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Calamity of Thursday

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH & His Family) completed the command of God Almighty to leave the Will when he gathered Muslims on the last Thursday before his martyrdom. He asked for a pen and paper so that he could dictate his will, a statement of paramount importance for the guidance of Muslims until the day of Judgement. He also emphasized that whoever holds on to it will never be misguided and that no two Muslims will ever disagree. However, he was prevented from doing so by a group of people, who doubted his mental health and accused him of talking nonsense. Hence, when they refused this statement that secures their guidance until the Day of Judgement, he only commanded them verbally of that which had their guidance for the period shortly after him and sent them all away.

This tragic event has been narrated from the most authentic of the reports from both Sunni and Shia traditions.

Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: When Allah’s Apostle was on his death-bed and in the house there were some people among whom was ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab, the Prophet said, “Come, let me write for you a statement after which you will not go astray.” ‘Umar said, “The Prophet is delirious and you have the Qur’an; so the Book of Allah is enough for us.” The people present in the house differed and quarreled. Some said “Go near so that the Prophet may write for you a statement after which you will not go astray,” while the others said as Umar said. When they caused a hue and cry before the Prophet, Allah’s Apostle said, “Go away!” Narrated ‘Ubaidullah: Ibn ‘Abbas used to say, “It was very unfortunate that Allah’s Apostle was prevented from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise.” – Sahih al-Bukhari, 7:70:573

Sa’id b. Jubair reported from Ibn Abbas that he said: Thursday, and what about Thursday? Then tears began to flow until I saw them on his cheeks as if they were the strings of pearls. He (the narrator) said that Allah’s Messenger said: Bring me a shoulder blade and ink-pot (or tablet and inkpot) so that I write for you a document (by following which) you would never go astray. They said: Allah’s Messenger is in the state of unconsciousness [yahjur, literal translation: “talking nonsense”]. – Sahih Muslim, 013:4015

The Messenger of God then dictated his Will to those who accepted it on the night of his martyrdom. If we search all the books of the Muslims from various sects, we will find that there is only one will of the Prophet Muhammad pbuhahp that was written during the night of his death. It is mentioned in the book “Al-Ghaybah by Al-Toosi”. Prophet Muhammad has mentioned his successors in it until the day of Judgement- the twelve Imams and the twelve Mahdis. The ones who inherited the will from Prophet Muhammad PBUHAHP are the Vicegerents of God from the progeny of Muhammad PBUT.

Why can’t the falsifiers claim the Will?

The divine text about the upcoming Vicegerent of God is prevented from being claimed falsely until its companion claims it and its purpose is fulfilled. The fact that the Messenger of God describes it to be a protection from misguidance forever makes it impossible for liars to claim it. If someone says that it is possible for liars to claim it then he would end up accusing God, the Glorious, of being incapable of safeguarding the book which He described as being a protection from misguidance for the ones who hold tight to it, or he would be accusing God of lying, because the Almighty described the book as being a protection from misguidance forever and then it turned out to not be so, or he would be accusing God of ignorance because He described a book by a description that does not apply to it because of His ignorance of its condition. And far away is God, the Glorious from all such descriptions.

Thus the Knowledgeable, the Capable, the Wise, the Absolute One SWT must protect the text, which He described to be prevention from misguidance for whoever holds on to it. He SWT must protect it from being claimed by the people of falsehood until its rightful owner claims it and its purpose is fulfilled.

And if he had made up about Us some [false] sayings, We would have seized him by the right hand, Then We would have cut from him the aorta. -Quran 69:44-46

This verse is not about claiming the divine position in general, for Musaylama claimed to be a prophet of God in the time of Prophet Muhammad PBUHAHP, yet he was not destroyed, rather he lived longer than Prophet Muhammad PBUHAHP. It is specifically about claiming by the divine text that personifies the prophesied Vicegerent of God, just like how the Prophet PBUHAHP proved his right through the divine text about him from the previous scriptures.