Friday, 18 December 2015

Ijtehaad of Umar regarding difficult questions on Quran

1. It is narrated from Anas that: “Umar bin Khattab beat up Sabigh Kufi so severely that his back became bloody only because of his query regarding a letter of Quran.”

It is narrated from Zuhri that Umar beat up with lash Sabigh, as he made excessive inquiries regarding letters of Quran and his back started bleeding.
                                         
[Sunan Darimi, 1:54 & 55; Tareekh Ibne Asakir, 6:384 [23/411, No. 2846 & Mukhtasar Tareekh Damishq, 11/46]; Seerah Umar, Ibne Jauzi, 109 [Pg. 117]; Durre Mansoor, 6:111 [7/614].

Ghazzali says in Ihyhaul Uloom: Umar was one, who closed the path of argumentation, scholasticism and debates and he lashed Sabigh, drove him away and also asked people not to go near him as he had asked him about disparity between two verses of Quran.

[Ehyaaul Uloomudeen, 1:30 [1/28].

2. Abdur Rahman bin Yazid says: A man asked Umar about the verse:
“And fruits and herbage”  (Surah Abasa 80:31)

When Umar saw that they were talking about this, he went towards them with a whip.

[Fathul Bari, 13:230 [13/371]; Durre Mansoor, 6:317 [8/422].

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