AHLULBAYT - THE TRUE LEADERS OF OUR SOUL
On the occasion of his return journey from the performance of the Farewell Pilgrimage during a halt at a place called Ghadeer-e-Khumm, on the 18th of Zilhij (a month in Islamic Calendar) Prophet Mohammad, by ‘divine order’, designated Ali as his successor and ordered a general oath of fidelity on his (Ali’s) hand. The words used by him could leave little doubt as to his intention regarding a successor. He said:
Ali is to me what Aaron was to Moses. Almighty God be a friend to his friends and a foe to his foes, help those who help him, and frustrate the hopes of those who betray him
Amir Ali, 1922
Further, in a long narration wherein he praised the virtues of Ali and Ahlulbayt, he said:
Man kuntu Maula fa hadha Aliyyun Maula
(Of whosoever am I maula, Ali is his maula)
‘Maula’ means ‘Lord Master’. Therefore, it would amount to say that of whosoever is Mohammad the Lord, Ali too is his Lord Master.
For many, this served as proof that Ali was to be the Prophet’s successor, as his Wasiyy or executive, the first Imam. Such people were called Shias. Thus, according to the Shias, those who denied Ali of his ‘rightful’ claim to be the divinely appointed, immediate successor of Mohammad were politically motivated and acted against the directions given by the Prophet. As Islam enjoins adherence to the dictates of the Prophet and Shias hold that they do abide by it, they claim that they are the ‘true’ followers of Islam. Those who hold those who were elected as caliph instead of Ali are called Sunnis.
Quran says in 2:27:
Who break the covenant of Allah after its confirmation and cut asunder what Allah has ordered to be joined, and make mischief in the land; these it is that are the losers.
Verse 3:30 further refers to the covenant when it is said:
And hold fast by the covenant of Allah all together and be not disunited, and remember the favour of Allah on you when you were enemies, then He united your hearts so by His favour you became brethren; and you were on the brink of a pit of fire, then He saved you from it, thus does Allah make clear to you His communications that you may follow the right way.
The covenant referred to here is that by which the believers bound themselves before Allah through the Holy Prophet at Ghadeer-e-Khumm when the verse 67 of Chapter al-Ma-idah was revealed. Every believer accepted the declaration of the messenger of Allah that of whomsoever the Holy Prophet was the lord-master, Ali son of Abu Talib was also his lord-master. After the unanimous undertaking of the believers, the following verse was revealed.
This day I have perfected for you, your religion, and have completed My favour on you, and chosen for you Islam (to be) the religion.
Therefore, fulfilment of the covenant made with Allah is demanded in verses 20, 21 and 25 of Chapter al-Rad, so that after the departure of the Holy Prophet, the believers might not follow any other person save Ali ibn Abu Talib, who alone was declared worthy and able to carry out the mission of God, as the lawful authority (lord-master), in the absence of the Prophet.
The declaration was not a mere fancy of the Prophet to honour Ali, but in compliance with God’s command to save the followers of Islam from yielding to those who make mischief in the earth and spread corruption in the garb of religious leaders. According to verse 217 of Chapter al-Baqarah, mischief is more grievous than carnage. Islam stands for peace and harmony. And when is peace disturbed? Only when anyone wants to have (usurp) something that rightfully is not his.
However, the fact remains that even the Shias, who consider themselves to be the ones who follow the Ahlulbayt have not identified the true role of Ahlulbayt in the Divine Creation Plan. Neither do they follow the path shown by the Ahlulbayt.
God had destined that it would be the End Times when people will realize from their own respective scriptures the true Divine Creation Plan comprising of the Absolute God, the Manifest Self leading to the creation of devatma-sakti and hence the Devatas, including one Devi, the concept of Noorani Rooh and Zulmat and eventually man’s ultimate goal of treading the path of salvation through the path shown by the Devatas, all of whom descended in 14 human bodies on earth and were called the Ahlulbayt. The truth was told to the Hindus, the Jews, the Buddhists, the Christians and the Sunnis and Shias alike, all understood it differently, and created the boundaries of religion and sect. It is only now that every one of them will realize the truth, that too from their own respective scriptures.
These Devatas descended in human bodies as Avatars towards the end of the dark ages (Kaliyuga) when most of the spirits that dwelled on earth had become corrupted with sins and sensual attachments. Hence the coming of Ahlulbayt, described by none other than Isa (Jesus) as the coming of Spirit of Truth was needed to pave the way once again and lead mankind to the path of salvation, which he is going to find once again in the near future.
To reinforce their contention we quote the universally acknowledged exhortation of Mohammad:
I leave behind amidst you the two great things, the Book of God (Quran) and my Itrat - my Ahlulbayt (progeny).
Thus the above-mentioned apostolic instruction enjoins on every true Muslim to abide by the holy book Quran and Ahlulbayt and to no one else. And until they do continue doing so, they will not be misguided. Interestingly, the sect of Islam which is fighting in the name of ISIS and al-Qaida is the one who deny any superhuman role of Mohammad, leave aside the Ahlulbayt. And the Prophet had foretold more than 1400 years before that those who board the ark of Ahlulbayt won’t sink. If they have sunk to such levels, who else is to be blamed.
Imam Ali al-Zainul Abidin s/o Husain – the sixth Ahlulbayt - had said:
In view of the clear instructions of the Holy Prophet and the decisive injunctions of the Quran it is obligatory to love, revere and follow the Ahlulbayt, but, even if the prophet had commanded the ummah to hate and abuse his children, they could not have been able to do worse than what they did to us.
They persecuted the Ahlulbayt in whichever town they took shelter, forced them to drift from place to place, and at last surrounded them from all sides in the desert of Karbala, and then murdered in cold blood, all the male friends, relatives and companions of Imam Husain, the grandson of the Holy Prophet They spared no one, not even the six month infant son of the Holy Imam. The persecutors, in devilish frenzy, trampled the bodies of the devoted martyrs under the hooves of their horses, plundered, looted and set the tents of the Ahlulbayt on fire. It was a premeditated, ruthless and satanic dance of death. The ladies and children of the holy house in chains, along with the severed heads of the martyrs, walked through the streets of Kufa and Damascus (to the court of Yazid). The tragedy of Karbala casts a gloom upon every refined, compassionate and God-fearing soul. It makes hearts bleed, and tears flow. Cries of lamentation reach the heavens.
Most unfortunately, there has emerged a group among the Muslims recently which hold on to Yazid in high esteem. For them, Ahlulbayt and even Mohammad were just ordinary mortals.
In verse 57 of Chapter al-Ahzab in Quran, Allah has cursed those who annoy or displease Allah and His Messenger in this world and has prepared a painful punishment for them in the hereafter. Likewise, the Holy Prophet said:
O Ali! Your flesh is my flesh, your blood is my blood. He who fights you, in fact has declared war against me, and to fight against me is to fight Allah.
What truly happened was in great contrast to what the Prophet desired. See what Pooya/Ali commentary writes: “Whosoever is the enemy of Allah, His Messengers and His angels is an unbeliever. Allah is the enemy of the unbelievers who are described as infidels. Therefore, those who troubled, tortured and killed the Ahlulbayt, the beloved darlings of the Holy Prophet and Allah, are the enemies of the Holy Prophet and Allah. When the Holy Prophet was leaving this world to meet his creator, the so-called followers of the true religion of Allah deserted him and held a conference in Saqifah to choose a ruler in complete disregard to their oath of allegiance, which they had promised to uphold, at Ghadeer-e-Khumm, just a few months before. They had accepted Ali as their Maula, but soon after the departure of the Holy Prophet, they deprived Ali of his right to succeed the Holy Prophet, and, to show their power in this world, arrested him and dragged him to the court of the ruler. The daughter of the Holy Prophet, Bibi Fatima Zahra, was not only publicly insulted during the trial of Fadak, but that which the Holy Prophet had given her by the command of Allah was taken away from her, and her house was also set on fire. An aggressor kicked the door of her house which fell on her and killed the child she was carrying in her womb, and which finally proved to be the cause of her death. Ali was killed in the mosque. Hasan, the grandson of the Holy Prophet was killed by poison. Husain, the other grandson of the Holy Prophet, and his friends and relatives, were slain in Karbala, and the ladies of the holy family were chained, tortured and held captive for a long time. One after the other, the Holy Imams were killed. Saiyeds, the sons and daughters of the family of Ahlulbayt, were hunted, captured and were either murdered or tortured. Those who were responsible, directly or indirectly, for such heinous crimes are certainly the enemies of the Holy Prophet, because no reasonable person can say that these were the acts of friends. Such people are unbelievers, and Allah is the enemy of the unbelievers.”
Pooya/Ali commentary has shown the differences that exist between Sunnis and Shias. We do not subscribe to it because all are digressed, some here, some there. The Forces of Darkness tried their best that people didn’t come to the path of the Forces of Noor or guidance. In fact, they even tried to obliterate the identity of the carriers of Noor. But the Manifest Self had kept hidden certain treasures in the books of the Indo-Aryans, so that the path becomes glaringly identified for all times. Interestingly, Prophet Mohammad had given indications to this as well, when he used to say that he feels sweet fragrance in the breeze coming from the east.
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