The Reality of Khilafah — Page 137
FOOTNOTE FROM PAGE 115 137 only consider the army of Usāmah 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 Abū 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 Usāmah'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'ūd 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 Abu 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-Kamil fit-Tārīkh, Tārīkh ibn al-Athir,] p. 142) The Emergence of False Claimants to Prophethood Al-Aswad appeared in Yemen, Musailamah in Yamamah, and Tulayhah son of Khawailid in Banū Asad. All of them claimed prophethood. ([History of] Ibn Khaldūn, Part II, p. 60)¹ Sajah bint al-Harith from Banu 'Aqfān claimed propheth- ood. Al-Hudhail bin 'Imran of Banu Taghlab, 'Uqbah bin Hilāl of an-Nimr, as-Sulail bin Qais in Shayban, and Ziyād bin Bilāl followed her. She marched with masses from Arabia towards Madinah to attack Abū 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]