Sahaba - The Blessed

hadîth-i-qudsî. The Kalâm-i-lafzî, which is (the Kalâm-i-ilâhî) in
words and sounds, is the same as the Kalâm-i-nafsî, which is (the
Kalâm-i-ilâhî) without words and sounds. ’Ilm (Knowledge) and
Kalâm (Speech, Word) are two distinct Attributes of Allâhu ta’âlâ.
The Qur’ân al-kerîm is not the Attribute Knowledge; it is the
Attribute Speech.
Imâm Rabbânî, Mujaddid-i-alf-i-thânî, Ahmad bin Abdul-ahad
Fârûqî ‘quddisa sirruh’ provides the following information in the
eighty-ninth letter of the third volume of his book Maktûbât:
“Imâm a’zam Abû Hanîfa and Imâm Abû Yusûf
‘rahimahumallâhu ta’âlâ’ discussed the matter whether the Qur’ân
al-kerîm was a creature or not for six months between themselves,
and did not reach a settlement. After the sixth month, they
reached a consensus and said unanimously that a person who said
that the Qur’ân al-kerîm was a creature would become a
disbeliever. The letters, words and sounds which represent the
Kalâm-i-nafsî and express the Kalâm-i-lafzî are definitely
creatures, i.e. things that were created afterwards. Of all creatures,
the letters and words of the Qur’ân al-kerîm are the closest to
Allâhu ta’âlâ and therefore the most valuable. As for the Kalâm-ilafzî
and the Kalâm-i-nafsî; they are azalî and qadîm (eternal in the
future and [everlasting] in the past).” The blessed scholar, (i.e.
Imâm Rabbânî,) gives detailed information on this issue in the
hundredth and the hundred and twentieth letters.
12– He says, “The hadîths and tafsîrs which we know were
reported by the Amîr-ul-mu’minîn Hadrat Alî, by Imâm Hasan, by
Imâm Husayn, by Salmân, by Abû Zer, by Mikdâd, and by Ammâr
bin Yâser. The hadîths that you narrate were reported on the
authority of people like Mu’âwiya and ’Amr ibn Âs and Enes bin
Mâlik and Âisha and others. On the other hand, the Owner of the
Sharî’at, (i.e. the Prophet) said, ‘The hadîths reported from me can
be narrated on the authority of four people. There is not a fifth
person. Others are hypocrites.’ You have made these hypocrites
dominant over Muslims. None of the Sahâba could ask the
Messenger of Allah any questions. For the Believers had been
prohibited to ask questions. Hadrat Alî was the only person who
asked questions.”
The author’s enmity against Islam betrays itself throughout the
passage we have quoted above. The (Turkish) book Se’âdet-i
Ebediyye abounds with answers to such falsifications. We specially
recommend that you read the great scholar Sayyid Abdulhakîm
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