Umar
Here also the first name is that of Umar. The caliph used to read ‘famzu iladh dhikrillaah’ (then walk towards to the remembrance of Allah) instead of ‘fas-oo iladh dhikrillaah’ (then hasten to the remembrance of Allah)[1]. It means that ‘fas-oo’ (hasten) was wrong according to him.
Imam Malik asked Ibne Shahab about the verse:[2] “O you who believe! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, then hasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave off trading.” Ibne Shahab replied, “Umar bin Khattab used to recite this as: “O you who believe! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, then walk towards the remembrance of Allah and leave off trading.”[3]
Narrations regarding this matter are present in Tafsir Durre Manthur on the authority of the following scholars:
1) Abu Ubaid (Kitab al-Fazail)
2) Saeed bin Mansur
3) Ibne Abi Shayba
4) Ibne Mundhir
5) Ibne Anbari
6) Abd bin Hamid
Here also the first name is that of Umar. The caliph used to read ‘famzu iladh dhikrillaah’ (then walk towards to the remembrance of Allah) instead of ‘fas-oo iladh dhikrillaah’ (then hasten to the remembrance of Allah)[1]. It means that ‘fas-oo’ (hasten) was wrong according to him.
Imam Malik asked Ibne Shahab about the verse:[2] “O you who believe! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, then hasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave off trading.” Ibne Shahab replied, “Umar bin Khattab used to recite this as: “O you who believe! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, then walk towards the remembrance of Allah and leave off trading.”[3]
Narrations regarding this matter are present in Tafsir Durre Manthur on the authority of the following scholars:
1) Abu Ubaid (Kitab al-Fazail)
2) Saeed bin Mansur
3) Ibne Abi Shayba
4) Ibne Mundhir
5) Ibne Anbari
6) Abd bin Hamid
7) Imam Shafei
Out of them many have quoted the testimony of Abdullah bin Umar that the caliph used to say, ‘famzu’ till the time of his death.
[1] Surah Jumah 62:9
[2] Surah Jumah 62:9
[3] Muwatta, Imam Malik
Abdullah bin Umar
“O Prophet! When you divorce women, divorce them for their prescribed time…”[1]
Thus let us see this narration:
It is narrated about Ibne Umar that he divorced his wife while she was in her menses. When the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) came to know about this, he was annoyed. He ordered him to take her back till she is cleansed and her menses start again and again she is purified. Then if he still wanted to divorce her, he could do so when she was free of menses before having sexual intercourse with her. And it is the same period (iddah)[2] that the Almighty Allah has commanded in the divorce of women. Then the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) recited the verse: “(O Prophet!) When you divorce women, divorce them before their prescribed time.”
[1] Surah Talaq 65:1
[2] Waiting period before a woman could remarry
This narration is quoted in Tafsir Durre Manthur from the books of the following Ahle Sunnat scholars:
1) Imam Malik
2) Imam Shafei
3) Abdur Razzaq
4) Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal
5) Abd bin Hamid
6) Imam Bukhari
7) Imam Muslim
8) Abu Darda
9) Tirmidhi
10) Nasai
11) Ibne Majid
12) Ibne Jurair Tabari
13) Ibne Mundhir
14) Abu Ya'la
15) Ibne Marduyah
16) Allamah Baihaqi
The following narrators have recorded a similar narration:
1) Abdur Razzaq
2) Imam Hakim
3) Ibne Mundhir
4) Ibne Marduyah
Abdullah bin Masud
The third name is that of Abdullah bin Masud, whose excellence has already been discussed. He used to read ‘famzu’ instead of ‘fas-oo’ like Umar.
It is narrated that Ibne Masud used to read ‘famzu iladh dhikrillah’ (then walk towards to the remembrance of Allah). He says, “If it were ‘fas-oo iladh dhikrillaah’ (then hasten to the remembrance of Allah), I would have ran so fast that my robe would have fallen off.”
This narration is quoted in Tafsir Durre Manthur through various channels on the authority of the following scholars:
1) Abdur Razzaq
2) Farabi
3) Abu Ubaid
4) Saeed bin Mansur
5) Ibne Abi Shayba
6) Abd bin Hamid
7) Ibne Jurair Tabari
8) Ibne Mundhir
9) Ibne Anbari
10) Imam Tibrani
Also Abdullah bin Masud used to read: “Surely I am the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong,” instead of, “Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.”[1]
He used to say that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) had taught him in this way. He believed that the words, ‘Allah is the…’ were later additions by the compilers of Quran.
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Masud that he said, “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) has taught as: “Surely I am the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.”[2]
Imam Tirmidhi has certified this narration to be good and authentic. Can there be greater authenticity than this? Moreover, this narration is also present in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal.
Abdullah bin Abbas
The fourth name is that of Abdullah bin Abbas. We have already discussed his excellence in the previous chapter. Like Abdullah bin Umar, he also used to state that the verse of divorce (Surah Talaq 65:1) has been modified. He used to say that the original verse had the words, ‘before their prescribed time’, which are now replaced by, ‘for their prescribed time’.
Ibne Abbas used to recite: “before their prescribed time...”[3]
The third name is that of Abdullah bin Masud, whose excellence has already been discussed. He used to read ‘famzu’ instead of ‘fas-oo’ like Umar.
It is narrated that Ibne Masud used to read ‘famzu iladh dhikrillah’ (then walk towards to the remembrance of Allah). He says, “If it were ‘fas-oo iladh dhikrillaah’ (then hasten to the remembrance of Allah), I would have ran so fast that my robe would have fallen off.”
This narration is quoted in Tafsir Durre Manthur through various channels on the authority of the following scholars:
1) Abdur Razzaq
2) Farabi
3) Abu Ubaid
4) Saeed bin Mansur
5) Ibne Abi Shayba
6) Abd bin Hamid
7) Ibne Jurair Tabari
8) Ibne Mundhir
9) Ibne Anbari
10) Imam Tibrani
Also Abdullah bin Masud used to read: “Surely I am the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong,” instead of, “Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.”[1]
He used to say that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) had taught him in this way. He believed that the words, ‘Allah is the…’ were later additions by the compilers of Quran.
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Masud that he said, “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) has taught as: “Surely I am the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.”[2]
Imam Tirmidhi has certified this narration to be good and authentic. Can there be greater authenticity than this? Moreover, this narration is also present in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal.
Abdullah bin Abbas
The fourth name is that of Abdullah bin Abbas. We have already discussed his excellence in the previous chapter. Like Abdullah bin Umar, he also used to state that the verse of divorce (Surah Talaq 65:1) has been modified. He used to say that the original verse had the words, ‘before their prescribed time’, which are now replaced by, ‘for their prescribed time’.
Ibne Abbas used to recite: “before their prescribed time...”[3]
[1] Surah Zariyat 51:58
[2] Sahih Tirmidhi
[3] Tafsir Durre Manthur, Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti
The Ahle Sunnat scholar, Jalaluddin Suyuti, has quoted this narration on the authority of the following scholars and narrators:
1) Abdur Razzaq
2) Abu Ubaid
3) Saeed bin Mansur
4) Abd bin Hamid
5) Ibne Marduyah
6) Allamah Baihaqi
Mujahid
The fifth name is that of Mujahid, a famous student of the companions of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.). Like Ibne Abbas and Ibne Umar, he also believed that modifications have taken place in the verses of Quran.
Mujahid used to read: ‘before their prescribed time’.
Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti has narrated this on the authority of the following scholars:
1) Saeed bin Mansur
2) Ibne Mundhir
3) Abd bin Hamid
4) Ibne Marduyah
5) Allamah Baihaqi
However it is a pity that Ahle Sunnat do not rest content with even this much and not only they say that the Quran has additions, deletions and changes, they even claim that this Quran, which was revealed as an eloquent miracle for guidance, which the whole Arab world failed to equal, has mistakes in it. While the fact is that even if the literary works of normally educated people are not eloquent, they at least, do not contain silly mistakes.
It is surprising that the belief regarding mistakes in Quran is not expressed by an ordinary leader, rather it is by the third caliph, Uthman, the owner of two lights, (Zinnoorain), who is supported by a jurist like Ummul Momineen Ayesha and a Quranic scholar like Ibne Abbas.
The fifth name is that of Mujahid, a famous student of the companions of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.). Like Ibne Abbas and Ibne Umar, he also believed that modifications have taken place in the verses of Quran.
Mujahid used to read: ‘before their prescribed time’.
Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti has narrated this on the authority of the following scholars:
1) Saeed bin Mansur
2) Ibne Mundhir
3) Abd bin Hamid
4) Ibne Marduyah
5) Allamah Baihaqi
However it is a pity that Ahle Sunnat do not rest content with even this much and not only they say that the Quran has additions, deletions and changes, they even claim that this Quran, which was revealed as an eloquent miracle for guidance, which the whole Arab world failed to equal, has mistakes in it. While the fact is that even if the literary works of normally educated people are not eloquent, they at least, do not contain silly mistakes.
It is surprising that the belief regarding mistakes in Quran is not expressed by an ordinary leader, rather it is by the third caliph, Uthman, the owner of two lights, (Zinnoorain), who is supported by a jurist like Ummul Momineen Ayesha and a Quranic scholar like Ibne Abbas.
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