Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

“Our brothers disagree with us. They are not disbelievers or
sinners. They act upon their own ijtihâd.” This statement of his
keeps disbelief and sinfulness away from them. Could it ever be
the case, then, that he cursed them! It is not an act of worship in
Islam to curse anybody, nor even a disbeliever. While it is
necessary to invoke blessings on them after each of the daily five
prayers of namâz, could he ever have pronounced maledictions
because of his personal enmity instead of benedictions? Do they
think Hadrat ’Alî’s nafs, which had reached the highest grade of
Fanâ in Tasawwuf and the end of itmi’nân and which had been
purified from personal desires, was steeped in a grudge,
stubbornness and enmity, like their own nafses? They slander that
very exalted person so basely. Hadrat ’Alî had reached the highest
grades of Fanâ-fillah and Muhabbat-i Rasûlillah, and had
sacrificed his life and property for his ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’ grace. Why should he have wasted his time saying prayers
castigating his personal enemies instead of pronouncing
maledictions –which he never did – against Allâhu ta’âlâ’s and His
Messenger’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ enemies, who had
inflicted all sorts of torment on our Master, the Prophet and the
Sultân of both worlds? In actual fact, Hadrat Alî’s statement,
“They act upon their own ijtihâd,” shows that he was not their
enemy.
Essentially, those wars and combats did not originate from
enmity or a grudge. They originated from ijtihâd, from religious
knowledge. Blame whatsoever, therefore, is out of the question,
let alone pronouncing maledictions over them. If slandering a
person or cursing him were an act of worship, it would be one of
Islam’s requirements to curse the Iblis-i-la’în (the devil), Abû Jahl,
Abû Lahab, and the implacable unbelievers of the Quoreish, who
hurt, tormented and tortured our Master, the Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu
’alaihi wa sallam’, and who were hostile, perfidious and
treacherous against Islam. Since it has not been commanded to
curse the foe, could it ever be (an act deserving) thawâb to curse
the friend? Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: “If a
person curses the devil, he (the devil) will say, ‘I have already
become accursed. This cursing will not harm me.’ But if he says,
‘Yâ Rabbî! Protect me against the devil,’ the devil will say, ‘Alas!
You have broken my backbone.’ ” And another hadîth states: “Do
not curse the devil! Trust yourself to Allâhu ta’âlâ against his
harm.” This means to say that such allegations are slanderous
against Hadrat ’Alî and in effect traduce him. Furthermore, to say
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