The Alarm of Doomsday

no one can stand in front of God Almighty on the Day of Judgement and say that they were unaware. (The Quran, 4:165) Ikhwan-e-Rasool: Brothers of the Prophet As narrated by Abu Hurayrah, the Prophet of Islam said, ‘I want to see my brothers.’ The Companions of the Prophet said, ‘O Prophet of God, are we not your brothers?’ The Prophet replied, ‘You are my companions. My brothers have not yet come. They will come in later times.’ (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 249) There is nothing mysterious about the Companions of the Prophet or his ‘brothers.’ The nature of these two groups can be understood by a study of the Quran and Hadith. The nature of the Prophet’s companions can be judged from a verse of the Quran which begins: ‘Muhammad is the Messenger of God. Those who are his companions in the true sense...’ (48:29) It then enumerates several other noble qualities they possessed. From this, we infer that the secret of the high degree of faith with which the Prophet’s companions were imbued was attributable to the Prophet’s companionship and the training he imparted to them. In consequence, his companions became ‘the