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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According to a hadîth-i-sherîf which Tirmuzî reports on the<br />
authority of Enes bin Mâlik, when Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi<br />
wa sallam’ was asked which one(s) of the Ahl-i-Bayt ‘radiy-Allâhu<br />
ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’ he loved most, “Hasan and Husayn,” was<br />
his answer.<br />
A hadîth-i-sherîf reported by Musawwir bin Muharram reads<br />
as follows: “Fâtima ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ is a part from me. He<br />
who hurts her will have hurt me.”<br />
A hadîth-i-sherîf which Hâkim reports on the authority of Abû<br />
Hurayra reads as follows: “I love Fâtima more than (I love) Alî,<br />
and Alî is more valuable than Fâtima to me.”<br />
Âisha ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhâ’ relates: <strong>The</strong> Sahâba would bring<br />
their presents (to the Messenger of Allah) whenever he was in my<br />
home. <strong>The</strong>y would try to win his love by doing so. According to<br />
another report which Hadrat Âisha, again, reports, the blessed<br />
wives of the Messenger of Allah had parted into two groups. She<br />
was in the first group with Hafsa and Safiyya and Sawda. <strong>The</strong> other<br />
blessed wives, with Umm-i-Salama in the lead, made the other<br />
group. Sending Umm-i-Salama as their spokeswoman to the<br />
Messenger, the other group voiced their wish that he should order<br />
the Sahâba, “When any one of you wishes to give me a present, let<br />
him bring it to that home of mine where I happen to be at the<br />
moment.” When Umm-i-Salama conveyed the wish, the Best of<br />
Mankind stated: “Do not hurt me! <strong>The</strong> angel brings me wahy<br />
(chapters of the Qur’ân al-kerîm) only when I am in Âisha’s<br />
home.” Upon this, Umm-i-Salama said, “Yâ Rasûlallah (O You,<br />
Messenger of Allah)! I trust myself to Allah to protect me from<br />
hurting you. Never again!” <strong>The</strong> same group of blessed wives<br />
repeated their attempt, delegating Hadrat Fâtima this time. “O my<br />
beloved daughter! Will you not love someone whom I love,” asked<br />
the Honour of Creation. When Fâtima ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhâ’<br />
replied, “Yes, I will,” the blessed Prophet concluded: “<strong>The</strong>n, love<br />
her!”<br />
Âisha ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhâ’ relates: I envied no other wife of the<br />
Messenger of Allah as strongly as I did Khadîja ‘radiy-Allâhu<br />
ta’âlâ ’anhâ’, although I had never seen her. Rasûlullah ‘sall-<br />
Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ would mention her name very frequently.<br />
Whenever he killed a sheep, he would send some of the meat as a<br />
present to Khadîja’s kinsfolk. When he mentioned Khadîja’s<br />
name, I would say, “Is Khadîja the only woman in the world?”<br />
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