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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who was one of the greatest savants of the Ahl as-sunnat, said,<br />
“Allâhu ta’âlâ did not smear our hands with their blood. So let us<br />
not smear our tongues!” Again, he said, “After Rasûlullah, the<br />
Sahâba pondered very much. Finding no one on earth superior to<br />
Abû Bakr-i Siddîq, they designated him as Khalîfa. <strong>The</strong>y accepted<br />
to serve under him.” This statement of Imâm-i Shâfi’î also shows<br />
that Hadrat Alî was never hypocritical and that he willingly<br />
accepted Abû Bakr-i Siddîq as Khalîfa.<br />
Mayân Shaikh Abulkhayr’s son, Mayân Sayyid, is a descendant<br />
of great and noble people. Also, he was in your service in the<br />
Dakkan expedition. It is hoped that he will be blessed with your<br />
help and kind treatment. Mawlânâ Muhammad ’Ârif is also a<br />
student of knowledge and a descendant of the great. His father is<br />
dead. He was a khodja. He came to you in order to receive his<br />
stipend. It is hoped that Your Highness will help him. Wassalâm<br />
wa-l-ikrâm!<br />
[Islamic scholars have written very many books in order to<br />
prove that the Shiites have deviated from the right path and that<br />
especially the most unbridled and the most excessive of them have<br />
altogether dissented from Islam and have been striving to<br />
demolish Islam. <strong>The</strong> titles of some of them together with their<br />
authors have been given below. On behalf of religious<br />
brotherhood and humanity, I pray to Allâhu ta’âlâ that our<br />
brothers in Islam who say that they are Alawîs will read these<br />
books carefully and will observe the difference between the Ahl<br />
as-Sunnat and these people and choose the right way by using their<br />
wisdom, conscience and reason and not believe the lies and<br />
slanders of the ignorant separatists. <strong>The</strong>reby they will attain<br />
happiness in this world and in the Hereafter by holding fast to the<br />
way of safety and salvation.<br />
Of the books written by Islamic savants in order to advise the<br />
Shiites, here are a few:<br />
1— <strong>The</strong> book Ibtâl-ul-Manhaj-il bâtil was written by Fadl bin<br />
Ruzbahân. It refutes the book Minhâj-ul-karâma by Ibn-ul-<br />
Mutahhir, one of the Shiite savants, and rebuts its falsifications by<br />
means of documents. He wrote the book in Isfahan in 852 [1448<br />
A.D.]<br />
2— <strong>The</strong> book Nuzhat-ul-ithnâ ashariyya, written by Mirzâ<br />
Ahmad bin Abdurrahîm-i Hindî, gives information about Shiites.<br />
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