The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 240
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 240 unreliable - as a matter of fact, he was a liar. 1 Hence, the foundation of a historic event cannot be placed merely on this narration of Wāqidī, especially when it contradicts other narrations. Contrary to this, ‘Allāmah Nawawī, ‘Allāmah ‘Ainī and Qusṭalānī as well as various other scholars have declared the narration of Shawwāl 2 A. H. to be authentic and worthy of precedence. 2 As for ‘Allāmah Nawawī, he has written very clearly and with great emphasis that in comparison to this narration, the narration of Shawwāl 1 A. H. is weak and worthy of being disregarded. 3 Hence, there is no reason to disregard a more solid view merely on the basis that most historians have followed the narration of Shawwāl 1 A. H. Moreover, in actuality, the only reason most historians have given regard to this narration of Wāqidī is because it is in greater harmony with the nine-year estimate, which has been mentioned in authentic Aḥādīth. Hence, a scholar as great as Zarqānī, clearly writes that the narration of Shawwāl 2 A. H. , cannot be accepted because this results in an age which is greater than nine years. 4 However, when the age itself and the narrations which relate to it are under discussion, it is false to assume that a particular narration is correct. Furthermore, as we have mentioned above, to consider the nine-year approximation as being incorrect does not necessarily mean that the narrations which state this are false in themselves. Then it is strange 1 Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 7, pp. 366-368, Muḥammad bin ‘Umar bin Al-Wāqidī, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil- Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) 2 * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 194, Dhikrul-Mu’ākhāti Bainaṣ-Ṣaḥābati Riḍwānullāhi ‘Alaihim Ajma‘īn, Dārul- Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 4, p. 383, ‘Ā’ishah Ummul-Mu’minīn, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * ‘Umdatul-Qārī Sharḥu Ṣaḥīḥil-Bukhārī, By Imām Badruddīn Abī Muḥammad Maḥmud bin Aḥmad Al-‘Ainī, Volume 17, p. 51, Kitābu Manāqibil-Anṣār, Bābu Tazwījin-Nabī sa ‘Ā’ishah, Ḥadīth No. 3896, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2003) * Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 1, p. 357, Binā’uhū sa Bi-‘Ā’ishah, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut 3 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 4, pp. 382-383, ‘Ā’ishah Ummul-Mu’minīn, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 4 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 4, pp. 382-383, ‘Ā’ishah Ummul-Mu’minīn, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)