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lead
to disturbances which would endanger the safety of the caliphate in its early days. Therefore he
saw fit
to postpone their surrender. On the other hand, Mu'awiyah thought that any delay in the surrender of
the assassins to justice would, in view of the enormity of their crime, incite further attacks on
the lives
of caliphs and would lead to the shedding of blood.
One of the celebrated learned men said that every independent interpreter of the religion was right
in
his own interpretation; while others said that he who is right is one. No one of learning and
intelligence,
has charged `Ali with error.
(viii) The Ranks of Excellence of the Four Caliphs and the Rest of the Companions
The eighth principle: Is that the excellence of the Companions is in accordance to their
chronological
order in which they succeeded the Prophet.
to disturbances which would endanger the safety of the caliphate in its early days. Therefore he
saw fit
to postpone their surrender. On the other hand, Mu'awiyah thought that any delay in the surrender of
the assassins to justice would, in view of the enormity of their crime, incite further attacks on
the lives
of caliphs and would lead to the shedding of blood.
One of the celebrated learned men said that every independent interpreter of the religion was right
in
his own interpretation; while others said that he who is right is one. No one of learning and
intelligence,
has charged `Ali with error.
(viii) The Ranks of Excellence of the Four Caliphs and the Rest of the Companions
The eighth principle: Is that the excellence of the Companions is in accordance to their
chronological
order in which they succeeded the Prophet.