Sahaba - The Blessed

caliphate compatible with Islam and put an end to the
disagreement between the two parties of Muslims. The Tâbi’în, the
Taba’i tâbi’în, and all the Muslims worldover recognized
Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ as Khalîfa. The Sarwar-i-’âlam
‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ had stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf (to
Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’), “When you become Khalîfa,
behave gently and manage well!” And in another hadîth-i-sherîf,
“The Islamic mill will work continuously for thirty-five or thirtyseven
years!” Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ used the
word ‘mill’ (in this hadîth-i-sherîf) in order to symbolize Islam’s
power and firmness. The first thirty years of the period mentioned
covers the times of the earliest four Khalîfas and that of Imâm
Hasan ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhum’, and the remaining five or six or
seven years is the duration of time wherein Hadrat Mu’âwiya
‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ was Khalîfa. His caliphate lasted nineteen
years and a few months.]
There is a newly printed Turkish version of the book Ghunya.
It is written in the third page of the second volume of Mir’ât-ikâinât:
“Hadrat Mu’âwiya’s ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ father was Abû
Sufyân, and his fifth father in retrospect, ’Abd-u-Menâf, was at
the same time one of the grandfathers of the Messenger of Allah
‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’. Hadrat Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu’
anh’ was born nineteen years before the Hegira. He and his father
joined the Believers on the very day when Mekka-i-mukarrama
was conquered. He was tall, white-complexioned, beautiful and
handsome, and majestic. He was one of Rasûlullah’s ‘sall-Allâhu
’alaihi wa sallam’ scribes entrusted with the duty of writing copies
of the Qur’ân al-kerîm, whereby he attained many a benediction
on the part of the Messenger of Allah. He was also honoured with
the good news that he would become Khalîfa. One day,
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was riding an animal
with Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ behind him on the back of the
animal, and they were talking, when he (the Prophet) pronounced
this benediction on him: “Yâ Rabbî! Give him much knowledge
and mildness!” It is written in all books of history that he was a
topic of public talk on account of his great wisdom, keen intellect,
compassionate tenderness, unstinting generosity, finesse, and
mildness. The innumerable folk-tales about his forbearance and
clemency were compiled in two huge books in Arabic. Four
geniuses were raised in Arabia: Hadrat Mu’âwiya; ’Amr ibn al-
Âs; Mughîrat-ebn-Shu’ba ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhumâ’; and
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