The Final Word on the Mushajarat-e-Sahabah - Mawlana Zafar Ahmad 'Uthmani rahimahullah

 


'When you have seen in the ayaat of the Noble Qur'an and the authentic blessed Ahadith of Rasulullah sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam that all the Sahabah radiyallahu 'anhum are just and their sins have been forgiven - even though some slip might have occurred from them - and the consensus, i.e., ijma', of the Ummah to speak only good about them - then do not be deceived by the reports in the history books, like those from Tabari, Ibn Athir, and the like. This is because these reports are not free from the distortions and fabrications that have been inserted by the Rawafid and the Khawarij. 

Whoever has insight into the field of narrations will certainly know that the Islamic history books, although they can be relied upon in general incidents, they are not merited to base any article of faith or any action worthy of practice upon it. It is necessary to have a chain of narration for this, from the Noble Qur'an or Sunnah for this, i.e., an article of faith or action worthy of practice. 

For this purpose, the books of Hadith and Sunnah have been compiled and codified completely separate from the books of history. The scholars of Hadith, most of them, just as they penned works in Hadith, also wrote on history. For example, Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has a work in Hadith known as the most authentic work after the Book of Allah, also has narrations in history upon which 'Aqidah and practices cannot be based - even though these narrations can be relied upon in general incidents or occurrences. 

This is especially important regarding the incidents that occurred during the battles and differences between the Sahabah radiyallahu 'anhum. Amongst the collections of reports and narrations, there are distortions and fabrications from the Rawafid, the Khawarij, and the Munafiqeen. They inserted whatever they wanted to into the narrations. Therefore, in these matters, nothing of it can be used to establish a belief or practice because of the doubts and dubiousness in these narrations.' ______________________Ahkam-ul-Qur'an vol.4 p.274


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