However Shaykh Shihabuddin al-Khafaji has lifted the curtain...

However Shaykh Shihabuddin al-Khafaji has lifted the curtain from the face of the person and written the fact, and nothing but the fact! “`Umar said that the Prophet (a.s) was uttering insensible words.”[2] Accusing the Prophet (a.s) of delirium and insensible talk, from whatever quarter, is the most heinous thing to do and the persons who perpetrated such talk must be identified!

A person having the ordinary knowledge of the Divine Knowledge of the Prophet will never dare to say that the prophet (a.s) was talking insensible things in his delirium. Because of this impertinent talk, the Prophet (a.s) had to ask those persons to leave him alone! It is really a great calamity that the people succeeded in preventing the Prophet (a.s) from making his will and testament.

One fails to understand what fear the person had in his mind that he was not allowing the Prophet (a.s) to get the paper and pen. Even in the state of delirium he wanted to write something, what was the problem for the person allowing reducing to writing down the last wishes of a person no lesser than the Prophet 0f Islam (a.s)? The persons who were bent on disobeying the Prophet (a.s) succeeded in disobeying his last Command and wish!

Here, to get over the blame of disobeying the Prophet (a.s) they said that the Faith was Complete and the chain of the Revelations was already broken. Therefore, it was not necessary to write down any thing else. Of course, the Din or Faith was complete, but it does not mean that the Ummah was totally safe from going astray. If it were the case, there would never have been schisms in the ranks of the Muslims nor the springing up of myriad sects. This is all the result of the Ummah going astray.

To eliminate these causes the Prophet (a.s) wanted to write down his final Will and Testament. If he had not thought it necessary, what was the need for him to ask for paper and pen? It is [1] Tabaqāt Ibn Sa`d, Vol 2, Page 242 [2] Nasīm al-Riyā¤, Vol 4, Page 278 also not correct to say that the chain of the Revelations was broken. Until the last breath, the Prophet (a.s) continued to get the Revelations.

Therefore, Anas ibn Malik says: “Allah continued the series of Revelations from the time before the demise of the Prophet (a.s) until his last breath and the maximum revelations came on the day of his death.”[1] This proves that whatever the Prophet (a.s) was saying, and whatever he wanted to be written down, was on the basis of revelations and the commands of Allah.