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The Pure Family Of The
Holy Prophet
e [Ahl al-Bayt]
And
The
Blessed Pure Five
[Panjattan Paak]
Allah
Y
says in the Holy Qur'aan in the 33rd Sura al-Ahzāb
الْأَحْزَاب (the Confederates) in verse
33:
وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ
الْأُولَى وَأَقِمْنَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتِينَ الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِعْنَ اللَّهَ
وَرَسُولَهُ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ
الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
اور اپنے
گھروں میں سکون سے قیام پذیر رہنا اور پرانی جاہلیت کی طرح زیب و زینت کا اظہار
مت کرنا، اور نماز قائم رکھنا اور زکوٰۃ دیتے رہنا اور اللہ اور اس کے رسول
(صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم) کی اطاعت گزاری میں رہنا، بس اللہ یہی چاہتا ہے کہ
اے (رسول صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کے) اہلِ بیت! تم سے ہر قسم کے گناہ کا میل
(اور شک و نقص کی گرد تک) دُور کر دے اور تمہیں (کامل) طہارت سے نواز کر بالکل
پاک صاف کر دے
And remain in your houses with calm and peace and do not display adornment
like that of the days of ignorance and establish Salah and pay
Zakat and keep obeying Allah Y
and His Messenger e. Allah
Y intends only to remove
all impurity of sins from you, O People of the House (of the Holy Prophet
e, [even a doubt or trace of
shortfall,]) and make you absolutely pure and clean by blessing you with
(perfect) purity and wholesomeness
The Members of the House
This verse of the Holy Qur'aan refers to the Household of the Holy Prophet
e
أهل البيت
(Ahl al-Bayt).
This includes the wives of the Holy Prophet
e
as well as his daughter Hazrath Fatimah
y,
his-son in-law Imam Hazrath Ali
t
and his grandsons, Imam Hassan
t
and Imam Hussain
t
The Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
had called many companions, including the ‘Companions of the Verandah’
(Ashaab as-Suffa), who were not related to him by blood, but had
dedicated their lives to achieve purity, piety and humility as the Household of
the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt). The Holy Prophet
e
was asked, "Who are your family (Ahl)?" He replied, "those who are
purified (Safa), i.e. the pure of heart, who maintain their words,
fulfill their promises, dedicate their lives to fulfill my teachings and have
greater love for me than any other human being, and after Allah
Y
remember me the most".
Therefore all that pursue the Science of Spirituality (tasawwuf) and
attain to the status of “Friend of Allah” (Aulia Allah) are also referred
to as Ahl al- Bayt.
Blessed Pure Five
(Panjattan Paak)
The blood family of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
e,
amongst the Ahl al-Bayt; Hazrath Ali
t,
Hazrath Fatimah
y,
Hazrath Hassant
and Hazrath Hussain
t
are known as the Blessed Pure Five (Panjattan Paak). We the People of the
Sunna and the Community (Ahl as- Sunna wa’l Jamaa’a) hold this belief
(aqida) that the Prophets
u
are ‘infallible’ (ma’sum) whilst the Imams of the Household of the Holy
Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt) are not ‘infallible’ (ma’sum) but they are
‘protected and guarded’ (mahfuz).
It is our belief that besides Prophets and Angels, no Wali is
‘infallible’ (ma’sum) or sinless even though he may be elevated to the
higher stations of Wilaayah, e.g. Qutb or Ghaus, so much so
that not even the noble Sahaba and Ahle Bayt are ‘infallible’
(ma’sum) or sinless. But all these personalities are regarded as “protected”
(محفوظ),
i.e. Allah
Y,
Divinely protects them from sinning.
What is the difference between ‘infallible’
(ma’sum) and ‘protected and guarded’
محفوظ
(mahfuz)?
‘Infallible’ (ma’sum) is he who can never commit sin whilst ‘protected
and guarded’ (mahfuz) is he who can commit sin but never do since Allah
Y has
protected them and saves them from committing sin. So our belief (aqida)
is that Prophets are ‘infallible’ (ma’sum). After the Prophets the
Companions of the Holy Prophet (Sahaba) and the Household of the
Holy Prophet (Ahl’l Bayt) were not ‘infallible’ (ma’sum) but they
were ‘protected and guarded’ (mahfuz). They were under the protection of
Allah and saved from all sin. Regarding the Household of the Holy Prophet
(Ahl al-Bayt), Allah
Y
has said:
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ
وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
بس اللہ
یہی چاہتا ہے کہ اے (رسول صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کے) اہلِ بیت! تم سے ہر قسم
کے گناہ کا میل (اور شک و نقص کی گرد تک) دُور کر دے اور تمہیں (کامل) طہارت سے
نواز کر بالکل پاک صاف کر دے
Allah Y intends only to
remove all impurity of sins from you, O People of the House (of the Holy
Prophet e, [even a doubt or
trace of shortfall,]) and make you absolutely pure and clean by blessing you
with (perfect) purity and wholesomeness
In view of this verse of the Holy Qur'aan, Hazrath Maulana Hassan Raza Khan
t
Sahib, the younger brother of Imam Ahmad Rida Khan
t
of Barailly Shareef composed the following verse of poetry in which he says:
Unki paaki ka Khudae Paak karta heh bayaan
Ayah e tathir se zaahir heh shaane Ahle Bayt
The Purity of the Household of the Holy Prophet (Ahl’l Bayt), is
spoken of by Allah The Pure
From the Qur’aanic Verse of Purity is manifest the status of the Household
of the Holy Prophet (Ahl’l Bayt)
So the 33rd Sura al-Ahzāb
الْأَحْزَاب
(the Confederates)Verse 33 of the Holy Qur'aan is a very strong proof of the
status and state of the Household of the Holy Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt).
The Tradition of the Cloak
In the Hadith,
an important event symbolizes the spiritual dimension of their relation to the
Holy Prophet Muhammad
e.
This is the Tradition or Hadith of the Cloak, which the Holy Prophet
e
spread his blessed cloak (kambli mubarak) over himself and Hazrath Ali
t,
Hazrath Fatimah
y
and their two sons Hazrath Hassan
t
and Hazrath Hussain
t.
The circumstances of the Tradition (Hadith) is as follows:
عن صفية بنت شيبة، قالت: قالت عائشة رضي الله عنها: خرج النبي صلى الله عليه
وسلم غداة وعليه مرط مرحل من شعر أسود. فجاء الحسن بن علي فأدخله، ثم جاء
الحسين فدخل معه ثم جاءت فاطمة رضي الله عنها فأدخلها، ثم جاء علي فأدخله، ثم
قال: (إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ
وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا)
Many books of ahadith
including Sahih
صحيح
Muslim
narrate the incident when the Christians of Najran argued with the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
e regarding
Hazrath Isa
u Allah
Y revealed Verse
61 of the 3rd Sura,
A<l-i- ‘Imra>n
آل عِمْرَان [The
Family of
‘Imra>n]:
فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْاْ نَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَنِسَاءَنَا
وَنِسَاءَكُمْ وَأَنفُسَنَا وأَنفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجْعَل لَّعْنَتَ
اللّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ
تو آپ
فرما دیں کہ آجاؤ ہم (مل کر) اپنے بیٹوں کو اور تمہارے بیٹوں کو اور اپنی
عورتوں کو اور تمہاری عورتوں کو اور اپنے آپ کو بھی اور تمہیں بھی (ایک جگہ پر)
بلا لیتے ہیں، پھر ہم مباہلہ (یعنی گڑگڑا کر دعا) کرتے ہیں اور جھوٹوں پر اﷲ کی
لعنت بھیجتے ہیں
Say: ‘Come, let us (jointly) call our sons and your sons, our women and your
women and ourselves and yourselves (at the same place). Then we supplicate
fervently (i.e. most submissively) and invoke the curse of Allah
Y upon the liars
The Hadith is as follows:
عن سعد بن ابي وقاص رضی اﷲ عنه قال : لما نزلت هذه الاية (فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا
نَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَ نَا وَ أَبْنَاءَ کُمْ) دعا رسول اﷲ صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم
: عليا و فاطمة و حسنا و حسينا فقال : اللهم هؤلاء اهلي
’’حضرت
سعد بن ابی وقاص رضی اﷲ عنہ بیان کرتے ہیں کہ جب آیتِ مباہلہ
’’آپ
فرما دیں آؤ ہم اپنے بیٹوں کو بلاتے ہیں اور تم اپنے بیٹوں کو بلاؤ‘‘
نازل ہوئی تو حضور نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے علی، فاطمہ، حسن اور
حسین علیہم السلام کو بلایا، پھر فرمایا : یا اﷲ! یہ میرے اہل (بیت) ہیں۔‘‘
Hazrath Saad ibn Abī
Waqqās
t
سعد بن أبي وقاص
narrates that when the verse of Mubaahila 'Say!
Come; let us (jointly) call our sons and your sons, our women and your women
and ourselves and yourselves (at the same place)’
was revealed, then the Holy
Prophet Muhammad
e
summoned Ali
t,
Fatimah
y,
Hassan
t
and Hussain
t
and invoked Allah
Y
saying ‘O Allah
Y!
اللهم هؤلاء اهلي
These are my family”.
When two opposing schools
of thought differ on an issue and when dialogue and debate fails to resolve the
dispute, then the solution is a mubaahila or a gathering where the
opposing groups supplicate to Allah
Y as follows:
فَنَجْعَل لَّعْنَتُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَـذِبِينَ
O Lord of the Universe! In this dispute
give honor to the proper in this matter and disgrace those that are
incorrect
Hazrath Saad ibn Abī
Waqqās
t
سعد بن أبي وقاص
said the Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
arrived for the mubaahila accompanied by Hazrath Ali
t
and Hazrath Fatimah Zahra
y.The
Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
was carrying Hazrath Imam Hussain
t
in one arm and Hazrath Imam Hassan
t
was holding the other hand of the Holy Prophet
e
walking alongside him. When the ‘Pure Five’ (panjattan paak) arrived for
the mubaahila the Holy Prophet
e
prayed:
اللهم هؤلاء اهلي
O Allah Y! They
are my Family
He e
then said to Hazrath Ali
t
and Hazrath Fatimah Zahra
y,
Hazrath Imam Hussain
t
and Hazrath Imam Hassan
y
when I supplicate to Allah
Y
against this opposition you all should say, ‘May it be so’ (ameen).
The Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
told those priests that they should also supplicate. When the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
e said this
Pope exclaimed and told his followers:
La tu baahilu fatah le ku
Don’t partake in this Mubaahila or all of us will be destroyed
Surprised at his remarks they asked him as to what had happened to him, since he
was in high spirits and confident of defeating the Muslims. He said, ‘I swear
by God, I had not seen these faces before and I am seeing such faces that if
they were to pray to God to move the mountains, God Almighty would move the
mountains for them.’
Hazrath Adam
u
Pardoned For Transgression
The Holy Qur'aan tells us in
the 2nd Sura al-Baqarah (the Cow)
الْبَقَرَة
Verse 37 that Hazrath Adam
u
received certain words from Allah
Y,
which earned him forgiveness for his transgression.
فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ
التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
پھر آدم
(علیہ السلام) نے اپنے رب سے (عاجزی اور معافی کے) چند کلمات سیکھ لئے پس اللہ
نے ان کی توبہ قبول فرما لی، بیشک وہی بہت توبہ قبول کرنے والا مہربان ہے
Then Adam u learnt some
words (of humility and repentance) from his Lord. So Allah
Y
accepted his repentance. Surely He is the One Who is Most Relenting,
Ever-Merciful.
Imam Jalaluddeen Al-Suyuti
t
(c. 1445-1505 AD) (جلال
الدين السيوطي)
reports that Hazrath ibn Abbas
t, the famous
traditionalist and authority on the Holy Qur’aan, asked the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
e
about the words which Hazrath Adam
u
received. The Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
replied:
'He prayed saying, "O Allah, for the sake of Muhammad, Ali, Fatimah, Hassan
and Hussain, do turn towards me", and He turned towards him'.
In another version of this Hadith, Hazrath Adam
u
is taught the words as the only means by which Allah
Y
would accept his repentance and forgive him. Hazrath Ali
t,
we are told, enquired of the Holy Prophet
e
concerning the verse under discussion. The Holy Prophet
e
told him that when Hazrath Adam
u
and his wife were expelled from Paradise, Hazrath Adam
u
wept bitterly over his transgression for a hundred years. Hazrath Jibra’eel
u
came to him and spoke thus on Allah
Y's
behalf:
O Adam
u! did I not
create you with my own hand? Did I not breathe into you of my spirit? Did I
not command my angels to bow down before you? Did I not provide you with Eve
my servant?' 'Yes', Adam answered. Gabriel asked: 'What then is the cause of
this weeping?' Adam replied, 'Why should I not weep when I have been
expelled from the proximity of the All-Merciful?' The angel then said: 'You
must pray fervently with these words, and Allah
Y will accept
your repentance and forgive your sin. Say: "O Allah
Y, I beseech you for the sake of Muhammad
e and the people of the
household of Muhammad; nor is there any god but you. I have transgressed,
and have wronged my soul. Turn towards me for you are relenting,
compassionate."
The following Hadith which I quoted in my book “Madinah to Karbala’ provoking
much criticism, for which I cannot find a reference but since it is quoted by
Hajee Mahboob Kassim
in his book Destruction or Peace
and the statement of Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlvi
t
(February 21, 1703 - August 20, 1762)
that:
If a Hadith is quoted by the Chishtia Shaykhs according to traditionalists
it is poor, and not authentic but the high regard which is due to the Saints
of Chisht demands that we should not consider it unauthentic; for according
to Imam Abu Hanifa t
and Imam Maalik t
even a hadith-e-mursal, if its narrators are reliable is regarded as
true.
Compels me to quote it:
The Hadith is as follows:
"The Holy
Prophet Muhammad e has
stated that when Allah Y
created Hazrath Adam u.
Hazrath Adam u lifted his
eyes and looked towards the right side of the Garden of Eden. He saw five
shining faces prostrating themselves before Allah
Y. Hazrath Adam
u asked Allah
Y who they were and Allah
Y said that they will be
from Hazrath Adam u’s
descendants, but they will not be created of clay. They will be created out
of light (nur). Allah said,” The whole universe has been created by
Me for their sake. Their names have been derived from My names; I am
Mahmood (The Praised one) and he is Muhammad (The Praised one); I
am Aali (The Supreme) and he is Ali; I am Faatir
(creator) and she is Fatimah; I am Ehsaan (Beneficent) and he
is Hassan; I am Mohsin (Generous) and he is Hussain. I
swear by My Honor that if anybody comes before Me with the least disrespect
or hatred for any of them, I shall cast them into hell without any
consideration. O Adam! These are my five chosen and blessed and for their
sake I will forgive and bless unlimited numbers. If you or your progeny have
any difficulties approach Me in the name of the Blessed Five.'
Further Maulana Nazir Ahmad Sinab
records the following hadith in his book Asadullahthat
the Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
stated:
If anyone
wants their safety they must establish friendship with us five as one single
unit and pray through our names (i.e. Panjattan or Pure Five)
We owe a great debt to the classical Chishtia Mashaa’ikh who keep the
love of ahle bayt alive by starting every Sama Mehfil with the
song Man kuntu Maula and especially Hazrath Soofie Saheb
t
in South Africa who keeps it alive with the building of Tazia. I am aware
that two views exist amongst Ulama and Mashaikh regarding these
two issues. Islam demands that both views be respected and it is haraam to
impose one’s view on the other.
Love For The Prophets Family Enjoined In The
Holy Qur'aan
Allah
Y
in the Holy Qur’aan enjoins love for the Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
s family in 42nd Sura, ash-Shūrā
(the Consultation)
الشُّوْرٰی
in verse 23:
قُل لَّا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى
میں اِس
(تبلیغِ رسالت) پر تم سے کوئی اُجرت نہیں مانگتا مگر (اپنی اور اللہ کی) قرابت
و قربت سے محبت (چاہتا ہوں)
Say: ‘I do not ask for any recompense for this (preaching the faith in
Messengership) but (seek) love for (my) kindreds and (my and Allah’s)
nearness.
Qur'aan commentators are
unanimous that ' the next of kin' here intended are Ahl al-Bayt.
Statement
Ghadir-e-Khum, an Oasis between Makkah and
Madinah
This Blessed Hadith of the Holy Prophet
e
has been narrated often and thus highly popularized:
عَنْ مَالِکٍ رضي الله عنه أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اﷲِ صلي الله عليه
وآله وسلم قَالَ : تَرَکْتُ فِيْکُمْ أَمْرَيْنِ لَنْ تَضِلُّوْا مَا
تَمَسَّکْتُمْ بِهِمَا : کِتَابَ اﷲِ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيِهِ.
رَوَاهُ مَالِکٌ وَالْحَاکِمُ عَنْ أَبِي
هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه.
Maalik t reports on the
authority of al-Haakim that Hazrath Abu Huraira
t that the Holy Prophet
Muhammad e said, ‘I am
leaving two things in your midst if you hold fast to it you will not go
astray. They are The Book of Allah
Y and the Sunnah of His Apostle.
’’امام
مالک رضی اللہ عنہ روایت کرتے ہیں کہ حضور نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے
فرمایا : میں تمہارے پاس دو چیزیں چھوڑے جا رہا ہوں اگر تم انہیں تھامے رکھو گے
تو کبھی گمراہ نہ ہوگے یعنی اللہ تعالیٰ کی کتاب اور اُس کے نبی صلی اللہ علیہ
وآلہ وسلم کی سنت۔‘‘
This Hadith has also been narrated by Hazrath ibn Abbas
t
as having been said on the Sermon of the Farewell Pilgrimage.
The Holy Prophet
e
also said.
عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اﷲِ صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم
: إِنِّي تَارِکٌ فِيْکُمْ خَلِيْفَتَيْنِ : کِتَابَ اﷲِ حَبْلٌ مَمْدُوْدٌ مَا
بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ. أَوْ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَي الْأَرْضِ،
وَعِتْرَتِي أَهْلَ بَيْتِي، وَإِنَّهُمَا لَنْ يَّتَفَرَّقَا حَتَّي يَرِدَا
عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ. رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ.
Hazrath Zayd ibn Thabit (زيد
بن ثابت ) narrates that the Holy Prophet
e said: ‘I m
leaving among you two deputies. The Book of Allah
Y
کِتَابَ اﷲِ which is like a rope stretched from Heaven to Earth, and
my close relatives, i.e. my household (أَهْلَ
بَيْتِي) These two will not separate from one another till they come
to me at my Fount
الْحَوْضَ.
’’حضرت
زید بن ثابت رضی اللہ عنہ بیان کرتے ہیں کہ حضور نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ
وسلم نے فرمایا : بے شک میں تم میں دو نائب چھوڑ کر جا رہا ہوں. ایک اﷲ تعالیٰ
کی کتاب جو کہ آسمان و زمین کے درمیان پھیلی ہوئی رسی (کی طرح) ہے اور میری
عترت یعنی میرے اہل بیت اور یہ کہ یہ دونوں اس وقت تک ہرگز جدا نہیں ہوں گے جب
تک یہ میرے پاس حوض کوثر پر نہیں پہنچ جاتے۔‘‘
اس حدیث کو امام احمد بن حنبل نے روایت کیا ہے۔
The expounding of the sunnah of the
Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
is through his family and companions (sahaba).
A very large number of Sufi saints have carried this tradition of expounding the
sunnah through their (haal) condition and (qaal) statements.
The dictionary Mu'jam Maqayis al-Lugha by Ibn Faris
defines an itra
عِتْرَتِ
(mantle) as ‘His relatives such as his
children, grandchildren and paternal cousins’.
Imam Ahmad bin Hambal
and Imam Muslim
t
narrated from Zayd bin Arqam.
On the return journey from his “Farewell Pilgrimage” the Holy Prophet Muhammad
e,
on the 18 Zil Hijjah stopped at Ghadir Al-Khumm (غدير
الخم) ‘Pond of Khumm’
, (which is close to today's Juhfah), an Oasis between Makkah and Madinah. It
was a place where people from different provinces after traveling together fro
Makkah used to depart from each other and take different routes for their home
provinces. The Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
called the gathering of Companions from the various tribes and after addressing
them on important matters he announced that he had received a message from Allah
Y
to declare as follows: - The Messenger of Allah
e
declared:
عن زيد بن أرقم رضي الله عنه، قال: خرجنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم
حتى انتهينا إلى غدير خم، فأمر بروح فكسح في يوم ما أتى علينا يوم كان أشدّ
حرًا منه، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، وقال: يا أيها الناس! أنه لم يبعث نبي قط إلا
ما عاش نصف ما عاش الذي كان قبله، وإني أوشك أن أدعى فأجيب، وإني تارك فيكم ما
لن تضلوا بعده كتاب الله عز وجل. ثم قام فأخذ بيد علي رضي الله عنه، فقال: يا
أيها الناس! من أولى بكم من أنفسكم؟ قالوا: الله ورسوله أعلم. ألست أولى بكم من
أنفسكم؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه.
“Zayd bin Arqam t narrates:
We set out with Allāh’s
Messenger e until we reached
Ghadīr Khum. He commanded that a canopy should
be put up. He looked tired on that day and it was a very hot day. He praised
Allāh
Y and then said: O people,
out of the prophets Allāh
Y sent, each new prophet had
a life span half as much as that of his predecessor, and it seems to me that
soon I may be called (to breathe my last) which I shall accept. I am leaving
in your midst something that will never let you go astray, and that is the
Book of Allāh
Y. Then he stood up, held
‘Alī’s hand and
said: O people, who is he who is nearer than your lives? All of them said:
Allāh
Y and His Messenger
e know better. (Then added:)
Am I not nearer than your lives? They said: Why not! He said: One who has me
as his master has ‘Alī
as his master.”
The spiritual unity of the Panjattan Paak is a symbol of the unity of all
Muslims. It is for the sake of this unity in faith and commitment to Allah
Y
and truth (which is Islam), that Imam Hussain
t
, eighteen direct descendants of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
, and 53 followers drank the nectar of Martyrdom at Karbala thus earning
everlasting life. Imam Hussain
t
took a stand against tyranny at the age of 56 years, on the day of Ashura 61 AH.
He gave the ultimate sacrifice of position, family and life for the restoration
of justice. He refused a partisan Islam, and leadership devoid of morality (Adab)
and love (ishq). Since March 3, 1924, Monday the 27 Rajab 1342, the day
of the commemoration of Ascension of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
e
(eighty six years) we are Muslims without a Caliphate, in which Allah
Y
is Sovereign. The descent of the Muslims was plotted on the Day of Ascension.
To accept the monarchs and presidents as sovereign is an act of
shirk.
If such a great sacrifice was given to weed out corruption in the Caliphate how
much more must we struggle and sacrifice for its restoration.
Irshad Soofi
Chishti Nizami Habibi Soofi
Khanqae Habibia Soofia
189 East Street
Pietermaritzburg
Kwa - Zulu Natal
Republic of South Africa
Tel. 0027 33 3422016
Fax 0027 33 3940847
website:
http://www.sufi.co.za/
