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these books and confuted them with documentary evidences, thus
preparing a book, and named this book Let Us Be In Unity. May
infinite hamd-u-thenâ be to our Rabb for granting us the lot of
printing the book! We hope that our young brothers will read this
book now, see clearly between right and wrong, and adhere to the
true way guided by scholars of Ahl as-Sunna. We supplicate to
Allâhu ta’âlâ to bless them with the lot of attaining this greatest
fortune.
LET US BE IN UNITY
1- Enemies of Islam have been writing various books in order
to mislead Muslim children. A group of them deny the Madh-habs.
They say that our religion does not contain any heavenly
commandment justifying people’s splitting into various different
Madh-habs. They would not say so if they knew the meaning of
Madh-hab. Nothing could bring one a disgrace as deep as one’s
ignorance. Their ignorance blindfolds them so badly that they
criticise Islam and Qur’ân al-kerîm. These writings of theirs have
been given detailed answers in the chapter Müslimâna Nasîhat
(Advice for the Muslim) of the book K›yâmet ve Âh›ret (The
Hereafter).
2- There were no controversies among Muslims in the time of
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’. The last âyat of Fat-h
sûra purports that the As-hâb-i-kirâm loved one another
continuously and very much. Allâhu ta’âlâ informs that this love
among them continued to exist after Rasûlullah’s passing away,
too. As Rasûlullah passed away, it was hadrat Âisha who waited in
tears at his bedside. When Rasûlullah died, none of the As-hâb-ikirâm
struggled for position. They did not even think of seizing
power. Enemies of Islam compare the four caliphate elections to
disbeliever kings’, dictators’ and revolutionists’ seizing power. The
case with the four Khalîfas, however, is quite the other way round,
for, let alone criticizing them, each of their deeds must be taken as
a documentary example by Muslims. Rasûlullah stated, “Hold fast
to the way guided by my four Khalîfas!” There were cruel, sinful
ones among the Umayyad and Abbasid Khalîfas. Yet none of
them was a disbeliever. None of them was an enemy of Islam. All
of them were Islamically rightful Khalîfas. They were elected not
in accordance with the laws of presidential elections for, say,
France, but in a manner prescribed by Allâhu ta’âlâ. A person who
denies Allah’s prescription will certainly dislike the procedures
followed in their election. Hadrat Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ
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