to make that time's strife the subject of discussion and debate, saying that to do so was without benefit, and harmful.

Also, leading Companions were found on both sides in those wars, and if one talks about those conflicts, taking one side or the other, one might feel opposed to or critical of some of the ten promised paradise such as Talha or Zubayr (May God be pleased with them). If they committed any faults, there is a strong possibility that they repented. As for returning to those times and dwelling on those events unnecessarily and harmfully, without the sanction of the Shari'a, and adopting a stance that infers disregard of those who at this time are dealing awesome blows at Islam in fact and deserve to be execrated and loathed, does not befit a believer and is not congruent with the sacred duty of any conscientious person,

In fact, I can't conceal it from you that your minor dispute with Sabri caused considerable harm to the dissemination of both the Risale-i Nur and the truths of belief. I felt it here at that very time, and was affected and saddened. Then while awaiting from both a discerning scholar like yourself, and Sabri, who had gone there to work for the Risale-i Nur, that both of you would perform useful services, I felt and understood that, on the contrary, harm had been caused to the Risale-i Nur in three respects. I was wondering about the cause of this when two or three days later I received news that Sabri had argued with you in meaningless, unwarranted fashion, and that you had become angry. Alas! I exclaimed, "O God! Make peace between these two people who have come from Erzurum to assist me; settle the dispute between them!" As it says in the Twentieth Flash on sincerity, at the present time the believers should unite not only with their Muslim brothers but also with religiously-minded Christians, and avoiding questions of dispute, not engage in argument and debate. For absolute disbelief is on the attack. I appeal to your religious zeal, scholarly experience, and attachment to the Risale-i Nur, and request that you try to forget the argument with Sabri, and forgive him and waive your rights. For he was not voicing his own views but was repeating things he had heard from the hojas of the former times, and started arguing in uncalled-for manner. It would be a good act and meritorious, and atonement for many sins, as you know. Sabri, my fellow-countryman, has performed such services for the Risale-i Nur and through it for belief that they would cause a thousand faults to be forgiven. With your magnanimity, for the sake of his service you should look on him as a friend, fellow-countryman, and companion in the work of the Risale-i Nur,

In those wars, a group of the Companions followed relative justice as permitted by the Shari'a and abandoned the pure justice and adherence to