Part 2 : Is the Prophet ﷺ talking nonsense?
Part 3 : What did he ﷺ intend to write?
Part 4 : The Ahl al-Bayt differed?
Part 6 : Umar burns the Hadith of Rasul-Allah ﷺ
Part 7 : What makes Umar a Zindeeq?
Welcome to our Blog! In this article, we will demonstrate that Umar Ibn al-Khattab opposed the Prophet ﷺ when he ordered a tablet to write his will and called him delirious.
Part 1 : The Incident
1) al-Bukhari narrated :
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا حُضِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ـ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ فِيهِمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ـ قَالَ ” هَلُمَّ أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ ”. قَالَ عُمَرُ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ غَلَبَهُ الْوَجَعُ وَعِنْدَكُمُ الْقُرْآنُ، فَحَسْبُنَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ. وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ وَاخْتَصَمُوا، فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ قَرِّبُوا يَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كِتَابًا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ. وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ مَا قَالَ عُمَرُ، فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرُوا اللَّغَطَ وَالاِخْتِلاَفَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ” قُومُوا عَنِّي”. قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ فَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الرَّزِيَّةَ كُلَّ الرَّزِيَّةِ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنِ اخْتِلاَفِهِمْ وَلَغَطِهِمْ.”
Ibn Abbas said : When Rasul-Allah ﷺ was on his deathbed. The Prophet ﷺ said ‘Come to me, let me write for you something after which you will never go astray.’
Umar replied ‘Illness has overcome the Prophet ﷺ and you have the Qur’an and it is sufficient for us.’
Then the people disputed and some said ‘Let the Prophet ﷺ write so that you may not go astray.’ While some supported Umar and they argued in front of the Prophet and He ﷺ said to them ‘Go away and leave me.’
Ibn Abbas used to say : It was a great calamity that they prevented Rasul-Allah ﷺ from writing due to their disagreement.
~Sahih al-Bukhari, 7366
2) Ahmad Bin Hanbal narrated :
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا احْتُضِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَفِي الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ فِيهِمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: “هَل أَكتُبُ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ”؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَجَع، وَعِنْدَكُمُ الْقُرْآن، حَسْبُنَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ، فَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ وَاخْتَصَمُوا، فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: قَرِّبُوا يَكْتُبْ لكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: مَا قَالَ عُمَر، فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرُوا اللَّغْوَ وَالاِخْتِلَافَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: قُومُوا …فَخَرَجَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الرَّزِيَّةَ كُلَّ الرَّزِيَّةِ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَبَيْنَ كِتَابِهِ.
Ibn Abbas said : When Rasul-Allah ﷺ was on his deathbed and in the house were some men amongst them was Umar Ibn al-Khattab. The Prophet ﷺ said ‘Shall I write for you a book so that you will never go astray?’
Umar replied : The pain has taken over Rasul-Allah ﷺ and you have the Qur’an and it is sufficient for us.
The people in the house differed and argued and some said, ‘Bring the paper closer so that Rasul-Allah ﷺ may write for you a document that you may never go astray.’ while others said what Umar said.
When the voice of disagreement increased, Rasul-Allah ﷺ asked them to leave. Ibn Abbas came out saying: The greatest calamity is what came between Rasul-Allah ﷺ and his dictation
~Musnad Ahmad vol 3:349
3) al-Bukhari narrated :
عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ وَمَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ اشْتَدَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَعُهُ فَقَالَ ” ائْتُونِي أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا”. فَتَنَازَعُوا، وَلاَ يَنْبَغِي عِنْدَ نَبِيٍّ تَنَازُعٌ، فَقَالُوا مَا شَأْنُهُ أَهَجَرَ اسْتَفْهِمُوهُ فَذَهَبُوا يَرُدُّونَ عَلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ ” دَعُونِي فَالَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تَدْعُونِي إِلَيْهِ ”
Ibn Abbas said : Thursday! What was that Thursday! The illness of Rasul-Allah ﷺ became worse and he said ‘Bring me something that I may write to you a document after which you may never go astray.’
The people argued in this matter and it was not a right thing to do in front of the Prophet ﷺ. Some said ‘What is wrong with him (the Prophet) is he talking nonsense?‘ So they went to refute the Prophet ﷺ so he replied ‘leave me for what I am in is better than what you are calling me to.’
~Sahih al-Bukhari, 4431
4) Allamah Nur ad-Deen al-Haythami mentioned :
وَعَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: «لَمَّا مَرِضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: ” ادْعُوا لِي بِصَحِيفَةٍ وَدَوَاةٍ أَكْتُبْ لَكَمْ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّونَ بَعْدِي أَبَدًا “. فَكَرِهْنَا ذَلِكَ أَشَدَّ الْكَرَاهَةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ” ادْعُوا لِي بِصَحِيفَةٍ أَكْتُبْ لَكَمْ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا “. فَقَالَ النِّسْوَةُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ السِّتْرِ: أَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّكُنَّ صَوَاحِبَاتُ يُوسُفَ، إِذَا مَرِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَصَرْتُنَّ أَعْيُنَكُنَّ، وَإِذَا صَحَّ رَكِبْتُنَّ رَقَبَتَهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ” دَعُوهُنَّ ; فَإِنَّهُنَّ خَيْرٌ مِنْكُمْ».
Umar Ibn al-Khattab said : When the Prophet ﷺ fell ill, he said ‘Bring me a pen and a paper that I may write for you a document by which you may never go astray after me.’
Umar said : Amongst all, we disliked it the most, so the Prophet ﷺ said it again. The wives of the Prophet ﷺ said from behind the curtain ‘Do you not hear what Rasul-Allah ﷺ is asking for?’
Umar said ‘You are like the women of Yusuf, when Rasul-Allah ﷺ is sick, you cry but when he is well, you ride his neck.’ Rasul-Allah ﷺ said to Umar, ‘Leave them for they are better than you.’
~Majmaa’ al-Zawa’id vol 9:34
• Allamah Nur ad-Deen al-Haythami
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ، وَفِيهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ قَالَ الْعُقَيْلِيُّ: فِي حَدِيثِهِ نَظَرٌ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ وُثِّقُوا
al-Tabarani narrated it in his al-Awsat and in it is Muhammad Ibn Ja’far al-Jafari, al-Uqayli said about him ‘There are some considerations in his Hadith” and the rest narrators are trustworthy.
• How strange from Umar that he is quarreling and insulting the wives of the Prophet in front of him in his own house. Rasul-Allah said to Umar that the women are better than him because they favoured the Prophet to write his will, unlike Umar.
5) Ahmad Bin Hanbal narrated :
عَنْ جَابِرٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَعَا عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ بِصَحِيفَةٍ لِيَكْتُبَ فِيهَا كِتَابًا لَا يَضِلُّونَ بَعْدَهُ. قَالَ: فَخَالَفَ عَلَيْهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ حَتَّى رَفَضَهَا
Jaabir Ibn Abd-Allah al-Ansari narrated : The Prophet ﷺ before he passed away, asked for a scroll to write upon it, so that they may not go astray after him.
Umar Ibn al-Khattab opposed it until Rasul-Allah ﷺ asked them to leave.
~Musnad Ahmad vol 11:526
• The Muhaqqiq of the book, Hamza Ahmad al-Zayn said the Sanad is Hasan.
Part 2 : Is the Prophet ﷺ talking nonsense?
1) Ibn Athir al-Jazari wrote :
ﻭاﻻﺳﻢ: اﻟﻬﺠﺮ..ﺇﺫا ﺧﻠﻂ ﻓﻲ ﻛﻼﻣﻪ، ﻭﺇﺫا ﻫﺬﻯ. ﻭﻣﻨﻪ ﺣﺪﻳﺚ ﻣﺮﺽ اﻟﻨﺒﻲ ﷺ «ﻗﺎﻟﻮا: ﻣﺎ ﺷﺄﻧﻪ؟ ﺃﻫﺠﺮ؟». ﻭاﻟﻘﺎﺋﻞ ﻛﺎﻥ ﻋﻤﺮ
The noun : ‘al-Hajar’ means if someone is confused in his speech or if he is speaking nonsense.
And from this is the Hadith of the Prophet’s illness that they said, ‘What is the matter with him? Is he speaking nonsense?’ and this was said by Umar.
~al-Nihayah fee Gharib al-Hadith vol 5:245-246
2) Hafidh Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani wrote :
ﻓﻘﺎﻟﻮا ﻫﺠﺮ ﻫﺠﺮ ﺭﺳﻮﻝ اﻟﻠﻪ ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ ﺃﻋﺎﺩ ﻫﺠﺮ ﻣﺮﺗﻴﻦ ﻗﺎﻝ ﻋﻴﺎﺽ ﻣﻌﻨﻰ ﺃﻫﺠﺮ ﺃﻓﺤﺶ ﻳﻘﺎﻝ ﻫﺠﺮ اﻟﺮﺟﻞ ﺇﺫا ﻫﺬﻯ ﻭﺃﻫﺠﺮ ﺇﺫا ﺃﻓﺤﺶ ﻭﺗﻌﻘﺐ
They said ‘He has gone delirious (Hajar)’ twice. Ayyad said ‘Ahjar’ is to be obscene. It is said ‘A man is delirious (Hajar)’ if he speaks vulgarly and ‘Ahjar’ if he speaks obscene and nonsense.
~Fath al-Baari vol 9:133
3) Allamah Shihab al-Deen al-Khafaji said :
كما ورد في الأحاديث الصحيحة، من أن النبي صلى الله تعالى عليه وسلم قال في مرضه ايتوني بدواة أكتب لكم كتابا لا تضلون به من بعدی، فقال عمر رضى الله تعالى عنه: إن الرجل ليهجر حسبنا كتاب الله
As mentioned in the Sahih Hadiths that the Prophet ﷺ said during his illness ‘Bring me an inkwell that I may write for you a book through which you may not go astray after me.’
Umar replied ‘The man (Prophet) is talking nonsense. The Book of Allah is enough for us.’
~Naseem al-Riyadh fee Sharah Shifa al-Qadhi Iyyadh page 411
4) Allamah Ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani wrote :
وَأَمَّا عُمَرُ فَاشْتَبَهَ عَلَيْهِ هَلْ كَانَ قَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْمَرَضِ، أَوْ كَانَ مِنْ أَقْوَالِهِ الْمَعْرُوفَةِ؟ وَالْمَرَضُ جَائِزٌ عَلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَلِهَذَا قَالَ: ” مَا لَهُ؟ أَهَجَرَ ؟ ” فَشَكَّ فِي ذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يَجْزِمْ بِأَنَّهُ هَجَرَ، وَالشَّكُّ جَائِزٌ عَلَى عُمَرَ
As for Umar, he was confused whether the Prophet’s words were due to illness or his actual words as Prophets do get sick.
That is why Umar said ‘What is wrong with him? Has he lost it?’ it’s because he doubted it and doubt is permissible for Umar.
~Minhaj al-Sunnah vol 6:24
5) Imam al-Ghazzali wrote :
ولما مات رسول اللّه ﷺ قال قبل وفاته: “ائتوا بدواة وبيضاء لأزيل لكم إشكال الأمر وأذكر لكم من المستحقّ لها بعدي” قال عمر: دعوا الرجل فإنه ليهجر، وقيل يهدر
When Rasul-Allah ﷺ was on his deathbed he said ‘Bring a paper and a pen so that I may remove the confusion for you regarding the matter and mention to you who is most deserving (of succession) after me.
Umar said ‘Leave him for he is delirious.’ and it was said that the Prophet ﷺ is talking nonsense.
~Majmua’ Rasa’il page 483
6) Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi wrote :
وقد أخرج الحميدي هذا الحديث، وفيه: فقالوا: ما شأنه؟ فقال عمر: إن الرجل ليهجر
al-Humaydi narrated in which it says : They said ‘What is wrong with him?’ Umar replied ‘This man (The Prophet) is speaking nonsense.’
~Mirat al-Zaman fee Tawarikh al-Ayan Vol 4:244
7) Abu al-Baqa al-Akbari wrote :
قَول عمر بن الْخطاب مرض رَسُول الله إِن الرجل ليهجر
Umar Ibn al-Khattab said when Rasul-Allah ﷺ was Ill, that this man is speaking nonsense.
~Diwan Abu Tayyib al-Mutanabbi bi-Sharab Abu al-Baqa al-Akbari Vol 1:9
8) Ibn Asbaslar al-Ba’ili wrote :
ثم لما قال عمرُ: «أهَجَرَ؟!»
Then when Umar said ‘Has he (The Prophet) lost it?’
~al-Qawa’id al-Nuraniyyah vol 1:362
9) Sharf al-Deen al-Taybi wrote :
قوله: ((أهجر؟)) ((نه)): أهجر أي اختلف كلامه بسبب المرض..، والقائل عمر
His saying ‘Is he delirious?’ meaning his speech is confused due to illness and the one who said it was Umar.
~Sharah al-Mishkat lil-Taybi vol 12:3822
10) Ghiyath al-Deen Ibn al-Aqouli wrote :
وقالوا: حسبنا كتاب الله، والقائل: ما شأنه هجر؟ عمر بن الخطاب
They said Kitab-Allah is enough for us. The one who said ‘What is the matter with him? Has he lost it?’ was Umar Ibn al-Khattab.
~al-Rasf lima rawa aan al-Nabi ﷺ min al-Fa’l wa al-Wasf vol 2:481
Note : That is a blasphemous statement to make as the Prophet ﷺ can never speak senselessly:
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ كُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَسْمَعُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُرِيدُ حِفْظَهُ فَنَهَتْنِي قُرَيْشٌ وَقَالُوا أَتَكْتُبُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ تَسْمَعُهُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَشَرٌ يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي الْغَضَبِ وَالرِّضَا فَأَمْسَكْتُ عَنِ الْكِتَابِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَوْمَأَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ إِلَى فِيهِ فَقَالَ ” اكْتُبْ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ إِلاَّ حَقٌّ ” .
Abd-Allah Ibn Amr said : I used to write everything which I heard from Rasul-Allah ﷺ but then the Quraysh prohibited me saying ‘Rasul-Allah ﷺ is a human being, sometimes he speaks in anger and pleasure.’
When Rasul-Allah ﷺ found out that I stopped writing, he pointed to his tongue with his finger and said ‘Only truth comes out from it.’
~Sunan Abi Dawud 3646
https://sunnah.com/abudawud:3646
Part 3 : What did he ﷺ intend to write?
1) Abu al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi wrote :
اخْتلف الْعلمَاء فِي الَّذِي أَرَادَ أَن يكْتب لَهُم على وَجْهَيْن: أَحدهمَا: أَنه أَرَادَ أَن ينص على الْخَلِيفَة بعده. وَالثَّانِي: أَن يكْتب كتابا فِي الْأَحْكَام يرْتَفع مَعَه الْخلاف، وَالْأول أظهر
Scholars differed on the reason why he wanted to write to them in two ways: One of them is that he wanted to designate a caliph after him.
The second is that he wanted to write a book on rulings that would resolve the disagreement, and the first opinion is more apparent.
~Kashf al-Mushkil min Hadith al-Sahihayn vol 2:315
2) Hafidh Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani wrote :
ﻗﻮﻟﻪ ﻛﺘﺎﺑﺎ ﻗﻴﻞ ﻫﻮ ﺗﻌﻴﻴﻦ اﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﺔ ﺑﻌﺪﻩ
His ﷺ saying ‘Write’ is said to be an appointment of the Caliph after him.
~Fath al-Baari vol 9:133
3) Allamah Jalal ad-Deen al-Suyuti mentioned :
“أكتبُ لكم كتابًا”: أى أكتب وصية أوصى فيها بالخليفة من بعدى
The Prophet ﷺ saying ‘I will write for you a document’ That was his will in which he wanted to nominate his Khalifa.
~Jami’ al-Ahadith vol 1:263
Note : So what’s apparent is that the Prophet wanted to nominate a Caliph after him in written form as his will so that the Ummah is not left astrayed. We already know who the Prophet intended. Please review the article below :
We also know that Umar said, Kitab-Allah is enough for him and he is not interested on the second thing the Prophet intends to leave behind in his written will –
، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي حَجَّتِهِ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ.. يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي قَدْ تَرَكْتُ فِيكُمْ مَا إِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِهِ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَعِتْرَتِي أَهْلَ بَيْتِي
Jabir Ibn Abd-Allah al-Ansari said : I saw Rasul-Allah ﷺ on the day of Arafah saying ‘O People, I have left among you that if you hold tight to, you may never go astray – The Book of Allah (كتاب الله) and my Ahl al-Bayt.’
~Jami` at-Tirmidhi, 3786
https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3786
We also find people saying that the Prophet did not want to nominate but rather give advice to the Ummah – like expel the Mushrik from the peninsula and etc. Sure, that is done but why is the Ummah still misguided and deviated? Through proper channeling, we find out that the Prophet asked the people to leave and did not dictate to them and these three advice are not a part of the Hadith but an addition by the narrators –
• al-Bukhari mentioned :
فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِثَلاَثٍ قَالَ ـ أَخْرِجُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ، وَأَجِيزُوا الْوَفْدَ بِنَحْوِ مَا كُنْتُ أُجِيزُهُمْ. وَالثَّالِثَةُ خَيْرٌ، إِمَّا أَنْ سَكَتَ عَنْهَا، وَإِمَّا أَنْ قَالَهَا فَنَسِيتُهَا. قَالَ سُفْيَانُ هَذَا مِنْ قَوْلِ سُلَيْمَانَ.”
So he ordered them to do three things: Expel pagans from Arab, treat the delegation as the Prophet ﷺ treated them and about the third he (the narrator) kept quiet or said I forgot it. Sufyan Ibn Uyaynah said ‘This is from the sayings of Sulayman al-Ahval’
Sahih al-Bukhari, 3168
• Ahmad Bin Hanbal mentioned :
وقال سفيان مرةً: أوصى بثلاث، قال: “أخرجوا المشركين من جزيرة العرب، وأَجيزوا الوَفْدَ بنحو ما كنتُ أُجيزهم”، وسكت سعيدٌ عن الثالثة، فلا أدري أَسَكت عنها عمداً، وقال مرة، أو نَسيها؟ وقال سفيان مرةً: وإما أن يكون تَركها أو نَسيها.
Sufyan Ibn Uyaynah said The will was three advice: Expel pagans, treat the delegates. Then Sa’eed Ibn Jubayr remained silent about the third and Sufyan said he doesn’t know whether he was deliberately silent about it or forgot it.
~Musnad Ahmad vol 2:456
Part 4 : The Ahl al-Bayt differed?
Most Nawasib sides with Umar in this incident, even tho he blasphemed against the Prophet and questions the Ahl al-Bayt just because in the narration it says that the People in the house differed. Were they the Ahl al-Bayt al-Nabuwwa?
1) Hafidh Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani wrote :
(فاختلف أهل البيت) أي من كان في البيت من الصحابة ولم يرد أهل بيت النبي
The people in the house differed: this means the companions who were in the house and not the Ahl al-Bayt of the Prophet ﷺ
~Fath al-Baari vol 8:135
2) Allamah al-Qastilani wrote :
(فَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ البَيْتِ) الَّذي كان فيه الصَّحابة، لا أهل بيتهِ ﷺ
The people in the house differed : They were the Sahabah and not the Ahl al-Bayt of the Prophet
~Irshad al-Saari vol 9:402
Part 5 : The will of Abu Bakr
We find that when Abu Bakr was to die, he called for a pen and paper too even tho he was severely sick and going unconscious and nobody said that he is sick or speaking nonsense but like good buddies, they went to him and wrote his will and guess what was his will? It was to nominate Umar a Caliph after him. This makes our point stronger that even the Prophet intended to appoint a Caliph.
1) Abu Bakr al-Ajuri narrated :
حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، فِيمَا أَعْلَمُ قَالَ: كَتَبَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَصِيَّةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ هَذِهِ إِلَى الْخَلِيفَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ قَالَ: حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُسَمِّيَ الرَّجُلَ أَخَذَتْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ غَشْيَةٌ قَالَ: وَفَرِقَ عُثْمَانُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ أَحَدًا ، وَعَرَفَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَعْدُو عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، فَكَتَبَ فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، ثُمَّ طَوَاهَا فَأَفَاقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُسَمِّ أَحَدًا قَالَ: فَرَغْتُ قَالَ: نَعَمْ قَالَ: مَنْ سَمَّيْتَ؟ قَالَ: عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ وَجَزَاكَ خَيْرًا فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْ تَوَلَّيْتَهَا لَرَأَيْتُكَ لَهَا أَهْلًا
Aslam said : Uthman Ibn Affan wrote the will of Abu Bakr on who is going to be the Khalifah after him. He wrote but Abu Bakr fainted and Uthman was afraid that Abu Bakr would die without naming anyone and he knew that it would be no other than Umar.
So Uthman wrote the name of Umar in the document. When Abu Bakr came to senses he asked ‘Who did you name?’ Uthman replied ‘Umar’ so he said ‘May Allah have mercy on you, even if you named yourself, I’d seen you worthy of it.
~al-Sharia’a vol 4:1738
•The Muhaqqiq of the book said : The Sanad is Hasan (إسناده حسن)
We find another ridiculous refutation from the Nawasib that the Prophet himself gave up writing and made dua’a to those who forbid him from writing by saying, I am in a better condition now. That is a lie, let us go through what exactly happened, as Badr al-Deen al-Ayni wrote :
ﻗﻮﻟﻪ ” ﻓﺬﻫﺒﻮا ﻳﺮﺩﻭﻥ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ” ﻭﻳﺮﻭﻯ ﻳﺮﺩﻭﻥ ﻋﻨﻪ ﺃﻱ ﻋﻤﺎ ﻗﺎﻟﻪ ﻓﻠﻬﺬا ﻗﺎﻝ ﺩﻋﻮﻧﻲ ﺃﻱ اﺗﺮﻛﻮﻧﻲ ﻭاﻟﺬﻱ ﺃﻧﺎ ﻓﻴﻪ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻤﺮاﻗﺒﺔ ﻭاﻟﺘﺄﻫﺐ ﻟﻠﻘﺎء اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﺰ ﻭﺟﻞ ﻓﺈﻧﻪ ﺃﻓﻀﻞ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺬﻱ ﺗﺪﻋﻮﻧﻨﻲ ﺇﻟﻴﻪ ﻣﻦ ﺗﺮﻙ اﻟﻜﺘﺎﺑﺔ ﻭﻟﻬﺬا ﻗﺎﻝ اﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺎﺱ ﺃﻥ اﻟﺮﺯﻳﺔ ﻛﻞ اﻟﺮﺯﻳﺔ ﻣﺎ ﺣﺎﻝ ﺑﻴﻦ ﺭﺳﻮﻝ اﻟﻠﻪ ﷺ ﻭﺑﻴﻦ ﺃﻥ ﻳﻜﺘﺐ
So they went to refute the Prophet ﷺ, for this reason, the Prophet ﷺ said ‘Leave me’ meaning I am preparing to meet Allah ﷻ and it is better for me than what you are calling me to, which is abandoning writing.
For this reason, Ibn Abbas said that the greatest calamity is what came between Rasul-Allah ﷺ and his dictation
~Umdat al-Qaari vol 18:62
Part 6 : Umar burns the Hadith of Rasul-Allah ﷺ
1) Ibn Sa’ad mentioned :
أخبرنا عبد الله بن العلاء قال: سألت القاسم يملي علي أحاديث فقال: إن الأحاديث كثرت على عهد عمر بن الخطاب فأنشد الناس أن يأتوه بها فلما أتوه بها أمر بتحريقها
Abd-Allah Ibn al-Aala asked al-Qasim Ibn Muhammad to dictate some Hadith to me but he said there were many Hadith during the reign of Umar Ibn al-Khattab so he asked the people to bring those writing to him and he ordered them to be burned.
~al-Tabqat al-Kubra vol 5:143
2) Allamah Ibn Kathir wrote :
عن أبي هريرة، قال: ما كنا نستطيع أن نقول: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حتى قبض عمر
Abu Hurairah said We were not able to narrate a Hadith from Rasul-Allah ﷺ until Umar died.
قال: ثم يقول أبو هريرة: أفكنتُ محدِّثَكم بهذه الأحاديث وعُمر حيّ؟ أما واللَّه إذًا لأيقنت أن المِخْفَقَة ستباشر ظهري
Then Abu Hurairah said: Would I have narrated these hadiths to you while Umar was alive? By Allah, I would’ve been flogged on my back.
وهذا معروف عن عمر
And this (forbidding to mention the Hadith) was famous from Umar.
~al-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah vol 8:156
3) Qadhi Abu Bakr al-Maliki wrote :
فقد روي أن عمر بن الخطاب سجن ابن مسعود في نفر من الصحابة سنة بالمدينة حتى استشهد، فأطلقهم عثمان؛ وكان سجنهم لأن القوم أكثروا الحديث عن رسول الله ﷺ
It is narrated that Umar Ibn al-Khattab imprisoned Abd-Allah Ibn Masood with a group of companions (Abu Dharr & Abu al-Darda) for an year in Medina until he was killed.
Then Uthman released them. Umar imprisoned them for narrating a lot of Hadith from Rasul-Allah ﷺ
~al-Awasim min al-Qawasim page 87
• It is said the Sanad is Mursal but in this Sanad is Shubah Ibn al-Hajjaj who was staunchly against Irsal and Tadlis, he would’nt narrate except by surety –
وَثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، ثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثَنَا مَعْمَرُ بْنُ عِيسَى، ثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ
Abu Nu’aym al-Isfahani said it was narrated from Muhammad Ibn al-Muzaffar who narrated from Muhammad Ibn Saleh who narrated from Ishaq Ibn Musa who narrated from Ma’mar Ibn Eesa who narrated from Malik Ibn Anas who narrated from Abd-Allah Ibn Idrees from Shubah Ibn al-Hajjaj on the authority of Sa’eed Ibn Ibrahim that his father Ibrahim Ibn Abd al-Rahman Ibn Awf narrated.
~Tathbit al-Imamah wa Tartib al-Khilafah page 325
Part 7 : What makes Umar a Zindeeq?
The founder of Madhkalism, Rabee’ al-Madkhali wrote :
فإذا جاء إنسان يقول لك: حسبنا كتاب الله يكفينا كتاب الله، لا تأتي إلا بكتاب الله، كتاب الله بين أيدينا ما أحله أحللناه، وما حرمه حرمناه؛ فاعلم أنه مبتدع أو زندیق
If a man came to you and said: “The Book of Allah ﷻ is ENOUGH and SUFFICIENT for us, and you have not to bring anything but the Book of Allah, and that the Book of Allah is between our hands, what it permits, we permit, and what it prohibits, we prohibit,”
Then be sure he is either a Mubtadi’ (innovator) or a Zindeeq (heretic)
~Awn al-Bari vol 2:828
Umar Ibn al-Khattab said : “We have got the book of Allah with us and that is sufficient for us.”
That is all for now. Thank you for patiently reading! May Allah grant us closeness to Rasul-Allah and His holy family.
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