These Ayats from Surah Al-Baqarah[The Heifer or Cow] are an explicit reference to ABU BAKR

b. Uthman al-Taymi, following his usurption of the Caliphate...The fitnah Abu Bakr caused in his
initiating the Ridda Wars...their plunder and destruction through his appointed general Khalid b.
al-Waleed. Since, there are no surviving historical records from the Umayyad Caliphate about the
Pre-Umayyad Caliphate, the propagandist and heavily spun accounts of the usurper Caliphs Abu
Bakr, Umar and Uthman are the products of the 'Abbasid' Caliphate. With their historical accounts
published 125-200 years AFTER the passing of Rasulallah(SAW). Shia scholars were brutally
eliminated and none of their written works ever saw the light of day during the Umayyad
Caliphate.
They did far worse in massacring the DIRECT blood descendants of Rasul Muhammad(SAW) in
Imam Husayn and family as well as Hazrat Zayd ibn Ali [Zayn al-Abidin] and later, his son Hazrat
Yahya ibn Zayd...
Here are some of the varying translations of these holy ayats from Surah al-Baqarah...
When Abu Bakr delivered his speech about those who follow "Muhammad...Let them know he is
DEAD. But Islam is still alive..."
This coming from an alleged devout Sahabi who didn't see fit to even attend Rasulallah's
FUNERAL...
This same Abu Bakr who CONFISCATED the Garden of Fadak...Rasulallah's personal property
passed on by him as a gift to his ONLY daughter Sayyida Fatima bint Muhammad az-Zahra...
If you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him when those who disbelieved expelled him, he
being the second of the two, when they were both in the cave, when he said to his companion:
Grieve not, surely Allah is with us. So Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him and strengthened
him with hosts which you did not see, and made lowest the word of those who disbelieved; and
the word of Allah, that is the highest; and Allah is Mighty, Wise. [Surah Tauba Ayat 40]
This is what Aqa Mehdi Pooya said about this verse:As has been mentioned therein, inside the cave, the companion of the Holy Prophet, Abu Bakr, was frightened
and had started crying in anguish when he heard the voices of the enemy. Then the Holy Prophet said:
"Do not fear. Allah is with us."
Compare this fear to the tranquillity of Ali described in the commentary of verse 207 of al Baqarah which was
revealed to honour and glorify Ali. It also points out the fact that wherever in the Quran those who received
tranquillity (sakinah) from Allah have been mentioned Abu Bakr must be excluded because his fear has been
historically recorded and referred to in this verse. "His companion" (sahibihi) and the "second of the two" imply no
merit. See verse 37 of Kahf in which out of the two "mutual companions" one was a believer and the other was a
disbeliever.
SURAH KAHAF: [Pickthal 18:32] Coin for them a similitude: Two men, unto one of whom We had assigned
two gardens of grapes, and We had surrounded both with date-palms and had put between them tillage.
[Pickthal 18:33] Each of the gardens gave its fruit and withheld naught thereof. And We caused a river to
gush forth therein.
[Pickthal 18:34] And he had fruit. And he said unto his comrade, when he spake with him: I am more than
thee in wealth, and stronger in respect of men.
[Pickthal 18:35] And he went into his garden, while he (thus) wronged himself. He said: I think not that all
this will ever perish.
[Pickthal 18:36] I think not that the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I am brought back unto my Lord I
surely shall find better than this as a resort.
[Pickthal 18:37] His comrade, when he (thus) spake with him, exclaimed: Disbelievest thou in Him Who
created thee of dust, then of a drop (of seed), and then fashioned thee a man?

But this is not what the Quran means by trannquility [sakeena]. Its a divine state that comes down from
Allah swt to the sincere believers, and one of its effects is an increase in Imaan [Fath, verse 4]. If sakeena
simply mean 'a state of peace and quiet', then this would be shared by believers and non believers a like.
Yet the Quran indicates that this is not the case, that it's a special thing reserved for a select few.

[48:4] He it is Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the believers that they might have more of faith
added to their faith-- and Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is Knowing, Wise
[48:18] Certainly Allah was well pleased with the believers when they swore allegiance to you under the
tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquillity on them and rewarded them with
a near victory
So:
1) Sent down from Allah swt
2) To believers with a sincere heart
3) Increases faith
Clearly its more than simply an 'untroubled state'.
For more details read Tafsir AlMizan by Allamah Tabataba'i, verse 9:26. This is where I got the above
from.
http://holyquran.net...izan/index.html
As it is a divine state, there is no reason to limit it to war. It could be for anyone (including you!) who
struggles in the sake of Allah and has a pure heart. Allah sends his sakinah to them, and the result is an
increase in faith.
Abu Bakr was sad, but that doesnt mean sakinah is necessarily for him. You dot need to be sad to get
sakeenah, you need the prerequisites that Ive already mentioned. The other verses mention the Prophet
getting sakinah, yet there is no mmention of him being sad. Rather one verse explains the reason as 'so
that they may increase in Imaan'.
The sakinah is not for Abu Bakr for the following:
The verse is explaining the people how Allah aided his Prophet and how through aiding him, Allah made
the words of the unbelievers low. People didnt aid the Prophet, so Allah aided him and part of that was
sending tranquility on him and aiding him with the invisible hosts
[9:40] If you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him when those who disbelieved expelled him, he being
the second of the two, when they were both in the cave, when he said to his companion: Grieve not,
surely Allah is with us. So Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him and strengthened him with hosts
which you did not see, and made lowest the word of those who disbelieved; and the word of Allah, that is
the highest; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
So the context is one of aiding the Prophet. Just look at the pronouns. Its all one flow.
I have heard that AlQurtubi says that the 'him' (red) is for Abu Bakr, but the 'him' (blue) is for the Prophet!
Apart from messing up the verse, and going against the one single conext, there is another reason to
reject this.
Allah mentions ainding the Prophet with 'junood' (hosts/soldiers/forces). If you look at the other verses
that mention sakeena, you will see that these 'forces' are mentioned along side it.
[48:4] It is He Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the Believers, that they may add faith to their
faith;- for to Allah belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Full of Knowledge and
Wisdom;[9:26] But Allah did pour His calm on the Messenger and on the Believers, and sent down forces which ye
saw not
So theres really no reason to split up the sakeena and the forces/hosts in 9:40, giving one to Abu Bakr
and the other to the Prophet!
Thats based on the assumption that Abu Bakr is a believer (mu'min). In 4:18 Allah swt says he's happy
with the believers (mu'mineen) who did bay3a, not everyone! Secondly, if you believe that it refers to all
those who were under the tree, then you will face a difficulty of trying to reconcile thise with the fact that
AbduRahman ibn Udays AlBalawi was one of these people. He was also one of the Sahaba that led the
uprising against Uthman! (do a search on shiachat for references).
Ma'ana (with us) could be plural used for greatness rather than more than one person (just like the way
Allah uses it for himself). Or it could be for both the Prophet and Abu Bakr, but in that case it would not

give any merit to Abu Bakr. He was with the Prophet and he was scared, so the Prophet consoled him and
told him you'll be fine. God will protect you because you're with me so he's with you too.
In 26:62 perhaps the reason why its singular is that the verse continues '...he will guide me'. In other
words: he will show me what to do. So Musa [as] was consoling them by telling them look, God's is with
me and therefore he's going to show me what to do. God obviously wasnt going to show all of bani israel
what to do, rather only Musa [as] as he was the Prophet. Hence the singular.
In 9:40, it was only a case of both of them standing in the cave and waiting, and Allah making the spider
make its web and so on. Allah swt wasnt going to guide the Prophet to do a certain thing like he did with
Musa by telling him to strike the water.
Just another quick point to make with verse [9:40]:
"If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two;
when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah
caused His tranquility to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of
those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty,
Wise." [9:40]
It says that Allah helped him when the those who disbelieve drove him forth.Allah is referring to the
Prophet

, and is talking about the event in the cave.Allah said he helped HIM, and not

THEY.Muhammed
was with Abu Bakr in the cave, so if Allah helped Abu Bakr too, He would
have said "still Allah helped them when those who disbelieve drove them forth".
This means that Abu Bakr wasn't in danger, which is saying something.If Abu Bakr wasn't in danger, why was he
"scared"?
Was he faking it after all?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Verse 2:204
Yusuf Ali: There is the type of man whose speech about this world's life May dazzle thee, and he
calls God to witness about what is in his heart; yet is he the most contentious of enemies.
Zohurul Hoque: And among mankind there is one whose conversation about the life of this world
makes you wonder, and he calls Allah to witness about what is in his heart; yet he is the most
quarrelsome of adversaries.
T. J. Irving: There is a certain man whose talk about worldly life intrigues you. He calls God to
witness whatever is in his heart. He is extremely violent in quarreling.
T.U. Hilali-M. Khan: And of mankind there is he whose speech may please you (O Muhammad
SAW), in this worldly life, and he calls Allah to witness as to that which is in his heart, yet he is the
most quarrelsome of the opponents.
M. Pickthall: And of mankind there is he whoso conversation on the life of this world pleaseth thee
(Muhammad), and he calleth Allah to witness as to that which is in his heart; yet he is the most
rigid of opponents.
M.H. Shakir: And among men is he whose speech about the life of this world causes you to
wonder, and he calls on Allah to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the most violent of
adversaries.
Verse 2:205
Yusuf Ali: When he turns his back, His aim everywhere is to spread mischief through the earth
and destroy crops and cattle. But God loveth not mischief.

Zohurul Hoque: And when he turns back, he strives in the land to make mischief in it, and to
destroy the crops and the flocks; but Allah does not love disorder.
T. J. Irving: Whenever he holds the upper hand, he rushes around the earth ruining it. He
destroys [people's] crops and breeding stock even though God does not like ruination.
T.U. Hilali-M. Khan: And when he turns away (from you "O Muhammad SAW "), his effort in the
land is to make mischief therein and to destroy the crops and the cattle, and Allah likes not
mischief.
M. Pickthall: And when he turneth away (from thee) his effort in the land is to make mischief
therein and to destroy the crops and the cattle; and Allah loveth not mischief.
M.H. Shakir: And when he turns his back, he runs along in the land that he may cause mischief in
it and destroy the tilth and the stock, and Allah does not love mischief-making.
Verse 2:206
Yusuf Ali: When it is said to him, "Fear God", He is led by arrogance to (more) crime. Enough for
him is Hell;-An evil bed indeed (To lie on)!
Zohurul Hoque: And when it is said to him: "Revere Allah", pride carries him on to sin; so
sufficient to him is Gehenna. And surely evil is the cradling.
T. J. Irving: When someone tells him: "Heed God," a [false] sense of importance leads him off to
sin. He can count on Hell; what an awful couch! !
T.U. Hilali-M. Khan: And when it is said to him, "Fear Allah";, he is led by arrogance to (more)
crime. So enough for him is Hell, and worst indeed is that place to rest!
M. Pickthall: And when it is said unto him: Be careful of thy duty to Allah, pride taketh him to sin.
Hell will settle his account, an evil resting-place.
M.H. Shakir: And when it is said to him, guard against (the punishment of) Allah; pride carries him
off to sin, therefore hell is sufficient for him; and certainly it is an evil resting place.
As for Surah at-Tawbah or al-Bara'at[The Repentance or Atonement], it is 'Abbasid' theologians
who came up with the concept of 'Caliphate-e-Raashida' or 'The Rightly Guided Caliphs'...They
had to include Imam Ali in this for historical authenticity...No Umayyad scholars are listed as
expounding on the Ayat 40 of Surah Tawbah/Bara'at, only the scholars about 125-200 years
AFTER the passing of Rasulallah(SAW)!
If the Ayat is examined very carefully, it is the SECOND of the TWO in the cave who says to the
FIRST to "Have no fear, for Allah is with us"
Why would Rasulallah be the SECOND of the TWO? If Abu Bakr was indeed his companion of
the cave, why would he be the FIRST of the TWO?
On what basis? Age? No, as he was 3 years younger than Rasulallah(SAW)...Did he precede
Rasul in the Hijrah to the cave? No. All alleged 'Abbasid' accounts has Abu Bakr accompanying
Rasulallah(SAW), not preceding him in the hijrah(migration)...Why would Rasulallah(SAW) say to
a BELIEVER to have "No fear, for Allah is with us". If Abu Bakr was such a follower of
FAITH(IMAN), Rasulallah(SAW) would not have to say this to him...
And where was Uriqat, the bedouin guide and escort of Rasulallah? Alternate 'Abbasid' accounts
claim Rasulallah(SAW) had more than one guide and escort to Taybah(Madinat-ul-Nabih)...Uriqat
was documented as not being a Muslim but a kafir(unbeliever) or a mushrik(polytheist) at the
least. It is wholly understandable that URIQAT have doubts and fears at the oncoming,
murderous party of Waleed b. Utbah and company. It is also logically explicable that Uriqat be the

FIRST of the TWO...Why? Because technically, he was Rasul's escort and guide while
Rasulallah was his PASSENGER...The SECOND of the TWO. After the miracle of the cave at
Jabal Thawr, Uriqat the Hejazi Bedouin, became a believer...After witnessing the effect of the
spider's newly spun web and the nesting rock dove at the mouth of the cave...
Rasul also made his hijrah not from the city of Bakka but from his camp at Shoab Abi Talib,
where he had been driven out to...The Qur'anic sequence of events in this holy ayat CLEARLY
states that Rasulallah made his hijrah to Jabal Thawr following his banishment into the wilderness
from Wadi-al-Bakka by the Quraysh...Not directly from Mecca...And this CONTRADICTS all
Orthodox Muslim accounts which supposedly have Rasulallah stopping by Abu Bakr's house and
then slipping away from MECCA CITY together with him, meeting up with Uriqat at the outskirts
of Mecca. And then you have the other immense CONTRADICTION...Rasulallah had ONE escort
or companion NOT TWO...The Orthodox Muslim[i.e. "Sunni"] narratives have THREE individuals
in the detour of the hijrah(migration) via Jabal Thawr...Where did Uriqat disappear to?? Why
would Rasulallah NEED Abu Bakr who was not qualified as a desert guide and escort...All those
complicated, varying hadith(narratives) explaining that Abu Bakr financed the hijrah of Rasulallah
and the acquisition of multiple guides to Taybah(Madinat-ul-Nabih) do not comply with the holy
Qur'anic ayat no. 40 of Surah Tawbah/Bara'at...
For example: Here is one of the Sunni hadith(narratives) about an alleged goatherder named
Amir b. Fuhayrah. Supposedly, this goatherder was a former slave freed by Abu Bakr who
assisted in the hijrah of Rasulallah and Abu Bakr. Now this adds a THIRD COMPANION to the
hijrah(migration) of Rasulallah(SAW)!!! Amir b. Fuhayrah supposedly followed closely behind
Uriqat, Rasulallah and Abu Bakr with his goatherd in order to cover up the cameltracks. This
presents the problem of how did Waleed b. Utbah's party track Rasulallah to Jabal Thawr if the
cameltracks were virtually wiped out by the tracks of the goatherd?? And somehow, this Sunni
hadith(narrative) expects us to wonder what Waleed b. Utbah and his murderous party thought of
when arriving at Jabal Thawr and finding this goatherder and his flock out in the midst of virtually
nowhere at this remote mountain?? This whole narrative of Amir b. Fuhayrah, the goatherder,
was probably CONJURED up to further support Abu Bakr's value to Rasulallah in the hijrah...Amir
b. Fuhayrah supposedly provided the goatmilk which sustained Rasulallah and Abu Bakr during
their stay at Jabal Thawr...As for Uriqat, he leaves the story at Jabal(Mount) Thawr and other
guides are hired by Abu Bakr, somehow, from the midst of the remote Jabal Thawr to guide and
escort Rasulallah and Abu Bakr to Taybah[Madinat-ul-Nabih]...
Again, this particular account does not at all comply with the holy Qur'anic ayat 40 of Surah
Tawbah/Bara'at...
Surah At-Tawbah[The Repentance] or Al-Bara'at[The Atonement]
Ayah Number 40
Yusuf Ali's Translation: If ye help not (your leader), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him,
when the Unbelievers drove him out: he[[Rasulallah]] had no more than one companion; they two
were in the cave, and he[[Rasulallah]] said to his companion, "Have no fear, for Allah is with us":
then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not,
and humbled to the depths the word of the Unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the
heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.
Pickthal's Translation: If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove
him forth, the second of two[[Rasulallah]]; when they two were in the cave, when he[[Rasulallah]]
said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of
reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the
word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the
uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
Shakir's Translation: If you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him when those who disbelieved

expelled him, he[[Rasulallah]] being the second of the two, when they were both in the cave,
when he[[Rasulallah]] said to his companion: Grieve not, surely Allah is with us. So Allah sent
down His tranquillity upon him and strengthened him with hosts which you did not see, and made
lowest the word of those who disbelieved; and the word of Allah, that is the highest; and Allah is
Mighty, Wise.
We only have the documentation of the 'Abbasid' scholars that place Abu Bakr b. Uthman alTaymi as the companion of the cave...There are no Umayyad accounts supporting this claim and
allegation as they were the earlier dynasty of Caliphs...Again, a gap of 125-200 years AFTER the
passing of Rasulallah(SAW) before any Sunni tafseer first appeared about the Ayats of the Holy
Qur'an...As for any possible Shia account on this event, we might never know from an
archaeological standpoint as none of their documents were ever allowed to be published during
the Umayyad Caliphate. The Umayyad Caliphate brutally crushed all Shia proponents and all
their written works. And again, they did far worse in massacring the DIRECT blood descendants
of Rasul Muhammad(SAW) in Imam Husayn and family as well as Hazrat Zayd ibn Ali [Zayn alAbidin] and later, his son Hazrat Yahya ibn Zayd...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Salam...All these "DISTINCTIONS" and "VIRTUES" are all fabricated, propagandists spin of the
'Abbasid' Caliphate. They were gradually built up via exegesis[tafseer] 125-250 years
FOLLOWING the passing of Rasulallah(SAW). You will find similar "VIRTUES" in the history of
Catholicism as well on some so-called pontiffs of God on earth[the Popes] of whom some were
among the most cruel and horrible people to have EVER LIVED...Those tafseer are naturally from
the Sunnih commentators who are the supporters of the MUNAFIQ Abu Bakr...Abu Bakr the
THIEF. Why has there never been any such tafseer from the Umayyad Caliphate??
The concept of 'Caliphate-e-Raashida' was a product of the 'Abbasid' Caliphate NOT the
Umayyads...More LIES and FABRICATIONS have been told about ABU BAKR than probably
anyone in early Islamic history. This individual's subsequent actions, from the days when
Rasulallah(SAW) was dying and the USURPTION of the Caliphate by him CLEARLY
CONTRADICTS his SO-CALLED perceived "virtues" attributed him by Sunni(Orthodox Muslim)
exegetes...
There are NO historical instances that place Abu Bakr and Umar or Uthman in ANY of the Jihads
of Rasulallah's LIFETIME...Even those MANUFACTURED hadith that mention the names of Abu
Bakr and Umar have always been blurred in any details. Also, from a purely archaeological
perspective, the thousands of years of Pharoanic history of Egypt clearly attests to the concept of
FABRICATION of such powerful rulers. Far too many of them SUBSTITUTED their own names
on the obelisks of their predecessors to STEAL their glory...These LIES were WRITTEN IN
STONE no less!!
As for your quotes from the Qur'anic Surahs pertaining to Abu Bakr and Umar in Orthodox
Muslim tafseer, those are again mostly stolen from the real MUMININ of Rasulallah(SAW)...If
these SELF-SERVING, OPPORTUNISTIC, HYPOCRITES can STEAL the Caliphate from its
rightful owner and nearly 1200 years of propagandist tafseer favoured this usurption, even when
so many Sunni hadith clearly RECORD the appointment of Imam Ali by Rasulallah(SAW)
HIMSELF in front of 130,000 Muslim Hajis...Anything is expected in the form of inaccurate and
misleading tafseer when it pertains to the likes of Abu Bakr and Umar--THE HYPOCRITES and
THIEVES...
Read the ayats 204-206 of Surah al-Baqarah AGAIN and AGAIN and it will become evident that it
is referring to none other than this "virtuous" Abu Bakr...
And Abu Bakr was NOT the first person to accept Islam nor the first man...That was Rasulallah's
paternal uncle Hazrat Abu Talib. The complete LACK of COMMON SENSE and LOGIC in Sunni
tafseer and history of Islam is amazing. The person who stood by and supported
Rasulallah(SAW) ALL his life, got BANISHED from his own city of which he was GOVERNOR as
the Sharif of Bakka, died supporting Rasulallah(SAW) after spending all his wealth in the way of

Rasulallah(SAW)...According to Sunni tafseer, died a KAFIR[astaghfirullah]!!! And yet these same

Sunni exegetes have hadith(narratives) PRAISING the likes of 'Abu Sufyan', Muawiyah, Amr ibn
al-Aas, Khalid b. al-Waleed["the bittersest sword AGAINST Islam"], etc., etc...
According to some of these hadith, 'Abu Sufyan' is PROMISED paradise!!! While Hazrat Abu
Talib and Hazrat Abdullah[Rasul's own father] died UNBELIEVERS!!! The very laqab(epithet) of
'Abdullah' means "Worshipper of Allah"...And yet he passed on as an
UNBELIEVER[astaghfirullah]??? LOGIC and COMMON SENSE is missing from these Sunni
exegetes and the likes who uphold such misinformed beliefs...
Abu Bakr was probably the MOST UNDESERVING recipient of the VIRTUES of the REAL
muminin of Islam...

Prophet Muhammad pbuh said: "Whoever abuses my Companions, upon them is the curse of Allah, the
angels and all the people" [Saheeh, At-Tabaranee].
And the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "The sign of faith is love of the Ansar and the sign of hypocrisy is the
hatred of Ansar" [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim].

Salam...
The hadiths(narratives) are well received indeed. Those "companions" are the REAL and TRUE
companions--the Ashab ul-Maimanna...
It is referring to the great ones outside the family of Rasulallah(SAW) such as:
Hazrat Salman al-Farsi//Hazrat Abu Dharr Jundab b. Junadah al-Ghaffari//Hazrat Ammar b. alYasir//Hazrat Miqdad b. al-Aswad//Hazrat Hudhaifah b. Usayd//
Hazrat Jabir b. 'Abdullah' al-Ansari//Hazrat Zayd b. al-Harith b. Sharajih/Hazrat Musab b. Umayr
al-Yamam...etc., etc...
YES. Whomsoever abuses them, the curse of Allah(SWT) be upon them!
Also, the Ansar were the people of the Banu Yathrab, Banu Khazraj, etc...
It did not INCLUDE Abu Bakr, Umar or Uthman...
You also forgot to mention the hadith of Rasulallah(SAW) that stated that "...FATIMA IS OF ME.
WHOEVER HURTS HER, HURTS ME..."
What did this so-called "virtuous" Abu Bakr DO that HURT Bibi Fatima bint Muhammad(SAW) SO
MUCH that she REFUSED to speak to Abu Bakr till she passed away?...Now this is CLEARLY
mentioned in Sunni hadith or did it just slip from your collective memories??
The REAL proof that the GREAT ONES, the Muminin Hazrat Salman, Hazrat Abu Dharr, Hazrat
Ammar, Hazrat Miqdad, Hazrat Jabir DID NOT get any PROMINENT posts in the Caliphates of
Abu Bakr, Umar or Uthman CLEARLY attests to the fact that they were interested in the Dawaa
of Al-Islam and Rasulallah's Sunnah!!
They were NOT interested in political gain and financial greed as those trio of usurper Caliphs...
In fact, Hazrat Ammar was MARTYRED fighting alongside Hazrat Ali at Siffin against Muawiyah;
Muawiyah's mercenaries decapitated Hazrat Ammar in that battle...
The REAL WORK of spreading ISLAM was done via Dawaa by Hazrat Salman, Hazrat Abu Dharr
Jundab, Hazrat Ammar, Hazrat Miqdad, Hazrat Bilal, Hazrat 'Abdullah' b. Masud, and the
greatest of ALL the Daiyyin--HAZRAT AQIL ibn Abu Talib al-Hashimi...

Not the seekers of conquest, treasury and power that were Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Amr b. alAas, Saad b. Nufayl Abi Waqqas, Talhah, Zubayr, etc., etc...
Abu Bakr INDICTS himself as a HYPOCRITE and a LIAR from his very own words-In the speech where he stated that "...whomsoever mourns over Muhammad, let them know that
HE IS DEAD. But Islam is still alive..."
When the Azan or Call of the daily Salat is given around the world, what does it declare? That
there is no Divinity but The Divinity and that Muhammad IS HIS MESSENGER!!
It is not stating this in its PAST TENSE but its PRESENT tense TO THIS VERY DAY and till
Yawm al-Qiyamah...
And Allah(SWT) CLEARLY stated in the Holy Qur'an that those who live, work and pass on in the
way of Allah, are NOT DEAD but still alive...
Where does this leave Abu Bakr???
And all the LIES and FABRICATIONS in all the world could not change the FACT that NEITHER
Abu Bakr, Umar or Uthman ATTENDED RASULALLAH'S FUNERAL and BURIAL!!
Trying to reach out to our BRAINWASHED Sunni/Wahhabi/Salafi Muslim brethren about the true
character of Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman is the same as trying to reach out to over 2 BILLION
Christians [Ahlul Kitab] that Nabih Isa(A.S.) IS NOT THE SON OF GOD...
Salam...
Hazrat Salman, Hazrat Ammar served as GOVERNORS under Umar?? Governors of where,
what and when exactly??
Umar was a PARANOID Caliph...He deposed and reinstated more governors and administrators
in his domain than Abu Bakr, Uthman, Muawiyah and Marwan COMBINED!
Yes Zubayr was supposedly the "first" to draw his sword in "defense" of Hazrat Ali that is why he
went to war against him to capture the Caliphate by force! A rebellious act of treason...Did Imam
Ali raise his sword to take back what was rightfully his when Abu Bakr STOLE the Caliphate from
him??
Or did Imam Ali raise his sword against Umar or Uthman either??? NO! Even though he had
every right to do so he did not as he did not want to cause fitnah within Islam...
Which is PRECISELY what Abu Bakr DID...The so-called wars of "apostasy" were all
propagandist fabrication to JUSTIFY Abu Bakr's real quest for wealth and power...
Abu Bakr's wars of "APOSTASY" were the historical forerunner to the so-called Christian
"CRUSADES" against the Muslim World waged during the Middle Ages...
The same pretext the European Christians and the Papacy used to unjustly invade the Middle
East during the Crusades, is what Abu Bakr used centuries EARLIER during the Ridda Wars...
In fact, Abu Bakr was the EXAMPLE set for the European Christian "Crusaders" who invaded,
plundered and butchered mostly innocent people of the Middle Eastern/Islamic world...
The real reason and purpose of the Christian European Crusades were the SAME as that of Abu
Bakr's Ridda Wars...Greed, power and control.

The Christian Europeans charged the Muslim "infidels" and "apostates" with invading what they
claimed were formerly "Christian" occupied territories of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, etc...
The First Crusade all the way through the Ninth Crusade waged by Christian Europe were ALL
against the Islamic World. Ranging from North Africa to Central Asia...
However, not all the Christian European Crusades were against the Muslim World...
There were also the Crusades against the Baltic States and the Swedish Crusades as well...
By the way, I would rather do nothing at all for Islam rather than cause it the immense harm that
Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman caused it...
Splitting the Muslim Ummah into what would be eventually 70 plus factions...
Imam Ali didn't cause that, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and the Umayyads DID...By USURPING
what was not theirs by RIGHT.
Per Rasulallah(SAW) at Ghadir al-Khumm..."To whomsoever I AM MASTER, ALI is their
MASTER"...
What does that mean exactly? EXACTLY what it states...Imam Ali is the SUCCESSOR of Rasul
Muhammad(SAW).
The problem is that those who did not really accept [deep down within] that Rasulallah(SAW) was
THEIR MASTER did not accept his appointment of Imam Ali as THEIR MASTER either...
When Rasul(SAW) lay dying, they were too busy arguing with the Ansar as to who get the
Caliphate...So you see Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman were NOT at all the Ansar of
Rasulallah(SAW). These "wonderful" sahaba were far too preoccupied with STEALING the
Caliphate from its rightful owner, who himself was busy with performing the proper Muslim funeral
rites upon Rasulallah(SAW)...
Just as Iblis did NOT ACCEPT Nabih Adam(A.S.) as Allah'S KHALIFAH and did not BOW to him
as ordered by Allah(SWT), these so-called devout sahabas Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Talhah,
Zubayr, Amr, Khalid, Saad DID NOT accept or allow the Khalifat ar-Rasul to be taken up by
Rasul's APPOINTED Khalifah--who was Imam Ali...
There are plenty of Sunni hadith that DOCUMENT Imam Ali's appointment as Rasul's successor
at Ghadir al-Khumm on 18th Zilhajj 10 A.H.(Mon 19th Mar 632 A.D.) witnessed by 130,000
Muslim Hajis...
Does anyone have a DATE of when Abu Bakr was OFFICIALLY "ELECTED" Caliph??? This day
would certainly be one for commemoration by the Orthodox Muslim world [excluding the
Wahhabites who commemorate virtually nothing at all]...
18th Zilhajj has been acknowledged for the past 1400 years as Eid-ul-Ghadir by the Shia Muslim
faction worldwide...
Is there an Eid-ul-Abu Bakr Khalifa???
Salam...
He was THE Hazrat Hudhayfah that was the follower of Rasulallah(SAW) from the early days of
Islam back in Bakka...His full name was Hazrat Hudhayfah bin Usayd al-Yaman..
Don't confuse him with 'Abu Hudhayfah' Hisham[or Hashim?] b. Utbah b. Rabah [b. Abdu

Shams? b. Abdu Manaf?] who allegedly participated as one of the 313 Muslims in the Battle of
Badr and was killed in the Battle of Al-Yamamah in 11 A.H (633 A.D.); This latter battle is the one
where over 700 Huffaz-ul-Qur'an were killed fighting for "Islam"...
His alleged sister was Henda b. Utbah, the wife of 'Abu Sufyan'...And his alleged brother was
Waleed b. Utbah whom Imam Ali slew at Badr...
This 'Abu Hudhayfah' Hisham b. Utbah could not have been appointed GOVERNOR by Umar b.
al-Khattab AT ALL as he was allegedy killed in battle the year before Umar became Caliph; Umar
became Caliph in 634 A.D. ...If it is indeed the same one you identify...
And Umar b. al-Khattab is not the most reliable source to uphold that az-Zubayr defended Imam
Ali...This is the same Umar who claimed to have wed Imam Ali and Sayyida Fatima's daughter
Hazrat Umme Kulthum, who supposedly bore him a son named Zayd and a daughter named
Ruqayya...
Umme Kulthum b. Ali wedded her cousin Muhammad b. Jafar b. Abu Talib al-Hashimi and had
NO BIOLOGICAL OFFSPRING...Which every Shia Ulema in the world will ATTEST to...
Salam...There were quite a few 'Hudhayfahs'...
Abu Hudhayfah ibn al-Mughirah was a sahaba of Rasulallah(SAW)...
Master of Yasir ibn Amir, Sumayyah bint Khabbab and their son Ammar ibn al-Yasir.
There was another sahabi named Hudhayfah Abu Khunays as-Sahmi...
Abu Hudhayfah b. Utbah, whom we have already discussed...
Hudhayfah b. Usayd al-Yaman[aka al-Ghifari]...
And as you have pointed out, Hudhayfah b. al-Yamani...
Etc..Etc..
THE Hazrat Hudhayfah which I was referring to is Hazrat Hudhayfah, Son of Usayd the Yemeni
who passed away the same year as Hazrat Salman al-Farsi[Rouzbeh] which was 656 A.D. ...
They are both BURIED at Madayan, 30 miles from Baghdad. Also, Hazrat Jabir ibn 'Abdullah' alAnsari is BURIED there as well...
The problem with all our collective history based on hadith(narratives) are that they are all
HEARSAY in the purest sense of the word...
For example:
What we have is so-and-so said that so-and-so said that Umar b. al-Khattab said....etc..etc..
Archaeologically there are no authentic manuscripts written by Umar himself that is preserved to
this day...Or Abu Bakr, Uthman, etc...
Its not like the preserved writings of Julius Caesar(100-44 B.C.) HIMSELF in his "Commentaries"
or Marcus Aurelius(121-180 A.D.) HIMSELF in his "Meditations"...There is no dispute as to the
authors of these ancient literary works...
Our Muslim history really began being written down with the 'Abbasid' Dynasty of Caliphs..As
there are no surviving works of the earlier dynasty of Caliphs WITH THE EXCEPTION of Imam
Ali's oratorials and letters that were first published during the brief Caliphate of the Umayyad

Umar b. Abdul Aziz(r. 717-720 A.D.)...These of course being NAHJUL BALAGHA(Peak Of

Eloquence)...
---------------------The 'Abbasids' were in general terms the founders of the Sunni schools of thought...They were
treacherous enemies of the Shias...What is termed 'Batini' enemies. When I use the term
'Abbasid' it is in clear reference to the Sunni school of thought NOT Shia...
Umar appointed, deposed and reinstated SO MANY people, whether they be anti-Shia or proShia, that further investigative research is warranted as to the EXACT dates as to who served as
what and when. That is what is accepted in modern investigative historical research. Not just
taking ONLY collections of hadiths(narratives) as undisputed fact.
In this respect, I have admiration for occidental professors of research and their no-nonsense
clinical approach to facts and fallacies...
In Imam Ali's compilation of NAHJUL BALAGHA, some of his letters which are included clearly
outline the historical events...Even the phraseology and verbiage used by Imam Ali attest to their
AUTHENTICITY...For instance, he refers to Madinah Munawwara as "Taybah"...This being the
ORIGINAL name of Madinat-ul-Nabih, city of the Banu Yathrab tribe...descended from Yathrabi,
one of the ancient salaf(predecessors) of Rasulallah(SAW)...
Even when scrutinized meticulously, acknowledged "Shia" works during the 'Abbasid' period have
some questionable things...Whether Majlisi's compilation or Usul al-Kafi...Again these are
compilations taken from many Sunni source materials as well as Shia oral traditions.
The Fatimid Caliphate's original source materials were far more favourable to the Shias even
though they were Ismailiyyas...The Al-Azhar Islamic University is one of their enduring legacies...
If I had more time, I would include the detailed excerpts here but currently, I do not. When I do, I
will certainly do so...
It will require a bit of time for me to look up those discrepancies in Majlisi and Usul al-Kafi and
present them in excerpts here in these posts. But they are there believe me...
And finally, my original post had really to do with Abu Bakr and the Qur'anic reference to which
many a top Shia Ulema have brought up in their qutbas(sermons)...
The fool Umar was not the subject of edification. His very own words sums it all up.."If there were
no Ali, there would be no Umar..!"
It was undoubtedly Imam Ali's influence on that FOOL which probably had a lot to do with the true
Muminin being appointed as governors or administrators during his Caliphate...
Salam...
This is a belated reply to brother 'ix777'...
When you presented this thread about Rasulallah(SAW) SUPPOSEDLY taking counsel from Abu
Bakr and Umar, you should have read the AYATS 152-157 BEFORE it VERY CAREFULLY...
First of all you made a clear ERROR in identifying Ayat 158 of the 3rd Surah AAL-I-IMRAN
['Family of Imran']...The verse which you presented was from AYAT 159 of this 3rd Holy Surah
NOT AYAT 158...
Furthermore, this Holy Surah is not entitled "AL-IMRAN" but "AAL-I-IMRAN"...

The AYATS 152-159 of AAL-I-IMRAN are about what occured during the JIHAD-UL-UHUD...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------003.152
YUSUFALI: Allah did indeed fulfil His promise to you when ye with His permission Were about to
annihilate your enemy,-until ye flinched and fell to disputing about the order, and disobeyed it
after He brought you in sight (of the booty) which ye covet. Among you are some that hanker after
this world and some that desire the Hereafter. Then did He divert you from your foes in order to
test you but He forgave you: For Allah is full of grace to those who believe.
PICKTHAL: Allah verily made good His promise unto you when ye routed them by His leave, until
(the moment) when your courage failed you, and ye disagreed about the order and ye disobeyed,
after He had shown you that for which ye long. Some of you desired the world, and some of you
desired the Hereafter. Therefore He made you flee from them, that He might try you. Yet now He
hath forgiven you. Allah is a Lord of Kindness to believers.
SHAKIR: And certainly Allah made good to you His promise when you slew them by His
permission, until when you became weak-hearted and disputed about the affair and disobeyed
after He had shown you that which you loved; of you were some who desired this world and of
you were some who desired the hereafter; then He turned you away from them that He might try
you; and He has certainly pardoned you, and Allah is Gracious to the believers.
003.153
YUSUFALI: Behold! ye were climbing up the high ground, without even casting a side glance at
any one, and the Messenger in your rear was calling you back. There did Allah give you one
distress after another by way of requital, to teach you not to grieve for (the booty) that had
escaped you and for (the ill) that had befallen you. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do.
PICKTHAL: When ye climbed (the hill) and paid no heed to anyone, while the messenger, in your
rear, was calling you (to fight). Therefor He rewarded you grief for (his) grief, that (He might
teach) you not to sorrow either for that which ye missed or for that which befell you. Allah is
Informed of what ye do.
SHAKIR: When you ran off precipitately and did not wait for any one, and the Messenger was
calling you from your rear, so He gave you another sorrow instead of (your) sorrow, so that you
might not grieve at what had escaped you, nor (at) what befell you; and Allah is aware of what
you do.
003.154
YUSUFALI: After (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on a band of you overcome
with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety by their own feelings, Moved by wrong
suspicions of Allah-suspicions due to ignorance. They said: "What affair is this of ours?" Say
thou: "Indeed, this affair is wholly Allah's." They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to
thee. They say (to themselves): "If we had had anything to do with this affair, We should not have
been in the slaughter here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom
death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death"; but (all this was)
that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts. For Allah knoweth
well the secrets of your hearts.
PICKTHAL: Then, after grief, He sent down security for you. As slumber did it overcome a party
of you, while (the other) party, who were anxious on their own account, thought wrongly of Allah,
the thought of ignorance. They said: Have we any part in the cause? Say (O Muhammad): The
cause belongeth wholly to Allah. They hide within themselves (a thought) which they reveal not
unto thee, saying: Had we had any part in the cause we should not have been slain here. Say:
Even though ye had been in your houses, those appointed to be slain would have gone forth to
the places where they were to lie. (All this hath been) in order that Allah might try what is in your
breasts and prove what is in your hearts. Allah is Aware of what is hidden in the breasts (of
men).
SHAKIR: Then after sorrow He sent down security upon you, a calm coming upon a party of you,
and (there was) another party whom their own souls had rendered anxious; they entertained
about Allah thoughts of ignorance quite unjustly, saying: We have no hand in the affair. Say:
Surely the affair is wholly (in the hands) of Allah. They conceal within their souls what they would

not reveal to you. They say: Had we any hand in the affair, we would not have been slain here.
Say: Had you remained in your houses, those for whom slaughter was ordained would certainly
have gone forth to the places where they would be slain, and that Allah might test what was in
your breasts and that He might purge what was in your hearts; and Allah knows what is in the
breasts.
003.155
YUSUFALI: Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts Met,-it was Satan who
caused them to fail, because of some (evil) they had done. But Allah Has blotted out (their fault):
For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.
PICKTHAL: Lo! those of you who turned back on the day when the two hosts met, Satan alone it
was who caused them to backslide, because of some of that which they have earned. Now Allah
hath forgiven them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Clement.
SHAKIR: (As for) those of you who turned back on the day when the two armies met, only the
Shaitan sought to cause them to make a slip on account of some deeds they had done, and
certainly Allah has pardoned them; surely Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing.
003.156
YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! Be not like the Unbelievers, who say of their brethren, when they
are travelling through the Earth or engaged in fighting: "If they had stayed with us, they would not
have died, or been slain." This that Allah may make it a cause of sighs and regrets in their hearts.
It is Allah that gives Life and Death, and Allah sees well all that ye do.
PICKTHAL: O ye who believe! Be not as those who disbelieved and said of their brethren who
went abroad in the land or were fighting in the field: If they had been (here) with us they would not
have died or been killed: that Allah may make it anguish in their hearts. Allah giveth life and
causeth death; and Allah is Seer of what ye do.
SHAKIR: O you who believe! be not like those who disbelieve and say of their brethren when they
travel in the earth or engage in fighting: Had they been with us, they would not have died and
they would not have been slain; so Allah makes this to be an intense regret in their hearts; and
Allah gives life and causes death and Allah sees what you do.
003.157
YUSUFALI: And if ye are slain, or die, in the way of Allah, forgiveness and mercy from Allah are
far better than all they could amass.
PICKTHAL: And what though ye be slain in Allah's way or die therein? Surely pardon from Allah
and mercy are better than all that they amass.
SHAKIR: And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die, certainly forgiveness from Allah and
mercy is better than what they amass.
003.158
YUSUFALI: And if ye die, or are slain, Lo! it is unto Allah that ye are brought together.
PICKTHAL: What though ye be slain or die, when unto Allah ye are gathered?
SHAKIR: And if indeed you die or you are slain, certainly to Allah shall you be gathered together.
003.159
YUSUFALI: It is part of the Mercy of Allah that thou dost deal gently with them Wert thou severe
or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about thee: so pass over (Their faults), and
ask for (Allah's) forgiveness for them; and consult them in affairs (of moment). Then, when thou
hast Taken a decision put thy trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).
PICKTHAL: It was by the mercy of Allah that thou wast lenient with them (O Muhammad), for if
thou hadst been stern and fierce of heart they would have dispersed from round about thee. So
pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult with them upon the conduct of affairs. And
when thou art resolved, then put thy trust in Allah. Lo! Allah loveth those who put their trust (in
Him).
SHAKIR: Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that you deal with them gently, and had you been
rough, hard hearted, they would certainly have dispersed from around you; pardon them therefore
and ask pardon for them, and take counsel with them in the affair; so when you have decided,

then place your trust in Allah; surely Allah loves those who trust.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------And these holy ayats do NOT FLATTER Abu Bakr and Umar at all!!!
READ AYAT 159...This ayat is an OPEN INSULT to Abu Bakr and Umar if they were even
supposedly present at the Ghazwah Jabal Uhud...
READ AYAT 154 VERY CAREFULLY and all will know what is meant by "...consult with them
upon the conduct of affairs..."--"....while another band was stirred to anxiety by their own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions of
Allah-suspicions due to ignorance. They said: "What affair is this of ours?" Say thou: "Indeed, this
affair is wholly Allah's." They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to thee. They say (to
themselves): "If we had had anything to do with this affair, We should not have been in the
slaughter here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was
decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death"; but (all this was) that Allah
might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts. For Allah knoweth well the
secrets of your hearts..."
This holy ayat is EVIDENCE as to what Abu Bakr, Umar and those who RAN AWAY at Jabal
Uhud REALLY WERE...SO THE COUNSEL OF AFFAIRS which Rasul Muhammad(SAW) is
instructed by Allah(SWT) to consult WITH THEM[i.e. Abu Bakr, Umar, etc.] is CLEARLY
OUTLINED in Ayat 154...
That is to take counsel or consult WITH THEM not FROM THEM...CONSULT in the contexts of
'talking things over';'a meeting with a plan of action';'TO CONFER'...As in a formal meeting for
discussion...Regarding their feelings of anxiety and suspicions in the cause of Allah(SWT). These
suspicions due to the ignorance of Abu Bakr, Umar and those who FLED from the battlefield at
Jabal Uhud!!
The AFFAIR or CAUSE in question is the 'affair' or 'cause' of Allah(SWT)! Rasulallah(SAW) is
instructed by Allah(SWT) to CONSULT WITH THEM [Abu Bakr, Umar and those who abandoned
Nabih Muhammad and fled the battlefield at Uhud] regarding this particular AFFAIR or CAUSE of
Allah(SWT)...Why did they [Abu Bakr, Umar, etc.] have feelings of anxiety and wrongful
suspicions in the CAUSE or AFFAIR of Allah(SWT)?? Rasul Muhammad(SAW) is instructed to
take counsel with them [Abu Bakr, Umar and those that fled] on these specified issues...
It has NOTHING AT ALL to do with TAKING advice from the likes of Abu Bakr, Umar, etc...
And it most certainly DOES NOT COMPLIMENT Abu Bakr, Umar and those others who RAN
AWAY from the battlefield at Jabal Uhud...It is a terrible DISGRACE!
If Abu Bakr and Umar were in fact even present at Ghazwah Jabal Uhud, then these holy ayats
CLEARLY state what WEAK-HEARTED cowards Abu Bakr and Umar were!
That Abu Bakr and Umar were amongst those who ran uphill when Rasulallah(SAW) was calling
upon them to fight the Meccan kuffar! They ABANDONED Rasulallah(SAW) when he called upon
them...!
It is Allah(SWT) who counsels Rasulallah(SAW) to be lenient with Abu Bakr and Umar and the
others who ran uphill, abandoning Rasulallah(SAW)...
If Rasulallah(SAW) were to have been stern and harsh with Abu Bakr, Umar and those others,
they would have broken away and dispersed from Rasulallah(SAW) altogether...

So Allah(SWT) counsels Rasul Muhammad(PBUH) to PARDON the likes of Abu Bakr and Umar
and to ask for FORGIVENESS for their faults and consult with them upon the conduct of
affairs...THEIR CONDUCT IN THE AFFAIR of Allah(SWT) during the battle of Jabal Uhud...
Rasulallah is then instructed by Allah(SWT) to make a decision[i.e. decide upon a solution] as to
what he should do regarding the disobedience, cowardice and abandoning BY Abu Bakr, Umar
and those who did thus at Ghazwah Jabal Uhud...To make a resolution so such things can be
AVOIDED in the future!
There is nothing flattering about Abu Bakr and Umar in these holy ayats...They are a CLEAR
DEBASEMENT of the pathetic actions of Abu Bakr and Umar and some others at Jabal Uhud...
This is what occured at Jabal Uhud, where REAL ISLAMIC HEROES like Hazrat 'al-Hamzah',
Hazrat Musab bin Umayr, Hazrat 'Abdullah' Ibn Jubayr and the SEVENTY that were MARTYRED
fighting in the battlefield...While Abu Bakr and Umar and some others RAN AWAY...
These holy ayats 166-171 of Surah Aal-i-Imran attest to these shaheed(martyrs) as well as the
munafiqun(hypocrites)--i.e. the Abu Bakrs and Umars--present at Ghazwah Jabal Uhud--003.166
YUSUFALI: What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of Allah, in order
that He might test the believers,PICKTHAL: That which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by permission of
Allah; that He might know the true believers;
SHAKIR: And what befell you on the day when the two armies met (at Ohud) was with Allah's
knowledge, and that He might know the believers.
003.167
YUSUFALI: And the Hypocrites also. These were told: "Come, fight in the way of Allah, or (at
least) drive (The foe from your city)." They said: "Had we known how to fight, we should certainly
have followed you." They were that day nearer to Unbelief than to Faith, saying with their lips
what was not in their hearts but Allah hath full knowledge of all they conceal.
PICKTHAL: And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight in the
way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow
you. On that day they were nearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which
is not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide.
SHAKIR: And that He might know the hypocrites; and it was said to them: Come, fight in Allah's
way, or defend yourselves. They said: If we knew fighting, we would certainly have followed you.
They were on that day much nearer to unbelief than to belief. They say with their mouths what is
not in their hearts, and Allah best knows what they conceal.
003.168
YUSUFALI: (They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain), while they themselves sit (at
ease): "If only they had listened to us they would not have been slain." Say: "Avert death from
your own selves, if ye speak the truth."
PICKTHAL: Those who, while they sat at home, said of their brethren (who were fighting for the
cause of Allah): If they had been guided by us they would not have been slain. Say (unto them, O
Muhammad): Then avert death from yourselves if ye are truthful.
SHAKIR: Those who said of their brethren whilst they (themselves) held back: Had they obeyed
us, they would not have been killed. Say: Then avert death from yourselves if you speak the
truth.
003.169
YUSUFALI: Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their
sustenance in the presence of their Lord;
PICKTHAL: Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living.
With their Lord they have provision.

SHAKIR: And reckon not those who are killed in Allah's way as dead; nay, they are alive (and)
are provided sustenance from their Lord;
003.170
YUSUFALI: They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah: And with regard to those left behind,
who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear,
nor have they (cause to) grieve.
PICKTHAL: Jubilant (are they) because of that which Allah hath bestowed upon them of His
bounty, rejoicing for the sake of those who have not joined them but are left behind: That there
shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
SHAKIR: Rejoicing in what Allah has given them out of His grace and they rejoice for the sake of
those who, (being left) behind them, have not yet joined them, that they shall have no fear, nor
shall they grieve.
003.171
YUSUFALI: They glory in the Grace and the bounty from Allah, and in the fact that Allah suffereth
not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the least).
PICKTHAL: They rejoice because of favour from Allah and kindness, and that Allah wasteth not
the wage of the believers.
SHAKIR: They rejoice on account of favor from Allah and (His) grace, and that Allah will not
waste the reward of the believers.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hazrat Ali received an arrow in his thigh DEFENDING Rasul Muhammad(SAW) AND SAVING
RASUL'S LIFE...Fighting off the Meccan-Qurayshi onslaught while Abu Bakr, Umar and some
others RAN AWAY!
In these holy ayats 172-174 of Surah Aal-i-Imran, Allah(SWT) makes explicit reference to Imam
Ali and the Muminin who were wounded at Ghazwah Jabal Uhud and who ANSWERED Rasul's
call!! Believers such as Imam Ali who were FEARLESS while the likes of Abu Bakr and Umar
RAN AWAY!!--003.172
YUSUFALI: Of those who answered the call of Allah and the Messenger, even after being
wounded, those who do right and refrain from wrong have a great reward;PICKTHAL: As for those who heard the call of Allah and His messenger after the harm befell
them (in the fight); for such of them as do right and ward off (evil), there is great reward.
SHAKIR: (As for) those who responded (at Ohud) to the call of Allah and the Messenger after the
wound had befallen them, those among them who do good (to others) and guard (against
evil)shall have a great reward.
003.173
YUSUFALI: Men said to them: "A great army is gathering against you": And frightened them: But
it (only) increased their Faith: They said: "For us Allah sufficeth, and He is the best disposer of
affairs."
PICKTHAL: Those unto whom men said: Lo! the people have gathered against you, therefor fear
them. (The threat of danger) but increased the faith of them and they cried: Allah is Sufficient for
us! Most Excellent is He in Whom we trust!
SHAKIR: Those to whom the people said: Surely men have gathered against you, therefore fear
them, but this increased their faith, and they said: Allah is sufficient for us and most excellent is
the Protector.
003.174
YUSUFALI: And they returned with Grace and bounty from Allah: no harm ever touched them:
For they followed the good pleasure of Allah: And Allah is the Lord of bounties unbounded.

PICKTHAL: So they returned with grace and favour from Allah, and no harm touched them. They
followed the good pleasure of Allah, and Allah is of Infinite Bounty.
SHAKIR: So they returned with favor from Allah and (His) grace, no evil touched them and they
followed the pleasure of Allah; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------These verses of Ayat 154--"..but (all this was) that Allah might test what is in your breasts and
purge what is in your hearts. For Allah knoweth well the secrets of your hearts..."--Allah(SWT)
CLEARLY states that he TESTED Abu Bakr, Umar and some of those others who RAN AWAY
from Nabih Muhammad(SAW)...And THEY FAILED the TEST!
Furthermore, these verses of Ayat 155--"..Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts
Met,-it was Satan who caused them to fail, because of some (evil) they had done."--Makes it
EVIDENT that Abu Bakr, Umar and some of those others that fled the battlefield on the day the
"two hosts Met"[i.e. The Muslims and The Meccan-Qurayshi kuffar] FELL UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF SHAITAN!! These munafiqs(hypocrites) Abu Bakr and Umar were amongst
those who were caused to stray by SHAITAN! That Abu Bakr, Umar and some of those others
had done some EVIL!
The verse of Ayat 152--"..Among you are some that hanker after this world.." CLEARLY applies
to Abu Bakr and Umar specifically! Their hunger for the CALIPHATE PROVED what Allah(SWT)
stated in this holy ayat...!
**P.S.--In the English transliteration of the original Classical Arabic verses regarding the "...take
counsel with them in the AFFAIR...", the literal translation should have been "...take counsel with
them in (or about) the COMMAND..."
For example in Ayat 154-'Ya-quuluuna hal-lanaa minal-'AMRI min-shay' ["They said: Have we any hand in the
COMMAND?"]
'Qul 'innal-'AMRA kullahuu lillah' ["Say thou: Indeed, this COMMAND Is wholly Allah's"]
'Yaquuluuna law kaana lanaa minal-'AMRI shay-'umaa qutilnaa haa-hunaa.' ["They say: If we had
had anything To do with this COMMAND, We should not have been In the slaughter here."]
And in Ayat 159-': fa'-fu 'anhum wastagfir lahum wa shaawirhum fil-'AMR.' ["..pardon them therefore and ask
pardon for them, and take counsel with them about the COMMAND."]
The Arabic word 'Ammar'["Command"] is the KEY word in these holy verses;
'Ammar'["Command"] when combined with 'Allah'["The Divinity"] becomes
'AMRULLAH'["Command of The Divinity"]...
'Ammar'["Command"] is also directly related to 'Ammara'["Commanding"] and
'Amir'["Commander"]...
The members of ShiaChat and other Islamic Forums who are pro-Abu Bakr, pro-Umar, etc...Can
bring all the fabricated hadith(narratives) in the world which show the SUPPOSED, ALLEGED
greatness of these MUNAFIQS('Hypocrites') but Allah(SWT) says something else entirely in the
HOLY QUR'AN..

This is Surah AT-TAHRIM ["The Prohibition"]-This AYAT is part of an explicit CONDEMNATION of the actions of AISHA BINT ABU BAKR and
HAFSA BINT UMAR!!
----066.004
YUSUFALI: If ye two turn in repentance to Him, your hearts are indeed so inclined; But if ye back
up each other against him, truly Allah is his Protector, and Gabriel, and (every) righteous one
among those who believe,- and furthermore, the angels - will back (him) up.
PICKTHAL: If ye twain turn unto Allah repentant, (ye have cause to do so) for your hearts desired
(the ban); and if ye aid one another against him (Muhammad) then lo! Allah, even He, is his
Protecting Friend, and Gabriel and the righteous among the believers; and furthermore the angels
are his helpers.
SHAKIR: If you both turn to Allah, then indeed your hearts are already inclined (to this); and if you
back up each other against him, then surely Allah it is Who is his Guardian, and Jibreel and -the
believers that do good, and the angels after that are the aiders.
----Both Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthal and Abdullah Yusuf Ali [two of among the most widely
read Qur'anic commentators] UNMISTAKABLY IDENTIFIED both AISHA b. ABU BAKR and
HAFSA b. UMAR as the subjects of this Qur'anic Surah...

Again, you have MISIDENTIFIED the Holy Qur'anic Surahs which you have presented in defense
of the munafiq Abu Bakr...
However, even in misidentifying the personages of Aisha and Hafsa as Abu Bakr and Umar is
VERY REVEALING indeed...
It may be a psychological, FREUDIAN SLIP in misidentifying TWO treacherous spouses with their
equally treacherous FATHERS!!
Even though these exegetes identify the "...believers that do good..." as SUPPOSEDLY Abu Bakr
and Umar, that is a matter of interpretation and perception. It certainly is not as POSITIVE an
identification as Aisha and Hafsa being compared in that same Surah of At-Tahrim to the
treacherous spouses of the earlier Nabihullahs Nuh(A.S.) and Lut(A.S.)...AND Allah(SWT) DOES
NOT NAME THEM by their given names but by EXPLICIT REFERENCE!
The "...believers that do good..." COULD NOT POSSIBLY have been Abu Bakr and Umar as their
subsequent actions from when Rasulallah(SAW) lay dying and onwards clearly OUTLINED and
EVIDENCED...
Neither Abu Bakr and Umar even had the DECENCY to ATTEND the funeral and burial service of
Rasulallah(SAW)!!!
Those "...believers that do good..." is an explicit reference to Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Aqil, Hazrat Jafar,
Hazrat Salman, Hazrat Ammar, Hazrat Abu Dharr Jundab, Hazrat Jabir, Hazrat Miqdad, Hazrat
Hudhayfah, etc., etc...NOT Abu Bakr and Umar! In this, we must disagree with Pickthal and A.
Yusuf Ali.
Pickthal and A. Yusuf Ali must have bowed under the sociopolitical pressure from the
POWERFUL Ahl-ul-Sunnah and Wahhabite Ulema to include the names of Abu Bakr and Umar in
the tafseer(exegesis) of the Ayat 4 of Surah At-Tahrim...

It hardly makes any sense at all that Allah(SWT) CONDEMNS the actions of Aisha bint Abu Bakr
and Hafsa bint Umar and then the exegetes add the names of Abu Bakr and Umar as
"...believers that do good..."--The VERY MEN who were the FATHERS of these condemned spouses of Rasul
Muhammad(SAW)...!
------------------Here are the Ayats in which Allah(SWT) condemns the actions of Aisha bint Abu Bakr and Hafsa
bint Umar--Surah At-Tahrim("The Prohibition")-Surah 66 Verses 3-5
3--"And when the Prophet[Muhammad] secretly communicated a piece of information to one of
his wives-but when she[Aisha b. Abu Bakr] informed others of it, and Allah made him[Rasulallah]
to know it, he[Rasulallah] made known part of it and avoided part; so when he[Rasulallah]
informed her[Aisha b. Abu Bakr] of it, she[Aisha b. Abu Bakr] said: Who informed you of this?
He[Rasulallah] said: The Knowing, the one Aware, informed me.
4--If you both[Aisha b. Abu Bakr/Hafsa b. Umar] turn to Allah, then indeed your hearts are already
inclined to this; and if you back up each other[Aisha b. Abu Bakr/Hafsa b. Umar] against
him[Rasulallah] , then surely Allah it is Who is his[Rasulallah] Guardian, and Jibreel and the
believers that do good, and the angels after that are the aiders.
5--Maybe, his[Rasulallah] Lord, if he[Rasulallah] divorce you, will give him[Rasulallah] in your
place wives better than you[Aisha b. Abu Bakr/Hafsa b. Umar], submissive, faithful, obedient,
penitent, adorers, fasters, widows, and virgins.
In the same Surah Tahrim [Surah 66 Verse 10], Allah(SWT) presents the examples of the wives
of the Nabihs Nuh (A.S.) and Lut (A.S.)...How these spouses acted "treacherously towards them
so they availed them naught against Allah, and it was said: Enter both the fire with those who
enter..."
Following the condemnation of the actions of Aisha bint Abu Bakr and Hafsa bint Umar,
Allah(SWT) offers this further example of disobedient and treacherous wives of the earlier Nabihs
Nuh(A.S.) and Lut(A.S.)...!
----------------066.010
YUSUFALI: Allah sets forth, for an example to the Unbelievers, the wife of Noah and the wife of
Lut: they were (respectively) under two of our righteous servants, but they were false to their
(husbands), and they profited nothing before Allah on their account, but were told: "Enter ye the
Fire along with (others) that enter!"
PICKTHAL: Allah citeth an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Noah and the wife of
Lot, who were under two of Our righteous slaves yet betrayed them so that they (the husbands)
availed them naught against Allah and it was said (unto them): Enter the Fire along with those
who enter.
SHAKIR: Allah sets forth an example to those who disbelieve the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut:
they were both under two of Our righteous servants, but they acted treacherously towards them
so they availed them naught against Allah, and it was said: Enter both the fire with those who
enter.
----------------The message is quite CLEAR...Allah(SWT) sends the GRAVEST of WARNINGS to both Aisha

bint Abu Bakr and Hafsa bint Umar...

That if they back each other up AGAINST Rasul Muhammad(SAW), they will wind up like the
spouses of Nabihs Nuh(A.S.) and Lut(A.S.)...In JEHANNUM[HELL]!!
Also, Allah(SWT) makes it clear in Ayat 5 of Surah At-Tahrim that both Aisha bint Abu Bakr and
Hafsa bint Umar are NOT submissive, faithful, obedient, or penitent...
This is certainly NO TRIVIAL MATTER where Rasulallah(SAW) is BACKED by Allah(SWT);
Malak ul-Jibreel; the REAL and TRUE 'believers that do good'[i.e. Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Aqil, Hazrat
Jafar, Hazrat Salman, etc.]; and the Angels...AGAINST the treachery of Aisha b. Abu Bakr and
Hafsa b. Umar!
So you see how it makes no sense AT ALL that the "...believers that do good..." could POSSIBLY
be Abu Bakr and Umar! And that they would be the ones being backed by Malak ul-Jibreel and
the other Angels AGAINST their very own daughters!
This is where Pickthal and A. Yusuf Ali run into to a HUGE PARADOX in their tafseer(exegesis)
on the Ayat 4 of Surah At-Tahrim...
It was when Surah at-Tahrim was revealed to Rasulallah(SAW), that both Aisha bint Abu Bakr
and Hafsa bint Umar LOST their status as 'Ummul Muminin'...
While the other believing spouses [i.e. Hazrat Salma bint Khazeefah, Hazrat Zaynab bint Jahsh]
each RETAINED their privileged status as 'Ummul Muminin'...
**The Ahl-ul-Sunnah exegetes have Hafsa b. Umar instead of Aisha b. Abu Bakr as the one who
BETRAYED Rasulallah's confidence; The majority of the Shia exegetes have it to be Aisha b.
Abu Bakr, however. The Sunnih Ulema have always been trying to protect Aisha's reputation as
much as possible...
And once again-The members of ShiaChat and other Islamic Forums who are pro-Abu Bakr, pro-Umar, pro-Aisha,
pro-Hafsa, etc...Can bring all the fabricated hadith(narratives) in the world which show the
SUPPOSED, ALLEGED greatness of these MUNAFIQS('Hypocrites') and their daughters but
Allah(SWT) says something else entirely in the HOLY QUR'AN...!

You noticed in the holy ayat 40 of At-Tawbah, Allah(SWT) NEVER actually says the FIRST of
THE TWO...
Allah Malik says 'SAANI-YASNAYNI..' ("The Second of the Two") WITHOUT actually STATING
the 'SAAHI-BIHII..'("His Companion") to be the FIRST of THE TWO..
There is NO WAY anyone in creation could even be mentioned OFFICIALLY as the FIRST of
THE TWO when it involves Ashraf ul-Anbiya Rasul Muhammad(SAW)!!!
Brother Jalal27...You should READ my responses to 'ix777' in the post entitled REFERENCE OF
ABU BAKR IN THE HOLY QUR'AN. The REAL tafseer about Ayats 152-159 of Surah AAL-IIMRAN["Family of Imran"]...It is post # 1365851.
These Ayats PROVE what Abu Bakr and Umar REALLY WERE in the very words of Allah(SWT)!!
All the commentators and exegetes unanimously IDENTIFY Abu Bakr and Umar as among the
subjects of Ayats 152-159 of Surah AAL-I-IMRAN...

However, the Sunnih exegetes and commentators only mention the last few words "...And take
counsel with them in the AFFAIR (COMMAND)..."
They changed the TAFSEER to make it favourable to Abu Bakr and Umar when these holy ayats
from 152-159 of Surah AAL-I-IMRAN CLEARLY DISGRACE Abu Bakr and Umar!!!
The deeper symbolic meaning of the event at the cave in Jabal Thawr is that even though Uriqat
was Rasul's earthly "guide", Rasulallah(SAW) was Uriqat's spiritual GUIDE. Uriqat was a
kafir(unbeliever) by birth or a mushrik(polytheist) at the least...
The incident at the cave, guided Uriqat to Islam and monotheism...
The defining moment of Rasul's Hijrah(Migration) was the miracle of the cave at Jabal
Thawr...The spider weaving its web and the rock dove nesting at the mouth of the cave...
That is why Allah(SWT) mentions it in His Holy Qur'an. Not in specific detail but implicitly...
"So Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him and strengthened him with hosts which you did not
see."--The Malayka who guided the spider and the rock dove were the "hosts which you did not
see"...
It has also been suggested that what appeared to be the spider was really Jibreel and the rock
dove was Mikaeel...
Jabal Thawr(Mount of The Bull) housed the cave called Qar al-Thawr(Cave of The Bull); The
Classical Arabic Thawr("Bull") is related to the Latin Taurus("Bull") and its Spanish derivative
Toro("Bull")...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The sequence of events as follows-27th Safar 1 A.H.(Thu 12th Sep 622 A.D.)--Commencement of Hijrah to Jabal Thawr[8 miles
south of Shoab Abi Talib] by Rasulallah(PBUH) with bedouin guide and escort Uriqat;
Rasulallah(PBUH) slips away undetected from his camp at Shoab Abi Talib in the early evening
while later that same evening, assassins, each one a member of a different opposing clan of the
Quraysh plan to slay him while he lay sleeping in his tent. Even though each of the assassins
were armed with daggers just in case they might need them, they had planned to smother
Rasulallah(PBUH) in his sleep with pillows. Instead, they find 15-yr-old Hazrat Ali laying in
Rasulallah's bed as decoy. The Quraysh assassins further notice that Rasul's camel Quswa is
missing, something they did not notice initially upon their stealthy arrival at Shoab Abi Talib.
28th Safar 1 A.H.(Fri 13th Sep 622 A.D.)--Arrival at Jabal Thawr of Rasulallah(PBUH) with escort
Uriqat before dawn(fajr), via an intentionally roundabout, zig-zag route; A rock dove is nesting at
the mouth of the cave but is not disturbed or frightened by the arrival of Rasulallah(SAW) and
Uriqat; Uriqat makes a mental note of this occurence; Uriqat tethers Quswa and his own camel at
a safe distance from the cave, clearly out of view in a gorge; Uriqat tends to the camels once a
day, including feeding and watering them from an extra mashshakk.
30th Safar 1 A.H.(Sun 15th Sep 622 A.D.)--That night, a large spider begins to weave its web at
the mouth of Qar al-Thawr; the following morning Uriqat notices the freshly spun web covering
the entrance of the cave and is about to break it when he is stopped by Rasulallah(SAW).
1st Rabi-ul-Awwal 1 A.H.(Mon 16th Sep 622 A.D.)--Miracle of the Cave at Jabal Thawr; The
spider has woven a very large web and the rock dove continues to nest at the mouth of the cave
deceiving the murderous party of Waleed b. Utbah, Hisham b. 'Shaybah', Yazid b. 'Abu Sufyan',

Utbah b. 'Abu Sufyan' and Muawiyah b. 'Abu Sufyan' who were all intent on slaying
Rasulallah(PBUH). Uriqat is at first stunned, not expecting to be found at Jabal Thawr and then
loses all hope for his life as well as Rasul's; Rasulallah(SAW) calms him.
2nd Rabi-ul-Awwal 1 A.H.(Tue 17th Sep 622 A.D.)--Uriqat feels it is safe to depart Jabal Thawr
but Rasulallah(SAW) instructs the bedouin to wait for a few more days before resuming the
journey to Taybah(Madinah).
4th Rabi-ul-Awwal 1 A.H.(Thu 19th Sep 622 A.D.)--Departure from Jabal Thawr for Taybah(aka
Madinat-ul-Nabih) by Rasulallah(PBUH) with escort Uriqat.
9th Rabi-ul-Awwal 1 A.H.(Tue 24th Sep 622 A.D.)--Arrival at Quba of Rasulallah(PBUH) with
escort Uriqat, a village at the outskirts of Taybah (City of the Banu Yathrab tribe).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Remember who was outside the cave to slay Rasulallah(SAW)...Waleed b. Utbah; Hisham b.
'Shaybah'(Waleed's paternal first cousin); Yazid b. 'Abu Sufyan'; Utbah b. 'Abu Sufyan'; and last
but not least, Muawiyah b. 'Abu Sufyan'...!!! Muawiyah(602-680 A.D.) was age 20 at the time.
Also, the three sons of Henda binte Utbah--Yazid, Utbah and Muawiyah were Waleed's nephews!
This of course is not including the hired hands of this murderous party which included an expert
bedouin TRACKER, a bedouin guide, and servants...
Here are actual photographs of Jabal Thawr[Mount of The Bull] and Qar al-Thawr[Cave of The
Bull]-Notice the rocky terrain of Jabal Thawr in the picture below...

Salam...
I never stated that my post was the widespread Shia view. It is the perception of a few select
Mujtahids whom I came across...
Many of the traditional Shia doctrines from the 'Abbasid' Era were taken from traditional Sunnih
sources...
As I have tirelessly mentioned so many times, NOTHING from the Umayyad Dynasty was
preserved by the 'Abbasids' IF they were even propagated at all...
Certainly NONE of the Shia doctrines were even allowed publication during the Umayyad
Dynasty with the exception of Imam Ali's NAHJUL BALAGHA...
And that due SOLELY to the pro-Aal-i-Muhammad Caliph Umar ibn Abdul Aziz.
Even Imam Ali's collection of qutbas and letters underwent some editing where it contradicted
anything the Umayyad's propagated.
Only the Holy Qur'an has survived 100% INTACT in its ORIGINAL form!
Also, I don't care how many hadith from either Shia or Sunni state about Rasulallah(SAW) and
Hazrat Abu Talib returning back to Mecca after being banished into the nearby wilderness at
Shoab Abi Talib...
The Holy Ayat 40 of Surah At-Tawbah CLEARLY states that Rasulallah's Hijrah via Jabal Thawr
followed his being caste out from Mecca by the Unbelievers that were the Banu Quraysh! Nothing
at all is mentioned of Rasulallah(SAW) returning BACK to Mecca City before his hijrah(migration)
anywhere in the Holy Qur'an!
That day when Rasulallah(SAW) commenced his hijrah(migration) was the very same day that
the Banu Quraysh had planned to murder him in his sleep...
If he was ever there in the first place, how could Rasulallah(SAW) POSSIBLY slip away from
Mecca City along with Abu Bakr from Abu Bakr's house WITHOUT BEING DETECTED??
Especially, when he would have been under very tight SURVEILLANCE on that fateful day IF he
had been in the city...The day he was to be slain by the Quraysh!!
Also, the nonsense about Abu Bakr's son, the so-called "Abdullah", arriving with camels at Jabal
Thawr defies logic and common sense! Did it ever occur to anyone that if the Banu Quraysh were
desperately seeking out Rasulallah(SAW), they would wonder what Abu Bakr's son is doing
leaving the city of Mecca with some camels...? That if Abu Bakr WAS indeed with
Rasulallah(SAW) that he too was on the hit list...
Nobody in Mecca had the brains to figure out what "Abdullah" b. Abu Bakr is doing leaving the
city with some camels...Or did he purchase the camels OUTSIDE Mecca somewhere in the
remote wilderness??
They could easily have put a tail on this "Abdullah" and found Rasulallah(SAW) at Jabal
Thawr...Especially, since when more than a dozen hunting parties searched back and forth all the
possible routes from Mecca to Taybah(Madinah) and found no TRACE of Rasulallah(SAW)...
Also, how did "Abdullah" b. Abu Bakr KNOW where Rasulallah(SAW) was?

How did "Abdullah" b. Abu Bakr know to bring specifically TWO camels?
And how did he get to Jabal Thawr and with whom??
And what happened to Uriqat...Where did he disappear to???
Also, where did the original camels disapppear to??
How did Rasulallah(SAW) end up with NO camels when there were 3 camels involved-Rasulallah's she-camel Quswa; Uriqat's camel; and allegedly Abu Bakr's camel??
And whatever happened to Rasul's she-camel Quswa? Quswa is mentioned in a few narratives
as making the journey from Mecca to Madinah...Rasul's she-camel Quswa had more value to
Rasulallah(SAW) in his Hijrah(Migration) than Abu Bakr from a purely practical viewpoint...
Also, it was understood that Quswa and the other camel were tethered at quite a distance from
Jabal Thawr behind a gorge. That terrain surrounding Jabal Thawr is quite rocky. Uriqat was
smart enough to bring Rasulallah(SAW) there since that area is mostly rocky and tracking camels
was virtually impossible. No bedouin tracker, no matter how good, could track unshod camel
hoofs over rocky terrain. Waleed's hunting party tracked Rasulallah(SAW) and Uriqat to nearby
Jabal Thawr as long as the tracks could be picked up but lost it where they came upon the rocky
terrain surrounding Jabal Thawr. There was only one nearby cave there and that was at Jabal
Thawr which was nearest to where the cameltracks ended. The camels were tethered at a safe
distance clearly out of view and would have been impossible to track over the rocky terrain.
How did "Abdullah" b. Abu Bakr know to bring exactly TWO camels to Jabal Thawr? Was he
PSYCHIC or have special TELEPATHIC communication with Abu Bakr at Jabal Thawr??
Was there a CONTACT man between "Abdullah" b. Abu Bakr and Rasulallah(SAW) and
supposedly Abu Bakr?
Or was Uriqat the contact man between these two parties?
Uriqat would have been the ONLY ONE who knew that Rasulallah(SAW) and supposedly Abu
Bakr were at Jabal Thawr and he was the ONLY ONE who could have brought this "Abdullah" b.
Abu Bakr there...
Not to mention that the Banu Quraysh were SEARCHING for Uriqat as well as THEY WERE
AWARE HE WAS RASULALLAH'S escort and guide!
So it couldn't be Uriqat who was the contact man between Rasulallah(SAW) and supposedly Abu
Bakr and this "Abdullah" b. Abu Bakr, could it?
And who guided Rasulallah(SAW) and supposedly Abu Bakr to Madinah from Jabal Thawr after
Uriqat inexplicably left them at Jabal Thawr??
And all these hunting parties seeking out Rasulallah(SAW) were all on HORSEBACK while
Rasulallah(SAW) and Uriqat were riding camels!
Interest in seeking out Rasulallah(SAW) never really waned. The Meccans were just exasperated
with failure...
Also, correct me if I am mistaken, wasn't this "Abdullah" b. Abu Bakr the same son who allegedly
fought against Abu Bakr at Badr or was that the other son of Abu Bakr named "Abdur Rahman"??
And why would a son of Abu Bakr allegedly ASSIST him in Rasul's Hijrah IF he were AGAINST
his own father, whom he fought against at Ghazwah Aab ul-Badr??

Furthermore, both these sons of Abu Bakr supposedly named "Abdullah" and "Abdur Rahman"
were born somewhere between 595-602 A.D. or 6-13 years before Rasul received his Nubuwat at
Jabal Hira...
How were they ever named "Abdullah" and "Abdur Rahman" when their father was at that time a
mushrik or kafir??
Salam...
How would have Abu Bakr followed Rasulallah(SAW)? How would he have known where Rasul
was? Do you really think Rasul would have told him in advance...?
Of course Rasul knew where he was going before Uriqat even knew it...Rasul let Uriqat come up
with a suitable detour to Taybah(Madinah) while the Quraysh hunting parties were unrelentingly
seeking out Rasulallah(SAW)...
But do you really think Rasul would have divulged that prophetic knowledge to anyone, knowing
the risks it involved...?
Especially someone like an Abu Bakr...A weak-hearted individual which he PROVED at the Battle
of Jabal Uhud! If he was even present at that battle...
And if Abu Bakr was supposedly such a CLOSE(??) friend of Rasulallah(SAW), don't you think it
would seem odd him leaving Bakka after Rasul? Knowing that the Quraysh would be watching
the two of them like hawks...Abu Bakr would have LED the Quraysh right to Rasulallah(SAW) at
Jabal Thawr if he followed Rasul to Jabal Thawr somehow...
When Hazrat Abu Talib passed away, Rasulallah(SAW) would automatically become the new
Sharif of Bakka!
The long term implications of that would be potentially disastrous for the Banu Quraysh. As it
was, their foreign alliance with the Kingdom of Ethiopia was strained with the arrival of the Muslim
Muhajirun as migrant persecuted refugees...
Not to mention that both rulers, Armah II of Axum and Barrah bin Azib of Taybah(Madinah) were
allies of the late Hazrat Abu Talib...
The Quraysh could not eliminate Rasul anywhere within Wadi al-Bakka(Valley of Mecca) as it
would obviously appear that they had done it!
Rasul Muhammad's person was too important a person from a sociopolitical(siasat) standpoint as
well as a religious one to just brazenly murder...
The Quraysh desperately wanted to do away with Rasulallah(SAW) as they wanted to take away
the rulership of Bakka from the longtime Hashimite Nobility who had turned completely Muslim!
The only way to do that was to slay Rasulallah(SAW), the legitimate heir as the Sharif ulBakki...However they needed to do it in such a way where they would not be blamed. It had to
appear as an accident of fate...
What the Quraysh had planned was that once Barrah bin Azib and the Taybah Shura(Council)
decided to give permanent asylum to the Muslim Muhajirun in Ethiopia, they knew that
Rasulallah(SAW) would then depart Shoab Abi Talib and head for Taybah(Madinah)...
It was then, that the Quraysh would orchestrate Rasul's murder...Once Rasul would depart from
Shoab Abi Talib for Taybah(Madinah), they would tail him for a great distance till he was far

enough away from Wadi al-Bakka and then slay him at night while he would be sleeping some
time during the journey...
They would shower Rasul and his party with arrows and spears then dispose of all the bodies to
make it appear that wild desert brigands would be the obvious ones most likely to be blamed. The
disappearance of the corpses would be chalked off to wild beasts of the desert wilderness...
That is why the Quraysh did not plan to slay Rasul and his family at Shoab Abi Talib but waited
for him to eventually depart for Taybah(Madinah), which they were sure he would eventually
do...The journey to Taybah(Madinah) would be the perfect opportunity to pull this off!
However, Rasulallah(SAW) sent the only remaining relatives left at Shoab Abi Talib on ahead
without him and Hazrat Ali...They were Hazrat 'al-Hamzah' and his immediate family and Sayyida
Fatima binte Muhammad(S.A.)...
Rasul knew what the Quraysh were planning and he did not want to jeopardize the life of his most
beloved, one-and-only daughter Sayyida Fatima(S.A.), nor his paternal uncle 'Al-Hamzah' and his
immediate family as well...So he sent them all ahead much to the extreme reluctance of Sayyida
Fatima(S.A.) and also Hazrat 'al-Hamzah'...
Rasul assured them that he would be fine, that Hazrat Ali was with him; Amir-ul-Muminin was 15
years old but he was already of fully grown size, in both height and weight.**
Uriqat, upon Rasulallah's request, had found a fellow bedouin guide to escort Hazrat 'al-Hamzah'
and party to Taybah(Madinah)...
Since the departure of the feared Hazrat 'al-Hamzah' and party, the Quraysh kept daily tabs on
Rasul at his camp in Shoab Abi Talib from a distance via servants and hired hands. It was not a
24/7 surveillance because that was not really needed. All they needed to know was when Rasul
left his camp for Madinah and they would set up a tail on him...while slaying him later, far enough
away from Wadi al-Bakka...They knew he would be riding his she-camel Quswa while they would
tail him from an undetectable distance on horseback to eventually finish him off at the right place
and time...
That his how Rasulallah(SAW) MANAGED TO SLIP AWAY "UNDETECTED" FROM SHOAB ABI
TALIB!!!
However, Rasul frustrated their plans when after Hazrat 'al-Hamzah', Sayyida Fatima(S.A.) and
family left. He DID NOT FOLLOW THEM just days later!
The Quraysh were actually almost euphoric when they came to know that Hazrat 'al-Hamzah',
Sayyida Fatima(S.A), etc...left on ahead without Rasul and also Hazrat Ali...Now, the Quraysh
had less bodies to do away with and dispose of! To them, their plan just got easier!
However, Rasul kept postponing his departure to Madinah and the increasingly frustrated
Quraysh could not figure out WHY??
Rasul had an agenda of his own...He outwitted the Quraysh as he knew that if he and Hazrat Ali
left together for Madinah, they Quraysh would have kept up with their ORIGINAL PLAN which
was to slay him in the remote desert halfway to Madinah along with Hazrat Ali...
When Rasulallah(SAW) asked Imam Ali to lay down his life for him, Rasul was actually SAVING
Imam Ali's life as well...
Rasul so frustrated the Quraysh by NOT departing for Madinah in the seemingly near future, that
he knew they would not be able to contain themselves and would eventually come after him at
Shoab Abi Talib, with a newly improvised plan to slay him...Which the Quraysh DID!

Rasul played his own plan very, very close...He slipped away alone upon Quswa from Shoab Abi
Talib without being detected just a couple hours or so before the Quraysh assassins arrived to
murder him in his tent...Rasul joined up with Uriqat, who was awaiting his arrival at a pre-planned
rendezvous where the two set out for Jabal Thawr via a roundabout, circling path...The daleel that
was sent to keep a distant surveillance upon him left to return to Mecca to report that Rasul
retired into his tent to sleep early...When the daleel split, Rasul seized the opportune moment to
slip away from Shoab Abi Talib, leaving Hazrat Ali behind.
Imam Ali was asked by Rasulallah(SAW) to sleep in his tent and bed as decoy, which Amir-ulMuminin jumped at the chance of doing, not really knowing the outcome of what was to
occur...Rasul did not go into any details of the events that were to transpire in his tent, even
though he being Nabihullah, knew exactly what was going to transpire...
When the Quraysh assassins finally arrived to slay Rasulallah(SAW), they were so focused and
tense at what they were actually about to do, that they did not initially notice that Quswa was not
tethered anywhere nearby...These assassins had trotted out halfway to Shoab Abi Talib from
Bakka City on their horses then dismounted and went on foot the latter half of the way. A couple
daleels tended to their horses.
The Quraysh assassins did not arrive at Rasul's tent with SPEARS or LANCES to slay him...They
came with their own pillows to smother him in his sleep and make it appear that he unexpectedly
DIED IN HIS SLEEP...They had no intention to slay Hazrat Ali at all with this newly improvised
plan...They figured on executing this plan with SUCH STEALTH, that Hazrat Ali should be fast
asleep in his own bed and tent, unaware of their actions...! When Hazrat Ali would awake the
following morning, he would find that Rasulallah(SAW) inexplicably had DIED in his sleep! Then
there would be no way the Quraysh could ever be blamed for his "accidental" death at his camp
at Shoab Abi Talib! Hazrat Ali would be the living witness to this...as he would have seen or heard
nothing the night BEFORE, having been fast asleep!
That was the Quraysh plan of action...However, just to be prepared, they sent enough assassins,
each armed with formidably large daggers just in case Rasul or Hazrat Ali awoke, then they
would have to slay them both the hard way!
The number of assassins chosen were for both symbolic and (potentially) practical reasons...If
they would need to use the daggers, the more assassins, the easier...So each Quraysh clan that
was opposed to Islam and Rasulallah(SAW) had a hand in this slaying, one member of each clan
was selected to carry out this execution...
So that was why the Quraysh assassins did not use any spears or lances to murder Rasul in his
tent...even though they came armed just in case...
Also, for logistical reasons, if they were to have used lances or spears upon Rasul's sleeping
body, they WOULD NOT HAVE LIFTED THE BLANKET COVERING HIM FIRST!!
They were aware which tent was Rasul's from the observances of the daleels they had sent once
or twice a day to check up on Rasul's camp from a distance...
They would have thrust the lances or spears FIRST and THEN LIFTED THE BLANKET
COVERING HIM WHERE HE LAY TO MAKE SURE HE WAS INDEED STONE DEAD!!
Because it got so cold in the evenings out at Shoab Abi Talib, you had to sleep with the blanket
covered OVER YOUR HEAD.
It was because they had planned to smother Rasul in his sleep with a pillow which they brought
themselves, not relying on any possible pillow of Rasul in his tent, THAT THE QURAYSH
ASSASSINS LIFTED THE BLANKET FIRST TO SUFFOCATE RASUL AND FOUND HAZRAT

ALI LAYING IN HIS BED INSTEAD!!

Otherwise, Amir-ul-Muminin WOULD HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED IN PLACE OF RASUL IF THE
QURAYSH ASSASSINS WOULD HAVE THRUST THE LANCES OR SPEARS FIRST!!
There would have been NO REASON FOR THESE ASSASSINS TO LIFT THE BLANKET FIRST
BEFORE THRUSTING THEIR LANCES, IF THEY WOULD HAVE PLANNED IT THAT WAY TO
SLAY RASUL! They were positively sure they were in Rasul's tent and facing Rasul's bed when
they entered to murder him in his sleep!!
That is how Amir-ul-Muminin WAS SAVED FROM BEING KILLED WHEN HE LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR RASULALLAH(SAW)!!!
These Quraysh assassins didn't even bother to enter Hazrat Ali's tent...All they did was take a
peak in to see what appeared to be a person[supposedly Hazrat Ali] asleep with his blanket
covered over his head. Rasul had also asked Imam Ali to stuff some pillows under his own
blanket to appear and simulate him being fast asleep. The assassins only lit a single torch to be
able to see inside the tents. When they found Hazrat Ali in Rasul's bed, they then went into
Hazrat Ali's tent to see if Rasul was sleeping there, having switched places. It was when they
found the pillows underneath the blanket, that they realized they had been fooled. It was when
they realized that they had been clearly OUTWITTED by Rasulallah(SAW), that the Quraysh
assassins took immediate notice that Quswa was in fact missing from the camp! They then
hurried back to where their horses were held and rushed back to Bakka City. The following
morning, beginning at the crack of dawn(fajr), the first hunting parties set out seeking out
Rasulallah(SAW)...That was the morning of 28th Safar 1 A.H.(Fri 13th Sep 622 A.D.).
Imam Ali had been given further instructions by Rasulallah(SAW) which were for him to fold up
their tents and close out their camp at Shoab Abi Talib the morning following Rasul's
departure...To ride his camel out to the far outskirts of Bakka City and watch for the first caravan
to depart from there and join up with it, paying his way with what little money he had left.
As it turned out, Rasul's instructions were realized when a small caravan from Yemen to
Damascus, passing thru Bakka, did arrive which Imam Ali tagged along with...This small caravan
had an automatic stopover at Taybah(Madinah) which was on the road to its destination. Also,
coming from Bakka, all travelers passed thru the nearby village of Quba before entering
Taybah(Madinah). Imam Ali's journey began on the morning of the 28th Safar 1 A.H.(Fri 13th Sep
622 A.D.) with him arriving with this caravan at Quba on 11th Rabi-ul-Awwal 1 A.H.(Thu 26th Sep
622 A.D.)...
Caravans travelled at a more leisurely pace which accounted for the length of this journey...
Also, this caravan passing thru Mecca City was not bothered with by any of the multiple hunting
parties seeking out Rasulallah(SAW) and Uriqat. There was no reason for it as they all knew
where it came from and where it was headed...
Imam Ali NEVER questioned Rasul as to why he was pulling off such an elaborate set up, he just
followed Rasul's instructions without any curiosity or basic inquisitiveness...!
As Rasulallah(SAW) had most famously stated--'Ayni Madinatul Ilme Wa Ali-un Bab-oha!'["I am
the City of Knowledge while Ali is its GATE"]
So you see, how the Abu Bakr "theory" of him being Rasul's supposed "companion" in the Hijrah,
from Bakka to Madinah, makes no REAL sense from a purely LOGISTICAL standpoint!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------**Hazrat Ali was the ONLY member of the Hashimite Clan who was below 6-feet in height...ALL

the others, according to the earliest narratives, were ABOVE what we would measure as 6-feettall[i.e. Hazrat Abu Talib, Hazrat 'al-Hamzah', Rasul Muhammad(PBUH), Hazrat Aqil, Hazrat
Jafar, Imam Hasan, Imam Husayn, Hazrat Abbas b. Ali, etc.]; During the years of persecution of
the Muslims by the Quraysh (614-622 A.D.) and especially the years of BANISHMENT to Shoab
Abi Talib (619-622 A.D.), food rations were minimal. This caused Imam Ali's growth in height to
be stunted...Generally, the ages 11-15 of an adolescent male are the crucial developing ages for
height. Imam Ali spent ages 7-15 being mostly underfed but NOT malnourished. He still had the
heavy, big-boned Hashimite physique even though lean in body mass. Later, after he arrived at
Taybah(Madinah), within 18 months he packed on some solid weight and body mass from getting
properly fed. When he showed up at Ghazwah Aab ul-Badr, the Quraysh were taken aback at his
very broad and very heavily muscled frame...
Salam...
Best friends??? Only according to Ahl-ul-Sunnah historians who were on the payroll!!
Surah Aal-i-Imran, ayats 152-159 will show all how much of a "best friend" this Abu Bakr was to
Rasulallah(SAW)!!
Even more so, Surah Al-Baqarah, ayats 204-206 is the proof of how much of a "best friend" this
Abu Bakr was to Rasulallah(SAW)!!!
Abu Bakr did not have the decency to even ATTEND Rasul's funeral...As he was too busy
STEALING the Caliphate of Hazrat Ali...
Abu Bakr confiscated the Garden of Fadak which was Rasul's only present to his daughter
Sayyida Fatima(S.A.)...
Abu Bakr STOLE the Caliphate through intense lobbying after Rasulallah(SAW) already
appointed his son-in-law, Hazrat Ali, as his successor at Ghadir al-Khum in front of 130,000
witnesses...
Some "best friend" this Abu Bakr...
-----------------------------------Also, Rasulallah had so many sahabis that anyone who even met him personally, even once, was
considered a "sahabi"...At Ghadir al-Khum there were technically 130,000 sahabis present...
The term "sahabi" was applied to any contemporary who knew or met Rasul Muhammad, no
matter how briefly...
How many of the 600,000 hadith(narratives) circulating mention countless "sahabis" of
Rasulallah??
Why would Uriqat not be considered a "sahabi" also? Just because he was a simple daleel and
bedouin? That sounds rather snobbish does it not?
Rasul certainly did not see things that way...All were equal to him who were on the right path,
whether a grand shaykh or simple worker...
Uriqat was part of a crucial moment in Rasul's life and assisted Rasulallah(SAW)...Is he then not
qualified to also be a "sahabi"??
Especially, since he became a Muslim following his witnessing the miracle of the cave at Thawr??
Is it not possible that Allah(SWT) honoured Uriqat's assistance to Rasul by referring to him as

'Sahibi-hi'("His Companion") in the Holy Qur'an??

It was Rasulallah(SAW) who found Uriqat and brought him into the employment of his paternal
uncle Hazrat Abu Talib. Even though Hazrat Abu Talib and Rasulallah(SAW) were
Hunafa("Righteous Ones") Muwahidin(Monotheists) BEFORE Rasul's Nubuwat was revealed to
him, they never tried to impose their beliefs on Uriqat...Who in those days was a bedouin kafir.
Even after the formal establishment of Islam by Rasul, they still did not try to impose Islam upon
some of their hired hands such as Uriqat who were mushrik or kafir. As it has always been said,
there is no compulsion in Islam...
And if the Sunni Ulema can regard the likes of 'Abu Sufyan'(L.A.), Muawiyah(L.A.) and
Wahshi(L.A.)--[assassin of Hazrat 'al-Hamzah' at Uhud] AS SAHABIS of Rasulallah(SAW)...Then
WHY NOT Uriqat???
And look at the example of Hazrat Zayd b. Harith b. Sharajih...He went from being a slaveboy to a
freeman and then Rasulallah's fosterson whom Allah(SWT) mentions BY NAME in the Holy
Qur'an!
------------------------------------------------------As for trusting Abu Bakr, his very own daughter Aisha BETRAYED Rasul's trust and confidence
as Allah(SWT) mentions in Ayats 3-5 of Surah At-Tahrim...
Does anyone think the father is any better?? Betrayal is in their genes!!
------------------------------------------------------Also, the Sunni Ulema have placed such enormous focus on Abu Bakr's alleged hijrah(migration)
with Rasulallah(SAW) that one wonders how many hadith mention even the supposed hijrah of
Umar b. al-Khattab, Hafsa, Aisha, Uthman b. al-Affan, Zubayr, Talhah, etc.???
How did these people allegedly carry out their own personal hijrah to Madinah??
How many famous hadith cover their hijrahs??
Not to mention the hijrah of Aal-i-Muhammad and the Bani Hashim and Bani Muttalib families...
What happened to the hijrah of Rasul's FICTITIOUS additional daughters??
Any serious mention about their supposed hijrah from the Sunni Ulema??
No. Only Abu Bakr's hijrah matters it seems. The Sunni Ulema have so desperately tried to
confirm Abu Bakr's alleged hijrah with Rasul, that they forgot most everyone else!
It is as though they have always been desperately trying to convince the Muslim World that Abu
Bakr was indeed part of Rasul's hijrah because HE REALLY WAS NOT!
Only a falsehood is pushed so hard just as the false concept of Nabih Isa(A.S.) as the 'Son of
God' among the Nasrani(Christians)!
------------------------------------------------------In Surah Al-Baqarah, when Allah(SWT) says about this man whose speech is dazzling, but when
he turns his back on Rasul, he spreads mischief throughout the land CLEARLY applies to Abu
Bakr...
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YUSUFALI: There is the type of man whose speech about this world's life May dazzle thee, and
he calls Allah to witness about what is in his heart; yet is he the most contentious of enemies.
002.205
YUSUFALI: When he turns his back, His aim everywhere is to spread mischief through the earth
and destroy crops and cattle. But Allah loveth not mischief.
When Rasul lay dying, Abu Bakr turned his back on Rasulallah. Abu Bakr was too busy usurping
the Caliphate which Rasul had announced for Hazrat Ali...
Abu Bakr then proceeded to cause Fitnah(Civil War) throughout Muslim Arabia in the Ridda
Wars, through his appointed general Khalid b. al-Waleed...
Crops and livestock were destroyed in Khalid's excessive plunders and raids...The false charges
of "apostasy" upon tribal shaykhs who had given their baiat(pledge of allegiance) to Rasulallah
when he was alive was the "mischief" spread throughout the land...
Abu Bakr was INDEED the most contentious of enemies...
That his why his usurped Caliphate lasted for only TWO years! But so much damage was done in
that relatively short period...
In the Battle of Yamamah alone, over 700 huffaz were killed fighting under Khalid's command...
It was Abu Bakr's and the old Quraysh aristocracy's intention to CHANGE and ALTER the ayats
of the Holy Qur'an. That is why Abu Bakr sent so many huffaz as possible into the Ridda Wars
commanded by Khalid b. al-Waleed...
He wanted to get rid of nearly all of the huffaz but Allah(SWT) ended his life in just TWO short
years of his usurped Caliphate! Abu Bakr came close to his intention though...
That is why Umar b. al-Khattab was put under heavy pressure from some of the Ummah to put
the Holy Qur'an ON PRINT and make it into a physical BOOK!
So many of the huffaz were wiped out during Abu Bakr's Caliphate, NOT Umar's as has been
widely held...
When Imam Ali heard of Umar's decision to put the Holy Qur'an into print, he offered to do the
ENTIRE tafseer(exegesis) of Qur'an al-Karim himself...
Umar, of course, categorically rejected Imam Ali's proposal due to some ayats(verses) which
CLEARLY GO AGAINST Abu Bakr and himself(i.e. Umar) in the Holy Qur'an...
Imam Ali did get his chance to make out the complete Qur'anic tafseer during his own Caliphate
but all copies were destroyed by Muawiyah(L.A.) when he became Caliph. Instead,
Muawiyah(L.A.) instituted the public cursing of Imam Ali during the Juma(Friday) Salat!
That is precisely why Rasulallah(PBUH) stated the famous hadith qudsi of THAQALAYN['The
Two Thaqals']...That the Qur'an al-Karim is WITH the Ahlul Bayt[Ali, Fatima, Hasan, Husayn] and
THEY are WITH the Holy Qur'an!
Rasul knew exactly what was going to occur! What Abu Bakr, Umar and Muawiyah would do!
Rasulallah(PBUH) wanted the Muslim Ummah to KNOW that the CORRECT TAFSEER is only
WITH the Ahlul Bayt and Aal-i-Muhammad[i.e. the Twelve Imams]...
Inspite of Abu Bakr's best efforts to change and alter the Qur'anic verses...

So much for this supposed "best friend" of Rasulallah(SAW)!!!