Muraja’at

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Letter 81   Safar 28, 1330   I. Consensus Concluded When Dispute Dissipated.   Sunnis do not deny the fact that the allegiance was not taken after consultation or serious consideration. Rather, they admit that it took place suddenly and unexpectedly. They do not deny going against the wish of the Ansar and their preference of Sa’d, nor in opposing the descendants of […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Letter 83   Rabi’ul-Awwal 2, 1330   I. Can You Compromise the Text’s Accuracy With the Companions’ Truthfulness?   Those who are endowed with a discreet insight and keen comprehension regard the companions as being above doing anything contrary to the wish of the Prophet (pbuh) in whatever he bids or forbids, neither do they permit anything other than such a policy. Therefore, […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Letter 85   Rabi’ul-Awwal 7, 1330   I. Requesting Narration of Incidents Wherein They Did Not Follow the Texts of Hadith   I have received your latest letter and found it miraculous in proving possible what we thought to be impossible, amazing in its portrayal of imagery in the most explicit depiction; so, praised be the One Who has simplified for you even […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Letter 87   Rabi’ al Awwal 9, 1330 I. Justifying and Discussing the Calamity   When he, peace be upon him, ordered them to bring him a blank sheet of paper and an ink-pot, he did not really intend to write anything in particular; he intended only to test them, that’s all. Therefore, Allah guided al Faruq, from among all other companions, to […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Letter 89   Rabi’ul-Awwal 14, 1330   I. Admitting the Falsehood of Such Pretexts, II. Requesting Narration of Other Incidents.   1) You have closed the avenues in the way of permitting the falsehood of such pretexts. 2) Go ahead, then, and state all other incidents in which they used their own judgment regarding the Prophet’s Hadith, Wassalam.   Sincerely, S   Letter […]