Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 232
232 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH Another tradition also illuminates this point. Once the Holy Prophet sa went to war and made Hadrat Ali ra his deputy. All the hypocrites had been left behind with Hadrat Ali ra. He became embarrassed and met the Prophet sa to request him to take him too. He consoled him and said, “O Ali! You have the likeness of H a r u n as (Aron) and M u s a as (Moses) with me, but you are not the Prophet after me”. 53 In other words, one day you will be my Khalifah. However, you will not be a Prophet, despite this resemblance. Just as Hadrat Ali ra can be like Hadrat Haroon as , so can all four Khulaf a ’ also be like four other Prophets. Besides this the evidence is also available that Khulaf a ’ can be described as similar to Prophets. This throws light on the disturbances during the Khilafat of Hadrat Ali ra. There is also a prophecy in the Holy Prophet’s sa consolation above that just as there was a disturbance in the time of Hadrat H a r u n as (Aron), this would also be so in the time of Hadrat Ali ra. The people would accuse Hadrat Ali ra but those allegations would be as false as those levied against Hadrat H a r u n as (Aron). It is such a false allegation that they committed apostasy. However, the act of Hadrat Ali ra was similar to that of Hadrat H a r u n as (Aron), and due to the apprehension of disruption he was somewhat 53 Bukh a r i , Kit a b-ul-Magh a z i , B a bo Ghazwatit-Tab u k , by Muhammad bin Ism a ’ i l Abu Abdullah Al-Bukh a r i Al-Ju‘f i , publisher, D a r ibni Kath i r Al- Yam a mah, Beirut.