And is this Talha not the same that the following verse is revealed about him:
وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَلَا أَنْ تَنْكِحُوا أَزْوَاجَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَبَدًا إِنَّ ذُلِكُمْ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَظِيمًا
“And it does not behoove you that you should give trouble to the
Apostle of Allah, nor that you should marry his wives after him
ever; surely this is grievous in the sight of Allah.”1
When Talha said: “Would Muhammad prohibit us from marrying our
cousins, but after us, he would marry our widows? Then if something happens to
him, we would marry his widows after his death.”
And he said: “If the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) passes away, I will marry
my cousin, Ayesha.”
This was reported to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) and he was
distressed. At that time the above verse was revealed.2
And did Saad bin Abi Waqqas, who was one of the ten persons given glad
tidings, believe this report and testify for it, and at the same time he is one, who,
when he was asked regarding Uthman and his killers, who had a major part in his
killing, he said: I inform you that he was killed with the sword which Ayesha had
drawn, Talha sharpened it, son of Abu Talib poisoned it, and Zubair remained
quiet and he gestured with his hand, and we restrained the hand; and if we wanted
we could have defended him?
Would all these according to the testimony of the traditional report gather
together? Purified is one who in His Paradise gathers the oppressor and the
oppressed, the killer and the victim, and the caliph and those stage an uprising
against him; this, is nothing, except falsehood!
And whether this report is proved for Saad whereas he kept away from the
allegiance of the Imam of Time (a.s.) and refused to assist him, after allegiance
was completed for him, and the Ummah had reached consensus on him, and the
fighters of Battle of Badr, Muhajireen and Ansar had reached consensus on him,
and one who breaks the pledge of allegiance is worthy of being punished? Was
some letter was issued regarding Saad from Almighty Allah that even though he
omitted an Islamic duty, he is still worthy of Paradise?
Whether something was seen in the records of Abu Ubaidah Jarrah – grave digger of Medina – that made him worthy of this glad tidings? And prepare an
excellence worth mention other than the excellence that on day of Saqifah, he
invalidated the greater Wilayat of God, and searched for a law of selection whose
calamities and evil surrounded Islam.
And which destroyed the foundations of peace, and brought untold troubles
till this day on the Ummah of Muhammad, and sanctity of Mustafa by oppressing
his daughter, beloved one of Prophet and oppressing his cousin and caliph, which
destroyed his respect? As if all these are worship acts, which make Paradise
obligatory for Ibne Jarrah.
أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيَّاتِ أَنْ تَجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ سَوَاءٌ تَحْيَاهُمْ وَمَا تُهُمْ سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
“Nay! do those who have wrought evil deeds think that We will
make them like those who believe and do good that their life and
their death shall be equal? Evil it is that they judge.”3
9. Qurtubi has written in his Tafseer that:4 Ubayy bin Kaab said: I recited
Surah Asr before Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), then I asked: O Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.a.), what is the exegesis of this?
He replied:
وَالْعَصْرِ
“I swear by the time,”5
It is an oath by God, at the end of the day.
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ
“Most surely man is in loss,”6
It implies Abu Jahl.
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
“Except those who believe
That is Abu Bakr.
وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحت
and do good,
It implies Umar.
وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ
and enjoin on each other truth,
That is Uthman.
وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ
and enjoin on each other patience.”7
That is Ali.