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*Originally posted by Gandalf: *
The difference between Hazrat Abu Baker (ra) and Imam Ali (as) is that the holy prophet (pbuh) had to reassure Abu Baker not to fear while he was in the presence of the prophet of Allah (swt), while Imam Ali (as) slept in the prophet's (pbuh) bed with killers surrounding him, and then said that that was the best sleep he had had in his life - because of full faith in Allah (swt) and his prophet (pbuh).
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You really think that Abu Bakr (r) was afraid for himself!? Ibn Kathir wrote in commentary of this verse: "While in the cave, Abu Bakr was afraid the pagans might discover them for fear that some harm might touch the Messenger."
And are you also about to criticise the Prophets in the same way?
"But when he (Ibrahim) saw their hands went not towards the (meal), he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear (khifatan) of them. They said: 'Fear not: We have been sent against the people of Lut.'" (11:70)
"So Musa conceived in his mind a fear. We said: Fear not, surely you shall be the uppermost." (20:67-68)
So if even Allah's Prophets – peace be upon them all - needed reassuring, what complaint can anyone ever have against Abu Bakr (s)?
Enough as a proof of Abu Bakr's (r) excellence is that in this very verse Allah calls him the Prophet's (s) Companion:
"He (the Prophet) said to his companion (li sahibihi): 'Fear not, for Allah is with us.'" (9:40)
For this reason, al-Qurtubi wrote in his Tafsir: "Whoever denies that Abu Bakr (r) is a Companion of the Prophet (s) is (thereby) a disbeliever since he has rejected a Qur'anic text."
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*Originally posted by Sheraz CT: *
*gandalf . i was going to say that but i got a warning from admin..so i didnt bother.. *
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See above.
And success is from Allah.
Iqbal