The Devotion of Life — Page 85
85 The Promised Messiah as states: “If we look at the time of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) we would realise how the personal lives were devoted for the life of Islam. ” (Alhakm; Vol. 4, pp. 31 from Tafseer Surah Baqrah PP. 201) Similarly, he states: “Looking at the lives of the Companions, one realises that they never loved their own lives and were always ready to lay down their lives. ‘Bai’at’ means to sell your life. When a person has devoted his life, then why bring this world into it? One should study the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his Companions to find that some had already given their lives and others were ready and waiting to lay down their lives. ” (Malfoozat; Vol. 4, pp. 504) He states further: “They were so devotedly involved in the way of Allah as if each one of them was ‘Ibrahim’. ” (Malfoozat; Vol. 3, pp. 423) “After all, the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had their relationship with this world. They had properties and they had wealth, but their lives were revolutionised to such an extent that they gave up