Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 233
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 233 mild in behaviour. For example, at the time of the battle of S af i n, he accepted the arbitration. A Command of the Holy Prophet sa Related to Khilafat After this I quote one Hadith as an authority in support of Khilafat, because time does not permit more. The Holy Prophet sa said, 54 “There had not been any Prophethood which was not succeeded by Khilafat. ” The denial of Khilafat after this general principle amounts to an attack on the Holy Prophet sa and the denial of the Prophethood of the Promised Messiah as because it is the general rule mentioned by the Holy Prophet sa. A Grave Objection on the Rights of Khulaf a ’ Now I take up an objection which is very common. It is related to the rights of a Khalifah. It is our belief; as proved from the verse of Succession and from the verse: “and those who are in authority among you” and also from: ( A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:160) 54 Al-Kha sa ‘i s ul Kubr a , part II, p. 115, by Abu Fa d l Jalaluddin Abdur Rehman bin Abu Bakr As-Suy uti Ash-Sh a fi‘ i , published by Al-Maktabatun N u riyyah Ar-Ri d wiyya, Lyallpur, Pakistan.