Sahaba - The Blessed

colleagues in vehemence and austerity. Dâwûd (David) and
Suleymân (Solomon) ‘alaihim-as-salâm’ were stately presidents,
while Îsâ (Jesus), Yûnus (Jonah) and Yahyâ (John) ‘alaihim-assalâm’
were fond of solitude. Hassân bin Thâbit would laud and
praise the Messenger of Allah in his poetry, which won him the
Glad Tidings that his destination was Paradise. ’Ubayy bin Kâ’b
was renowned for having memorized the Qur’ân al-kerîm,
Abdullah bin Mes’ûd for his knowledge in the science of fiqh,
and Khâlid bin Walîd for his prowess in warfare. Back to Hadrat
Abû Bakr; he was gifted with a variety of superiorities; for
instance, he was by far ahead of others for his constant, loving
and true attendance to the sohbat (of Rasûlullah); for his zealous
devotion, which was so strong that he always yearned for an
opportunity to sacrifice himself for the sake of Rasûlullah; and
for his readiness to sacrifice his life, his property and his position
for the sake of Rasûlullah or in return for the promulgation of
Islam. Spreading Islam fell to Hadrat ’Umar’s lot. And Hadrat
’Uthmân outshone all the others for his having been the
indispensable rescuer at all times of desperate financial straits;
for his deep sense of shame (hayâ); for his admirable self-control
in moments of wrath; for his tahârat (cleanliness), qirâat
(reading or reciting the Qur’ân al-kerîm); and for the
extraordinary charity he dispensed to the poor. And finally,
Hadrat Alî was peerless for his blood-relationship to Rasûlullah;
for the exceptional singularity that he had been raised in
Rasûlullah’s hand and under his blessed training; for his valour,
zuhd, wara’, intelligence and eloquence. Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu
’alaihi wa sallam’ cited these superior qualities of his Sahâba one
by one and praised them all ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum
ajma’în’.
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was terjumân-ighayb.
He was gifted with the benefit to foretell future events. He
used to state, beforehand, the superior duties that his Sahâba
would perform later. All the events he foretold came true. There
was not a single event that he foretold and yet which would not
happen. The claim that “caliphate belongs to Alî and his progeny
by rights” is quite groundless. Had a right of that sort ever been
stated (by the blessed Prophet or even implied in a single âyat-ikerîma)
beforehand, things would have happened accordingly.
They would have taken possession of caliphate once and for all,
and no other person would have been able to lay hands on it. That
the Messenger of Allah had not foretold their caliphate is manifest
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