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ta’âlâ anhum ajma’în’ who retreated during the Holy War of
Huneyn?
“As for the desertion in the Holy War of Uhud; it took place
before its prohibition. It is declared in the hundred and fifty-fifth
âyat of Âl-i-’Imrân sûra that Allâhu ta’âlâ has forgiven them.
“It is explained in all books of Tafsîr that the good news
purporting, ‘Allâhu ta’âlâ has forgiven thee,’ which is before the
hundred and fifty-third âyat-i-kerîma of Âl-i-’Imrân sûra, is
attached to this âyat, which follows it.
“The meaning of the ninety-ninth âyat of Tawba sûra is, ‘O
those who have had îmân! What happened to you when you were
said to go out for Jihâd?’ This does not mean to censure or rebuke
them. Yet it means to inform them that they have been slack. And
this information includes all of them. It has not been stated that
hadrat Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’, who was among them, was an
exception.” Upon this the head Molla began to talk:
3- “Would it be something right to make a person Khalîfa
while his caliphate was a matter of controversy? The Benî
Hâshim (tribe) were the notables of the As-hâb-i-kirâm. Only
after long hesitation and upon insistent coersion did they
acknowledge his caliphate. Is this the way of accepting a
Khalîfa?”
I answered, “All the Sahâba ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anhum
ajma’în’ unanimously agreed on the caliphate of hadrat Abû Bekr
‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anh’. Anyone without prejudice will
acknowledge this fact. Hadrat Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anh’ and a
few other Sahâbîs ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anhum ajma’în’ were late to
acknowledge their obedience, not because they were opposed, but
because they had not been invited to the election and therefore
had not attended it. Besides, a few people’s opposition could not
have turned the preferrence of the majority to the other way
round. Had such a thing been possible, it would have been possible
when hadrat Alî ‘kerrem-Allâhu ta’âlâ wej-heh’ was elected the
(fourth) Khalîfa (afterwards), and consequently his caliphate
would not have been rightful.”
4- The head Molla changed the subject: “Abû Bekr deprived
hadrat Fâtima of her right by violence. Putting forward the hadîthi-sherîf,
‘We Prophets do not leave inheritance behind us. What
we leave will become alms,’ he did not give her her dues. During
the battle of Hayber, Jebrâîl (Gabriel) ‘alaihis-salâm’ brought the
command which purported, ‘Give the person who is close to thee
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