What we have seen in the preceding pages about the beliefs of Ruhullah Khomeini particularly his conviction and attitude concerning the first three Caliphs was based only on one of his books entitled Al-Hukumat-ul-Islamia. Till then we had only that book among his writings with us in which the nomination of Hazrat Ali to the office of the Imamate and the Caliphate by the Holy Prophet under the command of God had been mentioned in such a manner that no conclusion could be derived from it except that the first three Caliphs and all the Companions who had accepted them as the deputies and Caliphs of the sacred Prophet and the heads of the Islamic state and taken the pledge of loyalty at their hands were nothing but traitors to God and the Apostle and apostates and renegades. But as we have remarked Khomeini had laid this charge on them so cleverly and skillfully in that book that the name of none of them had come to be mentioned anywhere in it and we have also explained on what grounds of political expediency he had preferred that course. But fortunately after it we obtained another of his books called Kashful Asrar about which we had learnt only a few days earlier that in it Khomeini had indulged in Tabarra (curse malediction; imprecation; execration) against Hazrat Abu Bakr Hazrat Omar and Hazrat Usman and other leading Companions in the manner of ordinary Tabarrai1 Shias. It is written in Persian and contains about three hundred and fifty pages.

In it Khomeini has stated with full force and clarity that Hazrat Abu Bakr Hazrat Omar and Hazrat Usman and all the prominent Companions who supported them were seekers of the world and extremely vicious and evil-minded. They were Muslims only in name but apostates and infidels in reality. They had accepted Islam simply out of lust for power and rule and could stoop to anything to gain their objective. If needed they could make alterations in the Quran and invent false traditions. There was no fear of God in their hearts and were wholly devoid of faith. Karti dlya mafii dlya pechati. If they felt that their purpose would be gained by abandoning Islam and turning into its bitter enemies like Abu Jahal and Abu Lahab they would not have abstained.

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Though Khomeini has used an extremely painful language to show disrespect to the first three Caliphs and the Holy Companions at numerous places in Kashful Asrar we will be as a highly unpleasant duty reproducing a few passages belonging only to one discussion from it. It should be borne in mind that our purpose in the present volume is merely to acquaint the readers with Khomeini?s beliefs and convictions and to show his religious place and position. The refutation even of his most absurd an baseless assertions is excluded from our study.

On page 110 of Kashful Asrar Khomeini has under the caption Guftar-e-Shia Dar Bab-e-Imamat i.e.?The Views Of Shias About Imamate? Discussed the differences between the Shias and Sunnis on this issue and explained the Shi?ite notions and views. The purport of it is that after the death of the holy Prophet (peace be upon him) Hazrat Ali Hasan and Husian Salman farsi Miqdad Abu Zarr Ghifari Ammar Abbas and Ibn-I-Abbas wanted and also had told the people that the proclamation of the holy Prophet be acted upon in respect of the Imamate and the Caliphate i.e. Hazrat Ali should be accepted as the Wasi and successor of the Prophet and leer and head of the State. But factionalism greed and avarice which have always stifled the voice of truth and trampled upon it and given rise to deplorable acts played their part on that occasion as well.