Your predecessors wasted away everything of theirs!

Your predecessors wasted away everything of theirs! They let alone a noble person, who had committed theft, whereas they punished a weak and unknown thief!

I swear to God that if Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad, committed theft, I would cut off her hand!" It was with such final words that the Prophet, the founder of the principles of justice and equality, refused not to enforce the punishment prescribed by heavenly laws upon that noble woman of al-Makhzumi tribe, despite her high rank and dignity among her own people.6 In this way, the Prophet abolished class differences hundreds of years before theorists of communism tried to remove them.

At a time when he declared the law of justice and equality, he made all people equal under that law, and gave personal help to abstemious, shelterless and distressed people against the powerful and infamous tyrants. This law has been clearly expressed in the Qur'an, and holy and prophetic traditions. The Qur'an says: "O you men!

Surely We have created you of a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other; surely the most honorable of you with Allah is the one among you most careful of his duty." 7 The holy tradition says: "Whoever puts into practice my order, will have heaven for his abode even if he is an Abyssinian slave, and he who disobeys will have the fire of hell for his seat, even if he is a dignitary of the Quraysh." Most of the noble traditions of the Prophet are manifest examples of the height of humanity and justice.

The close and distant friends of Muhammad Where the Prophet speaks of future and unveils occurrences, he describes his companions after his demise as follows: some of them will proceed worthily in the way of God, while some others will deviate; a number rise up against justice, while others will resort to mutiny and injustice. He addressed 'Ammar and said: "O 'Ammar! You will be killed by a group of rebellious and tyrannical individuals!" And he said to 'Ali: "O 'Ali!

Do you know the most miserable of past and future people?" 'Ali answered: "God and His prophet are more aware." The Prophet said: "The most miserable of past people was he who cut off the leg of the Thamud tribe's camel; and the most miserable of the future persons is he who kills you."8 All these points show that without any doubt the Prophet's companions differ from each other in terms of their rank and position like other people.