Writings of the Promised Messiahas

Hadith

(Sayings of The Holy Prophet)

(May Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon Him)

Obedience to Holy Prophetsaw

لاق،ةيراسنبضابرعلان

ع،يملسلاورمعنبنمحرلادبعنع ةظعومةادغلاةلصدعبامويملوس يهلعاىصل الوسرانظعو هذهنإلجرلاقف ،بولقلااهنمتلجوونويعلااهنمتفرذةغيلب ىوقتبمكيصوأ"لا: قالوسرايانيلإھدعتاذامفعدومةظعوم ىريمكنمشعينمهنإف،ي شبحدبعنإو،ةعاطلاوعمسلاوا كلذكردأنمفةللض نھاإفروملاتاثدحمومكايإو،اريثكافلتخا اهيلعاوضعنييدلھانيدشارلاءافلخلاةنسويتنسبهيلعفمكنم

(Tirmidhi,Abwab ul Ilm,Hadith No. 2676) ".ذجاونلاب

Translation:

Irbaaz ibn Sariahra relates: One day after morning salat, the Messenger of Allahsaw exhorted us in an eloquent manner that the eyes and the hearts shuddered with fear. A man said: ‘indeed this sounds like a farewell exhortation. [So what] do you order us O Messenger of Allah? Whereupon he said: I adjure you to have taqwa of Allah, and to hear and obey even if a negro slave is put in authority over you. Those of you who survive me will observe much contention. At such time hold fast to my practice and the practice of my rightly guided successors. Hold onto it frmly.

(Gardens of the Righteous, P.41, Hadith No.158)

Writings of the Promised Messiahas

ADMONITIONS TO THOSE WHO HAVE PLEDGED THE ALLEGIANCE OF BAI‘AT

Now you should refect and decide in your own minds that, having made the covenant of Bai‘at with me and having accepted me as the Promised Messiah, and as the Arbiter and Judge, if your heart feels constrained or anguished over any decision or action of mine, you should be concerned about the sincerity of your faith. No good can be expected from faith that is full of doubts and suspicions. If you have accepted truly that the Promised Messiah is in fact the Arbiter, then submit completely to his command and look upon his decisions with respect so that you may be counted among those who honour the word of the Holy Prophetsaw and esteem it highly. Suffcient is the evidence of the Holy Prophetsaw. He assures you that the Promised Messiah will be your Imam and Arbiter and Judge. If this is not enough to satisfy you, how then will you be satisfed? [Malfuzat, Vol. 3, p.73-74]

The Essence of Islam, Vol.4, p.268-269

THE LIFE AND CHARACTER

of the Seal of Prophets

(Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)

The Prophetsaw Enters Mecca

When the Prophetsaw entered Mecca, mounted on his camel, Abu Bakrra walked with him holding a stirrup. As he walked along, Abu Bakrra recited verses from the Surah, Al-Fath in which the conquest of Mecca had been foretold years before.

Ka‘ba Cleared of Idols

The Prophetsaw made straight for the Ka‘ba and performed the circuit of the holy precincts seven times, mounted on his camel. Staff in hand, he went round the house which had been built by the Patriarch Abrahamas and his son Ishmaelas for the worship of the One and Only God, but which by their misguided children had been allowed to degenerate into a sanctuary for idols. The Prophetsaw smote one by one the three hundred and sixty idols in the house. As an idol fell, the Prophetsaw would recite the verse, “Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away. Falsehood does indeed vanish away fast.” This verse was revealed before the Prophetsaw left Mecca for Medina and is part of the Chapter, Bani Isra’il. In this Chapter was foretold the fight of the Prophetsaw and the conquest of Mecca. The Chapter is a Meccan Chapter, a fact admitted even by European writers. The verses which contain the prophecy of the Prophetsaw fight from Mecca, and the subsequent conquest of Mecca are as follows:

And say ‘O my Lord, make my entry a good entry, and make my going out a good outgoing. And grant me from Thyself a power that may help me.’ And, ‘Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away. Falsehood does indeed vanish away fast!’ (17: 81-82).

The conquest of Mecca is foretold here in the form of a prayer taught to the Prophetsaw . The Prophetsaw is taught to pray for entering Mecca and for departing from it under good auspices; and for the help of God in assuring an ultimate victory of truth over falsehood. The prophecy had literally come true. The recitation of these verses by Abu Bakrra was appropriate. It braced up the Muslims, and reminded the Meccans of the futility of their fght against God and of the truth of the promises made by God to the Prophetsaw .

With the conquest of Mecca, the Ka‘ba was restored to the functions for which it had been consecrated many thousands of years before by the Patriarch Abrahamas .

The Ka‘ba was again devoted to the worship of the One and Only God. The idols were broken. One of these was Hubal. When the Prophetsaw smote it with his staff, and it fell down in fragments, Zubairra looked at Abu Sufyanra and with a half-suppressed smile reminded him of Uhud. “Do you remember the day when Muslims wounded and exhausted stood by and you wounded them further by shouting, ‘Glory to Hubal, Glory to Hubal’? Was it Hubal who gave you victory on that day? If it was Hubal, you can see the end it has come to today.”

Abu Sufyanra was impressed, and admitted it was quite true that if there had been a God other than the God of Muhammadsaw, they