"The real reason for the animosity and rancour of these detestable wretches towards Amir Shamsuíd-Din was that the wives (and womenfolk) of the mullas of Kashmir were mostly from the (houses of) infidels and polytheists. They had taken them in marriage.1 The faith and solidarity which these women had developed (among their groups) overpowered them (their husbands). Habits, traditions, rituals of the people of these lands had got mixed up with those of the infidels, idol-worshippers, deviants and men of rank ignorance. It had become a normal practice in their households. Those who decided in their families and homes about what is permitted and what is not in Islam, were all infidels and polytheists. 2 The ulema, theologians, men of scholarship and erudition of this land had accepted the customs and traditions of depraved and (innovationñliking) aberrant people instead of the traditions and the path shown by the Holy Prophet of Islam. They had discarded all Islamic laws and the basic tenets of Islamic faith. The commandments of God and the Prophet had been done away with. All of them were engrossed in material acquisitions and kept themselves busy with only transient matters. Marriages of women and girls were performed according to the instructions from the infidels and polytheists. Routine matters like hosting feasts for the bride and the groom, their schedule of daily life, including the hours of waking up and going to sleep, were fixed after seeking permission from the infidels and the polytheists."