THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPANIONSHIP

It is the result of the efforts of the initial generations of the believers that Islam has become a secure and reliable historical religion. It became possible because the Muslims of the early period gave up the method of violent confrontation against political disorder and became peaceful activists. advent of the printing press. They collected and investigated millions of Hadith narrations. They prepared precious collections of authentic Hadith reports. They accomplished the unrivalled work of Islamic jurisprudence. Similarly, these are the early generation of believers who formulated Islamic sciences only by ignoring the deviation of the rulers. This includes biography of the Prophet, history of early Islamic period, theology, preparing dictionaries of Arabic language, syntax and grammar and other related sciences. It is the result of these efforts of the initial generations of the believers that Islam has become a secure and reliable historical religion in every respect while no other religion has this status. And all these achievements were accomplished only because the Muslims of the early period, on the guidance given by the Prophet of Islam, adopted this wise approach that they gave up the method of violent confrontation against political disorder and became peaceful activists in the rest of the fields of service of Islam. Extended Companionship God says about the Prophet in the Quran: God sees your movements among those who prostrate themselves. (26: 219) This act of walking among the believers refers to the activities of the Prophet every day to reform the believers and to awaken the religious consciousness among them. These efforts were also a part of the Companionship of the Prophet in an extended sense. During these efforts, he constantly tried to awaken the religious consciousness of the believers. In order to understand the matter of extended Companionship, an example of this type is quoted here: On one occasion, the Prophet silently smiled when Abu Bakr, his most noble Companion, refrained from responding to a person who was insulting him. But when Abu Bakr eventually spoke up, the Prophet became angry and left. The Prophet later explained, “An angel was with you, responding on your behalf. But when you said back to him some