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to the Holy Prophet who, as was his wont, used to dispel d_oubts likely to be created in respect. of one tradition by citing another. In another context the Holy Prophet, made the same statement:. ~ - - r:. J , _. ,, ~-= -:. . ,,,. ~ _. ,. . 11"'r~rJi;;j;_;. /Jlf. lS". . . sy. lJ-~'. :. ::•~~!>,I_,>' "Had I not been raised amon~ you, Omar would have been raised instead. '1 Read together, the two traditions present a clear picture. The Holy Prophet ( may peace of Allah be 011 him) has furnished a clarification in effe<'t, in these words: that when I said that had there been a prophet after me, it • would have been. Omar, I meant that, if there had been a prophet someone other than me, it would have been Omar. " The Holy Prophet's foregoing words embody great truth6~ On the one hand he was himself· a law-giving Prophet who had brought a new Divine rode. On the other hand we have the evidence of history and· tradition that Hazrat Omar was gifted with a singularly judicious mind. Not only his whole term of Caliphate but his life during the period of the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him) furnish ample evidence of the fact that Hazrat Omar was. a legislator of great eminence. Accord- ing to the evidence of traditions, it so happeried on many occasions that Omnr offered one • opinion in a matter of importance and thr other comp- anions offered another view, the word of God sub. . sequently coincided with Omar's view (see Bokhari, Muslim and Zurqani). When the ,Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) said that if there had been a prophet other than himself it would have been Omar; 1. lbn-e-Adee quotrd from kanazul Haqaiq Vol. fl. p. 151. 102