Dars e Imam-Authorities

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

The recorder of the revelation Hazat Zaid bin Thaabit described Syeduna Khuzayma in the following way:‘Khuzayma Ansaari is he whose (single) testimony was made by the Prophet ﷺ equal to the testimony of two men’ (Bukhaari) This hadith reveals that the Prophet ﷺ had the authority to elevate, if he wished, the testimony of one person to equate to the testimony of two people.

‘Ibn Abbass, Mujaahid, Qataada, Akrama and Muqaatil state that the verse:‘It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and his Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error’ (Al Ahzaab 33, v36) was revealed when the Prophet ﷺ had sent a marriage proposal for Zaid to Hadhrat Zainab and she and her family had rejected it. Ibn Abbaas narrates that when the Prophet sent the proposal Hadhrat Zainab had remarked ‘I am better than him (Zaid) in lineage’, whilst Ibn Saad narrates that in her reply she also said ‘I do not choose him for myself, I am an honourable lady of the Quraysh’. Hadhrat Zainab’s brother, Abdullah bin Hajsh had also expressed a similar rejection. (These remarks were based on the fact) that Zaid was a freed slave whilst Hadhrat Zainab was the daughter of the Prophet’s paternal aunt (Umayma bint Abd’ul Muttalib), i.e. the Prohets first cousin. They (Hadhrat Zaynab’s family) were deeply distressed that a lady not just of such an honoured family but also the cousin of the Prophet should receive a proposal from the Prophet for a freed slave. It was after these events that this verse was revealed and upon hearing it Hadhrat Zainab and her family bowed their head in submission. The Prophet administered the Nikah and gave 10 Dinaar and 60 Dirham as Mahr on behalf of Hadhrat Zaid.

Whoever wishes to remain a Muslim must bow his head in submission before the rulings of Allah and His Prophet ﷺ. Whoever does not do this must withdraw his claim of being a Muslim, and if he does not, then no matter how hard he beats his drum of being a Muslim, both Allah and His creation will know him to be a hypocrite. (Tafheem ul Quran vol 4, p98)

Syeduna Abu Hurayra narrates: ‘A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and claimed ‘I am destroyed’. The Prophet ﷺ asked ‘What happened to You ?’ The man explained ‘I approached my wife during Rammadhan (whilst Fasting)’. The Prophet ﷺ asked ‘Do you have the ability to free a slave?’ The man replied ‘No’. The Prophet ﷺ then asked ‘Are you able to fast for 2 consecutive months ?’ The man replied ‘No’. The Prophet ﷺ then asked ‘Are you able to feed sixty of the poor ?’ The man replied ‘No’ The Prophet ﷺ ordered him to sit down. (After some time) A sack of dates  was placed in front of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ ordered the man ‘Take these dates and distribute them amongst the poor’. The man pleaded ‘Yaa RasoolAllah! None is poorer than my family in the whole of Madeenah!’ Upon hearing this the Prophet smiled such that his teeth became visible and said ‘Only you eat them!’ (Abu Dawud & Bukhaari) .

This hadith shows that the Prophet ﷺ waived the punishment/compensation for breaking the fast.Alongside this hadith Imam Abu Dawud quotes Imam Zuhri : ‘Zuhri added that this waiving was specific to that man. If any person today did the same (broke a fast) it would be necessary for him to undergo the compenstion/ punishment’.Imam Abu Dawud’s quoting of this satement is proof that Imam Abu Dawud is in agreement with the statement. The Imam of the Haramain also hold this view. (Fath ul Baari) (Buzl ul Majhood)

The Prophet ﷺ asked the man about three things;

i) Freeeing a slave

ii) Fasting for two consecutive months

iii) Feeding sixty of the poor.

The asking of whether he could free a slave indicates that the compensation/punishment for breaking the fast was freeing a slave. He then asked about the ability to fast for two consecutive months. The Prophet’s asking about fasting reveals that the punishment of freeing a slave had been waived and transformed into fasting for two months. Then the Prophet ﷺ asked about feeding sixty of the poor. This new question again indicates that the punishment of fasting had been waived and reduced to feeding sixty of the poor. The order to distribute dates amongst his family indicates that the punishment of feeding sixty of the poor had been waived and the compensation was now the distribution of the dates.

After quoting Imam Zuhri’s statement, Imam Abu Dawud provides another hadith in which the Prophet is reported to have said to the man: ‘You & your family eat these, and you fast one day and seek Allah’s forgiveness’.If this man was still required to give compensation the Prophet ﷺ would have told him to fast for 2 months. Rather than doing this, the Prophet ﷺ told him to only fast one day – because he still had to make up the fast he had broken.

Reward  is based on

1.for Allah alone

2.for gaining his pleasure/raza

3.for Allah’s neymat/rewards

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