Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 57
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 57 pen and inkpot be brought quickly, so that he might dictate something, but he did not ask for the pen and inkpot a second time. When Hadrat Umar ra said that the Book of God was sufficient as guidance, the Holy Prophet sa kept quiet. It clearly means that the Holy Prophet sa wanted to dictate the same thing as was stated by Hadrat Umar ra. After hearing the commitment of the Companions ra to act according to the Book of God, the Holy Prophet sa felt no need to dictate a separate will. Therefore, this incident does not convict Hadrat Umar ra in any way, rather it shows how close his thinking was to that of the Holy Prophet sa. The second answer, which provides great historical evidence as a conclusive rebuttal of the baseless ideas of the Shias, is the following: On such occasions, a will is dictated by a person who is on his death bed. If the will is not dictated at that time, then there no opportunity is left to do so. However, a person who has hope that Allah, the Almighty will grant him recovery from a simple ailment gives no importance to a will and considers it useless to trouble himself with it. When we consider these incidents in light of the circumstances which the Companions ra faced on the demise of the Holy Prophet sa , we find that Hadrat Umar ra had no notion of taking sovereignty in his hands when the Holy Prophet sa was about to depart. When the Holy Prophet sa passed away, the shock was so severe and sudden, and so contrary to expectations,