The internal sovereignty is the fountainhead of ’s...

The internal sovereignty is the fountainhead of ’s vicegerency which not only safeguarded the spiritual achievements and hidden blessings of the religion of Islam, but also introduced the people to the blessings of ’s spiritualism. The fountains of spiritual sovereignty, saintliness and reformation originated from it. The external sovereignty is the fountainhead of ’s vicegerency which led to the practical dominance of the religion of Islam as well as its enforcement as a symbol of worldly power.

It paved the way for the creation of different Islamic states and introduced the ’s sharī‘ah as the world system. The general legacy is the fountainhead of ’s vicegerency which promoted the teachings of Islam as well as the righteous deeds in the Muslim community. It not only helped in the preservation of knowledge and piety among the Muslims but also in the evolution and dissemination of Islamic morality. Thus the three legacies may be summed up as: 1- The legacy of spiritualism.

These are the members of his family and dignitaries. The second group is of those who received the legacy of external blessings from him in the form of virtuousness, religious instruction and manifest guidance. These are his , eg the four (rightly-guided) caliphs and the ten () who received glad tidings (of paradise from the (SAW). The third group is of those who received individual blessings from him in the form of knowledge and piety.

These are the people who were steeped in the virtue of selflessness, like Anas and Abū Hurayrah (رضي الله تعالى عنهما), and the people who came later.’ The three forms of legacy owe their origin to the finality of messengership.