Everyone makes mistakes

Posted May 03, 2012 by Aboo Thaabit with No Comments

“…Muhammad bin al-Muthanna one of the great scholars and teacher of the great Imaams (such as al-Bukhaaree, Muslim, Aboo Dawood etc) said concerning the Hadeeth:

‘We are a people that had a great privilege, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم  prayed towards us through Anazatah’

He said:

‘This shows that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم  prayed towards Anazatah (the tribe)’

And he mistakenly thought it was a name of a tribe when in reality it was just another name for a stick! (ie the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed towards the direction of a particular tribe, not named ‘Anazatah, but rather used ‘Anazatah which means a stick or a staff as a sutrah)

What is even stranger than that is what al-Haakim reported from a Bedouin saying that Anazatah means ‘sheep’ and this was due to him placing a sukoon on the nuun instead of reading it ‘Anazatah he read it ‘Anzatah which means sheep thus making double the mistake!

Similarly, some scholars heard of the ahaadeeth mentioning the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prohibiting Tahleeq on the day of Jumu’ah before the Salah and said:

‘I have not shaved my head before the Salah on a Friday for 40 years!’

But the truth of the matter is that the hadeeth is referring to Tahleeq as in making circles (sitting in circles) and not shaving of the head.

Ibn as-Salaah said:

‘And these type of mistakes have been reported from the major scholars, but they are excused because it was never explained to them properly’

Imaam ad-Daarqutnee reports in his book ‘at-Tasheef’ that ‘Uthmaan bin Abee Shaybah (from amongst the greatest scholars in Islaam) read to his congregation Tafseer and said:

‘جعل السفينة في رحل اخيه’

It was said to him, it is

‘جعل السقاية في رحل أخيه’

Whereupon he replied

‘Me and my brother Aboo Bakr do not read the recitation of Aasim! (but in reality it wasn’t an issue of different qiraa”ah)’

And he later read the Tafseer of Soorah al-Feel and said

‘أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ’

Starting the Soorah with Alif Laam Meem, as in Baqrah!”

[Taken from Tadreeb ar-Raawee v. 2 p. 203-204]

Don’t mess with ‘Umar!

Posted Apr 20, 2011 by Aboo Thaabit with 32 Comments

Ismaa’eel bin Hamaad bin Abee Haneefah said:

We had a neighbour who was a Raafidhi (those who hate the Companions of the Prophet) and this man owned two mules, one he named Aboo Bakr and the other he named ‘Umar (bin al-Khattaab). Then one night, one of the mules kicked the man so hard he passed away, and the people told Aboo Haneefah about what happened.

He replied, check if the mule that killed him was named ‘Umar? So the people checked and it turned out to be just as he had said.

[Imtaa' an-Nawaadir p. 173]

Humor of Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen

Posted Nov 21, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 1 Comment

Life is short

Posted Jun 16, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 4 Comments

Muhammad bin Is-haaq said:

Narrated by Sa’eed bin ‘Abdi-Rahmaan bin Hassaan bin Thaabit bin al-Mundir bin Haraam.

That Haraam Aboo al-Mundir lived for 120 years and his son al-Mundir lived for 120 years, and his son Thaabit lived for 120 years, and his son Hassaan lived for 120 years.

Whenever this hadith was narrated to ‘Abdi-Rahmaan he used to lie down on his bed and laugh and stretch (expecting long life). He passed away at the age of 48 [Tahdeeb al-Kamaal by al-Haafidh al-Muzi]