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Abd-ul-’azîz Dahlawî gives the following explanation about
the sixty-eighth Shiite allegation in his book Tuhfa-i-isnâ-
Ash’ariyya: “There were munâfiqs among the As-hâb-i-kirâm.
Formerly it was not known who they were. However, Muslims
were distinguished from munâfiqs towards the termination of our
Prophet’s lifetime. A short time after Rasûlullah’s ‘sall-Allâhu
alaihi wa sallam’ passing away, there was none of these munâfiqs
left still alive. The hundred and seventy-ninth âyat of Âl-i-’Imrân
sûra purports, ‘O munâfiqs! Allâhu ta’âlâ will not leave you to
yourselves. He will distinguish true Believers from munâfiqs!’ It is
stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, ‘The city of Medîna will sever munâfiqs
from Believers. It will do so like a blacksmith’s furnace severing
rust from iron.’ The âyat-i-kerîma and the hadîth-i-sherîf quoted
above show quite plainly that the four Khalîfas and hadrat
Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu anhum’, whom our master the Messenger
of Allah had praised till his death, did not become disbelievers
afterwards.”
Muslims will not curse, and have never cursed, Rasûlullah’s
Ahl-i-Bayt ‘radiy-Allâhu anhum’ anywhere, nonetheless in
mosques. Muslims know that loving and praising the Ahl-i-Bayt
will cause them to die as Believers. To generalize a wrongdoing
committed by a couple of munâfiqs so as to involve all Muslims in
it and thus to arouse fitna among Muslims, is an act of animosity
against Islam. These treacherous people traduce Muslims as
enemies of the Ahl-i-Bayt. To call the followers and lovers Ahl-i-
Bayt ‘enemies of Ahl-i-Bayt’ is a horrifying attack launched by illwilled,
malevolent munâfiqs with the sheer purpose of breaking
Muslims into groups.
Muslims love Rasûlullah’s Ahl-i-Bayt ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ
anhum ajma’în’ more than anyone else and they love also those
who love the Ahl-i-Bayt. Muslims who love the Ahl-i-Bayt and
follow the right way guided by the Ahl-i-Bayt are called Ahl as-
Sunna.
As it is stated in the book Tuhfa, the twenty-fourth allegation
made by Hurûfîs is that the Ahl as-Sunnat Muslims are inimical
towards the Ahl-i-Bayt. In order to convince others that they are
right, they fable some sad stories. All these detestable stories are
lies and slanders. Scholars of Ahl as-Sunna unanimously state that
it is necessary, it is farz for every male and female Muslim to love
all the members of the Ahl-i-Bayt. It is one of the principles of
îmân to love them. Scholars of Ahl as-Sunna wrote numerous
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