If he becomes ill...

If he becomes ill, you press your eyes and if he becomes alright, you ride on his neck.” The Prophet (S) said: “Let them (the women) alone. They are better than you.” You see here that they have not obeyed the order of the Prophet (S). If they had done, they would have been safe from deviation.

Would that they had been satisfied with disobeying the Prophet (S) only and had not rejected his order when they said: “The Book of Allah suffices us” as if he did not know the position of the Book of Allah among them or as if they were more aware of the Book and its values than him! And would that they were satisfied with all that and they did not surprised him with their horrible word “the Messenger of Allah is raving” while he was about to die!

What a word it was that they wanted to farewell their prophet with! They did not obey him pretending that the Book of Allah sufficed! Had they not heard the Book of Allah announcing day and night: “and whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back” (Qur’an 59:7) and as if they, when saying: “the Messenger of Allah is raving” had not read the sayings of Allah: “Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger.

The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion. One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust. And your companion is not gone mad” (Qur’an 81:19-22) “Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Messenger. And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe. Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind. It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds” (Qur’an 69:40-43) “Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray.

Nor does he speak out of desire. It is naught but revelation that is revealed. The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him” (Qur’an 53:2-5) They knew that the Prophet (S) wanted to certify the caliphate of ‘Ali (as) and the infallible imams of his progeny especially with a written covenant and therefore they prevented him from writing that book as the second caliph Umar had confessed later on through an argument between him and Ibn Abbas. [^9] If you ponder on the saying of the Prophet (S) “Come on!

Let me write you a book after which you will never go astray” and on his saying in the tradition of “Thaqalayn”: “I have left to you what if you keep to, you will never go astray; the Book of Allah and my progeny” you will know that the purpose of the two sayings is the same.