====== The Successors ======

  * “The **Successors** (At-Tabi’un) are those who met with one of the [[companions|Companions]] of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and narrated [[hadith|hadiths]] from him.”((Mücteba Uğur, //Ansiklopedik Hadis Terimleri Sözcüğü//, Ankara: Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, 1992, p. 381.))

  * “The generation that follows the Respected [[companions|Companions]] are called the **Successors**. The reason why this generation is called ‘the **Successors**’ is that they came right after the [[companions|Companions]] and followed them with great seriousness and care. The notables of this period were brought up by the [[companions|Companions]] of the Prophet, who understood and lived Islam in the best way possible. They were the first to deal with many intellectual movements that were not encountered in the time of the [[companions|Companions]]. By struggling with these movements, they provided important services in not harming the authentic understanding of Islam that they inherited from the [[companions|Companions]] and transferring it to future generations.”((M. Fethullah Gülen, //Ölümsüzlük İksiri, (Kırık Testi-7)//, İstanbul: Nil Yayınları, 2011, p. 222.))

  * “The [[companions|Companions]] and the **Successors** were the first generations who took all pains to keep and preserve the authentic recitation and interpretation of the Qur’an.”((M. Fethullah Gülen, //Fatiha Üzerine Mülâhazalar//, İstanbul: Nil Yayınları, 2010, pp. 34–35.))

  * “The [[companions|Companions]], the **Successors**, and the generation after the **Successors** saw everything in the Qur’an and believed that it was possible to find everything in it. Those who were complete strangers to the Qur’an may find my words exaggerated and odd, but their opinions are based on their own worldview. Naturally, people who are a stranger to a subject or an experience may come to the wrong conclusions.”((M. Fethullah Gülen, //Kur’ân’ın Altın İkliminde//, İstanbul: Nil Yayınları, 2010, p. 47.))

  * “The abstinence known by humanity during the Age of Happiness was perfectly observed by the blessed generations following the Companions, and became an objective of almost every believer. It was during this period that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishr_the_Barefoot|Bishru’l-Khafi]]’s sister asked [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_Hanbal|Ahmad ibn Hanbal]]: ‘O Imam! I usually spin (wool) on the roof of my house at night. At that time, some officials pass by with torches in their hands, and I happen to benefit, even unwillingly, from the light of their torches. Does this mean that I mix into my earnings something gained through a religiously unlawful way?’ The great Imam wept bitterly at this question and replied: ‘Something doubtful even to such a minute degree must not find a way into the house of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishr_the_Barefoot|Bishru’l-Khafi]].’ It was also during this period that people shed tears for the rest of their lives because they had cast a single glance at something forbidden, and people who vomited a piece of unlawful food that they had swallowed in ignorance wept for days.”((M. Fethullah Gülen, //Emerald Hills of the Heart: Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism//, vol. 1, New Jersey: Tughra Books, 2011, pp. 53–54.))

===== See Also =====

  * [[companions|hadith]]
  * [[divine_hadith|the Divine Hadith]]
  * [[companions|the Companions]]
  * [[sunnah|the Sunnah]]

===== Other Languages =====

  * [[https://nl.hizmetpedia.org/doku.php?id=opvolgers|Nederlands]]
  * [[https://tr.hizmetpedia.org/doku.php?id=tabiun|Türkçe]]

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