The Outset of Dissension in Islam — Page 6
6 H A D RAT MIRZA BASHIR-UD-DIN MAHMUD AHMAD COMPANIONS WERE NOT THE REAL CAUSE OF THE DISORDERS IN ISLAM Remember well that the notion of certain eminent companions being responsible for the disorders in Islam is absolutely false. After a collective study of the accounts of these people it cannot even be imagined that they attempted to destroy and ruin Islam for their personal interests or benefit. Those who have embarked to find causes for the emergence of dissension and discord in Islam within the community of the companions have faltered gravely. The causes of disorder arose from other quarters and the only hope for reaching an accurate conclusion is if they are investigated in these quarters. If the false narrations, which have been spread in relation to that era, are accepted as being true, not a single Companion ra can be absolved from having taken part in this disorder and not a single one appears to have stood firmly upon virtue and honesty. This is such an attack upon the truth of Islam, that both foundation and basis are uprooted. Hadrat Mas ih as [the Messiah] states that a tree is recognised by its fruit 4 and due to these narrations, the fruits of the tree of Islam prove to be so bitter that no one would even be prepared to take them for free, let alone at an expense. However, would anyone who has studied the spiritual power of the Holy Prophet sa to even the slightest degree, be ready to accept such a notion? Of course not! It is far from reason to presume that such people who lived in the company of the Holy Prophet sa ; were his eminent and devoted Companions; were very near relatives of the Holy Prophet sa and all of the 4. Luke (6:43-44) [Publishers]