The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume I — Page 19
I - Early Sources of Sīrat & Islāmic History 19 Holy Prophet sa. It is for this reason that in spite of this clear Ḥadīth narrated by Ḥaḍrat Abū Hurairah ra , a majority of the A’immah-e-Ḥadīth and jurisprudence are firm on the belief that it is not obligatory to perform ablution after the use of something which has been prepared over a fire. There are many other Aḥādīth which reinforce this ideology. God forbid, this is not to imply that Ḥaḍrat Ibni ‘Abbās ra and other research scholars believe that the narration related by Ḥaḍrat Abū Hurairah ra in fact, comprise the words of the Holy Prophet sa but are not worthy of action. Rather, the intent is to imply that in the viewpoint of Ḥaḍrat Ibni ‘Abbās ra and other research scholars, Ḥaḍrat Abū Hurairah ra misunderstood the true precept of this narration. Another possibility is that the Holy Prophet sa may have made this statement with relevance to special circumstances but it was generalized by Ḥaḍrat Abū Hurairah ra. Although this Ḥadīth proves to be authentic with respect to the principle of Riwāyat , yet Muslim research scholars have not accepted it since it does not fulfill the requirements of Dirāyat. If the narration of a veteran narrator, the likes of Ḥaḍrat Abū Hurairah ra has not been exempt from the cross-examination of Dirāyat , the worthlessness of Sir William Muir’s statement, that Muslims would determine the authenticity of Aḥādīth on the basis of Riwāyat alone, and disregard the requirements of Dirāyat , becomes apparently manifest. It is mentioned in another Ḥadīth : َ عَن ْ اَبِی ْ اِسْحٰق َ قَال َ كُنْت ُ مَع َ الْاَسْوَد ِ بْن ِ یَزِیْد َ فَحَدَّث َ الشَّعْبِی ُّ عَن ْ حَدِیْث ِ فَاطِمَة َ بِنْت ِ قَیْس ٍ اَن َّ رَسُوْل َ اللّٰه ِ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَلَم َ لَم ْ یَجْعَل ْ لَھَا سُكْنَی وَلَا نَفَقَة َ فَاَخَذ َ الْاَسْوَد ُ مِن ْ حَصَی فَحَصِبَه ُ بِه ٖ فَقَال َ وَیْلَك َ تُحَدِّث ُ بِمِثْل ِ ھٰذَا وَقَال َ عُمَر ُ لَا نَتْرُك ُ كِتَاب ْ َأة ِ لَا نَدْرِی ْ حَفِظَت ْ اَو ْ نَسِیَت ا م َ لِقَوْل ِ امْرَ َّ اللّٰه ِ وَسُنَّة َ نَبِیِّنَا صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَل Abū Isḥāq ra narrates that on one instance, in a gathering, I was sitting with Aswad bin Yazīd ra. Sha‘bī ra narrated that Fāṭimah bint Qais ra , who was a lady companion of the Holy Prophet sa , states that when her husband divorced her, the Holy Prophet sa did not order that she receive a house or expenses. At this, Aswad took a handful of small pebbles and threw them at Sha‘bī and said, “You present such a Ḥadīth? When this Ḥadīth was presented before Ḥaḍrat ‘ Umar ra ,