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Disobedient Attitudes of the 2 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Disobedient Attitudes of the 2 2021-06-22 484 Views In continuation of our discussion on the topic: “Disobedient attitude of the ”, we shall examine some of the attitudes of the Prophet’s companions after his death.

al-Tabari writes the following in his history: “When Shadid, the emancipated slave of Abu Bakr took into his hand the command Abu Bakr had written for ‘Umar to become his successor, ‘Umar said to the people, “People, pay heed, and obey the command of the Caliph.

The Caliph says: ‘I have not failed you in providing for your welfare.'”(1) The expression of personal opinions running counter to the orders of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) continued after his death, culminating in the changing of certain divine decrees in the time of the second Caliph and on his orders. Instances of this are to be found in reputable books by Sunni authors.

(2) For example, the second Caliph said: “Let them never bring before me a man who has married a woman for a set period, for it they do, I will stone him.” (3) The fact that he prohibited temporary marriage ( mut’ah ) proves that this type of union was common among the and other Muslims at the time, otherwise, it would not have been necessary for him to order them to desist.

Now, if the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) had forbidden this form of marriage, the would never have had recourse to it and there would have been no need for ‘Umar to threaten people with stoning.

The second Caliph himself admitted: “There were three things that were permissible in the time of the Prophet which I have forbidden and for which I exact punishment: temporary marriage, the mut’ah pilgrimage, and reciting ‘Hasten to the best of deeds’ (hayya ‘ala khayri ‘l-‘amal) in the call to prayer.” (4) He was also the one who ordered that in the call to prayer ( adhan ) at dawn the phrase, “prayer is better than sleep” ( as ‘salatu khayrun mina ‘n-nawm ) should be recited.

(5) According to the Sunan of al-Tirmidhi, someone from Syria once asked ‘Abdullah b. ‘Umar about the mut’ah pilgrimage. He replied that it was permissible.