Watchful Presence of our beloved Mahdi (PBUH)

Part 6

In part 1 of this writing we mentioned that the Narrator of this beautiful and unforgettable Hadith, a sincere Shi’ah Sa’d  son of Abdollah al-Qommi al-Ash’ari, became involved in an argument with a harsh Naasebi man [an uncompromising adversary of the AmirulMo’menin and the AhlulBayt (PBUT)].

Sa’d son of Abdollah narrated that one day the Naasebi man -after he had a discussion with him- had said a few matters, one of which was:

“Damn be to you and your companions! You -the group of Rawaafez [plural of Raafezi, a title given by the Sunni to the Shi’ah implying their rejection of AbuBakr and …]- purpose to Reproach the Mohaajerin (the Immigrants from Mecca) and the Ansaar (the Helpers in Medina), and to deny the love of the Prophet for them.

“And Seddeeq [a usurped title for AbuBakr], he was superior to the companions because of precedence in Islam. Do you not know that certainly the Rasool of Allah went with him in the night of cave only because he [the Rasool (PBUH&HP)] was afraid for him as he was afraid for himself; and for, he [PBUH&HP] knew that he [AbuBakr] would be caliph (successor) in his nation, and wanted to protect his life as he specially had protected himself, so that the state of the religion would not be disturbed and Islam be orderly after him?

“And he [the Prophet (PBUH&HP)] placed Ali in his sleeping place because it was in his knowledge that surely if he [Ali (PBUH)] was killed Islam would not be disturbed and interrupted from his murder because indeed among the companions were other(s) taking his place; thus inevitably he [the Prophet (PBUH&HP)] did not care for he [Ali (PBUH)] getting killed.”

Sa’d son of Abdollah said that he gave him a response in that regard but it did not convince the Naasebi man.

Now let us go back to the beautiful and heart warming story where Sa’d was at the presence of Hadrat Askari (PBUH) and his beloved little boy, Hadrat Mahdi (PBUH) and see what Hadrat Mahdi (May Allah hasten his Appearance) had to say in this regard; let us keep in mind that Hadrat Mahdi (PBUH) said the following without Sa’d mentioning any thing about what had happened between him and the Naasebi man:

Then our Mawla (PBUH) said: O Sa’d! surely he -being your adversary- who claimed that indeed the Prophet (PBUH&HP) took with himself the selected of this nation [AbuBakr] to the cave since he (PBUH&HP) was afraid for him as he was for himself, because he (PBUH&HP) knew that he [AbuBakr] would be caliph after him over his nation, for surely it was not of the hiding ordainment that he (PBUH&HP) would take with himself any one but him; and he (PBUH&HP) placed Ali (PBUH) in his sleeping place, because he (PBUH&HP)knew that if he (PBUH) was killed there would be no interruption due to his killing as it would have been from the killing of AbuBakr, because there were other(s) like Ali (PBUH) in the nation that could have filled his position in affairs and matters; why did you not annul him with your saying: Do you not say that, indeed the Prophet (PBUH&HP) said: Certainly the caliphate after me will be thirty years; And that, it [the thirty years] was the living  duration of those four: AbuBakr, ‘Omar, ‘Othmaan and Ali? Thus surely according to your Madhab (doctrine of your sect), they were the caliphs of the Rasool of Allah (PBUH&HP).

So your adversary had no choice but to say, yes!

Then I Told him: So if the matter was such, then in the same way that AbuBakr was the caliph after him, so these three were also the caliphs of his nation after him; so why did he go to the cave with one caliph -being AbuBakr- and did not go with these three? Therefore according to this basis, the Prophet was contemptuous to them, except to AbuBakr, while it was necessary for him to do the same to them as he had done to AbuBakr; thus since He did not do that to them he was neglectful of their rights, and was disregardful in kindness toward them, while it was mandatory upon him to do, due to their order of caliphate, all he had done for AbuBakr.

[I.e. if the Sunni claim that the Prophet (PBUH&HP) had prophesied regarding the thirty years caliphate of AbuBakr, ‘Omar, ‘Othmaan and Ali (PBUH), then obviously the Prophet (PBUH&HP) had to protect all four of their lives, not just AbuBakr’s; thus with this very straight forward reasoning not only the Sunni version of the cave story is proven to be untrue but also the fake Sunni Hadith of thirty years of caliphate after the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP).]

To be continued …