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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Badr, Uhud, Bî’at-ur-ridwân and other Holy Wars, are, at the<br />
same time, laudatory of the two Khalîfas.<br />
That Abû Bakr is the highest member of this Ummat<br />
(Muslims) and that ’Umar is the second highest are two firsthand<br />
facts on which the Ashâb-i-kirâm and the Tâbi’în-i-izâm were<br />
unanimous. When Hadrat Abû Bakr was elected Khalîfa, none of<br />
the Ashâb-i-kirâm said a single word to renounce his authority.<br />
Nor were any protests voiced on the part of the Ashâb-i-kirâm<br />
when Hadrat Abû Bakr advised that Hadrat ’Umar should<br />
succeed him in caliphate after him. As Abdurrahmân bin ’Awf<br />
nominated Hadrat ’Uthmân as Khalîfa (after Hadrat ’Umar’s<br />
martyrdom), he stipulated that he should adhere to the course<br />
followed by the Shaikhayn. None of the audience raised an<br />
objection. Nor did Alî demur at all, although he was opposed to<br />
’Uthmân’s being held superior to him ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ<br />
’anhumâ’.<br />
As long as Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ held office as<br />
Khalîfa, he acknowledged on various occasions that the Shaikayn<br />
were superior to him. He would scold anyone who expressed<br />
doubts about that fact. <strong>The</strong> greater ones of the Sahâba would<br />
hear him do so, and yet they would not even imply dissuasion.<br />
Enes bin Mâlik is quoted, in Bukhârî, as having said, “Abû Bakr<br />
is the closest person to the Messenger of Allah. On many<br />
occasions he proved to be the second person after the Messenger<br />
of Allah. He must take the lead as our Amîr. Stand up and pay<br />
homage to him!” According to another narration reported on the<br />
authority of Enes bin Mâlik in Bukhârî: When someone asked<br />
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ about the portents of<br />
Doomsday, the Sultân of Universe questioned, “What have you<br />
prepared for Doomsday?” “I have done nothing. However, I<br />
love Allâhu ta’âlâ and His Messenger ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa<br />
sallam’ very much,” replied the man. Upon this, the Habîbullah<br />
(Darling of Allah) declared, “On Doomsday, (and so on the<br />
Rising Day,) you will be with your beloved ones!” I was very<br />
happy when I heard that declaration of the blessed Messenger.<br />
“I, also, love the Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa<br />
sallam’, Abû Bakr and ’Umar. I hope that this love of mine will<br />
make me be with them, though I have failed to imitate them,” I<br />
said.<br />
Hadrat Alî pronounced the following benediction: “May<br />
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