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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Salihîn by vilifying the Ashâb-i-kirâm, is a heretic. As is seen, this<br />
last group are overzealous in their affection for Hadrat Alî,<br />
whereas the Khwârij bear grudge against Hadrat Alî, which<br />
obscures their insight and prevents them from recognizing that<br />
Lion of Allah. It is the group of Ahl as-Sunnat who have followed<br />
the moderate course without allowing the slightest digression<br />
towards either extremity. Truth is definitely in the medial course,<br />
and not in either of the two eccentric directions. Either one of the<br />
aberrations is both detestable and perilous. According to a<br />
narration reported by Ahmad ibn Hanbal ‘rahima hullâhu ta’âlâ’,<br />
Hadrat Alî quotes Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ as<br />
having said to him: “Yâ Alî! You will be identical with Îsâ ‘alaihissalâm’.<br />
Jews have pursued an inimical policy against him,<br />
calumniating his blessed mother Hadrat Maryam (Mary).<br />
Christians, by contrast, have doted on him unduly, attributing<br />
preposterous grades to him. That is, they have called him Son of<br />
God.” Afterwards, Hadrat Alî explicated the hadîth-i-sherîf as<br />
follows: “Two groups of people will perish because of me. One<br />
group will overflow the measure of affection due towards me,<br />
overstating my faculties and attributing to me merits that I do not<br />
really have. <strong>The</strong> other group, my enemies, will slander me.”<br />
Hence, the Khwârij were compared to Jews, whereas the<br />
intemperate adherents have symbolized Christians. Both groups<br />
are apart from the right path. It is crass ignorance to assert that the<br />
Sunnî Muslims dislike Hadrat Alî, or to associate love of Hadrat<br />
Alî with being a Shiite. One thing should be known well: <strong>The</strong><br />
heresy in this matter is based not on love of Hadrat Alî, but on<br />
animosity against three Khalîfas of the Messenger of Allah. What<br />
is wicked is to cast aspersions on the Ashâb-i-kirâm. Imâm-i-<br />
Shâfi’î ‘rahmatullâhi ’aleyh’ states, as is versified in the following<br />
couplet:<br />
If love of Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ family involves being<br />
A Shiite, I’m one, be it known, every genie’n human being!<br />
In other words, Shiites say that to be a Shiite means to love<br />
Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ Âl (family), i.e. the Ahl-i-Bayt. If<br />
being a Shiite really involves love of the Ahl-i-Bayt, then Shiites<br />
are people whom we love and respect very much. What is wrong,<br />
however, is animosity against people other than the Ahl-i-Bayt.<br />
(Hadrat Alî and Hadrat Fâtima and their children are called<br />
the Âl-i-Rasûl, or the Ahl-i-Bayt.)<br />
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