This can be deduced for example from a tradition of the Most...

This can be deduced for example from a tradition of the Most Noble Messenger peace and blessings be upon him and his family recorded in the Sahih of al-Bukhari: "On the Day of Resurrection I will be standing beside the pool of Kawthar waiting for those who will come to me.

I will see some of them separating and moving away from me and I will ask 'Are they not from among my ?' I will be told 'Yes but you do not know how they turned back to their previous ways after your death.' ( 1 ) There is a comparable hadith in the Salt Ut of Muslim: "People will come up to me beside the pool in a manner visible to me. When they are brought before me they will be ashamed.

I will then say 'O God are these my ?' I will be told 'You do not know what they did after your death.'" ( 2 ) al-Taftazani the well-known Shafi'i scholar writes: "The clashes disagreements and battles that took place among the have been recorded in books of history and narrated by trustworthy authorities. It can therefore be deduced that some of the must have deviated from the path of justice and truth and become polluted with oppression and wrongdoing.

The reason for their deviation wrongdoing and oppression was the feelings of hatred obstinacy and envy they nurtured their hunger for leadership and rule their addiction to pleasure and lust.' It ( 79 ) cannot be assumed that all the were free of sin and impurity." ( 3 ) If the followers of certain schools of thought in Islam do not have high regard for some of the (as-hab) or the Followers (tabi'in) and criticize them in a number of respects this cannot justify cursing them or calling their Islam into doubt.

Competing views on this subject must not be allowed to degenerate into mutual hostile wrangling and there is no justification for condemning as unbelievers any of the followers of the Messenger of God peace and blessings be upon him and his family for even some of the themselves did argue with each other most vehemently. Thus at the Saqifah some called out for Sa'd b. 'Ubadah to be killed; Qays b. Sa'd b.

'Ubadah came to blows with 'Umar; and Zubayr declared that he would not return his sword to his sheath until everyone had sworn allegiance to 'Ali whereupon 'Umar insulted him and called out for him to be seized resulting in Zubayr's beating. 'Umar's behavior to Miqdad at the Saqifah the way in which 'Uthman dealt with Ibn Mas'ud 'Ammar b.