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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Leading The Ummah Chapter 16:The Prophet's Disciples Were Not Immune Against Sins Perhaps our criticism of some groups of Ansars (prophet's helpers) and Mohajirs might puzzle some Sunnites even though the Holy Quran has praised them in two cases: “And as for the leading Mohajirs and Ansars, and those who followed them in goodness, Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him.

He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to endure in them forever, that is the mighty achievement.” [^1] ﴿ وَ السَّابِقُونَ الأَْوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهاجِرِينَ وَ الأَْنْصارِ وَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمْ بِإِحْسانٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَ رَضُوا عَنْهُ وَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي تَحْتَهَا الأَْنْهارُ خالِدِينَ فِيها أَبَداً ذلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ﴾ In another surah, God talks of those who, in the land of Hudabiyyah, swore allegiance to the Prophet: ﴿لَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ ما فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنْزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ أَثابَهُمْ فَتْحاً قَرِيباً﴾ “Certainly Allah was well pleased with the believers when they swore allegiance to you under the tree.

He knew what was in their hearts. So He sent down tranquility on them and rewarded them with a near victory” [^2] To sum up; In the first verse, God praises that group, among Mohajirs and Ansars, who accepted Islam before others and then praises another group who has followed the previous one. In the second verse, God expresses his satisfaction with those individuals who, in the seventh year of Hijrah, at the land of Hodabiyyeh, swore allegiance with the Prophet.

God promises them tranquility and the victory of Mecca. With these praises how could we claim that after the Prophet these two groups, turned into wrongdoers or sinners? Before explaining the content of the above verses however, let us point out that the Sunnite scholars not only consider these two groups and their followers innocent, but they believe all followers of the Prophet were just and pious except for those cases where they committed real crimes.

In short, anybody who had the honor of having talked to the Prophet is supposed to be pure, just and pious except when the opposite is shown to be the case. From the content of the above statement it is understood that all the Prophet's followers, who were more than one hundred thousand, possessed this specific privilege.

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