Answering the Baseless Shi`i Allegations Against Sayyiduna `Umar

 BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Biography of Sayyiduna `Amr ibn al-`As   The status of Sayyiduna `Amr ibn al-`As Amongst the senior Sahabah radiya Llahu `anhum of Rasulullah salla Llahu `alayhi wa sallam, Sayyiduna `Amr ibn al-`As radiya Llahu `anhu is a significant personality. He was a remarkable mujahid of Islam, and a sterling exemplar of understanding and foresight, having great deeds to his credit in the spread […]

 BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Answering the Accusation on Sayyiduna Mughirah ibn Shu`bah   The Shi`ah criticise Sayyiduna Mughirah ibn Shu`bah radiya Llahu `anhu that he had committed adultery and there were witnesses to his deed. However, Sayyiduna `Umar radiya Llahu `anhu made supplicated for the last witness, and enticed him, resulting in the testimony being incomplete. As a result, Mughirah ibn Shu`bah radiya Llahu `anhu was saved […]

 BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Allegation Regarding Tarawih   The most important aspects of this issue:   Three forms of Tarawih in the era of nubuwwah Replying the contradiction between the eleven raka`at narration and twenty raka`at narration. The subject matter of the narration of Ibn `Abbas radiya Llahu `anhu has been accepted by the ummah. Removal of a doubt (regarding the young age of Ibn `Abbas […]

 BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   If it Were Not For `Ali, `Umar Would Have Been Destroyed   The critics of the Sahabah radiya Llahu `anhum accuse Sayyiduna `Umar ibn al-Khattab radiya Llahu `anhu of not being a scholar of shari`ah, and that he possessed lesser knowledge than others. Whenever they would convene to decide a matter then Sayyiduna `Ali radiya Llahu `anhu would counter his wrong decisions. Upon […]

 BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Accusation of Doubt in His Verification of Iman   There is an objection from the Shi`ah directed at Sayyiduna `Umar radiya Llahu `anhu that is linked to the treaty of Hudaybiyyah. During the treaty of Hudaybiyyah (6 A.H) Rasulullah salla Llahu `alayhi wa sallam had signed a treaty with the disbelievers of Makkah, and the conditions of the treaty seemed to weaken the […]