A Great Victory for Ahmadiyyat — Page 21
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 21 ] The Righteous Sect in the Eyes of Sh i‘ ah Muslims All Muslim sects accept this h ad i th , but declare themselves to be the seventy-third sect. A Sh i ‘ah leader referring to this h ad i th writes: Sh i ‘ah consider that the leader of the righteous, Lion of Allah, Hadrat ‘Al i ra son of Ab u Ta lib to be the true khal i fah after the Holy Prophet sa. We also believe that from his progeny, one after another, there were eleven true imams and khulaf a ’ (successors to the Holy Prophet sa ) till the coming of Imam Mahd i in the Lat- ter Days. But, the other seventy-two sects believe ‘Ab u Bakr to be the first khal i fah , then ‘Umar, followed by ‘Uthm a n, followed by ‘Al i (on them be peace). After mentioning other differences he goes on to say: To sum up: in all matters—whether of a fundamental nature or relating to details—the Sh i ‘ah sect stands out as different from others. It cannot be joined with them in any way, because of the significant differences on fun- damental matters as well as in details. For this reason, all Islamic sects oppose Sh i ‘ahs. But, according to the above-mentioned h ad i th , this sect is righteous and bound for Heaven. ( Fat a w a Ha ’ir i , vol. 2, Az If a d a t-e- ‘ A liyah H ujjatil-Islam Wal-Muslim i n S adril Mufassir i n Sul ta nil-Mu h addit i n Mu h yil Millati Wad-D i n Ra ’i sish- Shar i‘ ati Mad a rish-Shar i ‘te Nab ad e Dahr H ak i mil- Ummatin-N a jiyyah Sark a re Shar i ‘at Mad a r Shamsil- ‘Ulam a ’ ‘All a mah Sayyed al- Ha ’ir i Sahib Qiblah Mujta- hidul ‘A s ri Wazzam a n, edition. 3, part. 2, pp. 5–6)