Remaining steadfast in the face of persecution
Al-Risala (English), May 1988, p. 4
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Remaining steadfast in the face of persecution
1988 5 May 4 Remaining steadfast in the face of persecution (57) During the Abbasid Caliphate the emergence of the Mutazilite creed stirred up controversy among Muslims, as a result of which Imam Ahmad ibn Hambal had severe punishments inflicted upon him. Yet he refused to alter the position he had adopted. Hafiz ibn Hajar tells that he was beaten so severely as to make “even an elephant flee.”
Whatever happens is the will of God
1988 5 May 4 Whatever happens is the will of God (56) When certain people offered to guard Ali (the fourth Caliph), the son of Abu Talib, the latter replied, “Destiny is man’s guardian.” According to another tradition, he said, “No man will taste the joy of faith until he realizes that he could never have escaped what has befallen him, nor enjoyed what escaped him.”
(Abu Dawood)
