Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 93
93 turned apostate. Hazrat Ayeshah, may Allah be pleased with her, describes these delicate times and says: ‘When the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away, there were a number of false claimants to prophethood who came forth. Some abandoned the Prayer and the circumstances changed completely. In this state of affairs and in this calamity, my father became the Ca- liph who succeeded the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. My father was faced with such griefs that if they had descended upon the moun- tains, they would have crumbled. ’ Now reflect, it is not the work of any ordinary man to stand firm with cour- age and resolve when overwhelmed with mountains of grief. This steadfastness requires a love for truth and sincerity (sidq) and it was this Truthful One (Sid- diq) known as Abu Bakr ra who demonstrated this quality. It was impossible for any other person to confront these perils. All the companions were present at the time, but no one said that he was more deserving of the office of Caliphate. For they could see that a fire was ablaze around them. Who could have been willing to cast themselves into this fire? In these circumstances, Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, extended his hand and swore his allegiance to Hazrat Abu Bakr ra , after which everyone, one after the other, swore their allegiance as well. It was the sincerity (sidq) of Hazrat Abu Bakr ra that suppressed the uprising and put an end to the rebels. Musaylamah had an army of 100,000 and he taught a reli- gious ideology that promoted freedom from divine law. When people would see his teachings of non-conformity, they would enter his religion in large numbers. However, God Almighty clearly demonstrated that He was with Hazrat Abu Bakr ra and eased all of his travails. Incentives to Accept Christianity To believe that the Messiah’s blood serves as an atonement for our sins is also an easy route to take, because not only does it secure a person’s livelihood, but also gives them an easy life of freedom from divine law. Where previously a person is expected to rise up for worship at the sound of ‘Allahu Akbar’ (Allah is the great- est) when the call to Prayer is made, now all they have to do is have faith in the atonement through the blood of the Messiah as and then drink all night long, fall asleep and wake up whenever they so please, without any accountability whatso- ever. In view of this, it is only natural that people would be inclined to Christian- ity. Now, the state of people is that they say: