The Reality of Khilafah — Page 137
Footnote from page 115 137 only consider the army of Us a mah to be the Muslim army, and, as you can see, the Arabs have rebelled against you. It is, therefore, not prudent to separate yourself from these soldiers. ’ Upon this, Hadrat Ab u Bakr said: ‘By the One who has my soul in His Hand, had I thought that wild, predatory animals would snatch me away, I would still send out Us a mah’s army in accordance with what the Messenger of Allah had commanded. I will never go against a decision taken by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. ’ Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ u d says: ‘We had reached a stage where we were about to perish if Allah had not conferred his special favour on us in the form of Ab u Bakr who gathered us together to fight by all possible means the rebellious tribes and to continue worshipping Allah till death came to us. ’ ([ al-K a mil fit-T a r i kh, T a r i kh ibn al-Ath i r, ] p. 142) The Emergence of False Claimants to Prophethood Al-Aswad appeared in Yemen, Musailamah in Yamamah, and T ulay h ah son of Khawailid in Ban u Asad. All of them claimed prophethood. ([ History of ] Ibn Khald u n, Part II, p. 60)1 Saj ah bint al- Ha rith from Banu ‘Aqf a n claimed propheth- ood. Al-Hudhail bin ‘Imr a n of Banu Taghlab, ‘Uqbah bin Hil a l of an-Nimr, as-Sulail bin Qais in Shayb a n, and Zi ya d bin Bil a l followed her. She marched with masses from Arabia towards Madinah to attack Ab u Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him. (p. 65) 1. Note: The Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, has given this, and the other references that follow, in summary form. [Publisher]