Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

wanted to signify religious strength and soundness. Thirty years of
this duration of time being completed with the four Khalîfas plus
Hadrat Hasan, the remaining five or seven years was the time of
Hadrat Mu’âwiyya’s caliphate.” This is the end of our quatation
from ’Abd-ul-Qâdir Geilânî ‘quddisa sirruh’.
Discoursing upon the predictions which Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu
’alaihi wa sallam’ made about future events, the second volume of
Mawâhib-i ladunniyya states: “Ibni ’Asâkir reports that Rasûlullah
stated to Hadrat Mu’âwiyya: ‘After me, you will preside over my
Ummat. Then be good to the good and forgive the wrong-doers?’
Again, Ibni ’Asâkir informs that Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’ stated: ‘Mu’âwiyya will never be defeated.’ In the combat
of Siffîn, Hadrat Alî said, ‘If I had remembered this hadîth, I
would not have fought Mu’âwiyya.’ [There is detailed information
about Hadrat Mu’âwiyya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ in the Arabic book
an-Nâhiyatu ’an ta’n-i amîr-ul-mu’minîn Mu’âwiyyata, by ’Allâma
’Abdul’ ’Azîz Farhârî Hindî. The book entitled an-Nâhiyatu ’an
ta’n-i amîr-ul-muslimîn Mu’âwiyyata has been reproduced by
Hakîkat Kitâbevi.]
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ pointed to Hadrat
Hasan and said: ‘You should know that this son of mine is a sayyid.
In the near future Allâhu ta’âlâ will reconcile two great Muslim
armies through this son of mine.’ When Hadrat ’Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu
’anh’ was martyred more than forty thousand people elected
Hadrat Hasan ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ Khalîfa. He remained as Khalîfa
for seven months in Iraq and Khorasan. Then, with a great army
he marched against Hadrat Mu’âwiyya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’. When
the two armies met, Hadrat Hasan ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’, realizing
that neither side would win unless many people died on the
opposite side, wrote a letter to Hadrat Mu’âwiyya ‘radiy-Allâhu
’anh’ lest the Muslims’ blood would be shed. He ceded the
caliphate to him on some conditions.
Imâm-i Beyhekî says that Hadrat ’Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ said
that he had heard Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ say:
‘Of my Ummat, some people will appear. They will go out of
Islam.’ ” This is the end of our quotation from Mawâhib-iladunniyya.]
Hadrat ’Alî’s ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ fighting against Hadrat
Mu’âwiyya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ [contrary to what some historians
suppose] was not for the caliphate. It was because it was fard to
fight against bâghîs (the disobedient). It was intended to quell a
riot. The ninth âyat of Hujurât Sûra commands: “Fighting the
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