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“No, it couldn’t be,” I said.
He said, “How did it come to be sahîh that ’Umar, who had
beaten Abû Hureyra ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ and prevented him from
carrying out the command he had been given, became the Khalîfa?
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’ gave Abû Hureyra his
blessed sandals, and said to him, ‘Go with these! Give the good
news that those who believe in the Kelima-i-shahâdat shall enter
Paradise!’ As Abû Hureyra was going to carry out this
commandment, he met ’Umar. ’Umar asked him where he was
coming from and where he was going. When Abû Hureyra told
him about the duty he was going to do, he knocked him down with
a blow on the chest, and told him to go back. Abû Hureyra was
badly offended. Going back, he told Rasûlullah (what had
happened). As is written in the book (Al-Jam’u beyn-assahîhayn),
by Hâfiz [person who is profoundly learned in the
knowledge of Hadîth] Muhammad bin Ebî Nasr Hamîdî Andulusî
Mâlikî [passed away in 488 (A.D. 1095)], Abû Hureyra says: Abû
Bekr, ’Umar, and I were sitting with Rasûlullah. The Fakhr-ikâinât
stood up and left. He did not come back. We were anxious.
We went out to look for him. I was ahead of the others. I walked
on till I reached the wall of (the house that belonged to) Benî
Nejjâr, who was one of the Ensâr. I began to walk around, looking
for the door. I saw Rebi’a go in through a small door, and followed
him in. I saw Rasûlullah inside. He told me to go near him. He
gave me his blessed sandals and said, ‘Go with these! Give the
good news to all those you meet that those who have îmân in the
Kelima-i-shahâdat shall enter Paradise!’ I went out to do his
command. First I met ’Umar. He asked where I was going. When
I told him that I was going to give some good news to Believers, he
hit me and told me to go back. I went back in tears. As I was telling
Rasûlullah, ’Umar came there, too. He listened. Rasûlullah asked
’Umar what he had done. He said: ‘O the Messenger of Allah! I am
ready to sacrifice my parents for you! Did you give your blessed
sandals to Abû Hureyra and tell him to give the good news of
Paradise to those who have the îmân of Kelima-i-shahâdat in their
hearts?’ When our master Rasûlullah said, ‘Yes, (I did)’, ’Umar
said, ‘O the Messenger of Allah! Please do not do this! I fear that
those who hear this will put their trust in this and become slack in
doing the (worships that are) farz and wâjib. Please leave them to
themselves!’ So Rasûlullah stated, ‘All right, leave them!’ When
due attention is paid, doesn’t this behaviour of ’Umar’s mean to
reject the commandment of Allâh and His Rasûl (Messenger)
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