Unparalleled Devotee

stated, ‘The actual cause of the passing away of Sayyidunā iddīq Al-Akbar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ was the apparent passing of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Because of the shock and sorrow of this, his body would quiver and it was as a result of this that he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ passed away.’ (Tārīkh-ul-Khulafā, p. 62)

Mar ĥī jāūn mayn agar is dar say jāūn do qadam

Kiyā bachay bīmār-e-gham qurb-e-masīḥā choř kar

I would die if I left this court by the distance of even two steps

How can the patient of love survive away from the closeness of his Beloved?

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الْحَبِیۡب                       صَلَّى الـلّٰـہُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Patient of the love of Muṣṭafā صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم

Sayyidunā Imām ‘Abdur Ramān Jalāl Uddīn Suyūī ash-Shāfi’ī narrated in ‘Tārīkh-ul-Khulafā’, ‘In the period of the illness of Sayyidunā Abū Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ, people came to visit him and said, ‘O successor of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Give us permission to bring a doctor for you.’ He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ replied, ‘The doctor has already seen me.’ They asked, ‘What did he say?’ He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ replied, ‘He said ‘اِنِّيۡ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا اُرِيۡدُ’ ‘I do whatever I want.’ (Tārīkh-ul-Khulafā, p. 62)

The meaning of this is that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is the All-Wise. No-one can evade His decision and whatever He wills will certainly happen. This was the faith and trust of Sayyidunā Abū Bakr   

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