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“0 Allah, whosoever follows me, is of me and whosoever disobeyes me, verily You
are Forgiving, Merciful.”
And 0 Abu Bakr (Radiallahu anhu) your example is like Nabi ‘Esa (Alayhis Salaam),
who said:
“0 Lord, if You punish them, (You have the right) for they are Your servants, and if
You forgive them (You have the right) for You are the Mighty, the Wise.”
And 0 Umar (Radiallahu anhu) your example is like that of Nabi Nooh (Alayhis
Salaam) who said:
“0 Lord leave not one of the disbelievers in the land for if you leave them, they will
mislead others... (71.26-27) And your example is like that of Nabi Musa (Alayhis
Salaam) who said:
“0 Lord, destroy their wealth and harden their hearts so that they believe not,
(increasing in disbelief), until they see the painful chastisement. “(X 89) (Tirmidhi)
Similarly there were other differences between these two Shaikhs. They disagreed
regarding the waging of war against those who refused to pay Zakaat. Thereafter they
disagreed regarding the taking of the wealth of these people as war booty and about
enslaving their wives and children. They disagreed on despatching Usaamah’s
(Radiallahu anhu) army and about the dismissal of Khalid bin Waleed (Radiallahu
anhu) from the leadership of the army. In the end in spite of the insistance of Umar
(Radiallahu anhu), Sayyidina Abu Bakr (Radiallahu anhu) refused to remove Khalid
(Radiallahu anhu). The moment Umar (Radiallahu anhu) became Calipha, he had
Khalid (Radiallahu anhu) replaced and sacked him. There was differences regarding
the compilation of the Quran, the legacy due to a grandfather and regarding the thief
convicted of theft for the third time. Abu Bakr (Radiallahu anhu) ordered the left
hand to be cut off, whereas Umar (Radiallahu anhu) during his Caliphate refused to
do so. According to Abu Baicr (Radiallahu anhu) the sale of a slave-woman who had
borne a child to her master was permissible. Umar (Radiallahu anhu) considered it not
permissible. There were many points of Islamic Law and policy where these two
eminent sons of Islam disagreed. If we want to note them all, we require much more
space than this letter.
Differences between the Sahabah (Radiallahu anlium)
Al- Eti’daal Fi Maraatibur- Rijaal 154