Three in One

by Naeem Osman Memon

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Three in One — Page 157

Hadhrat Muhammadsa. 'started imagining that he had done a thing that he had not really done. ' +161. She further stated in another Hadeeth. Hadeeth that Hadhrat. Muhammadsa: 'would think that he had some liaison with his blessed spouses while he actually had not. 1162. Such instances when our beloved Prophets was forgetful are also recorded by other sources of Hadeeth literature. For instance, the Sahih of Muslim records a Hadeeth in which it is stated: 'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) during his last illness inquired: Where would I be tomorrow, where would I be tomorrow (thinking that the turn of A'isha was not very near) and when it was my turn, Allah called him to His Heavenly Home and his head was between my neck and chest. ". One would now ask Abdul Hafeez that if a person of the calibre of the Khatamal Anbiyyasa could be given to forgetfulness, then how does he expect any other person to be immune to it? Should he not know that forgetfulness is a perfectly human attribute from which no human being has been known to be immune. Alas! were the author of Two in One aware of what Hadhrat Muhammad sa had stated in relation to forgetfulness, he would have possibly known better than object to such matters which are a fact of human life. Hadhrat 'Abd. Allah ibn Masuda stated that on one occasion, Hadhrat. Muhammad sa admonished his Companions: 'I am a human being and I forget as you forget, so when I 161. Ibid. , 71. 47 162. Ibid. , 71. 49 157 163. Sahih Muslim 1005. 5985