The clergy have deliberately
affixed ‘radi allah anhu’ to the names of companions
and ‘rahmatallah’ to the names of saints.
However, this is not from God.
If you come to know
what ‘radi allah anhu’
actually means in the Qur’an,
then you would hesitate to attach this suffix to anyone's name.
According to me,
the greatest bounty of God
is the person of Muhammad (s),
so would God deprive 99% of Muhammad (s)’s ummah of his greatest bounty?
The Truth About the Companions of the Prophet (s)
Junaid Khan from Ghaziabad asks:
Whenever (people talk about) the saints of God performing a miracle
or doing anything that has never been done
by the companions of the Prophet (s),
they say,
‘So are the saints closer to God than the companions?
The companions never did anything of the sort!
But these saints are performing miracles’.
Saying such a thing is foolishness,
that the saints of God were granted to see such great things
while the companions of the Prophet (s) did not.
Tell me, how do you know what did and did not transpire with the companions of the Prophet (s)?
You don’t know, do you?
The companions experienced many spiritual occurrences.
It has been mentioned in the Ahadith.
One day, Zubair bin Talah presented himself in the Court of the Prophet (s)
and the Prophet (s) asked, ‘Zubair, tell me the state of your faith’.
He said, ‘O Messenger of God, I am standing here before you
but I can see people roaming around in paradise.
I can see Sidra tul Muntaha.
I can see Bait ul Mamoor’.
There are many a great incidents pertaining to the companions of the Prophet (s).
However, the problem is
that all those who were Muslims in the era of Prophet Muhammad (s),
you think that every last one of them was a companion of the Prophet (s).
Who knows what kind of faith they possessed?
And we observed this practically, too.
When we became affiliated with His Divine Eminence,
there were a multitude of people who had already been affiliated with the Lord for a long time
and we would hold them in high regard.
The senior followers of the Lord,
we used to respect them greatly.
However, gradually,
as our observation skills grew more profound,
we began to really see he characters of those who were close to the Lord.
We observed their creed upon HDE Gohar Shahi
and realised that the creed of people in such close proximity was not correct.
If we didn't elaborate,
many people would not have been exposed.
People would have continued to assume them to be upon great [spiritual] posts.
However, when we pondered and investigated,
we came to the understanding that
physical company is not a guarantee of faith.
The clergy have deliberately
affixed ‘radi allah anhu’ to the names of companions
and ‘rahmatallah’ to the names of saints.
However, this is not from God.
If you come to know
what ‘radi allah anhu’
actually means in the Qur’an,
then you would hesitate to attach this suffix to anyone's name.
The Qur'an says,
'O one with the Contented Self!
I am pleased with you, and you are pleased with me'.
Those that reach the stage of Nafs e Mutmaina (Contented Self) and Qalb e Shaheed (Witnessing Heart),
those to whose hearts is attached the cord of divine theophanies and sainthood,
God has used the phrase
‘Radiya Mardiya’ for them.
However, there is another verse of the Qur’an - before one attains the stage of ‘Radiya Mardiya’.
It states: lan tanaalul birra hatta tunfiqoo mimma tuhibboon.
This means: you shall not earn God’s pleasure,
you shall not be able to please God until
you expend in the way of God that which is dearest to you’.
lan tanaalul birra - you shall never attain the pleasure of God…
hatta - until…
tunfiqoo - you expend…
mimma tuhibboon - that which you love.
wa maa tunfiqoo min shai'in - and whatever you expend in the way of God…
fa innal laaha bihee 'Aleem - God shall be aware of it.
So, these were the personalities,
those whom God was pleased with,
that God addressed.
Now, this verse
which addresses those who have a Contented Self,
this verse was revealed in the era of the Prophet (s),
so it cannot be in reference to the Prophet (s),
so who was this verse revealed for?
This verse was revealed solely for Maula Ali (a).
‘ya ayyuhan nafsul mutma'innah (O those of the Contented Self)...’
‘radiya mardiya - I am pleased with you and you are pleased with me’.
Now,
if you attentively ponder upon this,
you'll find that
a very specific group amongst the nation of the Prophet (s)
are to be appointed upon a great rank
and those that came after them
are thought to be nothing more than the dirt beneath their feet.
Now, our question is
since we’re worth less than dirt,
what exactly is our fault here?
Abu Bakr was made to be born in the era of the Prophet (s),
that couldn’t have been from his own will.
Abu Bakr was born in that era,
so he became eminent.
And we were born in this era,
we were deprived of eminence and the company of the Prophet (s),
what sort of God would do that?
We don’t believe in such a God.
You must speak the truth.
This notion creates a doubt.
There is no one who stands and speaks, but apart from here.
You would never have thought of it this way,
that if I am born in this era
and Abu Bakr was born in that era,
then how does that make him eminent
and what was my fault,
why have I been deprived?
If God had allowed me to be born in that era,
I too would've been a companion of the Prophet (s).
So,
this matter is very sensitive
and it leads to fingers being raised in objection to God.
Tell me, is it due to eminence that Abu Bakr was born in that era?
Had he not found Prophet Muhammad (s),
then we would have seen how ‘eminent’ he would have been.
What is the eminence of the companions?
Their relationship to the Prophet (s).
Now, the question is
why did they have that connection to the Prophet (s), why don’t we?
Who is responsible for this injustice?
Today, we are longing to witness the Prophet (s), why?
In that era, God even made it possible for the infidels
to witness the Prophet (s).
And today, those who recite salutations and benedictions upon the Prophet (s) their entire lives,
those who would die for the Prophet (s),
they could only long to see the Prophet (s)
and eventually ended up in their graves.
Ponder upon it.
We’re not being blasphemous.
We are asking
that if this creed is correct,
then why has God been unjust with us?
Then why is it said that God is just?
Otherwise, tell us, how are we at fault?
Neither were we born in the era of the Prophet (s),
nor in the era of Maula Ali (a),
nor were we born to fight in the battle of Karbala,
so that at least we would've sacrificed our lives for Imam Hussain
and earned the rank of martyrdom.
We were not born in any of those eras.
Why this discrimination?
Does God discriminate among his own creation?
Would he allow certain individuals to be born in that era
and reach the echelons of eminence…
how are we at fault?
This is a flawed system.
This puts God’s person at blame.
However, that’s not how it is.
This is simply not possible.
Tell me this:
according to me,
the greatest bounty of God is the person of Muhammad (s).
What do you say?
According to me,
the greatest bounty of God
is the person of Muhammad (s).
So would God deprive 99% of Muhammad (s)’s ummah of his greatest bounty?
Not even 1% of the population of Prophet Muhammad (s)’s ummah was present at the time of the Prophet (s).
There were 125,000 companions upon the Conquest of Mecca.
Now, let’s find out how many companions were left at the time of the departure of the Prophet (s).
Following the passing of the Prophet (s),
the various Arab tribes that the Prophet (s) had strived to enjoin
began to disperse and disband.
They became rebellious.
That’s when apostasy became common.
Nobody abandoned Islam at the time of the Prophet (s).
However, after the passing of the Prophet (s),
when Abu Bakr became the Caliph,
then the sequence of apostasy began,
whereby people began to leave Islam.
The quantity of the hypocrites [increased].
Abdullah bin Abi',
in the beginning, when the Prophet (s) came to Medina,
when the first battle happened.
He had 3,500-5,000 companions with him,
and they were all hypocrites.
All of them.
Alright, now let's go to the 16th Century,
when Karbala happened.
It had been about 50 years following the Prophet (s)'s passing.
How many generations come about in 50 years?
At least two generations.
The third generation of Muslims
was running at the time of Karbala,
and at that time the population of the companions
was 40,000.
Not one companion came to the aid of Imam Hussain.
There was a companion by the name of Umar bin Saad.
He was the Chief of Yazid’s army
and Imam Hussain was murdered by Shimr La’een along with other individuals who were under his command.
You call them companions?
Be ashamed!
If you do not know about Islam, then remain silent!
All you do is chant ‘sahabi, sahabi’.
If this sequence were to continue,
then Imam Mehdi (a) will come at the very end,
and according to your philosophy, Imam Mehdi would hold no value in comparison to the companions.
Whereas,
Imam Mehdi is the personality
who shall take the pledge of allegiance from Jesus Christ, the fourth Grand Messenger.
He shall become their disciple.
This is not possible.
God cannot be so unjust
as to render eminence to select individuals from the ummah,
that he renders less than one per cent of the ummah with eminence
and deprives the rest of the 99 per cent of the eminence,
of witnessing [the Prophet (s)], the company of the Prophet (s),
and deprive them of ever establishing a friendship with the Prophet(s).
That’s not possible.
All these rules that the clergy have fabricated
that ‘these are the companions,
and these are the companions of the companions’ and so on.
There is absolutely no truth to this.
Absolutely not.
Had this been true,
then the eminence of the last prophet, Prophet Mohammad (s) would not have exceeded all that preceded them.
God cannot be so unjust.
God has taught us the truth.
The lesson we learn from God about truth
and the lesson of justice,
God must have thought long and hard about it beforehand, right?
He must know that since he is lecturing about truth and justice in the Qur’an and Ahadith,
he must not be unjust himself lest he is criticised by his own creation.
We are aware that God has said in the Qur'an,
that the one thing he detests the most is
when a momin does not practise what he/she preaches.
So we are of the opinion that God wouldn't do this either
To say one thing and do another.
So, then who is at fault?
Your clergy,
who have distorted and destroyed your faith by telling you fabricated stories.
If you believe that the Prophet (s) has eternal life,
then why don’t you believe you can be a companion of the Prophet (s) today?
Why don’t you believe that?
Which Muslim can prove that Muhammad (s) is not alive?
A hadith states,
'All messengers to have been born are alive in their graves.
Death cannot touch them'.
This is mentioned in a hadith.
Is this life honorary? Is it just for a show?
From our childhood,
we would offer salah in the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaat mosque, and after salah,
when they would pray,
we would scream and proclaim upon the call of the clergy.
He would say, ‘Innallaha wa malaikatahu yusholluna alan nabi’,
and what would we call out?
'Haq Nabi, Hayat Nabi!’
We have said this all our lives.
Since we’ve said ‘Haq Nabi, Hayat Nabi’ all our lives,
now, the question is, if the Prophet (s) is alive,
then why can we not still find their physical company?
The ones to destroy the religion of Islam are these clergy.
These wretched, satanic clergymen.
There are two types of company,
one is physical and the other is spiritual.
Listen well!