سیدنا ابوبکر رضی اللہ عنہ کو افضل الخلائق بعد الأنبیاء تصور کرتے تھے۔ حضرت علی المرتضیٰ کرم ا للہ وجہہٗ کے ساتھ محبت کے دعویداروں کو اُن کے اس فرمان پر غور کرنا چاہیے۔
شان سیدنا صدیقِ اکبر بزبان علی مرتضی شیر رب اکبر
امام احمد بن حنبل رحمۃ اللہ علیہ ( متوفی 241ھ) اپنی کتاب ’’فضائل الصحابۃؓ‘‘ میں حضرت علی کرم اﷲ وجہہٗ کے حوالے سے واشگاف الفاظ میں یوں بیان کرتے ہیں :
’’خطبنا عليؓ علٰی ھذا المنبر، فحمد اللّٰہَ وذکرہٗ ماشاء اللّٰہ أن یذکرہٗ ۔۔۔۔
رسول اﷲ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے بعد سب سے افضل سیدنا ابوبکر صدیق ؓ کی ذاتِ گرامی ہے۔‘‘
اس سے یہ بات واضح ہوتی ہے کہ سیدنا ابوبکر رضی اللہ عنہ تمام صحابہ کرام رضی اللہ عنہم سے افضل ہیں ، اس بات کے نہ صرف اور صحابہ کرام معترف تھے ، بلکہ سیدنا علی المرتضیٰ کرم اﷲ وجہہٗ بھی
I would cut off her hand.” (Sahih)(One of the narrators) Muhammad bin Rumh said: “I heard Laith bin Sa'd say: 'Allah(SWT) protected her (Fatimah) from stealing, and every Muslim should say this.
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 2547
In-book reference : Book 20, Hadith 15
that Quraish became concerned about the case of the Makhzumi woman who had stolen, and they said: “Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) concerning her?” They said: “Who would dare to do that other than Usamah bin Zaid, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?
“O people! Those who came before you were only destroyed because when one of their nobles stole, they let him off, but when one of the weak people among them stole, they would carry out the punishment on him. By Allah, if Fatimah the daughter of Muhammad were to steal,
Intellectual Counter Argument to Kunal Shah’s View on Religion (Especially Islam)
While I respect Kunal Shah's attempt to understand religion through the lens of sociology and behavioural economics,
If religion were merely a ‘social technology’, it would have evolved or been replaced like other human inventions. But Islam has remained unaltered, both in text and principle ,while still guiding billions, not just morally, but intellectually and spiritually.
If Islam were merely a human creation motivated by addressing social issues like theft, then how do you account for its structure covering deeply spiritual laws such as marriage, worship, metaphysical insights,that remain timeless and globally relevant?