Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 166
166 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH does not refer to idol-worship, but it says that Khulaf a ’ will not step back from sure footing due to fear of people. Whatever will they do, they will do it with the fear of Allah and will fulfil the will and plan of God, no matter how much danger and other perilous misfortunes they may come across. In the world, sometimes even a very bold person changes his position due to fear of people. He does not intend to abandon the truth, but there is always a desire in the heart to work in such a manner that does not cause someone to raise an objection. Once there was a fanatic Wahhabi named Maulaw i Ghulam Ali. The Wahhabis believed that there could be Prayer of Jum‘ah in India. But the Hanfis believed that it could not be offered in India because, according to them, Jum‘ah Prayer is only lawful when there is a Muslim sultan. The person who leads the Jum‘ah Prayer should be a Muslim Q ad i in the city. Due to the English government in India there was left neither a Muslim Sultan nor Q ad i, so they did not consider it lawful to perform the Jum‘ah Prayer. On the other hand, it is mentioned in the Holy Quran that when you are called for Jum‘ah Prayer, leave all business immediately and perform Jum‘ah Prayer. Therefore, their hearts were not satisfied. On one side they wanted to perform Jum‘ah Prayer, but on other side they were afraid of the decree of some Hanfi Maulaw i. Due to this problem it was their practice that they first performed Jum‘ah Prayer on Friday and