THE REBELS BREAK THE STAFF OF THE HOLY PROPHET(sa)

After this, a member of this party, which professed love for Islam, snatched from Hazrat ‘Uthman(ra) the staff with which the Holy Prophet(sa) use to take support while delivering the sermon and after him Hazrat Abū Bakr(ra) and Hazrat ‘Umar(ra) had done the same. He did not stop at this, in fact, he placed this memorabilia of the Holy Prophet(sa), which was a source of thousands of blessings for the Muslim nation, on his knees and broke it. They may have held enmity towards Hazrat ‘Uthman(ra), they may have harboured hatred for Khilafat but as for the Holy Prophet(sa), they professed love for him! How then did they have the courage to break this memorabilia of the Holy Prophet(sa) with such contempt? Today, Europe has reached the furthest extremity of atheism, but even they still possess a sense that the memorable items left by their elders are to be valued. However, these people, despite claiming to be the followers of Islam, broke the blessed staff of the Holy Prophet(sa) and tossed it away.1 This demonstrates that their passion to serve Islam was nothing but mere show; for the leaders of this party were as distant from Islam as the biggest enemies of Islam today.