Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 128
128 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH sermon. The sermon was so moving that our tears started falling and the hearts shivering. On this, a person stood up and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah! It indicates that this is a farewell sermon. You should give us some advice’. He said, ‘I advise you to adopt the righteousness of Allah, the Almighty and be submissive and obedient in your way of life, even if a Negro slave is made ruler on you. The people, who will live after me, will see great dispute among the people. Thus, for that time I advise you that you should adopt the sunnah of mine and that of Khulaf a ’-e-R a shid i n after me. You should strictly follow that sunnah and should stick to it as strongly as something is held by teeth. Similarly stick to that sunnah and never leave this path that is mine or that of my Khulaf a ’-e- R a shid i n. And save yourself from the innovations because every new thing which is against my sunnah and that of Khulaf a ’-e- R a shid i n will be an innovation in religion which will lead to destruction. ’” From these two references it is proved that the Holy Prophet sa described two kinds of authorities : one worldly and the other religious and Islamic. The command of obedience is for worldly authorities, but simultaneously there is a reason of disobedience on case of their clear infidelity. In such a situation, provided there is a solid proof of it, and not a guess,