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good news that their destination is Paradise. The expressions
‘giving property’ and ‘performing Jihâd’ in this âyat-i-kerîma are
not put as stipulations for entering Paradise. They are laudatory
additions intended to praise these blessed people. For these
qualifications were shared by all the As-hâb-i-kirâm. All of them
gave their property and made Jihâd for the sake of Allah.
Consequently, all the As-hâb-i-kirâm are blessed with Allah’s
promise of Paradise. It must be realized now that it would be quite
far from common sense and from Islam to vituperate or execrate
these great religious guides.
Question: Some people say and write that after Rasûlullah’s
‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ death a few Sahâbîs abandoned the
right way, degenerated, had recourse to atrocities for becoming
Khalîfa or for seizing posts and positions, and deprived hadrat Alî
‘kerrem-Allâhu ta’âlâ wejheh’ of his right to caliphate. They say
that some of those people turned disbelievers. According to such
oral and written statements, many Sahâbîs will be deprived of
Paradise. Attaining the honour of being a Sahâbî requires being a
Muslim. Can a person who is said to have turned a non-Muslim or
deviated from the right way still have the honour of being a
Sahâbî?
Answer: That these three Khalîfas ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anhum’
will go to Paradise is informed through the most authentic hadîthi-sherîfs
termed ‘Sahîh’. No one can contradict these hadîth-isherîfs.
Nor can anyone think of the possibility of these people’s
having turned disbelievers or deviated from the right way.
Furthermore, hadrat Abû Bekr and hadrat ’Umar ‘radiy-Allâhu
anhumâ’ were blessed with the honour of having joined the Holy
War of Bedr. It is informed through hadîth-i-sherîfs that people
who fought in the Holy War of Bedr would be forgiven all their
past and future sins. On the other hand, these two Khalîfas were
also among those fortunate people who took the so-called solemn
oath called Bî’at-i-ridwân. And that those people who were
present at the place of this covenant will go to Paradise is informed
through ‘Sahîh’ hadîth-i-sherîfs. Hadrat ’Uthmân did not join the
Holy War of Bedr, because he had been ordered by the Messenger
of Allah to stay in Medîna and look after his ailing wife Ruqayya,
[Rasûlullah’s daughter]. The Messenger had told him that (by
staying in Medîna to help with his wife’s medical treatment) he
would attain the same blessings as if he had joined the Holy War.
Also, his failing to join the solemn oath called Bî’at-i-ridwân was
because he had been sent on a mission to Mekka by the Messenger
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