Documents of the Right Word

amal was printed in London; 577-643 (C.E. 1245)], and ’Abd-ul-
’azîm Munzirî [581-656] ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ alaihimâ’ state: The
As-hâb-i-kirâm were all equitable people. It is an absolute fact that
all the As-hâb-i-kirâm will go to Paradise. The tenth âyat of Hadîd
sûra purports, “O Believers! Among you, the ones who gave their
property and fought for the sake of Allâhu ta’âlâ before the
conquest of Mekka, will have higher grades than those who gave
(property) and fought after the conquest of Mekka. They are not
equal with respect to their ranks. I promise them all (that I shall
give them) Paradise.” This means to say that all the As-hâb-ikirâm
shall enter Paradise. That the promise made in this âyat-ikerîma
is given to those who sacrificed their property and lives
does not necessarily mean that the ones who did not give alms or
make jihâd (Holy War) will not enter Paradise. [It is stated in the
tafsîrs of Beydâwî and Huseynî and Mawâqib that, according to
the majority of mufassirs (profoundly learned savants who make
explanations of Qur’ân al-kerîm), this âyat-i-kerîma was revealed
in order to inform with the high honour Abû Bekr as-Siddîq had.
For he was first to have îmân and to dispense his property and to
fight against disbelievers].
To assert that “Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ accepted (the caliphate
of) hadrat Abû Bekr unwillingly, in order to get along well,”
means to disparage that Lion of Allah. For it is a sin not to tell the
truth. And doing something unwillingly is what the meanest
Believer would hate. Could the Emîr, the Lion of Allah, the sonin-law
of the Messenger of Allah, the peerless paragon of valour
and heroism, ever have lowered himself to the mediocre state of
doing such repugnant acts? Their ignorance, blended with gross
excessiveness, drives them into the ludicrous position of
depreciating hadrat Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ in the name of
appreciating him. While downgrading him, they think they are
extolling him.
5- The ’Ulamâ of Mâwarâ’un-nehr ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ alaihim
ajma’în’ state: To curse, to vituperate the three Khalîfas or a few
of the pure blessed wives of Rasûlullah is disbelief. If a person says
it is permissible, he must be punished.
The following answer is given to this in the booklet: The
commentator of (the book) Aqâid-i-Nesefî does not agree that it
will cause disbelief to curse the Shaikhayn [Abû Bekr and ’Umar].
[The book Aqâid-i-Nesefiyya was written by ’Umar ibni
Muhammad Nesefî (461-537, in Semerkand). The book of fiqh
entitled Zahîra is very valuable. Many scholars wrote
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