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strongly hope our readers will appreciate this vital difference and avoid the traps laid in their way by some clever twisters and · the doubts raised by superficial obse'rvers. They would be well-advised observing this basic appreciation in l'egard to the views of other divines whose obsetvations are like- wise subject to misinterpretations by l!lelf-seekus. 1'he other tradition that J· would like to quote here carries a well-known statement of the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be oil him and His choicest ·bleasings for ever and evermore) made in respect-of Hazrat·Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him). Says our Master, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest ble1Jiing1 for ever and evermore) : -t -:: '· A~1 li,,~~ •J. -t,i. -. !r""'!'~ C "p ~ do' cS',i;. . (LI ,;;. . d r;jl;;J,J 1/. J. . ,, ''Abu Bakr is the best of this people except that there should rise a prophet. ''l And again he says : ~. -- ("". . . . ,_:;,, '~\,. . . . . . -~. , • ~ c,_yi, C)I. , !, V' ~ ~ ~ Y, I (A~rf. J' &1,0 ~l(;vt ,J If. tf-"~_lcJ~. dJ_y. !. ) "Abu Bakr is the best of people except that there be a prophet. "2 Both the above-quoted traditions have identical meaning and occur in three different works on Haditla ------- 1. Dai/my quoted by Kanuzul Haqaiq of Imam Munadi Page 7, published in Eg)·Pt,. . . . 2. • Tabrani Kabir ve Kamil lbne Adi quoted by Jam. iosaogir of Imam Suynti, page 5 published in Egypt. •