Barbaric Beheadings Of Sahaba
For Hazrat Umer Inicident, I am sharing an excerpt from Ghamidi sb writing Here, someone might also refer to oft-related incident in which ‘Umar (rta) is reported to have struck off the head of a man who refused to accept the Prophet’s legal verdict on a certain occasion. Our ‘ulama relate this incident from the pulpits and directly encourage people to show the same attitude as reflected in the narrative towards those whom they perceive as blasphemers of the Prophet (sws). However, the fact is that not just the first and second degree of Hadith collections (in terms of authenticity) but also the third degree works are devoid of this narrative. Even Ibn Jarir al-Ṭabari, who often relates narratives in all categories, has not regarded it worthy of consideration. This narrative comes from a gharib (with isolated chain of narrators) and mursal (with omissions in the chain) Hadith that has been cited by some exegetes in their commentaries; however, those acquainted to some extent with Hadith sciences have clarified that, in the chain, its attribution to Ibn ‘Abbas (rta) is absolutely implausible. Moreover, in the sanads of Ibn Mardawayh and Ibn Abi Hatim, the narrator Ibn Lahi‘ah is dai‘if (“weak”).[5] The view that exegetes relate this very narrative also as shan-e nuzul (an occasion for the revelation) of Q. 4:65 is also ill-founded. Although this verse of Surah Nisa’ is not in want of description of any reason of revelation, yet, quite contrary to this one, the narrative that Imam Bukhari and other leading scholars of Hadith have related as the occasion of revelation for this verse and which narrative is often cited by exegetes is one that pertains to a water dispute between the Prophet’s paternal cousin, Zubayr, and a person from the Ansar. When the matter was presented to the Prophet (sws), he told Zubayr to irrigate his field and leave the remaining water for the Ansari. The Ansari immediately retorted by saying: “O Prophet of Allah, is this because Zubayr is your cousin?” This highly impudent remark was clearly an imputation of injustice and nepotism. Therefore, it is related that the Prophet’s face changed colour, but he did not say anything save repeating his statement with more clarity and decreed that the water be retained up to the edges of the field and the rest be left for the Ansari.[6] Copied from this thread Discussion 1278