Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 168
168 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH Many people behaved like Maulaw i Ghulam Ali, who was pleased in his own heart to perform Jum‘ah Prayer, but also performed four rak‘ a t of Z uhr Prayer to please the people. A Story of a Sunni Elder There is a famous story. It is said that once there was a Sunni elder who lived in the area of Shias. Once poverty troubled him so much that he decided to seek the help of the king by making a request, and so He went to the king and begged for help. The minister told the king that he looked like a Sunni by appearance. The king asked him how he had come to know of it. He said that he looked to be so by appearance. The king asked him to give some reasons and examine the elder in his presence. So the minister praised Hadrat Ali ra very much before the elder, and in turn, the elder also started praising him. On this the king told the minister that his presumption proved wrong. If he had not been Shia he would not have praised Hadrat Ali ra so much. The minister asserted that whatever the case was he looked to be Sunni. The king asked him to take another test. The minister asked him to curse the three; i. e. (God forbid) curse on Abu Bakr ra , Umar ra and Usman ra. He also cursed the three. The king told him that from it he proved to be a Shia. The minister said that the case looked to be so but he was not satisfied. At last the minister took him aside and asked him to tell the truth about his