Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 7
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 7 fictitious and that there was no Ab u Bakr, no ‘Umar, no Uthm a n, and no Ali; for, according to our critic, Miy an Ata Muhammad, all these a ha d i th are a ha d and the Holy Quran nowhere mentions these names, so how can these a ha d i th be considered authentic in light of this principle. In the same way, shall we deny that the name of the father of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was ‘Abdullah, and his mother’s name was A minah; and the name of his grandfather was ‘Abdul Mu tt alib and one of his wives was named Khad i jah and another ‘ A’ ishah, and another H af s ah, may Allah be pleased with them; and that the name of his wet-nurse was H alimah; and that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, used to withdraw to the Cave of Hira for wor - ship; and that some of his Companions migrated to Abyssinia; and that for ten years after his advent, the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, resided in Makkah. Moreover, there were all those battles that the Noble Quran does not even mention. All these matters are established by a ha d i th alone. Can we deny the occurrence of all these events on the alleged basis that a ha d i th amount to nothing? Were that so, it would not be possible for the Muslims to relate any portion of the biography of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. It should be observed that the events of the life of our lord and master, the kind of life he led in Makkah before his advent, the year he called people to his Prophethood, the order in which people embraced Islam, how the disbelievers persecuted them in the ten years in Makkah, how and why battles began, and in which of them the blessed person of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be