Refutation of the Lies Against Sayyiduna Zayd radiyallahu 'anhu, Sayyidah 'Ai'sha radiyallahu 'anhu, & Sayyiduna Muhammad Rasulullah sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam

 

1.       Sayyidunā Zayd bin Thābit raḍiyallāhu ‘anhu was an Anṣārī Ṣaḥābī.

2.       He was from the scribes of waḥī, i.e., revelation.

3.       Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam had mentioned that he was not at ease regarding the correspondence of the Jews, as they would write in Aramaic. Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam was not at ease; it should happen that the Jews write what they did not say, or, they should not write what they actually said. This was the purpose of the instruction of Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam. See Ḥayāt-us-Ṣaḥābah volume 3 page 277.

4.       Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam did not instruct Sayyidunā Zayd bin Thābit raḍiyallāhu ‘anhu by way of diplomacy and interfaith relations, as stated by a certain speaker in Houghton on Friday 15 December during his Jumu’ah lecture.

5.       It is highly dishonest, disrespectful, and downright deception to state that the instruction of Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam to Sayyidunā Zayd bin Thābit raḍiyallāhu ‘anhu was for interfaith relations with Jewish neighbors.

6.       The speaker in question emphatically stated twice that the time period in which Sayyidunā Zayd bin Thābit raḍiyallāhu ‘anhu learnt the language of the Jews was 8 days. This is incorrect. The report of Abū Dāwūd says half a month, and the report of Abū Ya’lā and Ibn ‘Asākir says 17 days.

7.       Some books state that Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit radiyallahu 'anhu learnt Hebrew. However, he learnt Aramaic, and Syriac.

8.       Such interpretations, like that of the speaker, are lies against Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam and Sayyidunā Zayd bin Thābit raḍiyallāhu ‘anhu. These lies are being promoted to further the interfaith agenda in South Africa and elsewhere.

9.       Furthermore, in the same lecture, the speaker lied against Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam and Umm-ul-Mu’minīn Sayyidah ‘A’isha raḍiyallāhu ‘anhā by stating that the incident of ifk was a matter of ‘national interest’. He stated that Sayyidah ‘A’isha raḍiyallāhu ‘anhā was like the ‘first lady of the Islāmic state’. Astaghfirullāh, how can it ever cross the mind of a Muslim to speak in these filthy terms about the best of the creation? Is he insinuating that Madinah was a democratic administration? If he likens Sayyidah ‘A’isha raḍiyallāhu ‘anhā to ‘the first lady’, what is he saying about Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam?

10.    We call upon the entire Muslim Ummah to raise their voices and condemn this filth against the Messenger of Allāh, his blessed spouse and his noble Ṣaḥābī in the strongest terms.

11.    May Allāh Ta’ālā save us from all blasphemy. Āmīn