Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 304
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 304 the Companions ra are collected from the Holy Quran, [it will be seen that] there is no better model of perfection. 1 1. From al- H akam: The Movement in which no exemplary model exists is a Movement that cannot be worthy of praise. The Companions, may Allah be pleased with them all, showed such an example that Allah the Exalted has praised them immensely. There were only two famous Prophets among Bani Israel [the Children of Israel]. One was Moses, peace be on him, and the other Hadrat Mas ih [Jesus the Messiah], peace be on him, and mentioning the companions of either of them does not content the mind. The people of Moses as would readily become willing to stone him and often quarrelled and denied him. They were rebellious and perverse people and the condition of the companions of Hadrat ‘ I s a as [Jesus] that I have just described was that they denied him at the last moment. After this speech, the Promised Messiah as continued to mention the love and sincerity that the Noble Companions had for the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. In the same context, it was mentioned how restless they became upon the death of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and they found no solace until Hadrat Ab u Bakr S idd i q, may Allah be pleased with him, delivered his address and made them agree upon an ijm a‘ [consensus] regarding the death of all the Prophets, peace be on them. The Promised Messiah as said: What a blessed ijmā‘ this was! If this ijmā‘ had not occurred, great mis- chief would have arisen in Islam. The very first ijmā‘ in Islam indeed took place upon this: اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا [Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him. ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:145)] Hadrat Ab u Bakr S idd i q ra desired to alleviate that grief and that could only happen by making them realise that death is inevitable and comes for all people. If Hadrat Mas ih [Jesus the Messiah] had been excluded in the argument advanced by this verse, how could it have been the remedy for the pain of the Companions ra ? Moreover, was the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, lower in stat- ure than Jesus the Messiah that he should not have remained alive?