UMAR BIN AL KHATTAB: Worthy Of Prophethood?-Part III

The Prophet (s) said to Imam Ali a.s:

You are to me on the same rank as Haroon a.s was to Musa a.s except that there would be no prophet after me)

 أنت منّي بمنزلة هارون من موسى إلاّ أنّه لا نبيّ بعدي

This Hadith has been recorded by the Eminent Sunni Scholar Hafiz Sulaiman al Qundoozi al Hanafi in his Yanabi al Mawadah, through 15 different chains of narrations / paths. And this Hadith is from the path of the Ahlul Sunnah and attested to be accurate by a majority of their muhadiths/scholars.

It is in the Sharh (exegesis) of this Sahih Hadith in honor of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib a.s that Mullah Ali Qari al Hanafi wrote in his "Mirqaat Sharh al Mishqaat" that:

فيه إيماء الى أنه لو كان بعده نبيّاً لكان عليّاً

"In this hadith is the gesture towards that if there was to be a Prophet (s) after Prophet Mohammad (s) it would have been Ali a.s"

Sunni Reference: Mullah Ali Qari al Hanafi in "Mirqaat al Mafateeh" Vol.10, P.456 Entry no. 6087

Likewise Mir Seyyed Ali Hamadani Faqih al-Shafi'i says in the second of the six Mawadda in his book Mawaddatu'l-Qurba, quoting a narration from Anas Bin Malik, that the Prophet said:

عن أنس (رضي الله عنه) قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم): إنّ الله إصطفاني على الانبياء، وإختار لي وصيّاً وخيرت ابن عمّي وصيّ، وشدّ به عضدي كما شد عضد موسى بأخيه هارون، وخليفتي ووزيري، ولو كان بعدي النبوّة لكان نبيّاً

"Verily, Allah made me superior to all the prophets, chose me for excellence, and made for me a successor, my cousin, Ali. Through him, He strengthened my shoulders, just as the shoulders of Moses were strengthened by Aaron. He, (Ali) is my vicegerent / caliph (khaleefati) and assistant (wazeeri). If there were any prophet after me, it would have been Ali, but there will be no prophet after me."

Sunni References:

- Muwaddat al Quraba by Shahaab al Din Al Hamadaani in the Sixth Muwaddah

- Yanaabee al Mawaddah by Sunni Scholar Hafiz Sulaiman Qundoozi al Hanafi mentions a variant with same meaning in Vol.2, p. 288, Entry no. 823

After the authenticity and tawatur of the Hadith of Manzilah is clear from so many of the references indicated above (and many others), let us see another Hadith narrated by the Nawaasib to promote Umar to rank of Nubuwah. This is in Kanz ul Ummal as narrated by Al Daylami on authority of Abu Huraira and Abu Bakr:

لو لم اُبعث فيكم لبعث عمر، أيّد الله عزّ وجلّ عمر بملكين يوفقانه ويسددانه، فإذا أخطأ صرفاه حتى يكون صواباً

The Prophet (s) said:

If I had not been commissioned for Prophethood amongst you then Umar would have been, Allah helps Umar with the angels who always reconcile with him and redeem him, So If he (Umar) sins/faulters He (Allah) purifies/reasons it (the fault/sin) till it becomes right/correct!!

Sunni References:

- Kanz ul Ummal Vol.11, P.581 Entry no. 32761

- Musnad al Firdows by al Daylami Vol.3, P.93

- Firdows al Akhbar by al Daylami Vol.3, P.417 Entry no 5167

Astaghfirullah I have no comments to pass on such a blasphemous lie where not only the angels but even Allah has been tried to show as an unjust God who for the sake of pleasing Umar would convert all his sins into righteousness!!! ! (Naooodoobillahi min Zaalik). May God protect us from the forgeries of such shameless Nawaasib who are outside the pale of Deen of Allah and who have no respect for the Prophet (s) and Angels either!

Ibn al Jawzi pursued the veracity/rightness of the track (path) / isnaad of this tradition and its types and disgraced the stubborn/perverse people and cried out highly in shock and disappointment due to the falsehood of this Hadith and disgraced it as gruesome as he said explicitly in his book "Al Mawdoo'aat" (the forged hadiths attributed to Prophet) in the section of "Al Ahaadith al Mawdoo3a fi Fadaail al Umar" (The Forged Hadiths of Fadaail/Merits of Umar):

الحديث الثاني: أنبأنا إسماعيل بن أحمد، قال: أنا إسماعيل بن مسعدة، قال: أنا حمزة، قال: أنا ابن عدي، قال: ثنا عليّ بن الحسين بن قديد، قال: ثنا زكريا بن يحيى الوقار، قال: ثنا بشر بن بكر، عن أبي بكر بن عبد الله بن أبي مريم، عن ضمرة بن حبيب، عن غضيف بن الحارث، عن بلال بن رباح، قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم): (لو لم اُبعث فيكم لبعث عمر

"The Second Hadith:

Ismaeel bin Ahmad told us that Ismaeel bin Masa3da said that Hamza said that Ibn Adi said that Ali bin al Hussain bin Qadeed complimented and said that Zakariyyah bin Yahya al Waqqaar complimented and said Bashar bin Bakar said on authority of Abi bakr bin Abdullah bin Abi Mariyam who narrated from Damra bin Habeeb who narrated from Ghadeef bin al Haarith who narrated from Bilal bin Rabaah who said that the Prophet (s) said: If I had not been commissioned for prophethood amongst you, then Umar would have been

قال ابن عدي: ثنا عمر بن الحسن بن نصر الحلبي، ثنا مصعب بن مسعد بن سعد أبو خيثمة، قال: ثنا عبد الله بن واقد، قال: حدّثنا حيوة بن شريح، عن بكر ابن عمر، وعن مشرح بن [ هاعان ]، عن عقبة بن عامر، قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم): لو لم اُبعث فيكم لبعث عمر

Ibn Adi said: Umar bin Al Hassan bin Nasr al Halabi said that Mus3ab bin Masa3d bin Sa3d Abu Khaythama said Abdullah bin Waqid said that Hayvah bin Shareef narrated to us from Bakar bin Umar and from Mashrah bin Ha3aan from Aqbah bin Aamir that he said that Prophet (s) said: If I had not been commissioned for prophethood amongst you, Umar would have been.

The author (ibn al jawzi) after mentioning these hadiths says:

هذان حديثان لا يصحّان عن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)، أمّا الاوّل: فإنّ زكريّاً بن يحيى كان من الكذّابين الكبار، قال ابن عدي: كان يضع الحديث ; وأمّا الثاني: فقال أحمد ويحيى: وعبد الله بن واقد، ليس شيء، وقال النسائي متروك الحديث ; وقال ابن حبّان: إنقلبت على مشرح صحائفه، فبطل الاحتجاج به

Both these Ahaadith are not Sahih from Rasool Allah (s). As for the first one, Zakariyah bin Yahya in the Sanad (chain of narration) is from one of the biggest liars (min al kazzaabeen al kubbaar). Ibn Adi said he forged Hadiths. 

And as for the second narration, Ahmed and Yahya said: Abdullah bin Waqid is NOTHING. And Imam al Nisaai said about him: Matrook al Hadith (rejected one in Hadith) and Ibn Hibban said: Mashrah's Sahaaif (books) have overthrown/toppled/ tossed/capsized him (i.e his reputation), thus outcries / protestations using him (and his material) are invalid / false!!

Sunni References:

- Al Mawdoo3aat by ibn Jawzi , Vol.1, p.238

- Al Kaamil fil Duafa al Rijaal by Ibn Adi, Vol.4, P.174 Entry no 713

- and in Vol.2, P.145 of Al Duafa wal Majrooheen, ibn al Jawzi says under entry no.2136: He forged Hadith and conveyed it

- Al Duafa wal Matrookeen by Imam al Nisai, p.150, Entry no. 354

- Al Duafa wal Matrookoon by al Daruqutni, P.259, Entry no. 312

- Al Majrooheen by Ibn Hibban Vol.3, p.28

- Al Thiqaat by Ibn Hibban Vol.5, P.452

The reader might be wondering how deceptive and unjust some sunni scholars have been in promoting their political caliphs to the level of Prophet (s). However this shock is nothing when we read the real shocker which Ahl ul Sunnah has fabricated in the name of Prophet (s) for the nobility of Abu Bakr. When we will disclose this absolutely filthy and vulgar tradition attributed to the Holy Prophet of Islam (s) by the Ahl ul Sunnah, surely it will even bring the people of Jahaliyyah to shame!

They allege that, naoodoobillah, the Holy Prophet (s) of Islam (may god protect him from liars) said about Abu Bakr:

لابي بكر: لو كان فيهما الهة لكان فلان

"If there had been a God within them it would have been so-and-so (pointing towards Abu Bakr"

This tradition is mentioned by their famous scholar Shah Abdul Haqq Mohadiss Dehlvi, who was claims to be on sufi path, and is known like his forefathers, for his extreme / excessive Taa'sub/sectarianism against Shia.

Sunni Reference: Tohfa Ithna Ashariyyah by Shah Abdul Haq Mohaddis Dehlvi, Chapter no.10, P.542, "Mata'ain e Abu Bakr" section

The persian text of Shah Waliullah which mentions this blasphemy in honor of Abu Bakr is as follows!!!:

«همچنين است حديث (لو كان بعدي نبيّ لكان عمر) كه به عبارات مختلفة مروى است، چه حسبة الله انصاف بايد كرد كه جناب مخبر صادق به حق شخص كه عمرها بت پرستى كرده باشد چگونه ارشاد مى فرموده اند كه بعد از من نبىّ مى بود محمّد مى بود، ويا وجود سخافت وركاكت مضمون اين جمله كه حديثش نتوان گفت مبطل ترتيب مقرر اين طائفه مى شود، مگر اينكه در شأن أبو بكر روايت سازند (لو كان فيها آلهة لكان فلان)».

تحفة اثنا عشرية للدهلوي: الباب العاشر، مطاعن أبو بكر: 542

When the mind of Famous Sunni Scholar Jalaluddin Suyyuti (who is reknowned for his usual sectarian/muta'asib/hateful attitude against shia) was overtaken by his Taa'sub / sectarianism (as usual) he set out in pursuit of this absolutely weak and fake tradition (and its variants), and tried to cloak/disguise it in a most awefully outrageous manner. So he came out with reasoning which was absolutely weird and plunged into wrecked and condemnable sentiments/whims/fantasies as you can see in his own words below:

Ibn Adi heard from Ali bin Hussain bin Qadeed who heard from Zakariyyah bin Yahya who heard from Bashar bin Bakar who heard from Abi Bakr bin Abdullah bin Abi Mariyam al Fussani who heard from Damrah who heard from Ghadeef bin al Haarith who heard from Bilah bin Rabaah Maroo'an (i.e from Prophet of Islam): If I had not been commissioned as an Apostle amongst you, Umar would have been

and he said:

Narrated to us Umar ibn Al Hassan bini Nasar al Halabi, and narrated to him Mus3ab bin Sa3d Abu Husaymah and narrated to him Abdullah bin Waaqid and narrated to him Hayvah bin Shareeh from Bakr bin Umro from Mashrah bin Haa'3aan from Aqbah bin Aamir from Prophet (s) that: If I had not been commissioned as an Apostle amongst you, Umar would have been

Suyyuti writes that:

لا يصحّ زكريّا كذّاب يضع، وابن واقد متروك، ومشرح لا يحتج به.

These are not correct/sahih traditions because Zakariyah is a Liar and manufactures fake hadiths and Ibn Waqid is Matrook (abandoned / rejected /disowned) and as for Mashrah he is not reliable/ represent able.

However even after nullifying the authenticity of this hadith himself, he contradicts his very own self and continues with his typical excessively sectarian explanations which are nothing but sugar coated lies:

I (Suyyuti) say that:

“Zakariyyah has been mentioned by Ibn Hibban in his book "Al Thiqqat" and as for Ibn Waqid, he is Abu Qatada al Harrani, called trustworthy by Ibn Ma3een, Ahmed and others. And Mashrah is Authentic/Truthful.

Abu'l Abbas al Zozzani said in his book "Shajrah al Aql": I heard Ali bin Hussain with fineness who heard Abu Abdullah Mohammad bin Utbah well known known as Al-Ramalli, who heard from Hussain bin Fadal al Waasti, who heard from Abdullah bin Waqid from Safwaan bin Umro from Raashid bin Sa3d, from Abdullah bin Jubayr al Hadrami who said that the Prophet (s) said to Umar: If I had not been commissioned for Prophethood, you would have been.

And also it has been narrated from Hadith of Abu Bakr and Abu Huraira. So Al Daylami said:

Reported From my father, From Abdul Malik bin Abdul Ghaffaar, from Abdullah bin Eesa bin Haroon from Eesa bin Marwan, who heard from Al Hussain bin Abdul Rahman from Hamran who heard Ishaaq bin Najeeh from Ata'a bin Maysarah al Khurasani, from Abu Huraira who reported the Prophet (s) said:

If I had not been commissioned for Prophethood amongst you then Umar would have been, Allah helps Umar with the angels who always reconcile with him and redeem him, So If he (Umar) sins/faults He (Allah) purifies/reasons it (the fault/sin) till it becomes right/correct!!

Al Daylami said: Same is also narrated by Raashid bin Sa3d from Maqdaam bin Ma3di Karb from Abi Bakr Siddiq. And Allah knows best”

Sunni References:

- Al-la'laai al Masnoo3a by Jalaluddin Suyyuti, Vol.1, p.276

- Musnad al Firdows by Al-Daylami, Vol.3, P.93

It is clear from this path taken by Suyyuti and in light of information on some of the narrators discussed earlier that Suyyuti's self-contradicting statements are nothing but a bitter sectarian outburst of his political alliances / affiliations towards anything (even if its falsehood) to save the pride of Ahlulsunnah icons but sadly on the other hand such irresponsible attitude makes the lying / treacherous and obscene people (i.e narrators) appear as the victorious ones! Certainly it is this attitude which is an open license for the Nawaasib and other ill characters to freely lie on the authority of Prophet (s) and appear as the successful group! What a shame! May Allah protect us from such Liars, fabricators and the fitna/ta3sub of their aiders/promoters!

.............................................................................................to be continued( Read Part IV)