The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume I — Page 20
Seal of the Prophets - Volume I 20 he said that we cannot ignore the Qur’ān and Sunnat 1 of the Holy Prophet sa merely upon the statement of a woman. We are unaware of what the actual statement was and what she understood or what the actual statement was and what she forgot of it. ” 2 In this Ḥadīth Ḥaḍrat ‘ Umar ra , the second Caliph of the Holy Prophet sa rejected the narration of a lady companion on the foundation that her statement is contradictory to the teachings of the Qur’ān and the Sunnat of the Holy Prophet sa. Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra reconciled this conflict by suggesting that the woman who made this statement was either unable to comprehend the words of the Holy Prophet sa or that she later forgot those words. In any case, this Ḥadīth was not accepted by Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra on the basis of Dirāyat , though it was authentic from the perspective of Riwāyat. Similarly, the religious verdict of the Muslims is that the narration of Fāṭimah ra was incorrect and the belief of Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra was correct. Likewise, in another Ḥadīth it is narrated: ِ عَن ْ مَحْمُوْد ِ ابْن ِ الرَّبِیْع ِ اَنَّه ٗ سَمِع َ عِتْبَان َ بْن َ مَالِك ِ الْاَنْصَارِی َّ یَقُوْل ُ قَال َ رَسُوْل ُ اللّٰه َ م َ اَن َّ اللّٰه َ قَد ْ حَرَّم َ عَلی ٰ النَّار ِ مَن ْ قَال َ لَا ٓ اِلٰه َ اِلَّا اللّٰه ُ یَبْتَغِی ْ بِذَالِك َّ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَل ُ وَجْه َ اللّٰه ِ قَال َ مَحْمُوْد ُ فَحَدَّثْتُھَا قَوْمًا فِیْھِم ْ اَبُو ْ اَیُّوْب َ صَاحِب ُ رَسُوْل ِ اللّٰه ِ صَلَّی اللّٰه ِ م َ فَاَنْكَرَھَا عَلَی َّ اَبُو ْ اَیُّوْب َ وَقَال َ وَاللّٰه ِ مَا اَظُن ُّ رَسُوْل َ اللّٰه ِ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه َّ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَل ُّ م َ قَال َ مَا قُلْت ُ قَط َّ وَسَل Maḥmūd bin Ar-Rabī‘ narrates that I heard from ‘ Itbān bin Mālik that the Prophet of Allāh said, Allāh the Exalted has prohibited the fire of hell upon all those who in full sincerity and to seek the pleasure of God alone, declare that there is none worthy of worship except Allāh. Maḥmūd ra added, I told the above narration to some people in a gathering where Abū Ayyūb ra was also present. Abū Ayyūb ra denounced the narration and said, “By God, I cannot at all presume that the Holy Prophet sa might have said so. ” 3 1 Practice of the Holy Prophet sa (Publishers) 2 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitābuṭ-Ṭalāq, Bābul-Muṭallaqati Thalāthan lā Nafaqata lahā, Ḥadīth No. 3710 3 Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Kitābut-Tahajjud, Bābu Ṣalātin-Nawāfili Jamā‘atan, Ḥadīth No. 1186