The Reality of Khilafah — Page 46
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 46 and many impostors claimed prophethood. He fought them until the mischief-makers came to naught and security and peace were re-established in the land. Then, when he died, he was buried next to the grave of the Chief of the Prophets and the Leader of the Holy. Thus, in death as in life, he was never separated from the Beloved of Allah and His Messenger. After a short time of separation, he went to join him with greetings of love. It is a matter of great astonishment that, in the eyes of these slanderers, Allah allowed ‘disbelievers, usurpers, and traitors’ to be buried next to Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n [the Seal of the Prophets] and did not safeguard him from such unholy company. Instead, Allah permitted them to be his harmful companions in life and in death and did not distance him from the wicked. Holy is our Lord, far above that which they allege. The fact is that Allah had joined the two righteous ones with the Leader of the Righteous. Surely, in this are Signs for those with insight. O you who have been gifted with understanding! Reflect and do not exchange certainty for illusions. Do not act with effrontery against the Imam of the Pious s as. You know that the tomb of our Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is a great garden among the gardens of Paradise. It reaches the height of grace and magnificence, encompassing all ranks of reverence and pride. How then could it have anything to do with the denizens of Hell? Think deeply and do not choose the ways of the losers. O you who possess sight and perception. It is an act of disrespect to the Messenger of Allah to say that his grave lies between the graves of two ‘apostates and usurpers’. Do not lose your faith for the sake of al-Murta da or al- H usain, as they are not in need of your praise.