An Exposition of Some Criticisms Against Khilafat-e-Rashida — Page 24
AN EXPOSITION OF SOME CRITICI SMS AG AINST KHILAFAT - E - RASHIDA 24 their appointment to any other source except that of God. The Promised Messiah, describing the Khilafat of Abu Bakr in ‘Al - Wassiyyat’ has stated as follows: “He who remains steadfast throughout witnesses this miracle as happened at the time of the death of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, when his Companions were over whelmed by grief and many of the desert Arabs resiled from Isl am. At that time God Almighty manifested His power a second time and by establishing Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq as the Successor of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, saved Islam from ruin and thus fulfilled his promise: ‘Allah has promised those among you w ho believe and act righteously that He will surely make them successors in the earth as He made those successor who were before them; that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that after their state of fear He will grant them peace and security” (The Will pp. 6 - 7). Thus, although it were the companions of the Holy Prophet, who had gathered together to elect Abu Bakr as their Khalifa, his appointment was regarded as having been made by God under the authority of the Quranic verse in the foregoing. Authority from the Holy Prophet From the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, also we derive similar authority. Aisha, who was one of