paro azzab par usne iski munfiqat kao wazeh kya hai 26th dec,11th nad 17th jan ke cometns paro uske bohat lambe hain but usne samjhaya hai ke kis tara zaid youth ke jazbat se khial raha hai aur ye video bhi dekho you tube par “Zaid Hamid’s hypocrisy” is video ko dekh kar ap khud faisla karo kia sach hai kia jhut zaid shariat lane ki bat karta hai khud kitna amal karta hai jo khud amal nai karta
ASA,
When I came to know Yousuf Kazab’s story, I also became against Zaid Hamid. But still I had a feeling that one should get explanation from Zaid Hamid about this issue. Because in his lectures and TV programs, I did not find anything un-islamic. He seems to be patriotic and speak about Islam and Prophet (SAW).
Yesterday I got an opportunity to view his response on you tube which is recorded by some students of local college or university of Rawalpindi. This video is comprised 7 episodes of duration of 10 min each. One must watch his point of view before making any image in his mind.
After watching his response, my confusion is cleared now. He is really great man with vision as well as mission. He wants to do something for Pakistan and muslims. All of us should support him instead of getting influenced from propaganda from some evil minded people.
Everyone must watch his response before making any conclusion.
Here is the link of youtube : – http://www.youtube.com/p/33CB6D9297B3511D&hl=en_US&fs=1
Allah Hafiz