During the history of Babism and Baha’ism emergence, the leaders of the cult (including Abbas Effendi) have continuously insulted and cured the Islamic scholars. However, how is it possible for them to be lenient with enemies and moral but to insult the scholars of religion who are likened as the successors of prophet according to the traditions of the holy Imams (peace be upon them)?!
Abbas Effendi (Abdul Baha) has said: “This tribe is calling itself as the scholars of the religion of Islam and biting strangers and intimates like malefactor vipers, snakes and scorpions… They tear the divine sheep like blood thirsty wolves and claim for being shepherds. They are the path robbers… If you pay attention to their virtues, they are more ignorant than animals… They resemble animals and busy with eating and drinking at schools and they are similar to bloodthirsty wild animals.[1]”
How is it possible for claiming for morality and saying: “Thanks God, This period of time is the friendship one… The enemies are friends and the aliens are familiar. Strangers are companions and the enemies are disciples. The aim is for the divine disciples to consider ill-disposed people as the benevolent ones and to consider the people of divisiveness as those of mutual agreement and to assume those who are far as near; that is, you must behave with enemies merited for friends…[۲]”. However, he insulted the scholars of religion who are called the heirs of prophets based on the holy Imam’s (peace be upon them) speech.[3] Is this contradiction a kind of hypocrisy?!
The seclusion of the Islamic scholars was Abdul Baha’s dream!
Due to Abdul Baha’s enmity against the Islamic scholars who prevented the expansion of deviated beliefs of Baha’ism, he gave good news to his followers about removing divine law on matters of theology and law while after a century[4] not only the Islamic scholars weren’t secluded; but also they protected right beliefs and the Islamic land nature.
As the guardians of religion surrounding, the Islamic scholars have stood against the seditions of seditious agents like a strong dam and have confronted intellectually against the forged cults of Babism and Baha’ism. How is it possible to consider this Baha’i leader as infallible[5]; while the Islamic scholars weren’t seclude after the passage of a century. The holy prophet (P.H.) has stated:
“اَلْعُلَماءُ وَرَثَهُ الانبیاءِ…”
“The scholars are the heirs of prophets.[6]”
[۱] Abbas Effendi, Makatib, Bija: Kurdistan-al-Elmiyeh, 1330 S.H., p. 123.
[۲] Ahmad Yazdani, a glance at Baha’i religion, Tehran: the national assembly of the faith press, 1328 S.H., p. 51.
[۳] Muhammad Muhammadi Reyshahri, Mizanul Hekmah, the electronic library of Feghahat, Vol. 8, p. 8.
[۴] Abdul Hamid Ishraq Khawari, the heavenly food, Bija: The national institute of the faith press, 129 Badi’a, Vol. 5, p. 193.
[۵] Refer to Abbas Effendi, Mofavezat: narrated by Mehdi Hadiyan. The legitimacy issue, Tehran: Goy publishing house, 1392 S.H., pp. 129-130.
[۶] Muhammad Muhammadi Reyshahri, Mizanul Hekmah, Feghahat electronic library, Vol. 8, p. 8.
