Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 153
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 153 no admirer of Hadrat Abu Bakrra and Hadrat Umarra, but despite that their decrees and injunctions became revered in the entire world. The others were also honoured, but not to that extent as had been promised in: Allah, the Almighty will establish their religion, and put their honour in the hearts of the people. Accordingly, when any Muslim is asked whom he respects the most, he will name first Hadrat Abu Bakr ra , then Hadrat Umar ra , then Hadrat Usman ra and finally Hadrat Ali ra , whereas there was no one to name Hadrat Abu Bakr ra and Hadrat Umar ra for a long time. For such a long period even the names of these very great personalities were forgotten. But God kept their names alive, and gave honour to their decrees and injunctions, which He did not give to the decrees and injunction of Hadrat Usman ra and Hadrat Ali ra. In the period of Ban u Umayyah, attempts were made to defame Hadrat Ali ra , and in Ban u ‘Abb a s, Hadrat Usman ra was censured. But in spite of all these attempts made by the governments, who, in their periods tried their best to defame and erase their names from the history; even then these two Khulaf a ’ came out unscathed, and God established their honour and prestige in the Islamic world.