Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 50
50 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH “If Muhammad sa , the Messenger of Allah, dies or is martyred, will you turn back on your heels?” Despite a clear mention of this point in the Holy Quran, which revealed the death of the Prophet sa , the Companions ra were so shocked on his demise that many of them presumed that he had not died and treated the news as a rumour spread by the hypocrites. The reason for this was that they could not conceive, in the intensity of their love with the Prophet sa , that he would die and they would live. Some of the Companions ra , who were of a cooler temperament, feared that the people were being put to trial. They hurriedly brought Hadrat Abu Bakr ra. When he arrived at the mosque, he saw the Companions ra exclaiming that the hypocrites were liars and that the Holy Prophet sa had not died but was alive. It was as if a condition of madness had overwhelmed them, just as I mentioned earlier, that I thought of telling the Promised Messiah as the reply of the query raised by his enemies on his death. When Hadrat Abu Bakr ra saw this condition of the people, he went to the room where the holy remains of the Prophet sa had been laid. He enquired from Hadrat Ayeshah ra the condition of the Prophet sa. She told him that he had passed away. On hearing this, Hadrat Abu Bakr ra raised the cloth from the face of the Prophet sa , kissed his forehead, and said, “Allah, the Almighty will not combine two deaths upon you”, meaning that it is impossible that