Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 122
122 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH to argue on that topic. The jurists of Islam greatly differed on it. Some Ulema had written as is told by this scholar and some Ulema had written so as is told by that scholar. The people thought that he was a well-read person, so they agreed with his viewpoint and would leave the dispute to talk on something else. It continued for sometime, and he was greatly honoured in the meetings of Ulema. One day it so happened that a discussion started on the topic that the time is very bad and even the educated people are denying God and ask for the proof of His existence. On this as per tradition, the people asked him to say something. He said it was useless to argue, some Ulema had written that there was God and some wrote otherwise. On hearing this people came to know of his ignorance and he lost his reputation. They expelled him from the meeting. To sum up, differences are rampant in the world. Therefore, if the verse: is taken to mean that whenever anybody differs with Khalifah about some command issued by him, he must ignore the Khalifah under the pretext that his command is against the command of God and His Messenger. In such circumstances, Khalifah will be unable to fulfil his obligations. This is not a rational approach. Some people of our Jam a ‘at have erred in comprehending the true meaning of this verse. If they