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makes such a false inference. He states that the meaning and explanation of Surah Zilzal which in Hadhrat Ahmad's as opinion is incorrect: 'are the meanings quoted by Ibn Abbas from Prophet. Muhammad [PBHU] and mentioned in Tafseer Ibne Kaseer,. Dur e Mansoor etc and books of Allama Sayooti. ' 18. In the first instance, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever in the source material of Islamic literature to suggest that the meaning and explanation of Surah Zilzal attributed to Hadhrat. Muhammadsa by these later works were actually heard from him by Hadhrat Ibn Abbas personally. It is an established fact of. Islamic history that Hadhrat 'Abd Allah ibn Abbasas was born 3 years before Hijra' which means that he was only 13 years of age at the time of Prophet Muhammad's demise. 10 It has also been reported on the authority of Hadhrat Yahya ibn Sa'id al. Qattant, one of the greatest scholars of Hadeeth literature, that. Hadhrat Ibn Abbasra related only between 4 to 10 Traditions from the Prophet of Islam sa himself. 11 ra. Although one does not necessarily accept this assertion by the ulama of non Ahmadiyya Muslim persuasion to be absolutely correct, yet one cannot deny the fact that in the opinion of. Muslim scholars, Hadhrat Ibne Abbas reported very few. Hadeeth which he learnt directly from Hadhrat Muhammadsa. . Therefore, there is absolutely no concrete evidence whatsoever that what is being attributed here to the Prophet of Islams on the authority of Hadhrat Ibne Abbasra by later scholars was positively heard by him from Hadhrat Muhammadsa directly. . One should also not ignore the fact that Muslims scholars of non Ahmadiyya Muslim persuasion have generally expressed an opinion that while the 'reliability of the Ahadeeth proved to have been narrated by Hadhrat Ibne Abbasra is unquestionable, much of what has been attributed to him has been forged by 8. Ibid. , p. 50 9. Athir, [Hadhrat] 'Izz al Din Ibn al. Usd al Ghaba fi Ma'rifat alSahabah, vol. 3, p. 193 10Siddiqui, Dr. Muhammad Zubayr. Hadeeth Literature, p. 33 11. 'Asqlani, [Hadhrat] Imam Ibn Hajar. Tahdhib al Tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 474 310