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A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 21 ] Zaid ra was about to kill him, the man recited the kalimah. Us a mah ra killed the man despite this. Us a mah bin Zaid ra relates: When I mentioned this incident to the Holy Prophet sa , he asked, ‘Did you kill him even though he said l a il a ha illAllah [there is none worthy of worship except Allah]?’ I explained that he had only done so fearing my weapon. The Holy Prophet sa said, ‘Did you tear open his heart to see what it truly says or does not say?’ The Holy Prophet sa repeated this ques- tion over and over again: did you tear his heart open and look inside of it. ( S a hih Muslim, Kit a b-ul- I m a n ) Another h ad i th relates that he said: Why did you not open his heart to see if the kalimah was in it or not? The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa never himself claimed to know what is in the heart of others. He never claimed to know whether someone believes in the kalimah or not, nor did he allow his followers to do so. The mullah of today is contradicting this example, and therefore claiming to be the Knower of the Seen and the Unseen and assuming a rank higher than that of the Prophet sa of Islam and his Companions ra. In another narration of this h ad i th the words are slightly different. It relates that when Hadrat Us a mah bin Zaid ra admitted, ‘O Prophet of God, he said the kalimah