“Ash-Sha’ranî wrote that his shaikh ’Alî al-Khawwâs
did not separate from Rasûlullâh even for a moment. This is a lie. If it were true, the
Prophet would have come and prevented the faction among
as-Sahâba.”
Anyone who has the least of wisdom and Islamic
knowledge would not argue in such a way. Rasûlullâh (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ
’alaihi wa sallam) prophesied the fitna and separation that would take place among as-Sahâbat al-kirâm; how could it be thought that he would have come and prevented them? The companionship or union [of his shaikh and the Prophet] written by ash-Sha’ranî (rahimah-Allâhu ta’âlâ) was in the sense of kashf and mushâhada. It was not something material as it is misunderstood by those idiots who deny what they do not understand or know. The proverb, “Men feel enmity against what they do not know,” is just fit for the case of the Wahhâbîs. Hadrat Abu Bakr (radî-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh) used to say that he saw Rasûlullâh every moment and apologized saying, “I am ashamed of myself before you.”[1]
[1] See the 32nd article below.