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this situation, too. He secretly intimated hadrat Alî’s miracles to
people he chose, interpreting “these extraordinary
accomplishments (of hadrat Alî’s)” as symtoms of “the fact that he
is a god” and putting forward the words which hadrat Alî uttered
when he was in an ecstacy called Sekr-i-tarîqât as evidences.
Hadrat Alî was wise to this, too. He declared that he would burn
Ibni Saba’ and his believers. He exiled them to the city of Medâyn.
Ibni Saba’ would not give up there, either. Sending his men forth
to Iraq and Azerbaijân, he promulgated enmity against the Ashâbi-kirâm.
Hadrat Alî was too busy fighting Damascene rebels to
struggle against these people or to carry out his administrative
duties as the Khalîfa.
9- Question: If hadrat Alî had made an agreement with the
Sahâbîs who were against him in the events of Camel and Siffîn, if
he had not made war against them, if he had united and
cooperated with those beloved Muslim brothers of his and
together they had fought the disbeliever named Ibni Saba’ and the
munâfiqs who had gathered around him, he would have added
another one to the services he had rendered to Islam. Thus the
Saba’iyya group, who have shed Islamic blood throughout history,
would have been annihilated. How would this question be
answered?
Answer: His ijtihâd was not so. The destiny foreordained by
Allâhu ta’âlâ was inspired into his blessed heart. So he submitted
himself to the qader-i-ilâhî. Scholars of Ahl as-sunna explain that
hadrat Alî’s ijtihâd was correct. The same was experienced by
Abd-ul-hamîd Khân II ‘rahmatullâhi aleyh’. As an army of
pillagers prepared with Masonic plans were on their way towards
the palace to dethrone the Sultân, the generals in Istanbul
suggested to resist. The barracks in Istanbul were full of trained
soldiers. Yet Abd-ul-hamîd Khân imitated hadrat Alî’s ‘radiy-
Allâhu anh’ ijtihâd. He submitted himself to qader-i-ilâhî (Allah’s
divine foreordination). He did not resist the rebels. Thus he
thwarted the Party of Union’s plans to avenge on him and
thousands of Muslims.
Day after day the number of separatists increased and
consequently hadrat Alî’s ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ army was broken
into four groups:
1- The first group was the Shî’ah, who followed hadrat Alî
‘radiy-Allâhu anh’. They did not criticize any of the As-hâb-ikirâm.
On the contrary, they spoke about them with love and
respect. They were free from the doubts inspired by the devil.
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