

Khalid’s alleged marriage to Malik’s wife.To them the vaguest notion of a black spot on the character of a companion of Rasulullah and a champion of Islam - even if amounts to nothing more an unsubstantiated, or even forged, report in a book on history - is enough to render null and void decades of dedicated service to the cause of Islam, despite the fact that his service had been rewarded with approval by Allah and His Rasul salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Thirdly, they cannot bear to even cast a glance at the services rendered to the cause of Islam by any particular Sahabi. Similarly, they refuse to pay any attention to the numerous ahadith, both general and specific, in which Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam himself extolls the virtues of his companions. It is indeed a sad indictment of the objectivity of the Shia propagandists that they refuse point blank to take into consideration, when discussing the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum, the wealth of ayat in the Qur’an which announce the merits of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum. Seeking to brand persons, and more especially the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum, as corrupt and irreligious on grounds of only one side of the available evidence, and stubbornly refusing to critically scrutinise the historical material upon the basis of which a claim of this serious nature is made, can only point to the fact that the accusers have an agenda - an agenda which they are committed to promote and uphold, no matter to what extent truth and honesty might be compromised in the process. This means that in judging their historicity one should firstly include all the evidence which exists around the issue, both general and specific, and secondly, be objective enough to look critically at the authenticity of one’s material.

These are historical issues, and must be treated as such. What is the truth of this allegation?Īnswer: The incident of Malik ibn Nuwayrah is one of those cases which are frequently cited by Shiapropagandists whose first step in the direction of convincing and converting the Ahlus Sunnah almost invariably assumes the form of an attempt to prove how innately corrupt and evil the Sahabah were (na’udhu billah). Question: It is alleged that during the Caliphate of Sayyidina Abu Bakr radiya Llahu ‘anhu, Khalid ibn al Walid radiya Llahu ‘anhu, the Sahabi military commander, killed Malik ibn Nuwayrah, and married his widow on the very eve of his murder, without even waiting for her ‘iddah to expire. Khalid bin Walid and the alledged killing of Malik bin Nuwayrahīy: Molana Muhammad Taha Karaan rahimahu Llah
