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The Companions and the Jewish Infulence (Part II)==Kaab Interfered in the Caliphate==Kaab took advantage of Umar's good heartedness and used all his
shrewdness to make Umar keep Imam Ali ( as ) away from the
Caliphate.Kaab was motivated by his resentment towards
Islam and his hatred of Imam Ali (AS).After all it was Imam Ali ( as ) who had brought the Jewish
Influence in Hijaz to an end in the battle of Khaibar.It is amazing that the Caliph had so much confidence in Kaab, he
even sought his advice about the future of the caliphate.Ibn
Abbas reported that Umar said to Kaab, in the very presence of Ibn
Abbas, the following...Umar asked ...I would like to name my
successor because my death is near.What do you say
about Ali ? Give me your opinion and inform me of what you find in
*your books*, because you allege that we are mentionedin *them* ?Kaab answered ...As to the wisdom of your opinion, it would be *unwise* to appoint
Ali as a successor because he is *very religious*.He
notices everydeviation and does not tolerate crookedness.He follows only hisopinion in Islamic rules and this is not a good policy.As
far as*our* scriptures, we find that neither he nor his children willcome to power.And if he does, there will be confusion.Umar asked ...Why will he not to come to power ?Kaab answered ...Because he has shed blood and Allah has deprived him of authority.When David wanted to erect Walls of the temple in Jerusalem, Allah
said to him : ' You shall not build the Temple because you have
shed blood. Only Solomon shall erect it. 'Umar asked ...Did not Ali shed blood
rightly and for the truth ?Kaab answered ...Ameer al-Mumineen,
David also shed blood for the truthUmar asked ...Who will come to power
according to *your scripture* ?Kaab answered . . .We find that after the
Prophet ( Peace be upon him and his Cleansedand Pure Progeny ) and
his two ( 2 ) companions (Abu Bakr and Umar)power will be
transfered to his enemies ( the Omayyads ) whom hefought for religion.When Umar heard this, he *sadly* said : ' We belong to God and to
Him weshall return '.Then he said to Ibn Abbas : ' Ibn Abbas,
did you hear whatKaab said ? By God, I heard the Messenger of God say something
verysimiliar.I heard him ( Peace be upon him and his
Cleansed Progeny ) say :The Children of Omayyad
shall ascend to my pulpit.I have seen themin my dreams jumping on
my puplit like monkeys.Then the Prophet said that the following verse was revealed about
theOmayyads :And We made that dream,
which We have shown you, only as a testto the people and the
cursed tree in the Quran ...Sunni reference :- Ibn Abi al-Hadid in
his Sharh, v3, p81Printed by
Mohammad Ali Subaih in Egypt- Imam Fakhr ad Din al-Razi
in his commentaries of the Holy QuranChapter 17,
v5, pp 413 - 414Second
Printing by al-Matbaah al-Sarafeyah 1304 HThis dialogue should alert us to the deceptive and succesful
attempt on thepart of Kaab to influence future events by Satanic suggestions.It
containsa great deal of decepetion which produced many harmful results to
Islam andthe Muslims.It is very easy to read the following into
this dialogue : -1.Kaab was
very indictive towards Imam Ali ( as ) because he wasthe one who had smashed
the Jewish strong hold in the ArabicPeninsula.Kaab
thought, and rightly so, he would remove all theJewish influence from
the Arab Society.Therefore, Kaab was veryanxious to have the
leadership in the hands of the Omayyad who wereun-concerned with the
future of Islam.They only concernedthemselves with the
materialistic aspect of the World.In additionthey were as hostile to
Imam Ali ( as ) as Kaab.The Omayyads andKaab considered Ali
their common enemy.He had destroyed theirleaders in the defense
of Islam.2.Kaab
comments that Imam Ali is highly religious and he does notclose his eyes on any
crokkedness; nor does he tolerate anydeviation from the
Islamic path, when further examined reflectsthat either Kaab forgot
or he deliberately deleted from his storythat the
Messenger ( Peace be Upon him and his followers ) was themost religious and the
most successful head of the state in thehistory of the World.3.Kaab also
found in * his * scriptures that neither Imam Ali (as)nor his children would
come to power because he has shed blood.Inaddition, Kaab said
that it is written that David did not build theTemple of Jerusalem
becuase he shed blood and that his son, Solomonwas destined to build
it so.Kaab did not mention and he made theCaliph forget that
David, in spite of his shedding blood and beingprevented from
constructing the Temple came to power and became theRuling King !The Holy Quran declares
that Allah said to David :Oh David, We certainly
have made you Caliph on earth.You shouldjudge between people
rightfully ...[ Chapter
28 Verse 26 ]Kaab also forgot that
the great Prophet ( saw ) shed the blood ofenemies for truth.Infact
he led several battles and this did notprevent him from ruling
and administering the affairs of theMuslims, nor did it
prevent him from building an Islamic State !4.Furthermore,
Kaab by saying that shedding blood prevents comingto power, makes those
who endeavour in the name of God lessvaluable than those who
do not endeavour.This contradicts the HolyQuran which declares :
-Those believers who sit still, other than those
who havea disabling hurt, are not equal to those who endeavour
inthe way of Allah with their wealth and * lives *.Allah
hasconferred upon those who endeavour for religion with theirlives and wealth a rank above those who sit ( at
home ).And to each, Allah has promised good, but He has
bestowedon those who strive a great reward above
the sedentary;degrees of rank from Him, and forgiveness and Mercy.Allahis ever forgiving, merciful.[ Chapter 4 Verse 95 ]It would be illogical
to think that Allah commands people toendeavour in His way,
then punishes the endeavours by preventingthem from coming to
power.5.It is
indeed very curious that Kaab claimed that the Jewishscriptures mention that
Islamic Leadership would pass from theProphet ( saw ) and his
2 ( two ) companions to his enemies.Thereis no mention of
anything to this in the Old Testament in spite ofthe fact that Kaab had
said to Qais Ibn Kharsha :There is no place on earth that is not mentioned in the OldTestament, along with the events which will happen at thatplace untill the Day of Judgement.Kaab actually did not
find in his Jewish scriptures any of theevents that he had
fabricated.He only stole what he overheard fromthe Companions of the
Prophet ( saw ).Companions including Umar,reported that the
Messenger ( saw ) of Allah said :Banu Omayyad shall
climb on my pulpit and I have seen them in adream jumping on the
pulpit like monkeys.Sunni reference :- Jalal ud Din Suyuti,
Tarikhul KhulafaTranslated
by Major H.S.Barret, p12Published
by J.W.Thomas, Baptist Mission Press,
Calcutta- Imam Fakhr ad Din al-Razi
in his Commentaries of the HolyQuran,
Chapter 17, v5, pp 413 - 414Second
Printing by al-Matbaah al-Sarafeyah 1304 HIt is amazing that the Calpih heard these words from the Messenger
of Godand still did not suspect Kaab had stolen them from the Jewish
scriptures.Furthermore, Kaab said that he found in Jewish books that power
will betransfered after the Prophet ( saw ) and his 2 ( two ) companions
to theProphet's ( saw ) enemies.This, how ever did not occur.The
caliphatepassed to Usman after Umar, and Usman was not an enemy of the
Prophet ( saw).He was an important companion.Also to our
surprise the claim made byKaab was shattered into pieces when Imam Ali ( as ) received the
Caliphate.It is more amazing that the Caliph heard all these false
statements whichKaab had attributed to the Old Testament and did not even command
Kaab toshow him the Jewish book from which he received the information.The second Caliph with all his prominence, righteouness and
intelligencetook the word of Kaab as if it came from heaven and was
inevitable.Heforgot the matter of his successor was in his hands.It
was entirely uptohim to choose Imam Ali ( as ) or any other eprson.It
was expected that thesecond caliph would please the Prophet ( saw ) by preventing the
Omayyadsfrom coming to power after seeeing the Prophet ( saw ) disturbed
over hisdream in which the Omayyads were jumping on his puplit like
monkeys.Oneword from Umar could have had changed the course of History.The second caliph could have appointed Imam Ali ( as ) as his
sucessor andprevented the Omayyads from coming to power.Unfortunately,
he kept theImam away from the Caliphate by forming a six member comittee,
most of themwho were very un-friendly to Imam Ali ( as ) and friendly to Usman,
therighteous Omayyad who was extremely attached to his clan.Contrary
to whatwas expected, however, the second caliph did that which Kaab liked
and theProphet ( saw ) disliked.Sunni reference :- Ibn al-Atheer, al-Kamil,
v3, p35Published
by Dar al-Kitab al-Lubnanai 1973 A.DThus a Jew, newly converted to Islam, claiming that he had
knowledge ofwhat was in the past and what will be in the future, was able to
change thecourse of Islamic History through his influence on a prominent
Caliph,Umar.What a historic catastrophe !To be continued, Insha Allah ...