Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

متى بلغك أن الله تعالي سخط على أهل بدر بعد أن رضي عنهم؟
When has it reached you that Allah became displeased with the participants
of Badr after being pleased with them?
ʿUmar immediately picked up his intent and said, “May Allah forgive me and I
seek your pardon. I will never do this again.” Thereafter ʿUmar was never heard
mentioning ʿAlī I but with goodness. 1
5. Not Narrating from the Nawāṣib
Some scholars of the Sunnah were of the opinion that the Nawāṣib should not be
accepted at all, not even the narrations of those who were meticulous amongst
them. This was, however, a personal approach based on their personal reasoning
and choices. Hence we see variant approaches come to the fore.
A group of the early scholars opined that it would not be permissible to use their
narrations as authority. This group has given two reasons for their position:
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1. Their disbelief, in which case this would apply to the Khawārij specifically
and not to the other Nawāṣib. Rejecting the narrations of the former on
this basis is completely clear.
2. Their Fisq (sinfulness): this would include all the stripes of the Nawāṣib.
The basis of this difference is due to a theological contention which pertains to
the ruling of innovators whose innovations pertain to dogma and belief, will they
be classed as disbelievers or merely as imposters? 3
1 Al-Maʿrifah wa al-Tārīkh 1/316; Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq 45/136; Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 5/117; al-
Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 9/193.
2 The ruling regarding the Khawārij will come in depth on p. 852. (Add page number)
3 Al-Kifāyah fī ʿIlm al-Riwāyah 1/120; Lisān al-Mīzān 1/7; Fatḥ al-Mughīth 1/327.
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