Sahaba - The Blessed
At the beginning of the book (The Blessed) superiority of Ashâb of our prophet, Muhammad ´alayhissalâm, is explained along with how unjust and ignorant are those who defame Ashâb-ı-kirâm. Besides, the meaning of ijtihâd is explained. In the part of cautioning, an answer is given to the book (Hüsniyye) written by an enemy of Islam. In another part, biographies of great savants of Islam - hadrat Imâm-ı Rabbâni and hadrat Sayyed Abdülhakîm-ı Arvâsi - are explained. In the part Two Apples of the Eye of Muslims superiority of hadrat Abû Bakr and hadrat Omar is explained; in the part The First Fitna in Islam events between Ashâb-ı-kirâm are explained beautifully from the pen of hadrat Imâm-ı Rabbâni Ahmad Fârûkî Sarhandi who explains that to love all of Ashâb-ı-kirâm is a fundamental condition of being Ahl-i-sunnat.
At the beginning of the book (The Blessed) superiority of Ashâb of our prophet, Muhammad ´alayhissalâm, is explained along with how unjust and ignorant are those who defame Ashâb-ı-kirâm. Besides, the meaning of ijtihâd is explained. In the part of cautioning, an answer is given to the book (Hüsniyye) written by an enemy of Islam. In another part, biographies of great savants of Islam - hadrat Imâm-ı Rabbâni and hadrat Sayyed Abdülhakîm-ı Arvâsi - are explained. In the part Two Apples of the Eye of Muslims superiority of hadrat Abû Bakr and hadrat Omar is explained; in the part The First Fitna in Islam events between Ashâb-ı-kirâm are explained beautifully from the pen of hadrat Imâm-ı Rabbâni Ahmad Fârûkî Sarhandi who explains that to love all of Ashâb-ı-kirâm is a fundamental condition of being Ahl-i-sunnat.
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which was written by Muhammad Bâqir bin Murtadâ Fayzî<br />
Khorasânî, a Shiite leader, who is better known with his nickname<br />
Molla Muhsin. He died in 1091 [1679 A.D.]. According to a book<br />
entitled Nâsikh-ut-tawârîh, written by a Shiite theologian named<br />
Muhammad Taqî Khân, Mu’âwiya also wrote the following will for<br />
his son Yazîd: “My son, do not succumb to your sensuous<br />
indulgences or temptations! Protect yourself from the slightest<br />
wrongful behaviour towards Husayn! Be extra careful not to have<br />
the blood of Husayn bin Alî around your neck when you stand (for<br />
the last judgement) before Haqq ta’âlâ on the morrow! Otherwise,<br />
you will never attain comfort and peace on that day; you will suffer<br />
endless torments!” Moreover, the author quotes a hadîth-i-sherîf,<br />
which he ascribes to Abdullah ibn Abbâs, in the hundred and<br />
eleventh (111) page of the sixth volume of the book: “Yâ Rabbî!<br />
Do not give barakat to a person who is slack in observing the<br />
reverence and honour due to Husayn!” Hadrat Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-<br />
Allâhu ’anh’ always behaved politely and respectfully towards<br />
Hadrat Husayn both in speech and in writing and never showed<br />
disrespect towards him. Imâm Husayn, in contrast, was rather<br />
harsh towards him, especially in the letters that he wrote to him. In<br />
fact, when Hadrat Mu’âwiya’s sons Yazîd and Abdullah, told their<br />
father to answer in kind when they saw the reproachful language<br />
that Hadrat Husayn used in his letters, he placated them, saying,<br />
“You two are wrong, saying so. How can I ever blame Husayn bin<br />
Alî? A person like me blames another person and tries to convince<br />
others to agree with him, and still no one believes him. No. A<br />
discreet person wouldn’t do that. How can I ever blame Husayn?<br />
I swear in the name of Allah that there is nothing blameworthy<br />
about him. I will write to him. Yet I will not write anything that will<br />
imply a browbeating air or which will hurt him in the least.” <strong>The</strong><br />
Shiite author of the book Nâsikh-ut-tawârîh concludes as follows<br />
in the seventy-eighth (78) page of the sixth volume of the book:<br />
“In short, he did not do anything to hurt Husayn.”<br />
Hadrat Mu’âwiya not only always behaved kindly and<br />
respectfully towards Hadrat Husayn, but also served him. This fact<br />
is acknowledged in a smooth language in the book Nâsikh-uttawârîh:<br />
“He made a habit of sending Hadrat Husayn thousands of<br />
dirhams of silver yearly. That was only additional to other valuable<br />
goods and various gifts.” And the insults and annoyances that<br />
Hadrat Husayn held out in return for all those kindnesses and<br />
services were received with tolerant detachment on the part of the<br />
compassionate benefactor.<br />
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