SAHÂBA

‘The Blessed’

by

Ahmad Fârûqî

“The Sahâba and the Ahl-i Bayt

always loved each other”

Hüseyn Hilmi Işık

PERHATIAN

Kehidupan murni yang dipimpin oleh setiap orang Ashâb-i-kirâm (Sahâba) memberikan contoh untuk kita ikut. Kita patut meniru mereka dan cuba mendapatkan kasih sayang dari Allâhu ta’âlâ. Seorang Muslim yang mengikuti mereka tapak kaki akan mematuhi perintah Allâhu ta’âlâ dan undang-undang negara. Berdosa jika ingkar perintah, dan jenayah untuk melanggar undang-undang. A Muslim yang sempurna tidak akan melakukan dosa atau jenayah. Untuk menjadi

'Muslim' bermaksud menjadi 'orang yang baik'. Dia akan tahu bahawa umat Islam adalah bersaudara. 

Dia akan mencintai bangsanya dan bendera kebangsaannya. Dia akan berbuat baik kepada semua orang.Dia tidak akan sekali-kali membahayakan orang bukan Islam, pelancong atauorang kafir. Dia tidak akan menyerang harta benda, nyawa,kesucian atau kehormatan. Dia akan menasihati orang-orang yang zalim. Diatidak akan menipu atau menduakan sesiapa. Dia tidak akan pernahbergaduh. Dia akan melayan orang lain dengan muka yang tersenyum dan amanis lidah. Dia akan sentiasa bekerja. Dia akan belajar miliknyaagama dan sains dengan baik. 

Dia akan mengajar mereka kepadanya anak-anak dan kepada kenalannya juga. Dia tidak akanmengumpat orang lain atau mengumpat. Dia akan sentiasa berkata bergunabenda. Dia akan mencari rezeki melalui halâl (secara kanoniksah) bermaksud. Dia tidak akan mengganggu sesiapa pun hak. Seorang Muslim yang telah memperoleh sifat-sifat ini akan dicintai oleh Allah dan juga manusia. Dia akan memimpin hidup dengan selesa dan damai.Masa mudaku telah berlalu seperti mimpi indah, menangislah, oh, mataku!Menangis membuat saya gila, kubur akan membawa saya pulang!

THE SAHÂBA

'alaihim-ur-ridwan'

PENGENALAN

Bermula dengan Basmala, kitab ini ditulis dengan nama Allah! Sebaik-baik perlindungan adalah dengan nama Allah Keberkatan-Nya di luar perkiraan;

Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Pengampun ialah Allah! Allâhu ta’âlâ telah menciptakan Syurga dan Neraka terlebih dahulu. Ditetapkan terlebih dahulu, di masa lalu yang kekal, bahawa Dia akan memenuhi kedua-duanya dengan manusia dan jin, Dia mengisytiharkan fakta ini dalam Kitab-Nya. Seperti di sana adalah orang-orang yang beriman dan baik yang layak mendapat syurga sejak (the manusia pertama dan Nabi) Âdam ‘alaihis-salâm’, ada juga orang yang tidak beriman, tidak bijak dan jahat yang telah melakukan kejahatan yang akan membawa mereka ke Neraka. Dua kumpulan manusia ini akan teruskan menduduki bumi hingga hari kiamat. Bilangan malaikat ialah jauh lebih besar daripada manusia, dan mereka semua setia dan patuh. Lelaki, sebaliknya, lebih jarang setia daripada merekatidak beriman, durhaka dan melampaui batas.

Orang baik dan orang jahat sentiasa cuba untuk memusnahkan satu sama lain, orang jahat juga telah menyerang satu sama lain dan tinggal di dalamnya kesusahan dan kebimbangan sepanjang sejarah. Orang beriman telah melaksanakan jihad untuk mendisiplinkan orang-orang kafir dan membimbing mereka kepada kebenaran iman dan dengan itu kepada kebahagiaan yang tidak berkesudahan, dan untuk mengarahkan manusia kepada kebahagiaan dan hidup sejahtera di dunia dan akhirat. 

Orang-orang kafir, pada sebaliknya, telah menubuhkan rejim diktator, di mana seorang di bawah umur kumpulan menyalahgunakan yang lemah dan rendah untuk menjalani kehidupan kezaliman dan pelecehan dan untuk memuaskan keinginan nafsu mereka. Dan, untuk menyembunyikan kejahatan, kemudaratan dan keburukan mereka, mereka telah menyerang Nabi ‘alaihim-us-salâm’ dan agama-agama mereka dibawa kerana mereka menetapkan prinsip etika, kebajikan dan integriti. 

Dalam beberapa abad serangan ini ditekan senjata maut, dan kadangkala ia dibuat secara rahsia peperangan, yang termasuk propaganda palsu, membuat kerosakan,menimbulkan kekecohan sosial, subversif, meruntuhkan agama daridalam, dan memusnahkan negara Islam dari pedalaman. Begitu juga agama Islam yang bercahaya, yang menjadi petunjuk kepada keselamatan dan peningkatan serta suar kepada material dan rohani kemajuan, dan yang telah diturunkan kepada tuan kami, yang terakhir dan yang tertinggi Nabi Muhammad Mustafâ ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’, yang diciptakan Allah Ta’ala sebagai yang paling unggul, paling agung cantik dan paling mulia di antara seluruh manusia seluruh dunia dalam segala hal, dan memilih dan mengutusnya sebagai Nabi kepada semua bangsa, dikenakan layanan yang sama. 

Tidak beriman, tidak bermoral dan orang bejat bukan sahaja menyerang agamaNya dalam perang salib ekspedisi, yang termasuk semua jenis seksaan dan kebiadaban, tetapi juga bertungkus lumus memperdaya umat Islam dengan menyamar sebagai Muslim, membuat fitnah dan menyesatkan lisan dan tulisan kenyataan, menetapkan saudara terhadap satu sama lain dan dengan itu meruntuhkan Islam dari dalam. Kerosakan yang disebabkan oleh mereka usaha menghasut melolong kejayaan mereka.

Kegiatan subversif di kalangan umat Islam bermula sejak zaman Ashâb-i-kirâm ‘alaihim-ur-ridwan’, ketika seorang Yahudi Yaman, yang telah mengaku memeluk Islam dan menukar namanya kepada Abdullah bin Saba’, menanam benih perselisihan pertama di kalangan umat Islam. Dia memulakan a trend jahat. Dia cuba untuk memburuk-burukkan Sahâba, yang merupakan para sahabat Rasulullah ‘sall-Allâhu ‘alaihi wa sallam’. Bid’ah yang diada-adakan oleh orang Yahudi itu dinamakan mazhab Rafidî, sebutan yang akhirnya berubah menjadi mazhab Syiah. miliknya contoh diikuti oleh ramai musuh agama, yang mencipta banyak bidaah di bawah jubah lelaki agama dan menyesatkan berjuta-juta  umat Islam terkeluar dari landasan sebenar.

Rasulullah ‘sall-Allâhu ‘alaihi wa sallam’ telah meramalkan tentang malapetaka yang amat menyedihkan ini yang akan menimpa Ummanya (Muslim), dengan pernyataan berikut: “Umatku akan berpecah kepada tujuh puluh tiga kumpulan yang berbeza. Tujuh puluh dua daripadanya akan menyimpang dari jalan yang benar dan berakhir di Neraka. Satu kumpulan akan berpegang pada jalanku dan Sahabatku.” 

Kumpulan ini dari jalan yang benar telah digelar Ahl as-sunna(t). Yang terawal dari mazhab sesat ini, mazhab Râfidî, iaitu yang paling teruk, juga, muncul semula dari semasa ke semasa dan merebak di kalangan masyarakat jahiliah, dan orang-orang yang tidak beriman menggemarinya untuk mengeksploitasinya sebagai senjata. Bahawa mazhab ini adalah pelbagai jenis tidak saintifik yang diputarbelitkan fakta dan peristiwa diperkukuh dengan beberapa al-Quran yang disalahtafsirkan ayat-ayat dan lafaz-lafaz kenabian menampakkan diri dalam apa yang dipanggil buku Husniyya, salah satu penerbitan terbaru mereka, dalam buku kecil yang kadang-kadang mereka hulurkan kepada orang yang tidak berpendidikan di pintu masuk masjid, dan dalam kenyataan yang mereka buat. 

Menamakan  beberapa buku berharga adalah salah satu muslihat yang mereka gunakan untuk membuat kemustahilan mereka boleh dipercayai, walaupun mereka tidak boleh memetik satu baris pun daripada buku-buku sahih itu. Apabila orang yang tidak berpendidikan mendengar nama-nama buku itu, mereka percaya orang-orang ini. Tidak masuk akal mereka dan fitnah yang tidak munasabah, dan pegangan kepercayaan yang sebenar dijelaskan dalam cahaya al-Qur’an al-kerîm dan hadîth-i-sherîfs oleh para ulama (para jalan yang benar yang disebut) Ahl as-Sunnat, disusun di bawah penghakiman dokumen sahih dalam kitab Ashâb-i-kirâm (Sahâba ‘Yang diberkati’), oleh Sayyid Abdulhakîm Effendi rahmatullâhi ‘aleyh’. 

Semasa percetakan buku ini, senarai biografi dua ratus enam puluh lima selebritiyang disebut dalam buku itu dilampirkan mengikut susunan abjad untuktujuan untuk memaklumkan kepada pembaca yang dikasihi tentang mereka. Orang Turkiasli, Ashâb-i-kirâm, buku kami Sahâba ‘Yang Berbahagia’ adalah dicetak pada tahun 1982 buat kali pertama. Allâhu ta’âlâ kini telah memberkati kita dengan banyak merealisasikan edisi dua puluh duanya, (dan juga ini edisi pertama dalam bahasa Inggeris).[1]

Semoga Allâhu ta’âlâ memberkati umat Islam dengan membaca buku ini dengan perhatian yang tidak berat sebelah dan dengan itu mempelajari jalan yang benar! Umat ​​Islam di muka bumi hari ini telah berpecah kepada tiga golongan. Pada golongan pertama ialah orang Islam yang mengikut jalan yang dipimpin oleh Ashâb-ikirâm. Mereka dipanggil Ahl as-Sunnat, atau Muslim Sunni (Ahli Sunnah), atau Firqa-i-nâjiyya (golongan yang akan diselamatkan daripadanya Neraka). Dalam kumpulan kedua adalah musuh-musuh Ashâb-i-kirâm. Mereka dipanggil Rafidî, atau Syi'ah (Syiah), atau Firqa-i-dâlla (golongan sesat). 

Golongan yang ketiga adalah bermusuhan dengan Syiah dan juga terhadap Sunni. Mereka dipanggil Wahhabî, atau Nejdîs, yang berasal dari wilayah Arab Nejd, yang tempat lahirnya ajaran sesat. Golongan ketiga juga dipanggil Firqai- mel’ûna (golongan terkutuk). Sesungguhnya, ia telah tertulis dalam kami (Turki) buku K›yâmet ve Âh›ret dan Se’âdet-i Ebediyye, (dan juga dalam penerbitan kami dalam bahasa Inggeris, seperti Nasihat untuk Muslim, dan dalam bab keempat The Sunnî Path,) yang mereka sebut orang Islam ‘kafir’. Nabi kita telah melaknat orang yang menggelar seorang Muslim sebagai ‘kafir’. Pemecahan umat Islam ke dalam ini tiga kumpulan telah direka oleh Yahudi dan perancang British. Mana-mana orang yang mengikut hawa nafsu nafsnya dan mempunyai hati yang jahat akan masuk Neraka, tanpa mengira golongannya kepada. Setiap Muslim hendaklah sentiasa mengucapkan kata-kata, “Lâ ilâha il-l-

Allah,” untuk membersihkan dirinya dari kekufuran dan kemaksiatan ,yang ada pada sifatnya, -tindakan penyucian ini dinamakanTazkiya-i-nafs’-, dan juga perkataan, “Astaghfirullah,” untuk membersihkan hatinya dari kekufuran dan kemaksiatan yang dia lakukan dikontrak dari nafsnya, dari syaitan, dari kumpulan yang jahat atau daripada sastera yang berbahaya dan subversif. Jika seseorang itu mematuhi (perintah dan larangan) Syariat, solatnya akan di diterima. Tidak menunaikan (solat harian yang disebut) namâz, memandang wanita yang tidak menutup badannya dengan betul atau pada orang lain yang mendedahkan bahagian badan mereka yang mesti dilindungi, dan memakan barang yang telah diperolehi melalui (cara haram dipanggil) haram, adalah gejala seseorang mengingkari syariat. Doa orang seperti itu tidak akan menjadi diterima.

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Nota Penerbit:

Mereka yang ingin mencetak buku ini dalam bentuk asal atau ke menterjemah ke dalam bahasa lain dibenarkan berbuat demikian. Kami berdoa bahawa Allah ta'ala akan memberkati mereka atas amal kebaikan mereka ini, dan kami mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada mereka. Walau bagaimanapun, kebenaran diberikan dengan syarat bahawa kertas yang digunakan dalam percetakan adalah baik kualiti dan reka bentuk teks dan tetapan akan betul dan dilakukan dengan kemas tanpa kesilapan. Kami akan menghargai salinan buku bercetak apabila siap.

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Amaran: Mubaligh sedang berusaha untuk mengiklankan agama Kristian,Orang Yahudi sedang berusaha untuk menyebarkan kata-kata rekaan Yahudi rabbi, Hakîkat Kitâbevi (Kedai Buku), di Istanbul, sedang bergelut untuk publisiti Islam, dan freemason cuba memusnahkan agama.

Seseorang yang mempunyai kebijaksanaan, pengetahuan dan hati nurani akan memahami dan mengakui yang betul di antara ini dan akan membantu untuk merebak itu untuk keselamatan seluruh umat manusia. Tidak ada cara yang lebih baik dan banyak lagi sesuatu yang berharga untuk berkhidmat kepada manusia daripada berbuat demikian.

THE SAHÂBA

‘alaihim-ur-ridwân’

If any person thanks and praises any other person in any manner at any place at any time and for any reason, all this thanks and praise belong to Allâhu ta’âlâ by rights. For, He, alone, is the creator, the educator, the trainer of everything and the maker and the sender of every goodness. He, alone, is the owner of power and authority. To say that a certain person ‘created a certain thing’ would mean to attribute ‘creation’ to someone other than Allâhu ta’âlâ, which in effect would, like praising a fly for having constructed an apartment house or for driving, be a squalid sin, not to mention the derision it would provoke against the person concerned.

May all benedictions and good wishes be on Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’, His Prophet and Darling, on his Ahl-i-Bayt (immediate relatives), and on all his Ashâb (Companions) ‘ridwânullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaihim ajma’în’! Nişanc›zâde Muhammed bin Ahmed ‘rahima hullâhu ta’âlâ’, the author of the grand tome of history entitled Mir’ât-i-kâinât, states as follows: “The Sahâba have been described in various ways. It is written in Mawâhib-i-ladunniyya that a Believer who saw our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ at least for a moment, or who talked with him at least for a moment, if he was a blind person, as the Prophet was alive and after he had been appointed as the Prophet, is called a Sâhib or a Sahâbî, regardless of his age at that blessed moment. When they are more than one, they are called Ashâb, or Sahâba, or Sahb. 

A person who was a disbeliever when he saw the Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ and became a Believer after the Prophet’s passing away, or a person who was a Believer when he saw him and reneged Islam –may Allâhu ta’âlâ protect us against it– after the Prophet’s passing away, is not a Sahâbî. Ubaydullah bin Jahsh and Sa’laba bin Abî Khâtib were among the Sahâba, but afterwards they reneged Islam. According to scholars, if a person who reneged Islam (after the blessed event that had made him a Sahâbî) became a Muslim once again, he is still a Sahâbî.” Wahshî ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ also was one of the Sahâba, and he passed away as a Sahâbî. The phrase that reads as “Wahshî (wild, untamed) both in name and in body,” in the well-known book entitled Muhammediyye means his state before converting to Islam. Why shouldn’t Wahshî have been a Sahâbî while other people became Sahâbîs by joining the Believers and seeing only once the blessed face of our master the Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ after an eighty years’ life as unbelievers? Also Jinnîs who have these qualifications are Sahâbîs.

The book of explanations entitled Hadîqat-un-Nadiya, written by Abdulghanî Nablûsî ‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’, is very valuable. It was printed in Istanbul in 1290 [A.D. 1873]. Its first part was reproduced by an offset process in 1400 [A.D. 1980]. It is written as follows on its thirteenth page: “A jinnî or a human being who met the Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ after having become a Believer and who is known to have died as a Believer is called a Sahâbî. According to this definition, a blind person as well as a person who did not see for more than a moment, are Sahâbîs. An angel cannot be a Sahâbî. When the Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ passed away, there were more than one hundred and twenty-four thousand Sahâbîs. They were all learned, mature and noble people.”

All religious authorities say in consensus that the Sahâba ‘alaihim-ur-ridwân’ are the third best and highest creatures after Prophets ‘alaihimussalawâtu wa-t-taslîmât’ and angels. A Muslim who saw Rasûlullah (Messenger of Allah) ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ at least once is much higher than those who did not see him, including Weys al-Qarânî, (who did not see him, either). When the Sahâba entered Damascus, Christians who saw them admired them and said, “These people are higher than the apostles of Îsâ (Jesus) ‘alaihis-salâm’.” Abdullah ibni Mubârak ‘rahima hullâhu ta’âlâ’, one of the greatest scholars in this religion, said,

“The dust that drifted into the nostrils of the horse that Hadrat Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ was riding as he accompanied Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ was a thousand times higher than ’Umar bin ’Abdul’azîz, (who was not a Sahâbî).

The virtues of the Sahâba ‘alaihim-ur-ridwân’ are cited in a number of âyat-i-kerîmas and hadîth-i-sherîfs. It is purported in Sûra Âl-i-’Imrân: “Of the entire human race, you are the best umma and the best community.” In other words, “You are the second best people after Prophets.”

Sûra Tawba purports: “Allâhu ta’âlâ is pleased with those Sahâbîs who, born and living in the blessed city of Mekka as they were, migrated to the illuminated city of Medina, as well as with those Muslims who have been following their example in goodness. And they, too, are pleased with Allâhu ta’âlâ. Allâhu ta’âlâ has prepared Gardens of Paradise for them.”

As is purported in Sûra Anfâl, Allâhu ta’âlâ addresses to His beloved Prophet: “Allâhu ta’âlâ and Believers who follow you will suffice for you.” At that time the Ashâb-i-kirâm were very few in number. However, their grades in the view of Allâhu ta’âlâ being very high, they were said to be adequate in spreading Islam. It is purported in Sûra Fat-h: “Muhammad ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ is the Prophet of Allâhu ta’âlâ, and all those people who are with him, [i.e. all the Ashâb-i-kirâm,] are harsh towards the unbelievers. Yet they are compassionate and tender towards one another. You will see most of them making the rukû’ (bowing with both hands on knees during the performance of prayer called namâz or salât) or making the sajda (prostration during namâz).

They beg Allâhu ta’âlâ to give all people all sorts of goodness and superiority in this world and the next. They also wish for ridwân, i.e. that Allâhu ta’âlâ be pleased with them. It will be seen on their faces that they have been making the sajda very much. These facts about their states and honours have been stated in the Torah as well as in the Injîl (the original, genuine Bible revealed to Îsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’). As is stated in the Injîl, they are like crops. As a flimsy sprout appears from the soil, becomes thicker and taller; likewise, they were few in number and weak, yet they spread far and near in a short time. They filled everywhere with lights of îmân. As others marvel at a sprout’s growing in a short time; likewise, as these people’s beautiful manners and fame spread over the earth, those who saw it were astonished and they admired them, while unbelievers became angry.” 

The fame stated in this âyat-i-kerîma covers not only those Muslims who were among the Ashâb-i-kirâm when it was revealed, but also those who would join those most fortunate Believers afterwards. It is a known fact that Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ also was a Sahâbî who rendered great services to the spread of Islam. Like any other Sahâbî, he, too, is included in these praisals showered on them by Allâhu ta’âlâ.

The following hadîth-i-sherîfs telling about the greatness and the high grades of the Ashâb-i-kirâm ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’ are written on the three hundred and twenty-sixth (326) page of the book entitled Mir’ât-i-kâinât:

1– “Do not speak ill of any of my Ashâb. Do not say something that would not be worthy of their honor! I swear in the name of Allâhu ta’âlâ, whose power holds my nafs, that if any one of you paid gold as huge as the mount Uhud in the name of alms, he would not earn thawâb (blessings, rewards that a Muslim will be given in the Hereafter for the pious acts he has done in the world) equal to the amount earned by one of my Ashâb for paying one mudd.” Giving alms is an act of worship. The thawâb earned for acts of worship is dependent on the purity of intention. This hadîth-i-sherîf shows how pure the hearts of the Ashâb-i-kirâm‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’ were. [Mudd means ‘menn’, which is equal to two ritls, or 260 dirham-i-shar’î, or 875 grams.

Sadaqa-i-fitr (the alms that a Muslim rich enough has to pay poor Muslims on the ’Iyd day after the holy month of Ramadân)[1] is half a sâ’ (at least), which makes two muddy, or 1750 grams of wheat.]

2– “Each and every one of my Ashâb is like the stars in the sky. Adapting yourself to any one of them will guide you to love of Allâhu ta’âlâ.” In other words, if you act in accordance with the advice given by any one of them, you will be walking along the right way. As the stars help people out in the sea or in a desert to find the direction they have to follow, those who follow the directions given by these people will be walking on the right path.

3– “Fear Allâhu ta’âlâ that you should speak ill of my Ashâb! After me, do not use them as targets for your evil purposes! Do not feel a grudge against them by following your nafs! Those who love them do so because they love me. Those who dislike them do so because they dislike me. Those who hurt them with their hands and tongues will have hurt Allâhu ta’âlâ (by doing so), which is an offense that will incur exemplary punishment without any delay.”

4– “The most useful and the best of the (Muslim) people of all times are the people of my time, [which means all the Ashâb-ikirâm]. Next to them are the Believers of the second century (after me), and next are those of the third century.”

5– “The fire of Hell will not burn a Muslim who has seen me, nor any (Muslim) who will see those who have seen me.” Ahmad ibn Hajar Haytamî Makkî ‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’ was one of the greatest scholars of the Islamic religion. He lived in a time when India, (his country,) was rich in scholars and Walîs and the sun of Islam had reached the height to enlighten the entire world. Yet there were still some heretics whose hearts had been blackened with ignorance and egoistic personal ambitions and who therefore were vilifying the Ashâb-i-kirâm, so much so that their bigotry had driven them beyond the boundaries of decency.

Fortunately, however, it happened to be the time of Humâyûn Shâh ‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’, the Indian Sultân, a deeply pious sovereign who was extremely respectful to scholars. He was a champion of justice and benevolence, an adroit statesman under whose administration each and every personality would receive the due treatment, and a generous benefactor of Muslims. He was the founder of the Jurjânî state in India and the son of Bâbur Shâh ‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’. Scholars of that happy time came together and resorted to Hadrat Ibn Hajar for the silencing of the heretics.

Upon this, he wrote two huge books containing explanations about the virtues of the Ashâb-i-kirâm ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhumajma’în’. With authentic documents, proofs and testimonies, he gave the lie to the enemy. The following are the English translations of two of the hadîth-i-sherîfs written in Sawâ’iq-ulmuhriqa, one of the books:

6– “Allâhu ta’âlâ chose me from among the Qoureish tribe, the noblest people, and selected the best people as companions for me. He chose a few of them as my viziers and my assistants in communicating Islam to people. And he singled out some of these few as my As-hâr, i.e. my relatives through marriage. May those who abuse them or slander them or swear at them be accursed in the view of Allâhu ta’âlâ, and in the view of all angels and men! On the Rising Day Allâhu ta’âlâ will reject their fard and sunnat acts of worship.” [Abû Bakr and ’Umar ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhumâ’ were both his viziers and his as-hâr. For, the former was the father of

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Âisha ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhâ’, one of the Azwâj-i-mutahhara (the Blessed Wives of the Messenger of Allah), and the latter was the father of Hafsa ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhâ’, (another one of the Blessed Wives). Also Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’, who was a brother of our Prophet’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ blessed wife Umm-i-Habîba ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhâ’, and also his father Abû Sufyân and his mother Hind ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhum’ were among the as-hâr. These three people are therefore included in thishadîth-i-sherîf.]

7– The following hadîth-i-sherîf is written in the same book: “Protect my right concerning the affection (I feel) for my Ashâb, for my relatives, for those who help me, and for those who follow the path I have shown! Those who protect my right of

Prophethood by loving them: Allâhu ta’âlâ will protect them against harms and disasters in this world and the next. Allâhu ta’âlâ hates those people who disregard my right of Prophethood by hurting them. So near is the time when Allâhu ta’âlâ will torment the people He hates.”

These hadîth-i-sherîfs show clearly that we should love and respect each and every one of the As-hâb-i-kirâm ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’. We should believe that the combats among them were intended to carry out the commandment of Allâhu ta’âlâ. None of those who joined those combats had any ambitions for position, fame or money. They all meant to carry out the commandment of an âyat-i-kerîma or a hadîth-i-sherîf.

When ’Uthmân ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ attained martyrdom, all the Muslims elected Hadrat Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ Khalîfa. The first thing Hadrat Khalîfa tried to do was to re-establish peace. Most of the Sahâba-i-kirâm ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’ demanded of the Khalîfa that he arrest the murderers of Hadrat ’Uthmân ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ as soon as possible and retaliate on them. Among the people who supported this view were two of theAshara-i-mubashshara,[1] i.e. Talha ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’, who was related to our master the Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ by the seventh grandfather in retrospect and who had joined theBelievers during the earliest days of Islam and had undergone verycruel torments inflicted by the unbelievers, –for instance, the

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[1] The ten people who were given the good news that they would go to

[1] Please see the third chapter of the fifth fascicle of Endless Bliss, for Sadaqa fitr, available from Hakîkat Kitâbevi, 34262 Fâtih, ‹stanbul, Türkiye.