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with the rules and commandments revealed by Allâhu ta’âlâ, are
disbelievers.” And a disbeliever in turn cannot be the Prophet’s
representative, i.e. the Khalîfa. By the same token, a person who
did not join Usâma’s army must have become a disbeliever. None
of the three Khalîfas joined the army. You say that everything
Rasûlullah did was by wahy. The same rule applies to this instance.
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ had deported Merwan
out of Medina. This, too, was by wahy. [Merwan bin Hakem bin
Ebil ’âs bin Umayya was born in the second year of the Hijrat
(Hegira). He was ’Uthmân’s ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ paternal first
cousin. He passed away in 65, during his caliphate]. The Khalîfa
’Uthmân ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ invited him back to Medina,
employed him as a secretary in the office of caliphate, thus prizing
him; this is disbelief. And it is disbelief for two different reasons.
The first reason is that which you have stated. The second reason
is the twenty-second âyat of Mujâdala sûra, which purports,
“People who have îmân (belief) in Allâhu ta’âlâ and on the
Judgement Day, would not love the enemies of Allâhu ta’âlâ and
His Messenger, even though they were their brothers, (sisters), or
relatives.”
With the help of Allâhu ta’âlâ, here is our answer to this
booklet: Not everything Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’
said or did was by wahy. The author of the booklet erroneously
introduces this âyat-i-kerîma as an evidence. For the âyat informs
that Qur’ân al-kerîm is wahy. Beydâwî [Abdullah bin ’Umar;
passed away in Tabriz in 691 (C.E. 1291)], the paramount guide of
Mufassirs (scholars dealing with the meanings of âyat-i-kerîmas),
explains this âyat as follows: “Whatever he says of Qur’ân alkerîm
is not of himself. It is by wahy.” If all his words and actions
had been by wahy, Allâhu ta’âlâ would never have contradicted or
reproved him. For instance, the first âyat of Tahrîm sûra purports,
“O my Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’! Why are you
prohibiting yourself from something which Allâhu ta’âlâ has
made halâl for you?” The forty-fourth âyat of Tawba sûra
purports, “Why did you give them the permission? Allâhu ta’âlâ
has forgiven you this deed of yours.” The sixty-seventh âyat of
Anfâl sûra purports, “It would not be worthy of any Prophet to
set free in return for property the captives in war. Killing most of
them on the earth will cause them to become weaker. You are
after worldly property. Yet Allâhu ta’âlâ wishes you to earn
thawâb and attain Paradise and (its) blessings.” Rasûlullah ‘sall-
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