It was thought the moment somebody met the Prophet he would...

It was thought the moment somebody met the Prophet he would encounter a spiritual transformation and from then on he would do nothing except for what was right and appropriate. Such a judgment concerning the Prophet's followers means to be temperate towards their probable wrongdoings and to over-look their errors.

An example of which is their escape in the wars of Uhud and Hunain demonstrating the shaky foundations of their faith and their lack of affection for the Prophet and his sublime aspirations. A research of the verses which deal with their misbehavior with the Prophet at the Holy war of Uhud will reveal the truth to you.

How could we claim that all of the Prophet's followers were just and innocent while the Holy Quran, regarding a group of them who were among hypocrites, states: ﴿ وَ إِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنافِقُونَ وَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ ما وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ إِلاَّ غُرُوراً﴾ “And when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was a disease began to say: Allah and His apostle did not promise us victory but only to deceive” [^3] How could the announcers of such sentences be just while they are not true Muslims.

The Holy Quran refers to a group of the Prophet's followers as “Sammaun” [Hearkeners] meaning those who used to listen to the statements of the hypocrites and accept them as facts immediately. Concerning those people, the holy Quran says: ** ** ﴿ لَوْ خَرَجُوا فِيكُمْ ما زادُوكُمْ إِلاَّ خَبالاً وَ لأََوْضَعُوا خِلالَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ الْفِتْنَةَ وَ فِيكُمْ سَمَّاعُونَ لَهُمْ وَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ ** ** ﴾ “Had they gone forth with you, they would not have added to the corruption.

They would certainly have hurried about among you seeking to sow dissension. Among you exist those who hearken for their sake; Allah knows the unjust” [^4] How could we ever consider such a person as Khalid Ibn Walid a just and innocent person while in accordance with some Sunnite writers, he was called by the Prophet as “Saifullah” meaning “God's sword” but, in the year of the capturing of Mecca, he committed terrible crimes and deceitfully killed a group of Bani Hazaimah after having convened a series of military pacts with them.

After the Prophet heard what Khalid had done, he stood facing the Kaaba whilst begging God, he said: “اللّهُمَّ إِنّي أَبرءُ إَلَيْكَ مِمّا صَنَع خالدُ بنُ الوليد”.

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