Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAhXBAH e,@lcho@3 (Vol-3) 293
scarcely left Rasulullaah k$?@'s time and have not even severed ties with our kin,
yet you and your kind have already stood up in our midst (to perpetrate such acts
of Bid'ah)."
Hadhrat Amr bin Zuraarah says, "I was relating stories in the Masjid when
Hadhrat Abdullaah (bin Mas'ood) 5Uw stood up and said, '0 Amr! You have
started a misleading Bid'ah! Are you more rightly guided than the companions of
Muhammad m?' I then saw everyone dispersing from around me until 1 was
left all alone." (2)
Abstaining from Opinions that do not
Conform to the Qur'aan and ~hadeeth
Statements of Hadhrat Umar !&GW in this Regard
Hadhrat Ibn Shihaab reports that Hadhrat Umar was standing on the
pulpit and addressed the people saying, "0 people! Accurate opinions came only
from Rasulullaah @%$ because Allaah used to guide him. What comes from us
are but assumptions and pretences." (3) Another narration states that Hadhrat
umar ,.,,..,
SbW2 then added:
... and assumptions are absolutely useless against the truth." {Surah
Najrn, verse 281(~)
Hadhrat Sadaqah bin Abu Abdullaah reports that Hadhrat Umar bin Khattaab
SGWj used to say, "Those who wish to exercise their personal opinions are
the enemies of the Sunnah. They are too lazy to learn the Sunnah and it escapes
their memory even when they do learn it. When questioned, they are too shy to
admit that they do not know and therefore use their intellect to challenge the
Sunnah. You should beware of such people."
Hadhrat Umar %,l%Wj also said, "The Sunnah is that which Allaah and His Rasool
@$% havedetermined.Youshould never make your mistaken opinion a ~unnah."(@
Another narration from Hadhrat Amr bin Dinaar states that when someone asked
Hadhrat Umar %CW4 whether Allaah guided him in the judgements he passed,
he replied,'"r>o not say that! That was a speciality of Rasulullaah @'@."(7)
The Statements of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood
s%;Lu&j and Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Abbaas sFI;w&j
in this Regard
Hadhrat Sha'bi narrates that Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood ?8Gw said,
(1) Tabraani in his Kabeer, reporting from reliable sources as confirmed by Haythami (Vol. 1 Pg. 189).
Bukhaari, Baghawi, Muhammad bin Rabee and Ibn Sakan have reported a similar narration, as
quoted in lsaabah (Vo1.2 Pg. 193).
(2) Tabraani. Haythami (Vol.1 Pg.189) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(3) Ibn Abdul Birr in his Jaami (Vol.2 Pg. 134).
(4) Ibn Abi Haatim and Bayhaqi, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vol.5 Pg.241).
(5) Ibn Abdul Birr in his Jaami (Vo1.2 Pg. 135).
(6) Ibn Abdul Birr in his Jaami (Vo1.2 Pg. 135).
(7) Ibn Mundhir, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vol.5 Pg.241).