Re: Abu Bakr
WaSalaam Zara,
Thanks for sharing such an informative website with us. It amazing how people are cursing the person who created the site eventhough most of the stuff the site was quoted from Sahih books and also qouted some scholars. I believe to read some sites one needs to read from an open minded end… because truth can be bitter but one can’t close their eyes from it.. As muslims we all believe whatever Prophet PBUH says is through Allah’s will… so we should not curse someone for pointing out the hadith of Prophet P.B.U.H. because they can serve as an eye opener… we need to put the emotions aside and think logically… I personally found this site very informative and I’ll tell you why… and I would advice people who read my response from an open mind putting aside all their emotions…
Lets start my first by answering the question… if the issue of Khilafat was so important for some people than attending the funeral services of Prophet P.B.U.H. then did Prophet made any indications for it… and if we look at it following is the hadith of Prophet P.B.U.H.
“For whoever I am his Leader (mawla), 'Ali is his Leader (mawla).”
www.al-islam.org\ghadir
Besides the hadith mentioned above there is another hadith of Prophet P.B.U.H.which is narrated in Sahih Muslim
“Zayd said: ‘O brother, by God, I have become aged and old and I have forgotten some of what I used to remember from the Messenger of Allah , upon whom be Allah’s peace and benedictions. So accept what I narrate to you and as to what I don’t, trouble me not regarding it.’ Then he said: ‘One day the Messenger of Allah , upon whom be Allah’s peace and benedictions, addressed us near a pond called Khumm between Makkah and Madinah. He praised God and extolled Him and preached and reminded (us). Then he said, “Lo, O people, I am only a human being and I am about to respond to the messenger of my Lord *. I am leaving behind two precious things (thaqalayn) among you. The first of the two is the Book of Allah. In it is guidance and light. So get hold of the Book of Allah and adhere to it.” Then he urged and motivated (us) regarding the Book of Allah . Then he said, “And my Ahl alBayt (family). I urge you to remember God regarding my Ahl alBayt. I urge you to remember God regarding my Ahl alBayt. I urge you to remember God regarding my Ahl alBayt”’” …
(Sahih Muslim, part 7, Kitab fada’il alSahabah [Maktabat wa Matbaat Muhammad Ali Subayh wa Awladuhu: Cairo] pp. 122-123.)
http://www.al-islam.org/thaqalayn/nontl/index.htm
If we try to look in the light of history, Ahleybait has always been there to defend islam… when it got to a point where all the khalifas used to have the title of Ameer ul Momineen… Imam Hussain was the one who stood against Yazeed when he became khaleefa, not only did he presented his life but also his family and what yazeed did with the grand daughters of Propeht is an eye opener for us what a bad khaleefa he was… not only that Imam Hanafia was also a student of Imam Jaffar Sadiq A.S, who happens to be a grandson of Imam Hussain… it suprises me that people would take him as the imam but not his teacher who happens to be the 6th of 12 shia imams, suprisingly there is a hadith on the site that calls for 12 imams… Infact Imam Mahdi A.S..who everybody has been waiting for is going to be from Ahleybait… Similarly the website also has indication where Bibi Fatima Zehra S.A. stood
against Abu Bakr when Abu Bakr took fidaq which was given to her by Prophet P.B.U.H… and in response there were ayats in quran which talks about Prophets leaving inheritance… Since Prophet P.B.U.H does everything that is accoring to Allah SWT will he fact that he gave the hadith about whoever hurts Fatima S.A. hurted… is a guidance for us … it shows who followed quran and was righteous…
Some of the sects follow a similar hadith which talks about Quran and sunnah… when I try to interpret this hadith following are some questions that raised in my mind…
- If Prophet P.B.U.H… wanted people to follow sunnah wouldn’t he has pointed out a source of sunnah any compilation or anyting… There is a following verse in the quran…
“Today I have perfected your religion and completed my favour upon you, and I was satisfied that Islam be your religion.” (Qur’an 5:3)
When it is stated in quran that islam was perfected at the time of Prophet… why would Prophet P.B.U.H ask people to follow sunnah but do not give a correct source and leave it to the people to compile all the sunnah because this introduces the concept of fabrication… some people believe some and some people believe other…for example even their are two versions of this hadith one calles for quran and Ahley bait and the other calls for quran and sunnah. Gupshup is also a very good example.. where I have seen people picking and choose hadith which fullfills their interest and calls other one’s dhaeef… would follow sunnah make us perfect…???
I believe if we put all out emotions aside and look at the hadith about Bibi Fatima Zehra S.A. which were quoted from Sahih books.. We all believe what Prophet P.B.U.H. says is according to Allah’s will so we should use these hadith as a guidance for us and not just start curing someone who points things from references from some authentic sunni sahih books..
By no means do I want to offend any one… All I am doing is trying to present my view on the topic…
May Allah help us follow the right path… Ameen*