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Sayyidina Uqbah bin ‘Aamir (Radi<strong>al</strong>lahu anhu) said: “I asked Rasulullah (S<strong>al</strong>l<strong>al</strong>lahu<br />
Alayhi Was<strong>al</strong>lam): Which is the path towards s<strong>al</strong>vation?”<br />
Rasulullah (S<strong>al</strong>l<strong>al</strong>lahu Alayhi Was<strong>al</strong>lam) replied: “Keep your tongue under control,<br />
remain in your home, (not moving outside without cause) and cry over your sins.” (Durr<br />
Manthoor)<br />
QUESTION 6<br />
Question: We see that the di<strong>gn</strong>ity of the Ulema is purposely being destroyed<br />
and on every front we hear them being criticised and abused.<br />
Reply: What you say is completely true.<br />
But I ask you: In which period of history was it ever so that enmity was not shown<br />
towards the Ulema, and when they were not insulted? Is it riot true that Imam Abu Hanifa<br />
was imprisoned? Was Imam M<strong>al</strong>ik not badly beaten? And what severe sufferings did not<br />
Imam Ahmed bin Hamb<strong>al</strong> have to bear?<br />
You may name any of the illustrious scholars of Islam and find that they were the victims<br />
of attacks by enemies. Few were the exceptions. Most correctly did Sayyidina Ali<br />
(Radi<strong>al</strong>lahu anhu) say:<br />
“The i<strong>gn</strong>orant ones are enemies to the men of knowledge.” (Durr Manthoor)<br />
So it is and in the future this will surely continue to increase. In fact, Rasulullah<br />
(S<strong>al</strong>l<strong>al</strong>lahu Alayhi Was<strong>al</strong>lam) mentioned it as one of the si<strong>gn</strong>s of the coming of Qiyamat.<br />
In <strong>al</strong>most <strong>al</strong>l those Ahaadeeth mentioning the si<strong>gn</strong>s of the nearness of Qiyamat you will<br />
find mention of this.<br />
Si<strong>gn</strong>s of Qiyamat:<br />
Most of those si<strong>gn</strong>s have <strong>al</strong>ready started to appear and as for those si<strong>gn</strong>s which have not<br />
yet appeared, there are <strong>al</strong>ready si<strong>gn</strong>s of their appearing very soon.<br />
Hence there is nO reason why this enmity should not become more intense. But what we<br />
see today is still nothing in comparison to what is to be seen in the future.<br />
Rasulullah (S<strong>al</strong>l<strong>al</strong>lahu Alayhi Was<strong>al</strong>lam) said: “Such a time will come when the Ulema<br />
will be killed like dogs. If only at the time the Ulema could become insane...”<br />
Rasulullah (S<strong>al</strong>l<strong>al</strong>lahu Alayhi Was<strong>al</strong>lam) <strong>al</strong>so said: “Such a time will come when the<br />
death of the Ulema will be more sought after then red gold.”<br />
In another Hadeeth it is said: “Such a time will dawn over men when the leadership of the<br />
Ulema will not be followed, nd neither will any respect be shown to men of wisdom, nor<br />
will elders be honoured, and no sympathy will be shown to the young ones. For the sake<br />
of acquiring any worldly gain, fighting and murder will take place. It will be such a time<br />
Al- Eti’da<strong>al</strong> Fi Maraatibur- Rija<strong>al</strong> 111
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