Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

212 'Ali ibn Abi Tilib in Makkah
passes judgement and strives hard and gets it right, he will have two
rewards; if he strives hard and gets it wrong, he will have one
reward."563 So how about if 'Umar (&) tried hard to work it out in
the presence of the Messenger of Allah (g), and he did not tell him
he was wrong or criticise him; rather he agreed with what he wanted,
which was not to write the document. Thus it is clear that this slander
of the R=dis against the Companions (may Allah be pleased with
them) on the basis of this incident is false and baseless, and this
highlights the invalidity of what they said about them.564