While they were the trust of the Prophet and they were the...

While they were the trust of the Prophet and they were the survivors of His Eminence among them and the Almighty Allah has said: “Certainly an Apostle has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your falling into distress, excessively solicitous respecting you; to the believers (he is) compassionate, merciful.” [1]**** [1] Surah Taubah 9:128 Was it not the right of the Prophet on his followers, the Prophet who had borne severe hardships for his people and who always caring for their well-being that his Progeny should not have been caused grief and that they should not have been deserted in the way they were deserted, while their wound was yet fresh and the Prophet had yet not been buried…?” [1] 4 – The argument that Abu Bakr offered to advocate the superiority of the Muhajireen against the Ansar was that they were much nearer to the Prophet in relationship and he was most close in relation to them.

And this standard was more applicable to Ahle Bayt (‘a) because they were closest in relation to the Prophet than any other people. How perfectly the statement of His Eminence, Imam Amirul Momineen (‘a) describes the situation: “They argued by the tree but destroyed its fruit.” And His Eminence addressed Abu Bakr in the following words: “If you have argued on the basis of relationship, there are others who are closer in relationship to the Prophet than you.

And if you have obtained dominance on them by consensus, some people were absent at the time of consultation.” And Kumayt says, “The truth is with you as the Quraish have become our leaders and each word from them is having two meanings.

And they said that we have inherited it from our parents while they have not inherited anything from their parents.” They think that they have an unjustified right on the people while the right of the Hashemites is more incumbent.[2] In a tradition the Holy Imam (‘a) has described his proximity to the Messenger of Allah (s): “By Allah, I am the brother (of the Prophet), I am his cousin and inheritor of his knowledge.

Then who could be more superior to me with regard to him?” Those people fell into desires and selfish desires and in pursuit of political power they killed each other while the Prophet had obliged them to remain attached to his Progeny and not to precede them and to observe their rights in everything. But they completely disregarded all these things.